Comments on: 100 Greatest Men: #64. Jerry Reed

By: Motown Mike

Motown Mike — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:57:29 +0000

Brad Paisley should be taking notes from “She Got the Gold Mine (I Got the Shaft)” when it comes to writing clever, cute, fun and or pun-ey songs. That song right there is the template for novelty songs.

By: mrsandydog

mrsandydog — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:59:47 +0000

“I didn’t know it at the the time, but the first Jerry Reed song I ever heard was Brenda Lee’s “That’s All You Gotta Do”, solely written by Reed.” And, for me, the first Reed song I heard was Johnny Cash’s 1950s-something recording of “If the Good Lord’s Willing.” Hard to believe their paths crossed as early as 1956 or so! Many years later, Cash recorded Reed’s “A Thing Called Love.” Another well known Reed composition was Porter Wagoner’s “Misery Loves Company”

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By: bob

bob — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 13:05:10 +0000

I didn’t know it at the the time, but the first Jerry Reed song I ever heard was Brenda Lee’s “That’s All You Gotta Do”, solely written by Reed. Although I never thought of him as a songwriter, according to BMI he wrote 320 songs. Sometimes they show his name as Jerry Reed Hubbard or just Jerry Hubbard. He didn’t write one of my favorites, “She Got the Goldmine”. It was written by James Timothy DuBois.

By: Leeann Ward

Leeann Ward — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 02:58:54 +0000

I quite enjoy Jerry Reed’s music and I know his guitar playing has a lot to do with it.

By: Paul W Dennis

Paul W Dennis — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 21:04:22 +0000

There are those, Chet Atkins among them, who regarded Jerry as the greatest guitar player in the world. I’m not sure that I disagree as there are many fine pickers out there, but I am sure that there aren’t (and weren’t)any who are better than Jerry. I think his diffuse talents and film personality tended to distract from an appreciation of just how good he was.

As a recording artist, his biggest sellers weren’t necessaily his best albums. I can think of at least five albums I like better than the ones you listed as essential – and the five you list as essential do live up to that billing – completely

By: Erik North

Erik North — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 19:25:39 +0000

Re. Jerry and Elvis–Jerry’s guitar work can also be heard on a couple of Elvis’ other vastly underrated 1967-68 songs: “Big Boss Man” (the Jimmy Reed [no relation] blues classic); Chuck Berry’s “Too Much Monkey Business”; and Jerry’s own “U.S. Male”, which got up to #28 on the Hot 100 in May 1968.