Posted on 09/02/2008 10:14:41 AM PDT by lunarbicep
can only post a link to story:
Jerry Reed is tops to us guitar pickers. He was a super picker. Most pickers pick with a straight pick, some use three fingers, but Jerry Reed played with all five fingers. He was totally unique. Watch him do the Alabama Jubilee on you tube.
Jerry Reed and Roy Clark are in the same boat. To most people they think of them as these “aw shucks” type comic guys that were on Hee Haw and those Burt Reynolds movies.
But of course, any guitar player would recognize they were two of the greatest guitarists out there.
One of the greatest guitarists. ever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcnvRC7sJVk&feature=related
Chet Atkins & Jerry Reed ~ Don’t Think Twice it’s Alright
What a legend he was. Thanks for the pings and the posts.
What a great experience. I’m a little jealous, VVD. TE is a tremendous talent and self-taught, IIRC. Tommy tells a funny story that Chet had a little Tommy Emmanuel figure on his fireplace mantle.
“I’m proud of the songs, I’m proud of things that I did with Chet (Atkins), I’m proud that I played guitar and was accepted by musicians and guitar players,” he told the AP in 1992.
Some time back I was looking for a Reed tune online but didn't succeed because I didn't know the title. I think the title is a Spanish ladies name--it certainly has a bit of a tropical sound to it. I remember a line about "that old honeybee who hurts you with his sting." Anyone know the name of that song?
sad....played a good bad guy too.
isn’t his son in a band?
RIP, Jerry. We’ll miss you.
Sorry to hear about this, but he didn’t have to fire his Waterboy...
RIP SNOWMAN! Yes, I too enjoyed “Smokey and the Bandit” and wish Spike would rerun for a week in tribute to Jerry...
LOVED Jerry Reed. I have watched all of his films thousands of times growing up...Smokey and The Bandit 1 and 2 were household gems after school every day for years.
God Bless Your Soul Jerry...RIP.
I gotta go to Conyers and pick up a load of manure in the morning....
RIP
now this is spooky. just yesterday i’m watching a dvd of 42nd street trailers, and High-Ballin’ pops up with Reed and Peter Fonda. Spooky I tells ya.
I’m probably the only person that as a kid got Jerry Reed mixed up with Bo Hopkins.
RIP Jerry I still play your albums and cassettes (I have about 16 of them). My all time favorite guitar player!
“Amos Moses” still sounds good on a jukebox today.
RIP.
a sad ping
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