Lay your bucket down…on the ground. Check out Mr. Jerry Reed and Mr. Chet Atkins tearing up Mule Skinner Blues.
Jerry Reed 1937-2008
This is a sad day for me. Jerry Reed was the first musician I really connected with as a kid. I wore the Live From Exit-In album out. I mean, son, I Wore. It. Out.
When I was a kid I liked him because he was funny and charismatic, and I loved him as Snowman in Smoky and the Bandit. But when I got older and started playing guitar I became a true fan. The guy was a real genius, and a lot of people don’t really know just how great a musician he was and how many great songs he wrote (“Guitar Man”–Elvis, “Thing Called Love”–Johnny Cash).
And I’ll tell you folks about the way I feel
Too lazy to work and too scared to steal
B’sides pickin’ and singin’s all I ever done that’s ever been worth a damn!
Son! Thank you Jerry Reed for being you all of those years. East Bound and Down!!!