Jerry Reed "Chuck Berry Medley"

[guitarreilly]

lol first tune instantly reminds me of the film 'men in black'

[Strings1977]

Jerry Reed probably had the most underrated voice in music history!

[OneMeanBean22]

he was light years ahead of his time, outstanding talent!

[Vintage1976]

That band is tight!

[jodyparkercraven]

rip paul and jerry

[zyxquark]

God, I grew up watching this show. My mom would serve me some cornbread and beans about halfway through. I can only gues but I'm guessing this is about 1971--but who knows? I was always a jerry reed fan. I miss him.

[melkiemelkie]

Jerry has it all. So talented and so charismatic.

[KingCrimson776]

Cocaine is a hell of a drug

[fab66100]

Que Dieu te garde. Merci Jerry , quel talent .

[MrArtist1971]

Brad Paisley who????

[Tarrrmo]

Oh man the drummer is insane!

Maybe the greatest left hand i've seen/heard so far.

[chinahands100]

dam i want a sparkle jacket like that

[mikedatike1]

@chinahands100 I want a sparklin' face like that :p

[Acerspacerracer]

Jerry was Bad in a good way....Love him forever!!!

[PresidentMike25]

His skin is golden!

[jeremylr68]

The drummer is Larry Londin; played on thousands of Nashville studio sessions; did many drum overdubs for Elvis in the late '70s, especially for Elvis' live albums ; he also played drums for Elvis live on occasion ('76, '77) when Ronnie Tutt had another commitment; Londin drummed with Elvis at his last concert ever on June 26, 1977

[MrMiken1970]

seems strange to watch jerry strumming instead of picking

[BeatBoxingMaster09]

my new idol.

[ferraridinoman]

Paul Yandall! absolute great player, taste and tone (Jerry too!) playing a lovely early 50s tele!! Your right CRAP MIX!!! Guitar is way too high! but Pauls was (and probably still is!) great Tele player.

[FloridaRaider]

wow, a blast from my childhood...thanks for uploading it.

[randomangel05]

The guitar player doesn't do tapping like Van Halen. Thank God for small mercies.

[JamesTKirkCobain]

The guitar player isnt that good. He doesn't do tapping like Van Halen.

[badfinger848]

@JamesTKirkCobain Don't get me wrong--Van Halen is a great guitarist and all--but Van Halen isn't one of the four guitarists to ever be named a C.G.P. by Chet Atkins!

[jamminjohn]

@badfinger848 Eddie Van Halen is my favorite rock guitarist but Jerry Reed is my favorite country guitarist.

[badfinger848]

@jamminjohn I like Eddie Van Halen as well, though he's not my personal favorite rock guitarist...in all honesty, I can't even decide who is at this point. I don't know if you've ever heard it, but Eric Johnson has a song called "Tribute to Jerry Reed" and he is the only rock guitarist I've ever heard play that Jerry Reed-style to this day.

[metachozoite]

I didnt knwo choach cline played the guitar :P

[colereevesmusic]

Jerry Reed was a much more skilled guitarist as his sideman here. He could play Chuck Berry better.

[dvdsmlprstylr]

that fender guitarist just killed it. Chuck Berry should've jumped on the stage and whack him over the head.

[SteveB5477]

Jerry Reed is a bad m-fer! man!



[spencer1162]

is that chets side man paul yandell playing rythym for jerry???

[fuel2obsessions]

@spencer1162 yes it is

[plectroman]

@spencer1162 Actually it looks like Yandell's playing lead on this....

[roaddoctor12345]

awsome

[Krehyv]

i bet he was funny as hell aswell as talented :)

[Jebowski]

those nerdy backing musicians just accentuate JR's cool caliber

[DougPatton1]

@Jebowski: Yo juss lookin 'stead o hearin, cos them pistol-hot backup boyz is wot gives the Georgia wildman his kickass-R n R on a country show !

[Jebowski]

@DougPatton1 doubt you'd say that if JR was geeked out too, but sure they're good players.

[DougPatton1]

@Jebowski: Dumb dude, I doubt you'd say that about Holly & Orbison even if yo had specs and a hearing-aid !

[svfr25]

Anybody know the name of the song he's singin before Johnny B Goode here?

[Squank63]

@svfr25 that's "Promised Land", originally recorded by Berry in '64. Lot's of artists have covered the song, including Elvis.

[ktmiln2]

"Eyes back there, snake" lol

[DeepSouthWrestling1]

Why do so few recognize how great a guitarist JR was?

[Countrychiddler]

You can't swing better than this. Trust me.

[rockin1953]

playing rock and roll on the Porter Wagner show? yes oh yes it had to start somewhere and i am glad he sang chuck Berry tunes........

[Bumptiously]

I've watched this video dozens of times ! I entertain myself wondering how many nights it had been since Jerry'd had a decent sleep. But for the first time tonight I noticed Jerry trying to fly under the radar with an "equipment readjustment " on national TV with his left hand at 4:01, then six minutes later giving Porter an Air Kiss towards his neck.("I know it and I love you"..smooch) This man is just hilarious. Teetering on the verge of chaos. I cannot get over him !

[thelivingfire]

Chuck Berry is NOT the king of Rock’n Roll. He is a Pedophile and a thief the sooner people realize this the better.

[DougPatton1]

@deadhellfire: Yo confusin som kinda child abusin bandit wit the greatest Charles Edward Berry ! Know the facts and learn em well afore spoutin out yo ass !

[1canyonguy]

I want just Jerry- no intros- just the man and his axe!

[wisesatyr72]

This guy is GOOD..

[themaddog211]

good song

[piperman56]

The guitar player was Paul Yandell. He played with Jerry and Chet Atkins for many years, and he was almost as good as they were.

[allaboard70]

This is great :-) Thank you !!

[daddynamedmejanine]

Thanks Jerry!!! We sure did love you!!!

[airdancr1]

Still do!

[somaliCABdriver]

,,,that guy on the electric geetar is pretty good...

[longirons6]

He was the total package. Great musician, great song writer, great picker and an amazing entertainer.

[FinishLIneDream]

Jerry had an electric vocal delivery ... all energy.... very impressive talent ...

[44oz4u]

who is the lead guitar player? He was really good as was the whole band..

[fatburger41]

paul yandell

[unknownkingdom]

Nice bellbottoms, Jerry

[trickkelly1986]

Im glad Jerry didn't wear rediculous costumes like that rhinestone cowboy in the beginning of the video

[bonfad10]

hes a genius,simple as dat

[bobbysocksbaby21]

Jerry Reed is HOT AL' MIGHTY- WOO!! Smokin'

[Pickinbuddy]

All KILLER....NO filler!

[darkknight91]

Whew boy! That's a heck of a hairdo on Porter.

[igknightus]

man at the huge amount of reverb!!!!!!

lol great show

!

[donnyoh]

For petesakes..look at Paul Yandell go. He backed Jerry and Chet for years and to me PY is is a guitar god!

[YeshuaRising]

I was just thinking how bad ass the guitar player was! But I guess you'd have to be that good to back up Jerry!

[BadVizion]

so sick....man i feel foolish...where have i been.......i just stumbled onto one of my new favorite artist...and never was into much country but cash and nelson..but reed man hes fuckin dope not just him but the band......

[longirons6]

@BadVizion I'm with you... Up till about 6 months ago, all I knew him for was Smokey and the Bandit. Since then I've discovered a world class guitarist, songwriter and overall entertainer. He's amazing

[LunchtimeLoonies]

@BadVizion Same here.....after drinking all night and surfing youtube I ended up dancing like a fucking steam train around the room.

[nobodysfaultatlanta]

@BadVizion Yes. Jerry was sought out by Elvis Presley to do "promised land". Elvis wanted that "sound" on the song. The producer told him "jerry is a finger picker and no one sounds like him". 

[SteveGaines]

@nobodysfaultatlanta Jerry wrote and played on "GUITAR MAN" for "THE KING"..

[SirCoughsalot]

You only have to watch Jerry Reed to see why the called him the Wild Man. Whole lot of energy here.

[moveonupcb]

that is one hell of a damn groovy band!

[unknownkingdom]

With some Purdie-like high hat toward the end...

[peariverbirddog]

any of yall know the name of the 1st song?

[habsfan1236]

Promised Land... Chuck Berry did it first, it was covered by Elvis, as well as Jerry Reed.

[SJA1949]

I searched Chuck Berry lyrics and that first song is called Promised Land

[thesaddpenguin]

3:23 !!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[crockyoshighty]

I thought that Jerry Reed was an actor? I didn't know he was a musician / singing. Didn't he do movies with Clint Eastwood? I liked him as an actor and now a musician as well. :o)

[iamJROD]

Jerry Reed was on the Smoky and the Bandit movies with Burt Reynolds.

[silverbird58]

jerry is formost a singer/music man and is a good comic too .

[badfinger848]

crockyoshighty: Jerry Reed was in a few movies, including all three Smokey and the Bandit films. In fact, he seems to be best known for his role in those films. Of course, Reed did the soundtracks for the two first Smokey and the Bandit films, but not the third.

Most people--including many guitarists--don't know how great of a guitarist Jerry Reed was...thank God that Chet Atkins, Eric Johnson, Brad Paisley, Brent Mason and a number of other guitar greats have recognized Reed for his music!

[fidelvis]

That was great ! Real rock n' roll without the threat of the black man in it. That was just what the white parents wanted and jerry reed gave it to them.

[GoneShootinBoardsIe]

Impressive hair on that host

[rll1954]

"Can we say that on television?"

Boy, we come a long way: past the gutter and into the sewer today!!

[rll1954]

"Can we say that on television?"

Boy, how we've gone past the gutter and deep into the sewer today!!

[ElmoLewiss]

i love jerry reed, but paul yandell doesn't know the first thing about playing chuck berry.

[cwknig2]

Jerry always played out of a lot of wierd tunings, so playing straight guitar over his original style is exceptionally difficult. Very few guitarists, in my opinion, ever meshed with Jerry's pickin' fluidly. Chet Atkins and Jerry always sounded great together.

[ElmoLewiss]

that's just plain hogwash.

[cowboydoubledeuce22]

Jerry Keep onsinging Jerry

[THEMOJOMANsince1959]

I always LOVED JERRY but wish he'd have givin'CHUCK BERRY credit all the time

[heywoodjosh]

anybody know what year this is?

[BullpenBoss]

Jerry had a Chuck Berry medley on his 1973 album "Hot A' Mighty" RCA Records.

[burnt999]

Who is that guy on the TELE ? Check out the Maybelene lick ! WHOA !

[BullpenBoss]

The great Paul Yandell. He was Jerry & Chet's sideman for many many years! A great guitarist himself.

[Modes9]

Southern white guys are more convincing than we are here (NY) and they're WAY ahead of the Brits. It helps to be surrounded by this music and the people who play it from birth.

[holykernow]

brother i can allmost agree with you except for one thing im british i been listening to this stuff since birth and allthough alot of brits are way too ignorant of the music that truly gave them shit like metalica i really think its not nationality as much as ignorance i mean i feel like an alabama banjo picker and i love this music

[fmc9917]

jerry reed the is the man!

[JAARNO88]

jerry was the white chuck berry!

[mrcrazyhimself]

Whats the name of the first song he did??

[jandaracing]

Promisedland. Check out Elvis' version too

[TMWKK]

I'd have been scared if that faggy-looking Porter Wagoner had put his arm around my shoulder like that.

Reed Rocked!

[busseybootlegger]

Jerry doing Chuck some justice....

[jazzbass0321]

Klien tone of the telecaster is wonderful and " Memphis ", too, is good.

[44Snyder]

Before making his own hit records and starring in movies, Jerry Reed played guitar on records by Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Bobby Bare, Dolly Parton, Elvis, Ringo Starr, Joan Baez, and many others. Thanks for the memories of Jerry & Porter.

[buzzo12]

Same question as jimmybusk: Do you or anyone have the clip of Jerry doing the country medley instrumental from this show?! (medley starts with an instrumental of "I never promised you a rose garden, if I'm right"). If you do ..,PLEASE ,PLEASE post it!!! I can't get it out of my head...it's beautiful.

[cettyboy]

Awesome!

[jimmybusk]

Thanks Muzikman. Do you have the clip of jerry doing the country medley instrumental from this show . If you do ..,PLEASE ,PLEASE post it. The world must see it.

[tabooman]

RIP Jerry Reed

[fenderboy88]

great picking,im practicing REEDOLOGY at the moment and there is a lot of stretched bar chords but still fun to play

[maurieer]

Jerry, as will Chet, always be remembered.