Chet Atkins & Jerry Reed - "The Claw"

[xavierslowhand]

What gibson is that?

[Sven2Perroy]

THANK GOD i save my history of Firefox since ever - found that one in the "Older than 6 months"

[demilieu]

could be the amp of course, but i think that gibson is darker sounding than chet's usual rigs.

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[AsunderMeanguy]

does chet have 6 fingers!?!?

[Smullet90]

@AsunderMeanguy

Actually he has ten!

[tafflad1]

thats just put a big smile on my ugly face,...thanks...

[meangreen4321]

These guys have the right timing for the song. So often this song is played too rushed and looses its musical quality.

[sadbutsandman91]

Crap! Now I have to find August1977's comment.

[1234MrBeatleslover]

The dislike bar is the size of the guys penis who disliked this

[sadbutsandman91]

@1234MrBeatleslover Who would have known his penis and his brain are the same size?

[pulsepro88]

Holy smoke, its the best of the best right their! What would this world be if it not for YouTube? Thank's for the post, now we have it forever..

[stringbendernate]

Legendary country artist like the late great Jerry Reed and Chet Atkins along with legends from Haggard to Jones and all in between through their music inspired me to save my life. After losing 534 pounds & surviving 39 surgeries & 3 heart failures all that I want to do is to inspire others while performing the music that has saved my life and means so very much to me. I made a vow to God on my deathbed that if he let me live I would do all I could to keep this music going. Thanks for posting!!

[writesprotected]

You mean guitar solos and speed changes don't have to be played through an amplifier and distorted at full volume to be cool??? NEVA!

This video is from a way long ago time back when "musicians" didn't have quotation marks around it

[UnseenEntityMetal]

@writesprotected ..well said

[steveyraynelson]

A lot of players wanna do this song really fast to try to impress....slow it down make it count!

[KingNast]

@steveyraynelson I'm guilty! I play it a little faster than this version.. It's actually easier to play it fast. I'm trying to slow it down though. Ever heard Lenny Breau's version? pretty cool

[996artichoke]

I love jerry!everybody should

[zarnock]

They don't come any better than them two!

[doubleotwentyone]

Did I spot a Martin/Bigsby Merle Travis D28 there?

[troutslayer52101]

RIP Boys! I was very fortunate I grew up to my grandma just lovin' both these guys and she had every record they put out separate and collectively!

[50beaker]

have you heard dave edmonds version

[greeneups]

its still sad that even in their old age the video is in crappy old VHS.... but these guys are the nicest/ best guitarists ever.... buckethead, steve vai, slash...... maybe all be good and stuff.... but they dont have the sould like these 2 here! Jerry Reed and Chet Atkins for ever!!!!!!!!!!!!

[shred73]

they are still playing together somewhere...

[Zona57Bob]

Guys, gals - this is the kind of music you want to memorize in your heart. Down-home guitar doesn't get any better than Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed. They were a duo, indecipherable, one soul connected to the other. Good thing is, we have Youtube contributors to memorialize their genius. Listen, enjoy - and tap your foot on the bottom-side...

[L0zz0]

I just went onto iTunes and bought all of these guys' songs

[Bigerjoel]

It's always a great moment of guitar and music to see and hear these two masters. But it is also, alas, now, a great moment of nostalgia. Regardless, their music will remain immortal. Thank you ...

[thumbpouce666]

where can i get the tabs? i want to play this song so hard!

[trusoundstudios]

what kind of guit is jerry playing?

[dragns]

@trusoundstudios  It looks like a Godin to me.

[cwsgershwin]

@dragns I am pretty sure it is a Kirk Sand boutique guitar

[dragns]

@cwsgershwin After checking Kirk Sand guitars, I believe you're right. Interesting how much Godin guitars look like his.

[dragns]

@cwsgershwin if you go to the Godin website and look for their multiac line, you'll see what I mean.

[JustinTexan]

Damn! if you can't feel it, you aint livin'....

[reedlvr]

son



[wagonmaster1974]

Ya gotta love it - Jerry, the one who always humbles himself to Chet - then Chet just stops playing, toward the end, shakes his head and Jerry sets up the ending. They both hit the same notes perfectly. What a duo they were...

RIP, fellas. We were blessed to have you with us.

[sheddski]

there goes 2 great ones 

[ib422000]

JESUS H. CHRIST!!

[steveyraynelson]

what was that last few seconds, Bye Bye Blackbird? Put it on please!

[kadburyk]

true musicians i dream of the day i can play with feelings like that

[flowerdrop1]

funky

[RJiminez51]

he plays like chet

[srsteve12]

How did I get here? I was listening to Mason Williams and then without a sound translated here to Chet Atkins. Well he take the cake doesn't he.

[hura49]

Check out -Lars Haavard Haugen_ Hellbllies_ and you will find he is far far better.

[nineveh420]

@hura49 while he is good, he doesn't compre to these goold ol' boys

[whatsthebigfndeal]

when i was growing up my dad used to tell me how great these guys were but i was to busy trying to rip off srv and evh. wish he was still here so i could tell him he was right

[flakskuk]

lol, he used the very ending of this performance too

[flakskuk]

You should check out the Hellbillies-version, it's here

[jbluemel]

They make is look so effortless

[Hbon56]

came here to see Chet and got real impressed w/ Jerry's pickin

[brainlowe]

I never got to meet Jerry, but Bill wound up with his Yamaha delay for a long time. Pappy has it right too...when I was around Bill and Chet, I kept my mouth shut and learned as much as I could. So much of what Brent Mason has done in modern country is because of these guys. Throw in some James Burton and Don Rich...a dash of ROy Nichols...and there ya go.

[brainlowe]

My dad was Bill Young's bass player....I met Chet several times. What a gentleman.

[p3rs0n42]

@brainlowe YOU MET CHET!!??

wow buddy... that's pretty awesome.

I dont know what it is, but all the old country kinda finger pick players like Chet and Jerry always seem to be, and are spoken of as real gentlemen.

As a 17 year old, I only really recently got into Chet and Jerry's work, but after hearing it, and how they were spoken of, I would have loved to meet one of them. It's such a shame they're both gone :(

[MrMLD72MLD]

♥ .

[pappy4596]

@googuse-- when you're given the chance to see 2 professinals we all try to mimic, shut up and watch, listen learn, and remember.

[waitaminute991]

someone post the guitars

[runningraidfive]

Not much of a 'show' , but for one reason or another you cannot help beeing happy listening to this.

[googuse]

Ugh - are they playing through choruses or something? Sounds like shite!

[padenmtjr]

@googuse You are a idiot and you are showing it like all idiots do. You don't know what you are talking about like all idiots, you just open your stpid mouth and show everyone how stupid you are. All idiots thing they are smart, you are just proving this point. You can't procees what they are doing, because it takes talent and brains to do that. you are just a stupid smart ass.

[here2often]

@googuse fuck you (period)

[jessupar]

"Do you want to start this thing off while i immitate Cher?" rofl... fuck i wish i was born 30 years earlier.

[Riffalizer]

chet kinda looks like george bush in his awesome lether jacket

[August1977]

Funny...Chet is trying to look cool with his leather jacket and sunglasses, kind of reminds me of the song he did with Mark Knopfler "There'll Be Some Changes Made".

[CherokeeMusic]

@August1977 He's not *trying*. He IS cool.

[Smullet90]

@CherokeeMusic

I hope he wasn't saying Chet was trying to be cool... chet is coolness incarnate.

[dragns]

@August1977 He's Chet Atkins. He doesn't have to "try" to look cool.

[bodhi0625]

love the humor that comes across in their playing...simply masterful...love it.

[dvschsa]

judging from jerry's jersey, this has to be the 80s :)

[gamergeek3000]

jerry is a badass rythym/harmony player, dude knows his stuff.

[BullpenBoss]

I sure hope that Chet and Merle Travis let Jerry have a thumbpick by now....sure do miss them guys.

[transdetendal]

top dollar

[georgeworthmore]

Chet Atkins plays guitar like Joe DiMaggio played baseball. Elegance, grace and style.

[malpica]

I have no words to describe the moment at 2:08... magic.

[xSnoweyexp]

@malpica yeah it truelly was hahah

[thumbpouce666]

@malpica i totally agree with you , i got shivers down my spine :P

[Nevyle]

@malpica

guess you had a word :p

[Hbon56]

@malpica hey I caught that too,2:08-2:11 i've played that spot over and over again

[SonorSonicFan]

@malpica - You're right about that riff at 2:08. Magic indeed.

[pitriplex]

the lick starting at 2:08 is just incredible..

[lithiumdeuteride]

The groovy chords at 2:08 are:

Fmaj7 - Gadd6 - A

[lithiumdeuteride]

Correction: The last chord is Aadd9

[wiberiff]

It's  very Good

[bigdjindustriez]

He got Big Red on alright.  Hah. Ah I miss these guys, it's a great loss to the world of music, and the world in general.

[444johnchet]

The best guitar instrumental Jerry Reed ever wrote heaven put these two together for us

[mumumumusikman]

Imagine, if Tommy Emmanuel, Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed and B.B. King played together!

[Leonheart44]

B B King is out of the league

[mumumumusikman]

I don't think so but everyone things different

[p52xxxtra]

@Leonheart44 bb didn't play this kind of music. he would be lost as hell trying to keep up with these masters.

[philippaps44]

2:12 a moment of magic

wtf was that? awesome!!!

[cettyboy]

Two mean pickers.

Great!

mark Hill

[MBlues02]

He he. Jerry plays a mean guitar and writes great guitar instrumentals but he really should've let someone else pick his jumpers :D.

[CreativeCritisizm]

of all the guitar maestros in the universe Chet is probably the smoothest player in the bunch, he makes it look so easy when it's his turn.

[muzikman74]

No...the copy I had came from someone else and it wasn't that great of quality.

I know someone who might have a better copy,I'll check with him.

[HellbilliesLakafant]

Do you have this video in better quality?

[merletravis]

thanx very much :)

[exmotorcop]

Is that played in open G tuning, or standard tune?

[monkeyklaw1]

It is played in standard tuning, played in A. Jerry plays it in A flat in one of his recordings.

[hurlevent52]

Great ... Maybe the first tune of Jerry that entered my ears many years ago ...

Do you have the next part that starts at the end of this video ?

Thanks

[fenderboy88]

this is great,gets crazier every time i hear it and so damn hard to play

[maurieer]

Thanks for posting.

5/5

I never get tired of Chet and Jerry.

[maurieer]

I forgot to mention Paul.

He`s always in the background

helping them shine.