How many funk bands of the era could have done Country as well as Jerry did funk? This was awesome!

My 4 year old loves this song. And he just put two and two together that the guy who sings Amos Moses (the “alligator song” in his world) is the same guy who was Snowman in Smokey and the Bandit, or the cowboy movie in his world. Proud dad moment 😊

Funkiest country I've ever heard

Jerry is one of the most incredible and underrated guitarist.

Funk Country... Never thought I would hear such a thing, but Jerry Reed pulls it off!

Just coming to realize how talented this man really was.

Everyone says he is underrated as a guitarist. That's probably true, but guitar players like myself know how incredible he was.

I’m about 50 years late but damn Jerry was the man!!

The eighties, when Peavy amps and guitars filled many stages in country music.

If only people realised how insanely good this is! Jerry is the best of the best.

Jerry Reed was the whole talent package. Acting, music, comedy entertainment 👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸 RIP Jerry 🙏

The Snowman was my favorite as a kid. I graduated kindergarten in 1980 and we dressed up like the profession we wanted to do as adults for the ceremony. I wanted to be a truck driver so I wore cowboy boots, Levi's and a cool western style shirt with pearl snap buttons like the Snowman. I ended up being a diesel truck mechanic/ part time driver. East bound and down!!!!!!!

My band used to do this song. We also did many of his other songs. He restored my fire for playing live music. Yes I'm old. 77

K-Rose with Amos Moses

Where did these days go ??? Just listen to the "Crap" they give us today. Now I now what Hell is like !! NO Auto Tune, NO Strobe lights and special effects. Just PURE Talent. O'h, what I wouldn't give to go back to those times. Air was clean and Sex was dirty !! >

Jerry was one of the coolest guys ever, unfair amounts of talent.

When Jerry reed played The Thrill is Gone with BB King live it was by far the best guitar performance ever. Out of all the people that played this song with bb no one ever came close.

Few cool people are as cool as Jerry Reed.

RIP, Mr. Reed. Very underrated musician.

Now they definitely broke the mold when they made Jerry Reed! Great song, great singer and one of the finest instrumentalist in the music world!

Fun song. I lived in Thibodaux, LA when this song came out. Jerry skipped a funny verse and repeated the "only one hand" verse. Missed verse was "Now everyone blamed his old man For making him mean as a snake When Amos Moses was a boy His daddy would use him for alligator bait Tie a rope around his waist and throw him in the swamp (hahaha) Alligator bait in the Louisiana bayou" always loved his laugh in the verse.

Jerry Reed is a legend!!

One of the most underrated country artists of all-time

I am class of 1984. My parents listened to C&W and folk. I liked contemporary pop/rock music that tweens/teens liked. As I grew older, my tastes became more diverse. As an adult, I have a huge appreciation for artists like Jerry Reed (and others) who my parents listened to regularly. I was exposed to some pretty cool music as a little girl.

Can we just call this Country Funk. Wow. So nice.

Jerry is one of my all time favorites... the Original Guitar Man!

Jim Stafford, Jerry Reed, both humorous and killer players🎸🤘

Jerry Reed's talents were endless. Musician, amazing guitarist, comedian, actor, singer. He could probably tap dance with one foot.

killer song and killer performance! those female backing vocals fit just fine!

Jerry, Roy Clark and Glen Campbell are 3 of the most underrated guitarist's ever. The skill they had supercedes every modern player to date. I saw Jerry once when I was a kid, probably 35 yrs ago. He played a little local festival here in southern Illinois. To the other kids he was just some old guy playing music that our parents listened to. But for me, being that I was familiar with his work, he was a guitar god. Just to actually see him live was and still is one of the best times of my life. I was lucky enough to get his autograph on vinyl. Unfortunately it has long been lost. But that night I got to see one of my guitar heroes in action. It was amazing.

He had a whole bunch of country songs, hits,, he played the TRUCK driver.. In,, SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT..with his side KICK, Fred, a baset hound, he was on HEE HAW.. MANY time's. Knew his way ACROSS the fret board, singer, songwriter, the whole bit.. One of the best..

smoothest guitar picker & talker there ever was Look out Amos Lousiana Law gonna git ya it aint legal huntin alligator down in the swamp son! Yeah from Tibbadaux La. No left arm at all!

Dang, look at them old Peavey rigs. Good enough for Mr. Reed, certainly good enough for most of us.

One of the original badasses we love you Jerry rest in peace

Reed's timing is so great...his playing is just amazing and can stand on its own...but his vocals and the way he tells a story is really unique...RIP Cledus

God bless Mr Reeds memory

Look at all them new Peavey’s! 😂 This is amazing, never seen four new (at the time) Peavey guitars in one band.

My pals and funk band in NY loved playing this back in 1976..!! RIP Jerry Reed

"The only thing better than a crawfish dinner, is five crawfish dinners." --Coach Red Beaulieu

When covid finally over, first day in malls and shopping centres, they should blast this over the The entire place......bet it would a smile on everyone’s faces, and a bounce in their steps.

Four T-60's! Jerry rules. I miss him.

Wow. I see a lot of Peavey T-60's there. Hell every guitarist had one. My uncle had one back in the 80's. One of the heaviest guitars I have ever played. Lol.

Greatest song ever

I’ve heard this song 1000 times but this is the first time I’ve seen him sing it. This is fun. Amazing how good he is at sounding just like his record.

The Snowman gettin' down!, Love it! This is why I love KZfaq. Finding gems like this 👍

One of the best story tellers ever.

RIP Jerry and Burt. Those were the days my friends.

I met him once........... he really was like that. He wasn't acting at all.

Jerry Reed was a National Treasure. RIP Jerry!

Modern day Amos Troy Landry ❤

Austin really is the goat city when it comes to music… all the goats played here before Austin was a popular city

This is gangster country. So much charisma. STUD!

Didn't get the recognition he so well deserved, a great guitar player and person, never let the fame go to his head

Snowman is rocking some Choke and Puke in the sky ! 😎👍👍🤙

Always liked him & Tony Joe White's styles. If you haven't heard Tony's music check it out, if you like JR you'll like TJW. Loved his down to earth style, Jerry just oozed talent..

Dear God I miss that man ... 😓

A great advertisement for PEAVEY guitars, amplifiers and PA system. Personally own a Peavey T25 electric and I'll put it up beside any Les Paul or Strat. And they're USA-made amps are bulletproof .

The entire band must of been sponsored by Hartley Peavey.. Good ole boy from Meridian Mississippi .. Hartley is a hoot..!!

One of the nicest men who ever graced this earth, and oh one amazing entertainer!

Clean cut and a singer to look up to. Always enjoyed his music. Loved snowman and his dog.

"Y'all can clap, we're through."

One thing about Jerry Reed was that there was no doubt he had a blast doing his thing…you could just tell he loved to entertain and he had a good time doing it. He really is a legend.

Amos Moses was one of my favorite song when I was a kid, it still is. Jerry was one of the best guitarists who ever lived!

Love this song. Just found due to Chris Stapleton channel. What have I been doing with my life??

I'm from Thibodaux Louisiana and I never knew Jerry sang this song

Jerry made me like country. REAL country!

This is Funky Country.... And I like it! I mean just look at Reed. Is is nothin' but loving it!

Youngsters, this is what swagger looks like 😎⚡️

Always loved jerry reed what a talent unlike the crap nowadays junk music that's not even country

The legend of Austin City Limits man what a line up this place has had.

One of the best. RIP SNOWMAN

Great stuff, time for another viewing of smokey and the bandit, been a few years...

This gives me a chance to mention Clarence Gatemouth Brown, again. Just saw a video with Roy Clark (and Glen Campell and Barbara Mandrell and Jerry Reed) whose 1979 album with Gatemouth called Makin Music was amazing. A few years earlier on the album Bogalusa Boogie Man (or was it Down South in Bayou Country ?) Gatemouth played Amos Moses. The Jerry Reed (video--Austin City Limits? 1982) guitar strength version good too, of course. Both are entertaining not quite Cajun songs with a dose of countrified funk.😎

Never seen so many peaveys in the same place at one time in my life! Lol Jerry was the man!

People talk about how undervalued Mr. Jerry Reed was as a superversatile Entertainer. And he was. The backdrop was equally Legendary and unnoticed. Austin. City. Limits!😂🎤🎼🎸🎹🎷🎻🥁📺B.W.

if you dont know jerry, you dont know cool.

Brilliant guitarist & performer !

I love Jerry and all his movies!!! He's hilarious and very talented!!!

Always awesome Jerry. RIP Talented with a Capitol T. Speaking of all he was (USA), look at all of those Peavey T-60 guitars and Peavey amps- made in the USA in Meridian, MS! 🇺🇸 My girlfriend in 1989 bought me a new Bandit amp. Dang, that amp was absolutely indestructible. No, it it wasn't a tone monster, but it never needed anything but to be plugged as it traveled with me for many years. Once I settled down and put together my something like my 15th guitar room, I just ran out of room with my tube amps and I wanted it to go to someone who could appreciate it as it deserved. That was just last year in 2020! Loud sucker too! Jerry was a proud American, as am I here deep in the heart of the great state of Texas. 🇺🇸

Funky Blues Country. Incredible!

Ol' Jerry must have had a Peavey endorsement deal, using their guitars and amps, Peavey made some mighty good stuff over the years. Of course it does help that Jerry and the band are top notch.

Jerry Reed was an amazing entertainer.

Jerry was an amazing Guitarist who moved every other serious Guitarist to the next level with his influence. Keith Richards has idolized him his whole life.

damn that was the coolest smoothest funkiest performance i've seen in a while hahaha

Get it Amos!! RIP Jerry.

Never heard anyone say a bad word about Jerry.

Watched that man's fingers for years, only two other players have the level of respect from me that he gas

Amos was a Hell of a Man but Jerry was a GOD IMO. And I'm not even a Country Western Music fan. ???? He made me respect it. Miss him so much. TY Jerry for all your love and skills. Darn YOU Emphysema. Couldn't shake her no matter how bad ass he was. 😪

The beginning is so nice

Three guys playing T60s… I’m guessing they all ended up with back issues 😂… fucking stellar tune 👌🏻👏🏻

He and Glen Campbell has forgot more than most will ever learn. Rest in peace.

Brilliant. An American original.

There was a dance popular among the square dance fans back in the 70's

Remember when music was great?

Why do people constantly say that these unbelievably talented superstars are all under rated? In what universe would Jerry Reed be anything but rated at the top of his profession by anyone, including his peers? Granted he was not alone at the top, he was among musical Gods, but he was at the top none the less.

That was my first 45 Amos Moses my dad took me to the David store paid $0.69 for Jerry Reed was a great talent musician and actor a great friend to Burt Reynolds rest in peace snowman

This is amazing! This is What they call Country-Funk!

Jerry had soul for sure he was born in Atlanta ? Yeah he had soul I love his personality and music.

I got this one in my head and just had to hear it. Don't know why, haven't heard it for decades, but it got stuck in there and there ya go. "Alligator bait in the Lousiana bayou." So cool.

He was one of the best guitarist not many people noticed I've had some clips of him playing that I shared with other guitar pickers Their response was were did this Guy come from he's not only good he's GREAT what style not missing a beat to any of his music He could pick above the rest enough said