@davidasleep01 Sorry,but Pink Floyd didn't write Stagger Lee. It was first published in 1910 by John Lomax. It had been covered by countless early bluesmen and later r&b as well as rock artists. Great song, though.Peace.
I like me some Jerry Reed, but white people need to mind they own buisness. Leave this to Wilson Picket and Lloyd Price. Pay those guys... Pay them double.
Oh come on! If music can't transcend race in the 21st century, what can? Pickett and Price recorded great versions of "white" songs (Beatles' "Hey Jude," Buck Owens' "Under Your Spell Again," to name a few). Should they get paid half for those?
Country artists like Reed and Owens brought black artists like Berry, Charles, Price, Pickett and Leadbelly to their audience. At the time, it really took stones to do that. Now, can't we all just enjoy and give thanks for the great music?
@TNLabrador Booker T and the MG's, Jimmy Smith, and dozens of others had race transcendance together even before the civil rights movement. At least in terms of cultural and artistic community. I was raised directly in front of a 1967 Wurlitzer jukebox full of Stax records on one side and Sun Records on the other. It always bothered me, and still does, when some Nashville type takes all the swing out of a classic r&b piece. Arthur Crudup, Big Momma Thornton...Pay 'em.
Vince Gill is up there with Jerry, Glen, Chet... Where are the rest?
You know, the 'Western' in 'Country & Western' comes from Western Swing music and cowboy songs. Bob Wills swang right up there with Count Basie. Sophisticated music - a true form of jazz.
Sorry for the rant. And, I apologize to those that already knew all of this.
@Nacho66 Hi, I didn't know all this and I WANT TO!!! hahahaha So thank you.
If you don't mind can you throw me a list of people to check out? Jr Brown was my first entry..... but this guy is amazing- what a voice. Where can I find out more about Western swing?
Check out 'Asleep At The Wheel' here on Youtube. They're single-handedly keeping the music of Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys alive. They even won Grammys for their albums. They swing so good they're OUTTA STATE!
All the great players in all styles have one thing in common. At the core, they are all blues and early rock players. Great Guitar player/singer/recording artist. RIP Jerry Reed
There used to be an old clip on here with Jerry and Chet playing Summertime TNN Chet had a Fretless Guitar, it was outstanding I cant find it anymore, if anyone has it PLEASE REPOST!!!
This cat wrote song for lots of people, among them was the great Chet Atkins, whom I think was a tad intimidated by Jerry. The Jerry's Breakdown stuff on the old TV shows with Jerry & Chet seem to leave Chet looking a bit amazed. Jerry Reed is so damned good I am in ecstasy every time a Jerry Reed exercise or song comes out in GP magazine. I learn way more for the likes of Reed than most other players. Thanks & RIP Jerry, Chet, Les, Merle, Jimi, and Gary. Moore (3 wks ago) gone now too.
Don't know why your comment was thumbs-downed, Dorothy, because they lyric change IS terrible. I'm guessing it's the same reason why Lloyd Price has to change the lyrics for American Bandstand; the original lyrics might have been considered too "controversial" for a youth oriented audience. However, anyone who knows the original version (AND the true story that inspired it) knows damn well that the incident wasn't over a woman, and Stagger Lee and Billy certainly didn't end up as friends.
What impresses me about this is that I watched it the very night that it aired and knew nobody with a VCR at the time. Somebody must have been ahead of their time to capture the footage.
It was the Tonight Show and Burt Reynolds was the guest host, I believe. Jerry was on more than once.
The solo he's playing is so awesome - it is great.
JerryBen 1 week ago
R I P J R
jaclestrat 1 month ago
Little known fact. . .Pink Floyd actual wrote this song. And later they let Jerry play it on stage with them on the Animals tour.
davidasleep01 2 months ago
@davidasleep01 Sorry,but Pink Floyd didn't write Stagger Lee. It was first published in 1910 by John Lomax. It had been covered by countless early bluesmen and later r&b as well as rock artists. Great song, though.Peace.
tatu8663 1 month ago
I like me some Jerry Reed, but white people need to mind they own buisness. Leave this to Wilson Picket and Lloyd Price. Pay those guys... Pay them double.
itowedin 3 months ago
@itowedin
Oh come on! If music can't transcend race in the 21st century, what can? Pickett and Price recorded great versions of "white" songs (Beatles' "Hey Jude," Buck Owens' "Under Your Spell Again," to name a few). Should they get paid half for those?
Country artists like Reed and Owens brought black artists like Berry, Charles, Price, Pickett and Leadbelly to their audience. At the time, it really took stones to do that. Now, can't we all just enjoy and give thanks for the great music?
TNLabrador 3 months ago 3
@TNLabrador Booker T and the MG's, Jimmy Smith, and dozens of others had race transcendance together even before the civil rights movement. At least in terms of cultural and artistic community. I was raised directly in front of a 1967 Wurlitzer jukebox full of Stax records on one side and Sun Records on the other. It always bothered me, and still does, when some Nashville type takes all the swing out of a classic r&b piece. Arthur Crudup, Big Momma Thornton...Pay 'em.
itowedin 3 months ago
One of thee Original Guitar Shredders
MegaRiktane 4 months ago
How did he get that tone on that guitar
95leftover 4 months ago
I love the sound of that guitar
95leftover 4 months ago
Back when country still had some fuckin' SWING.
Vince Gill is up there with Jerry, Glen, Chet... Where are the rest?
You know, the 'Western' in 'Country & Western' comes from Western Swing music and cowboy songs. Bob Wills swang right up there with Count Basie. Sophisticated music - a true form of jazz.
Sorry for the rant. And, I apologize to those that already knew all of this.
Nacho66 7 months ago
@Nacho66 Hi, I didn't know all this and I WANT TO!!! hahahaha So thank you.
If you don't mind can you throw me a list of people to check out? Jr Brown was my first entry..... but this guy is amazing- what a voice. Where can I find out more about Western swing?
stikhi 6 months ago
@stikhi
Check out 'Asleep At The Wheel' here on Youtube. They're single-handedly keeping the music of Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys alive. They even won Grammys for their albums. They swing so good they're OUTTA STATE!
Nacho66 6 months ago
when you're hot, YOU'RE HOT!
hoz49 7 months ago
anyway Delbert!
maxxxx1972 10 months ago
Stack O Lee
skowis3 10 months ago
Dude was one badass picker, grew up on this guy, he was always underrated.
Love all the permutations of this song.
Check out Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds version.
RevDrDark 10 months ago
All the great players in all styles have one thing in common. At the core, they are all blues and early rock players. Great Guitar player/singer/recording artist. RIP Jerry Reed
seaside882000 10 months ago
RIP Snowman!!
jakedanner1991 11 months ago
WOW
74917 11 months ago
There used to be an old clip on here with Jerry and Chet playing Summertime TNN Chet had a Fretless Guitar, it was outstanding I cant find it anymore, if anyone has it PLEASE REPOST!!!
4631573 11 months ago
Greatest Guitarist ever!
4631573 11 months ago
this video and that guitar just gave me wood
DMARKETTE 11 months ago
Wow...he's singing the censored version. Lame!
VorpalDerringer 1 year ago
@VorpalDerringer what there is a uncensored version?
where can i find it, i only know this and the swiss german version, stägeli from span.
schissgring 10 months ago in playlist Jerry Reed
@schissgring This one talks about a fight over a woman, the uncensored version talks about Stagger Lee shooting Billy.
Search Youtube for
Wilbert Harrison, Taj Mahal, or Lloyd Price and "Stagger Lee"
Taj Mahal's version is slower and more blues-y, and Harrison's is faster paced, but I like all three of them.
VorpalDerringer 10 months ago
This cat wrote song for lots of people, among them was the great Chet Atkins, whom I think was a tad intimidated by Jerry. The Jerry's Breakdown stuff on the old TV shows with Jerry & Chet seem to leave Chet looking a bit amazed. Jerry Reed is so damned good I am in ecstasy every time a Jerry Reed exercise or song comes out in GP magazine. I learn way more for the likes of Reed than most other players. Thanks & RIP Jerry, Chet, Les, Merle, Jimi, and Gary. Moore (3 wks ago) gone now too.
Satchmoeddie 1 year ago
Awsome!!
1339LARS 1 year ago
Man that solo was great!
MrWilber38 1 year ago
its too bad ppl dont play those old gretsch guitars anymore
wwfoleyfan 1 year ago
@wwfoleyfan I'm pretty sure that's a Gibson.
DotDotDotjr 1 year ago
@DotDotDotjr yeah, for sure a Gibson - unmistakable logo on the headstock
magliulo 1 year ago
Superb !!!!
whitefalcon64 1 year ago
great picking...what about that afro person wearing out that tambourine in the background...lol..can't tell if its a girl or guy...lol
MartinGuitarFan 1 year ago 2
R.I.P. Jerry!
zellerauer1 1 year ago
amazing guitar playing...truly amazing...however, the lyric change? I'm not a fan...
b017ni3 1 year ago 2
@b017ni3 There are many different versions of the lyrics to this song (and Stack O' Lee), all quite valid.
Cessquill 5 months ago
Great job on the vids.
experior101 1 year ago
yes sireee! jerry is the boss !
BrotherPaul57 1 year ago 2
Wow... Jerry gets a great tone out of that thing.
notbendable 1 year ago 2
This is the catsass!
OttieBlue 1 year ago 2
One of the best, of any genre. Long Live Snowman! :)
strangersound 1 year ago
take me back, take me back...........
brfootwv 1 year ago
Wow, Jerry was awesome!
bosszeroboss 1 year ago
That's nice of Stagger to not murder Billy for once.
Synskin 2 years ago 4
@Synskin.... LOL
TheVigilanteMan 1 year ago
the snowman! you rock amigo
elletsco 2 years ago 2
he was truely......one of the last great pickers.....we'll miss ya J.R....
45x45bw 2 years ago
AWESOME!!!
rapunzabatera 2 years ago
Awesome handmade music, yeeaaaaaaha :)
Jerry Reed you are still in my heart RIP
H1lle1337 2 years ago 2
Why the lame-ass lyrical changes?
sSurrenderDorothy 2 years ago
Don't know why your comment was thumbs-downed, Dorothy, because they lyric change IS terrible. I'm guessing it's the same reason why Lloyd Price has to change the lyrics for American Bandstand; the original lyrics might have been considered too "controversial" for a youth oriented audience. However, anyone who knows the original version (AND the true story that inspired it) knows damn well that the incident wasn't over a woman, and Stagger Lee and Billy certainly didn't end up as friends.
junedeon 2 years ago 3
@junedeon no they weren't friends, Stagger Lee was a bad mutherfucker
thepinkzeppelin 2 years ago 2
On the plus side however, Jerry's playing is pretty sweet!
junedeon 2 years ago
Sencillamente maravilloso, un guitarrista versatil, eficaz como muy pocos y dueño de un talento impresionante.
Señor Jerry Reed mis respetos donde quiera que estes.
remolacho1950 2 years ago 4
Thanks for writing music, Jerry. R.I.P
Medyshel 2 years ago 4
Yeah , you´ve got it , Jerry !
Unfortunately you´re not well-known in Germany ...
Freezemoepfel 2 years ago 2
every performance jerry did is top dog!
moveonupcb 2 years ago 4
awesome!
shutupandroll 2 years ago
Reed was no doubt one of the best and most versatile guitarists ever and one Hell of a performer.
TEXASSURFDONKEY 2 years ago 42
@TEXASSURFDONKEY He definitely did a ton of stuff!
ricaard 1 year ago
@TEXASSURFDONKEY had problems sing and playing at the same time it seems
8Zeitgeist 8 months ago
@8Zeitgeist
listen to amos moses
bgflorijn 7 months ago
awesome talent - on loan from God. And now playing for God!
RIP
guitarhack42 3 years ago
That's for sure!
BullpenBoss 2 years ago
What impresses me about this is that I watched it the very night that it aired and knew nobody with a VCR at the time. Somebody must have been ahead of their time to capture the footage.
It was the Tonight Show and Burt Reynolds was the guest host, I believe. Jerry was on more than once.
cgprnd 3 years ago 4
thanks for these videos. Really great stuff. Jerry RIP.
DirtSeven 3 years ago 5