Love Jerry Reed. My mom dated him in high school before she met my dad. My favorite song of his is She got the goldmine i got the shaft

@RockN2Country

5 жыл бұрын

Wow, dude, you are practically ROYALTY around here!!

@markcainyourfriendinthecar3387

5 жыл бұрын

@@RockN2Country had a fortunate childhood. I think i mentioned before my uncle toured with Conway and his band. Was fortunate to get to know a lot of these guys.

@sylviafarese8837

4 жыл бұрын

Mark Cain Your Friend in the Car Business Wow! He can play and what a sense of humor!

@dogsoldiertoo1099

2 жыл бұрын

@@markcainyourfriendinthecar3387 it's a small world. Back when I was in our local college I was invited to a party out on the lake here by Bo Hopkins who was a family friend. The party was at a lake house mutually owned by Jerry and Burt Reynolds. After things wound down in the wee hours of the morning several of us sat around in the great room and listened to Jerry Reed pick the guitar. The man was a master with that instrument.

@dabearcub

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like you’re not the only one who got the shaft…

you should react to *She Got The Goldmine* and/or *When You're Hot, You're Hot* both by *Jerry Reed*

@RockN2Country

5 жыл бұрын

The first one's on the list now--thanks!!

@fostersummy6711

5 жыл бұрын

@@RockN2Country do eastbound and down after you listen

Country has died. The reason this stuff still hits you today is because it was quality, unlike the psuedo pop today that masquerades as country. RIP Snowman!

I rate at a 10 out of 10...the story...the voice and the guitar are all perfect it should be a 12!!

Jerry Reed wrote Amos Moses

You missed out. Half the reason it’s an all-time classic was because of his guitar playing. This is totally different than the original recording

@goanddo2371

3 жыл бұрын

I agree, his playing was amazing. I hope you went back and found a video of him playing the guitar as well!

@goanddo2371

3 жыл бұрын

Why hope? Here's a little taste =o) kzread.info/dash/bejne/X42emJJteda5epc.html

Jerry Reed was accomplished musician. Check out some Jerry Reed & Chet Atkins videos. Side note: Elvis wanted to record Reed's song, Guitar Man, but neither Elvis or his musicians could get the guitar part right, so Elvis called Jerry to come to his studio & play guitar. Reed played on at least 2 tracks for Elvis; "Guitar Man" & "U.S. Male", which is another great song of Jerry's.

@RockN2Country

5 жыл бұрын

Good stuff, Deb---thanks for that story about Jerry playing with Elvis. I love that stuff!

@goanddo2371

3 жыл бұрын

Loved them both; this is one of my favorite stories =o)

@goanddo2371

3 жыл бұрын

I was looking for another video and came across this so thought I'd share: kzread.info/dash/bejne/eKpryqqxYK6dkpM.html

@davidalexander828

3 жыл бұрын

@@RockN2Country When Elvis called Jerry to do Guitar Man he asked Jerry what was he doing on the guitar. Jerry responded with :ahh son i was just doin a little finger dancin". Then after they recorded Guitar Man and US male Jerry Reed was walking out of the recording studio and they wanted Jerry to sign over half the songwriter right to both of the of songs. Back in the day the Col. Tom Parker had every song writer sign over the half the songwriter rights to every song Elvis recorded. Jerry told then no im not doing that. The secertary then told Jerry fine the songs won't get release and you won't make any money. Jerry Reed said thats fine Guitar Man has already been a number 1 on the country charts I dont care. But your the ones that are going to explain to that happy man in there how come he not have 2 top ten hits and a number 1 atleast not me. Then he walked out. and Guitar man was a number 1 hit also for Elvis and US Male did make into the top 10 for Elvis also.

FYI...Had it not been for Star Wars - Smokey and the Bandit would have been top grossing film of the year!

He was “Snowman” in Smokey and the Bandit.

I was the long tall skinny guy playing guitar in that video. I think that video was shot around 1982-83. Jerry Reed was a great guy to work for. Also an amazing guitarist, actor and songwriter. A true genius in his own right.

@RockN2Country

4 жыл бұрын

@David Blackmon That's awesome that you got to play in Jerry's band---you must be seriously good! It's also an honor that you took the time to post here, so thank you for that. I know you've got stories from the road, which I won't press you on. One of my best friends was Jerry Lee Lewis's base player for three years on Jerry's US tour, and he hasn't said a lot other than Jerry was "usually up by the crack of noon." Ha! Did you write any songs that we should know about?

@davidemswiler4351

4 жыл бұрын

David Blackmon Would have rather seen you on the fiddle! When your neck and back aren't giving you hell, you're one of the best out there!

I live 45 mins southeast of Thibodaux la, Jerry Reed is a awesome singer and alligator hunting is a great time. They pretty good too. Lol

@xXxAMCxXx1

4 жыл бұрын

And I just so happen to be a truck driver and love Smokey and the bandit.

@RockN2Country

4 жыл бұрын

@xXxAMCxXx1 Anyone who doesn't love Smokey and the Bandit has issues, knowdamean?!! Welcome aboard the channel, BTW, and safe trucking!

I heard this song for the first time on Vinyl when I was only 7yrs old, it's been one of my favorites ever since!

Jerry Reed was a really funny man.

Jerry was a great, fun performer, but his true talent was as a guitarist. One of the best in the world of that era!

I got to meet Jerry Reed in Nashville back in the late 80s. We had a mutual friend, and we were just sitting down for lunch when Jerry walked in. He ended up having lunch with us, and he was a genuinely nice guy and very humble. For some reason, I asked him about the dog in Smokey and the Bandit, and he said the dog kept falling off of the seat in the truck scenes and he had horrible gas. Don't know why I remember that, but I do. He was one hell of a talented guitar player, and a celebrity who didn't act like he was anything special. He said that he had the greatest job in the world because he got to play music that he liked, and act like a fool and get paid for it. I told him I already acted like a fool, but I wasn't getting paid for it, and he told me that I was doing it wrong! 🤣

@RockN2Country

5 жыл бұрын

What a great experience you had! And that's a great story about the dog in the flick falling off the seat and cutting the cheese---you had no choice but to remember that one!

@kathcasey2090

3 жыл бұрын

@@RockN2Country - I believe it played out in the movie too.

One of the greatest pickers ever!

Chet Atkins met Jerry in the early 60s and started playing and writing eith him. Jerry was the first to receive a CGP Certified a guitar picker/ player award from Chet. Only 5 ever given.

He was a great man Porter Wagner had house boat right close to ours Jerry was always there it was on Center Hill Lake here in Tennessee he inspired me to learn guitar

Not only did Jerry Reed write funny songs, he also wrote & recorded a wonderful song called, "A Thing Called Love", which was also recorded by Elvis & Johnny Cash. Man...you could be doing reaction/review videos forever! I hope so.

@RockN2Country

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words of encouragement, Deb!! Yeah, I expect to be around for quite a while. :-)

I discovered this song courtesy of K Rose & Mary Beth.

He was also Coach Red on Waterboy. I love everything Jerry Reed.

Love the harmonica.

OMG..LOVE HIM AND THIS SONG. I may be a Texas girl but have a strong Cajun heritage, brings be back home.

@RockN2Country

5 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it so much, tlb!! And who needs a DNA test when you know where you're from? Ha!!

My husband is today years old when he hears it. Born in1977. He loved snowman. He is over the moon hearing this

Jerry Reed was a one of a kind.

@RockN2Country

5 жыл бұрын

Amen to that! The dude just seemed to take all his brains and heart, put 'em to good use, then have a blast with whatever he did.

I saw him at a county fair in Greeley, Colorado. Got to stand right in front of him. What a great entertainer!

@RockN2Country

5 жыл бұрын

@unity1016 That's awesome!! What a blast that must have been. And welcome aboard the channel!!

RockN2Country I was born in 71 and Jerry was/is and always has been one of my favorites, Mostly because he is so good hearted good natured, fun lovin', and loved life, music and people!! Get this though, and I would love to see if any University Hills kids out there catch this and know this....our P.E. coach, Coach McCormick(spelling?) used to teach us to country and western dance every Tuesday and Thursday for a part of exercise and just the involvement of music being beneficial!!! So, here's the Jerry Reed connection, We ALWAYS lined danced to Amos Moses at least once each session! We loved it and usually danced to it twice at least!! Coach taught us to line dance, square dance, two step, Houston two step, waltz, jitter bug and maybe a few more! My family moved from N.M. after my last year, 6th grade at UH to Oklahoma, and I never had a decent P.E. Class again!!! He had us playing all of the sports, track and field and we were graded and ran through trials every 9 weeks!!! Thanks for all of the memories and lessons Coach, all of the UH teachers and staff and of course all of the students!!! And of course a big thanks to Jerry Reed for his music and sense of humor, and all of the other music artists we danced to!!!

If you want a good laugh, try out Jerry's......."She got the goldmine I got the shaft". Also "The Bird". Jerry makes a bad day great listening to him!!

@RockN2Country

5 жыл бұрын

So true about his songs making a good day out of a bad one!

Thanks for clearing that up for me.

You should listen to his songs like 500 miles from home, a thing called love, a womans love, and other more serious songs. He had a great voice, and endless guitar talen. I like the one he did, the lightening rod. Check him out, beyond the comedy. He loved life. Elvis actually got him to record guitar man with him on guitar when Elvis did the comeback show. Jerry was fishing on the river. He came straight to the recording studio. Elvis wanted that guitar sound, the guys told him that only Jerry could do that. Nobody else could do it exactly like Jerry did. So, thats what Elvis wanted, and the rest is history. Jerry wouldve lived longer if he hadnt been a cigarett smoker. One of the most talented people in Nashville.

Tennessee Ernie Ford 16tons or jimmy dean big bad John

Love Jerry Reed ♥️🇺🇸♥️

He wrote and played guitar on a song Elvis Presley covered called "Guitar Man". Jerry wrote the song "Tupelo Mississippi Flash" about Elvis.

Great song! He sure did some fun songs!

Jerry is one of the best picker ever

Jerry wrote this and close to 400 songs

Jerry Reed also played the coach on Waterboy

@RockN2Country

5 жыл бұрын

Ohhhh, good catch, my friend!! I knew he looked familiar but he was older in the flick, so it didn't click immediately.

The bird by jerry reed is hilarious if you understand other old country references

Someone mentioned about Jerry and Chet playing together. Chet Atkins was probably one of the most innovative guitar players on the planet and he had a very close circle of friends that he named 'Official Guitar Players' and Jerry was one of them. Jerry was a wizard on the acoustic, and he was always trying to get higher on the fretboard to get some particular effects. He finally got frustrated and cut a 90 degree chunk out of his acoustic guitar to make it easier to get to the upper frets, and you'll see this instrument featured in a lot of his videos.😉 This song, and 'When You're Hot, You're Hot!' were probably my 2 favorites of his.😁👍👍

@RockN2Country

5 жыл бұрын

Good stuff, Dan!!

Jerry was a FANTASTIC guitar player! BTW, Jerry wrote the song.

You should listen to Jerry Reed's song Patches! Loved skating to this song at the Roller Rink!! I saw Jerry Reed in 1982 at the Yellowstone County Fair in Billings Montana. Great Show!!

@RockN2Country

4 жыл бұрын

@Gregg A Thanks for the rec, and welcome aboard the channel! Gotta admit, I'm jealous that you saw Jerry in Montana. I mean, does it get any better than that?

Helluva guitar picker!

Any of Marty Robbions cowboy songs would be a great story, also a lot of Johnny Horton also a story teller "North to Alaska" written for the John wayne film by that name. "Springtime in Alaska" the battle of New Orleans - based on that battle in the war of 1812.

@RockN2Country

5 жыл бұрын

I bet @Jody Parrish would like this bit of info since he's a history buff.

When I was about 14 I saw him in concert he was amazing

@RockN2Country

5 жыл бұрын

I'm jealous!! (Actually, I'm just happy for you.) ;-)

I don't know why, but many times that Jerry sang this song live, he mixed up the verses. The verse that says his daddy used him as bait, is supposed to be before the verse that says he lost his left arm. But, I've loved this song since it was first released.

When I was a kid I lived in Flagstaff and there were only 3 radio stations, one rock, one country and one churchy. There was this one song I heard and I loved it so much, but hardly heard it again since the time it was popular. It was called Della and the Dealer and it made a huge impression on me at the age of like 14

@flomurdock

3 жыл бұрын

That was Hoyt Axton.

He played a great villain in Gator with Burt Reynolds.

Jerry did write it. ;-) Always love listening to Jerry Reed! Thanks, Don! ;-)

@RockN2Country

5 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, G3!!

Guitar God and invented some of the coolest songs that are still dissected today. Him and Chet were great together and taught each other things. Jerry Reed is the man - Don’t forget “The Waterboy” with Adam Sandler. The Coach that scared Fonzie lol

Love it!

Yeah Jerry Reed was a truck driver with the dog remember and Burt Reynolds and Sally Field was in the T-top Trans Am my favorite freaking car

Jerry Reed. Big Boss. Check out Jeff bridges “maybe I missed the point”. Such a great country song. And Jeff bridges is pretty great.

That one is a good one lol and it says Jerry wrote It

I love Jerry R - very versatile musician and actor - totally agreed with all you said and its so good to hear and see all these singers for first time for me on here xx

I love this song! Thank You for your reaction!

Jerry Reed was so much fun. 😂 "Lord Mr Ford" was one of my favorites. I picture a line of cars to the moon and back when someone impatient pulls out to pass and all the cars fall. Then along came "East Bound and Down" that's a great song and Burt Reynolds is a bonus. Another fun song is "Bubba Shot The Jukebox" by Mark Chessnut.

I’ve always loved this song

Jerry’s give a shit-o- meter is always at 0! Lol Love his stuff. RIP

You can tell jerry reed likes funk music. I noticed all of his songs are funk like

@RockN2Country

5 жыл бұрын

Good call, Augie!

love your stuff!!!

@RockN2Country

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, c-luv, and welcome to the family!!

Look for a video of him singing "PMS I Guess." He never recorded it, but you can find a video of him singing it live.

Love Jerry Reed. He was a heck of a musician. I love the video of his version of City of New Orleans. Snowman could pick the heck out of a guitar.

A true entertainment star. Im still trying to grow sideburns as good!

I love this song, used to dance my ass off to it as a kid! Still can't help dancing to it even now. The studio version is a little sped up and funkier! Should listen to that version, it also has more grit!

There’s a live version of his song Alabama Wild Man featuring comedian Jerry Clowers you’ve got to see.

I absolutely love this song! ❤

damn I was raised on Jerry Reed and all these guys I've heard the song a million times that you're going to love it you guys is the funniest song ever

That’s one of the songs my Mama used to clog to. She used to take me along when I was little. There’s a bunch of old songs I can’t hear with remembering those times. “Baby’s Got Her Blue Jeans On”(Mel McDaniel) and “Dixie on my Mind” (Hank Jr) are a couple that come to mind. They would be good ones to react to, as well. Or, speaking of Mel, maybe “Louisiana Saturday Night”. Hell, this list could get long quick. Enjoyed the video, I had never watched this performance. Sidenote though, the sheriff didn’t go to check on Amos when he was a boy. It was when he was grown.

@RockN2Country

5 жыл бұрын

@Thomas Mears, thanks for the heads up on the timing of the sheriff's visit---reacting to songs I've never heard does this to a guy. :-)

Aaah gta san andreas memories. Fun song.

Reed was one of the coolest guys I've ever met. He wasn't acting in Smokey And The Bandit. That's the way he was in real life. He used to come to Vanderbilt University basketball games when my cousin played there back in the late 70's and early 80's. That's how I met him. You need to listen to Guitar Man. Elvis also recorded it.

It was an 77 Pontiac Trans am. Yea, its T-top... Check out sum Cal Smith ~ "Country Bumpkin", John Prine ~ "In spite of ourselves", Dwight Yoakam ~ "Long White Cadillac" Vern Gosdin.... There are Millions!

You mentioned the album, "Georgia Sunshine." To see how talented Jerry is, listen to the title track. Sounds like a country crooner, almost a country version of Dean Martin. Jerry could do it all.

Thank you brandin

Great artist, great guitarist also.

Damn...forgot all about that one. We played it in the dorm in 1979 and it was old then. There was another verse or two in the released copy...I think.

@RockN2Country

5 жыл бұрын

And I bet there was some drinking going on when this one came on. Also when it went off. :-)

Love this song. My favorites of his are She got the goldmine, I got the shaft. And When you're hot you're hot

@RockN2Country

5 жыл бұрын

First one is on the list now---thanks!!

Goes without saying. But this is better than any of the shit that's labeled "country" music now.

Hey waterboy.... *YOURE FIRED*

@RockN2Country

4 жыл бұрын

@Zackstaa LOL!!! Great memory!!

One of my favorite songs he wrote is A THING CALLED LOVE although he never sang it big hit for Johnny Cash!

Hw was in a lot of movies Water Boy,scoopy Doo,and many others singer,song writer,actor Wold guitar player! So talent! Naturtal

Y'all can clap, I'm through!!! LOL.

Primus did a cover of this song. bassist, Les Claypool's bass line on it is legendary. something i would HIGHLY recommend giving a listen to. also, Jim Varney, yes Earnest P. Worrel, sang a song called Hot Rod Lincoln, i think you should react to that as well

@chimpymcmonkey5402

Жыл бұрын

I fully agree. The primus cover of Amos Moses Is the The perfect embodiment of your Channel name: Rock and country

You should react to Jerry playing the guitar he was good

Jerry did write the song

you should watch the mini movie/music video of Amos Moses on KZread

Jerry and Burt Reynolds had a long history, check out Gator McCluskey! Theme song for Burts movie, Gator! He goes back to the swamp!

Jerry was great.

would Love to see him pickin that guitar

Great song written by Jerry Reed, but it was his pickin’ that made this an all-time country classic, which this video doesn’t demonstrate that at all. Sometimes, prior preparation helps.

Watch him play on guitar. He’s amazing. Bravado for days.

Yep. The song was written by Jerry Reed.

Also was the opposing football coach in waterboy

One thing you can be sure of. Alligators ate the sheriff, one way or another. Live or in pieces. Dinner or bait.

❤

If you want a random funny song, check out Tennessee Bird Walk by Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan.

Jerry did write Amos Moses FYI.

i saw him in Helen Georgia

I'm a "Guitar Man" guy lol Any version where a true guitar God isnt playing is poop though

Love me some damn Jerry Reed🤗 How about some excellent old traditional country Porter Wagner ‘Satisfied Mind’

@RockN2Country

5 жыл бұрын

I'll get there eventually, Jody!!

@jodyparrish637

5 жыл бұрын

I am fine if you never do another of my requests. 😃 You have already reacted to more songs I requested than I would have ever thought. I just figured why not throw a couple more songs and artists on the pile. Hope all is well with you and yours. ✌🏽

Check out "The ballod of Gator". Excellent song