Artist: Jerry Reed
Genre(s):
Country
Discography:
Nuova reed jerry
Year: 2002
Tracks: 12
RCA Country Legends
Year: 2001
Tracks: 16
Super Hits
Year: 1997
Tracks: 10
The Essential Jerry Reed
Year: 1995
Tracks: 20
The Best Of Jerry Reed
Year:
Tracks: 17
Eastbound and Down
Year:
Tracks: 5
Known end-to-end area euphony as "The Guitar Man," singer/songwriter Jerry Reed gained recognition not only for a successful solo lifespan history simply as well as an actor and ace session musician. Jerry Reed Hubbard was born in Atlanta, Georgia on March 20, 1937; later on picking up the guitar as a baby, he was signed by publication company and manufacturer Bill Lowery to cut his first record book, "If the Good Lord's Willing and the Creeks Don't Rise," at the age of 18. He continued cathartic both country and rockabilly singles to low notice until rocker Gene Vincent covered his "Dotty Legs" in 1958.
Afterward a biennial term of office in the military, Reed affected to Nashville in 1961 to continue his songwriting vocation, which had continued to gather steam regular as he was in the armed forces thanks to Brenda Lee's 1960 cover of his "That's All You Got to Do." He also became a popular session and tour of duty guitar player. In 1962, he scored some success with the singles "Goodnight Irene" and "Hully Gully Guitar," which base their way to Chet Atkins, wHO produced Reed's 1965 "If I Don't Live Up to It." In 1967, he saw-toothed his first chart hit with "Guitar Man," which Elvis Presley shortly covered. After Presley recorded another of Reed's songs, "U.S. Male," the songwriter recorded an Elvis tribute, "Tupelo Mississippi Flash," which proven to be his first Top Twenty hit.
Afterwards releasing the 1970 crossover hit "Book of Amos Moses," a hybrid of rock, state and cajun styles, Reed teamed with Atkins for the duet LP Me and Jerry. During the 1970 television receiver season, he was a steady on the Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, and in 1971 issued his biggest hit, the chart-topper "When You're Hot, You're Hot," which was also the title rail of his outset solo album. A second collaboration with Atkins, Me and Chet, followed in 1972, as did a series of Top Forty singles, which alternated between frenetic, straightforward country offerings and more pop-flavored, countrypolitan material. A year afterwards, he scored his second Number One, "Lord, Mr. Ford," from the record album The Uptown Poker Club.
In the mid-1970s, Reed's recording vocation began to take a backseat to his performing aspirations, and in 1974, he co-starred with his close friend Burt Reynolds in the plastic film W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings. While he continued to book end-to-end the decade, his superlative visibleness was as a motion picture whizz, nigh always in bicycle-built-for-two with headliner Reynolds; afterward 1976's Alligator, Reed appeared in 1978's High Ballin' and 1979's Hot Stuff. He also co-starred in all troika of the Smokey and the Bandit films; the starting time, which premiered in 1977, landed Reed a number iI off with the soundtrack's "Orient Bound and Down."
In 1979, he released a record comprised of both vocal and instrumental selections titled, suitably enough, Half & Half. It was followed 2 eld later by Jerry Reed Sings Jim Croce, a tribute to the tardy singer/songwriter. In 1982, Reed's career as a singles creative person was revitalised by the chart-topping novelty strike "She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)," followed by "The Bird," which unwell at issue 2. His final chart off, "I'm a Slave," appeared in 1983. After an unsuccessful 1986 LP, Lookin' at You, Reed focused on touring until 1992, when he and Atkins reunited for the album Sneakin' Around in front he once again returned to the road.
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