Same.

All three were amazing!!!

I swear I'm not normally "that guy" but I feel compelled to mention Chet Atkins goes right along with those three.

@@aaronmiller9501 , Agree, in many ways Chet was in a class all his own!

Those 3 are my favorite guitar players on any genre...but they weren't just guitar players...they were showmen and entertainers...the greatest of the great!

yeah...he was really something

I miss him

Yup, didn't realize until recently what a skilled musician and songwriter he actually was.

His fun personality really came across in his acting. So fun and charming.

yepper. my dad was a huge roy clark fan mostly on account of his guitar work

Even his work in those movies is awesome.

My boys are 6 and 8 years old, I finally had them sit and watch smokey and the bandit and now they are hooked on the movie and the music of Jerry reed (aka) Snowman Cletus Snow

@@joesandysmokinjoesbeagles5862 Perfect! .. Well Done!!

@@joesandysmokinjoesbeagles5862i recently did the same with my nieces and nephews.

totally agree

When atlanta was great.

I agree. However, I'd have to say Roy Clark was also right up there as being a great and underrated picker.

When Elvis recorded Jerry's Guitar Man, Elvis requested Jerry Reed to play on the recording!

@@debbyschultz1729 According to Jerry, it was because the studio musicians could not get the sound right. They were trying to flat pick it. Jerry had "the claw".

They were genuine talents, not manufactured products who were picked for their t!ts or abs.

Some of the absolute best players were self taught, like Reed, Campbell, Clapton, Page, Knopler and Atkins.

@@kathypiazza7228 Lindsey Buckingham is also entirely self taught.

@@davemiller6055 I’m not surprised.

Haha ,tres cool.

Jerry was the Snowman and Burt was the Bandit.

@@cliffwooddell5163 he was cast as Bandit first, when Burt said he would do the movie Hal Needham asked Jerry if he’d mind being recast as Snowman. Jerry being a smart man didn’t mind so long as he got paid. Jerry got to play the part in the third film.

I saw Roy Clark at the Warwick tent in the 90's and he was awesome as well

I heard rumors that he was meeting with the producer and other mucky mucks for the movie, and they asked him to work on a theme song for it. He left the room for about 15 minutes or less, and came back in with Eastbound And Down...

That would be a good one for an analysis.

We got a long way to go and short time to get there.

I sing this while driving my 18 wheeler down the highway.

@@Bikedueder awesome song😍🤩👍

Fil, this is the first time I've come across one of your reviews but in the last 15 minutes I've watched two of your reviews of two of the best pickers ever... Jerry Reed & Jim Stafford. I'll be watching for your work in the future. Jerry and Chet Atkins were very good friends but it certainly didn't hurt that Jerry married Chet's daughter! This is some of the very best stuff I've found on KZfaq. Thanks, Gary

Jerry is so underrated.

@ mrbobevans: I respectfully disagree. Anyone who plays the instrument is fully aware of JR's legend. What diminishes any legend is death. You're no longer around to "defend your crown."

He had a beautiful voice too, love his "Remembering", a ballad .

@@MrGaryGG48 Never knew that Prissy was Chet's daughter.

Top 25 lol try the top 5

Because that's how he was wired.

Cool!

Hey Bart!!! I "Facebook" know you!!!! ;) Didn't know you played for Jerry. Was that before or after Duncan?

@@ronshawver6880 I was with him in the 90s After Duncan

@@bartpike441 That's great! I'm going back out...if anyone is still breathing that I know after I get my little girl to WVU next year...lol. May call you to ask you to keep your 👂 to the ground for me in a year or so. See ya on FB!

Try to make it out September 11th Ray Stevens theater will be doing our yearly Jerry Reed tribute

Amen.

Amen to that! That particular guitar is the model that Baldwin presented to a few Nashville pickers like Reed and Willie Nelson. Reed cut the top bout to get higher on the fretboard, and Willie’s was broken by a drunk at John T Floores, that’s when he ordered Trigger.

​@@TexasbluestunesThey were awful guitars but had the first piezo pickups. They cost a fortune now! Willie's still got the pickup from his Baldwin on Trigger.

@@alfsmith4936 yessir! I’ve been trying to find one, or something very similar for years. Great pickup and bridge design, but now technology produces better things.

I'm one of them 🙋‍♀️

And I'm a boomer who is just really discovering him!!!......i knew of him a bit , just never really gave him the time of day, my apologies to his family and relatives, I'm very embarrassed.

True. I love Jerry Reed, he's one of the all-time great players and very influential among musicians who came after. But he had the Gimmick as well! He was a great showman, comedian and actor on top of being an undeniable virtuoso and innovator.

Baruch Cohen their craft was their “gimmick.”

@@alitlweird I was thinking that. And I think people, including me, didn't take them seriously or understand they were so great because they truly enjoyed themselves. No moody brooding to show their seriousness.

I'm glad you brought that up. point because I actually think the 90s did a lot to destroy musicians and or so-called musicians. Point being when they came out with artificial ways to produce almost any instrument it set rock and roll back 20 years.

@@terryeibeck8036 Brad Paisley and Keith Urban are 2 great players in the same vain as Chet and Jerry in the Country Genre. There are others in other genres. You just have to search for them.

Jerry's version is still too technical for me. 🤣

Mine when he starts and plays but without chords

LOL! Hell, I can't even tune an E-string as well as JR!

We could duet that one part. 🤣

Lol. Good one Brian!

Me too! That was actually one of the first things he ever did that wasn't strictly music

Lol 🤩

Jerry talked about working with Elvis on tv right after he did that recording. I think it was the Ralph Emery show. It's been awhile. Anyway he said Elvis's Limo came to pick him up and he climbed into the Limo and sat down and he was looking right at Elvis. He said I said " Elvis, Son, you a purty man.

Jerry Reed was right

FACT.....Dolly Parton was madly in love with Jerry Reed. She literally stalked him and while doing that, she met other industry people who helped her career.

Add Jim Stafford to that list..

When people say "underrated", they should be noting guys like Roy Clark, Glen Campbell and Jerry Reed (Chet Atkins has always gotten lots of props). While those guys were very well known in the 70's country music scene, they were definitely forgotten guitar heroes onward. As Fil noted, with Jerry Reed, the other aspects of their talent probably overshadowed their guitar playing. And whomever keeps suggesting these videos, you are the real heroes. Oh, it should be noted when Pat Metheny was young he backed Roy Clark on a gig. Pat gave him major props as a musician and person.

@@Snarkapotamus Jom Stafford "Classical Gas", icon song of mid 60's

sheldon kelly some damn good idols to have my brother!

Damn, I haven't even thought about Roy Clark lately. You are spot on there!

Chet himself claimed Jerry was a better guitarist.

Thanks!

Cool!

I was there! My first concert at the age of 11. It was raining and Jerry had to keep wiping the water off of his guitar. A memory I hope I keep forever!

Back in the day, you didn't get maple syrup on your johnnycakes most anywhere in the South. Sorghum syrup or plain corn syrup made locally.

@@beneasterling3846 How awesome! YT doesn't notify me when people comment - don't know why. Anyway, West Liberty is a pretty town - I have been there on business a few times. Not sure why they had Jerry playing outside, without some kind of roof, but at least you got to see him for a bit. :-)

@@Decurion505 Sorghum! Yum! Hah.

Three years later... allow me to "second" that, Delphino! Great, great stuff!

Thanks Scott!

Don't misunderstand, but I think Chet's statement was true about many other younger guitarists. BUT ... all of those guitarists pointed to Chet as "showing the way" and never lost that enormous respect and love for the man who guided and encouraged them. Both Tommy Emmanuel and Richard Smith continue to gush about Chester (and Jerry) all these years after their passings. The most telling part about Chet's legacy is that to this day, these same Chet understudies continue to play the songs that Chet wrote and/or arranged, pretty much the same way that Chet performed them. It's hard to improve perfection! As brilliant as Reed was, I think both Emmanuel and Smith are better than Reed today. In due course, these two will also one day be overtaken by future generations of thumb pickers. That's just the way it works.

@@demef758 Nicely stated! As I understand it, both Tommy and Jerry hold Chet's coveted title of Certified Guitar Player (CGP). If that doesn't say it all I don't know what does!

DeWitt Potts That says a lot! Chet was a Master!

01goldg1 Steve Wariner was a CGP as well and Glen Campbell was a very exceptional guitarist with them back then also!

@Matt Beeman Jerry Reed, Roy Clark, Glen Campbell, throw a blanket over them, they were all crazy good.

here's my 3 guitars, will you sell mine also

Someone once said that when you listen to Jerry and Chet play you realize you're not a guitar player, but a guitar owner.

@@hangemhigh113 - that's very funny...and true!

When I listen to him whants me take my guitar to the dumpster.

Agreed. And I can BLAZE.... just not like that! Kinda hurts, wish I would have gotten into Bluegrass in my teens.... I'm 50 now....its the fingerpicking that's the killer. .

you are so right. There are so many genre snobs, they disregard any genre rather than their own. But Phil does fair analysis on all types of music and seems to enjoy all music that is good.

Ree, many props to your parents! Good for them, and you! It makes us old folks proud to see a member of the younger generation is enjoying “our” music! One day thou the shoe will be on the other foot! Greetings from Illinois!

@@progqueen5952 Rock on from Philly Queen! 🤙🏼💞

Thank YOU!

Yes that is what i enjoy here also.

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There’s a lot more picking in the real, good old country music than most people seem to think. Probably because of what an awful monster country music, as a genre, has mutated into in this day & age, and it’s really a shame what’s become of country music in the last decade or 2.

114 jackasses that's who

Degenerates, troglodytes and morons who cannot recognize greatness when they see it.

Maybe the thumbs down is for the reaction, twit

@@ChrisLascari Maybe the Morons giving said reaction wouldn’t know REAL talent if it rented space in their asses ! TWIT !!

Asking myself, " Why didn't you just learn how to cook " ?

Cuz he was broke and baloney is cheap. Lol.

Bologna

Nobody said turkey like Jerry. I loved that man's music more than his acting which was superb. A very underrated entertainer.

No more baloney dude! Too pricey! Back to eatin rabbits and such! Not complaining! Taking me back to my younger days! LOL

Haha thanks Catherine!

Merci beaucoup my friend .

David, I agree, but as the great sax player Jackie McLean used to say, ' to know what is new you MUST know what has been done previously' and reed had covered most of what the Shredder's stumbled onto couple of decades later ,(minus his taste and originality of course).

I knew this dude they called the "snowman"..but he couldn't play guitar..or drive a truck..yea, he got shot in a drug deal..now he's the "holy snowman" ...and shittin' in a bag.

Amen

No, but he had 'that smile' nearly the whole video!

Jazz cat, the hit the ESSENTIAL aspect of reeds playing, ,,(from your jazz background, given your name) his unique chord progression's, and also let's not forget his totally out of the box independent bass lines, peace man!

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The intro to Glen's version of Southern Nights was in fact created by Jerry Reed.

That’s what I remember... him and glen c

NickRatnieks Yeah Thanks Jerry for that lick!

One of very few that could keep up with Jerry on guitar is the mighty Glen Campbell.

Oh man!! HeeHaw! Havent thought about that show in ages, gonna seek some out

clown? he was fishing when elvis fetched him to the studio

@@lazn9863 Clown on the show. But, so was Roy Clark and Roy Clark could blow most guitarists away as well.

I've seen your guitar playing Truth. It wouldn't take you a year. You're an amazing player.

I saw Reed play a jazz solo about thirty years ago and was blown away. An interviewer asked him what he thought about influencing so many guitar players. He said, "I'm just playing around...Chet Atkins is a real guitar player". Sure, buddy.

Haha I threw it in there! 😉

Yes, The Claw!

"Cause, I'm driving the bus, for the Tupelo, Mississippi Flash, and that yacht he's got!..."

@@NickRatnieks hahaha well done son! Man I loved that guy.

I can remember back in September 2008, going to see my friend's band and they had an American singer over- he said that Jerry Reed had died- awful news, but he really was suffering with emphysema, so badly- as Tommy Emmanuel said: "He's out of pain, now." He was a one off, incredible talent in so many ways.

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one of my favorites was lord mr ford

That song was reality for a lot of men

“ While she’s livin like a queen off a alimony. I’m workin two shifts & eatin bolony. Askin myself Son why didn’t ya just learn how to cook!” Best line ever.🤣

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70s not 80s!!!

Cool!

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The Claw!

Thanks!