Jerry Reed

 Jerry Reed-ur.20.03.1937r jest amerykańskim piosenkarzem country,gitarzystą,autorem piosenek i aktorem.Urodził się w Atlancie jako drugie dziecko Roberta i Cynthii Hubbard.Jego rodzice cztery miesące po jego narodzeniu rozwiedli się,a on i jego siostra spędzili nastepne siedem lat w domu opieki.Reed zamieszkał znowu ze swoją matką i ojczymem w 1944r.

 

Muzykowanie pomogło mu przezwyciężyć stress w tym trudnym okresie.Podczas studiów zajął się pisaniem piosenek i ich wykonywaniem.Wkrótce podpisuje kontrakt z producentem Billem Lowery i nagrał swoją pierwszą swoją płytę "If the Good Lord's Willing and the Creeks Don't Rise" mając 18 lat.Po dwóch latach służby wojskowej przenosi się do Nashville w 1961r,kontynując komponowanie piosenek.Zyskuje też uznanie jako muzyk sesyjny.
W 1962r odnosi spory sukces singlami "Goodnight Irene" i "Hully Gully Guitar",otwierające mu drogę do słynnego producenta-Cheta Atkinsa,który wyprodukował jego hit "If I Don't Live Up to It" w 1965r.
 

Dwa lata póżniej jego pierwsza kompozycja "Guitar man" trafia na listy przebojów w wykonaniu Elvisa Presley'a.Presley nagrywa też inną kompozycję Reeda,"U.S. Male".Po wydaniu w 1970r dużego przeboju "Amos Moses",będącego hybrydą rocka,country i cajun,tworzy z Atkinsem spółkę ,która nagrywa album Me and Jerry.Występuje też regularnie w telewizyjnym show Glenna Campbella Goodtime Hour.Jego kolejny singiel "When You're Hot, You're Hot",trafia do Top10 listy Billboard,dając jednocześnie tytuł nowemu albumowi.Nagrywa z Atkinsem drugi wspólny LP Me and Chet,umieszczajac serie kilku przebojów na listach bestsellerów.
 

W 1973r po raz drugi plasuje się na szczycie listy przebojów country piosenką "Lord, Mr. Ford" z albumu o tym samym tytule.Atkins często namawiał Reeda do nagrania instrumentalnych utworów na swoich płytach,ale Reed odmawiał,uważając się raczej za kompozytora niż instrumentalistę.W połowie lat 70-tych porzuca karierę nagraniową na rzecz filmu.Razem ze swoim przyjacielem Burtem Reynoldsem występuje w nakręconym w 1974r filmie W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings.Pózniej występuje z nim w kolejnych obrazach Gator,High Ballin' i nakręconym w 1979r Hot Stuff.Występuje też we wszystkich trzech częściach Smokey and the Bandit.
 

W 1979r wydaje album składający się w połowie z instrumentalnych w połowie wokalnych utworów nazywający się adekwatnie Half & Half.Wraca na listy przebojów w 1982r singlami "She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)" i "Bird" [#2 Country Chart].Jego ostatni przebój "I'm a Slave" pochodzi z 1983r.Po nieudanym longplay'u Lookin' at You,Reed skupia się do 1992r na występach na żywo,aż do momentu reaktywowania współpracy z Atkinsem w postaci płyty Sneakin' Around.
 

W życiu prywatnym żoną Reeda od 1959r była Priscilla (Prissy) Mitchell z którą miał dwie córki,Lottie i Seidina. Jeszcze w 1998r zagrał w filmie Adama Sandlera The Waterboy.Jego ostatnia płyta nagrana w 2006r nosi tytuł "Let's Git It On".

 

Single

Tytuł	Wykonawca	Data wydania	UK	US	Wytwórnia [US]	Komentarz
Soldier's joy/Little lovin' Liza	Jerry Reed	07.1959	-	115[1]	NRC 5008	[written by Jimmy Driftwood][#15 Country hit for Hawkshaw Hawkins in 1959]
Love and war/Love is the cause of it all	Jerry Reed	07.1961	-	117[1]	Columbia 42 047	[written by J. Reed]
Goodnight, Irene/I'm movin' on	Jerry Reed & The Hully Girlies	06.1962	-	79[5]	Columbia 42 417	[written by Huddie Ledbetter/John Lomax ][produced by Don Law/Frank Jones ][#1 hit for Weavers in 1950r]
Hully gully guitar/Twist-a-roo	Jerry Reed & The Hully Girlies	10.1962	-	99[1]	Columbia 42 533	[written by Jerry Reed ][produced by Don Law/Frank Jones ]
Guitar man/It don't work that way	Jerry Reed	03.1967	-	-	RCA Victor 47-9152	[written by Jerry Reed][produced by Chet Atkins][53.Country Chart]
Tupelo Mississippi Flash/Wabash cannonball	Jerry Reed	12.1967	-	-	RCA Victor 9334	[written by Jerry Reed][produced by Chet Atkins][15[9].Country Chart]
Remembering/Fine on my mind	Jerry Reed	05.1968	-	-	RCA Victor 9493	[written by Jerry Reed][produced by Chet Atkins][14[10].Country Chart]
Alabama wild man/Twelve bar midnight	Jerry Reed	09.1968	-	-	RCA Victor 9623	[written by Jerry Reed][produced by Chet Atkins,Jerry Reed][48.Country Chart]
Oh what a woman!/Losing your love	Jerry Reed	12.1968	-	-	RCA Victor 9701	[written by Jerry Hubbard][produced by Chet Atkins][60.Country Chart]
There's Better Things in Life	Jerry Reed	05.1969	-	-	RCA Victor 0124	[written by Jerry Hubbard][produced by Chet Atkins][20[6].Country Chart]
Are You from Dixie ('Cause I'm from Dixie Too)/A Worried Man	Jerry Reed	09.1969	-	-	RCA Victor 0211	[written by Jerry Hubbard / Jerry Reed][produced by Chet Atkins, Bob Ferguson][11[10].Country Chart]
Georgia sunshine/Swinging '69	Jerry Reed	08.1970	-	-	RCA Victor 9870	[written by Jerry Hubbard][produced by Chet Atkins][16[7].Country Chart]
Talk About the Good Times	Jerry Reed	03.1970	-	-	RCA Victor 9804	[written by Jerry R. Hubbard][produced by Chet Atkins][14[10].Country Chart]
Amos Moses/The Preacher and the bear	Jerry Reed	11.1970	-	8[24]	RCA Victor 9904	[gold-US][written by Jerry Hubbard][produced by Chet Atkins ][16[10].Country Chart]
When you're hot, you're hot/You've been cryin' again	Jerry Reed	05.1970	-	9[12]	RCA Victor 9976	[written by Jerry R. Hubbard][produced by Chet Atkins ][1[5][13].Country Chart]
Ko-ko Joe/I feel for you	Jerry Reed	09.1971	-	51[6]	RCA Victor 48-1011	[written by Jerry Reed Hubbard][produced by Chet Atkins ][11[11].Country Chart]
Love man/Another puff	Jerry Reed	01.1972	-	Side B:65[5]	RCA Victor 74-0613	[A:written by Jerry Reed][written by Earl Jarrett/ Jerry Hubbard][produced by Chet Atkins ][A:27[4].Country Chart]
Smell the flowers/If it comes to that	Jerry Reed	.1972	-	-	RCA Victor 0667	[written by Jerry Hubbard][produced by Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed][24[7].Country Chart]
Alabama wild man/Take it easy in your mind	Jerry Reed	07.1972	-	62[8]	RCA Victor 0738	[written by Jerry Hubbard ][produced by Chet Atkins/Jerry Reed ][22[8].Country Chart]
You took all the ramblin'/I'm not playing games	Jerry Reed	01.1973	-	-	RCA Victor 0857	[written by Jerry R. Hubbard][produced by Chet Atkins/Jerry Reed ][18[6].Country Chart]
Lord, Mr. Ford/Two-timin'	Jerry Reed	07.1973	-	68[7]	RCA Victor 0960	[written by Dick Feller ][produced by Chet Atkins/Jerry Reed ][1[1][13].Country Chart]
The uptown poker club/Honkin'	Jerry Reed	01.1974	-	-	RCA Victor 0194	[written by Williams, Vodery, Havez][produced by Chet Atkins/Jerry Reed ][25[5].Country Chart]
The crude oil blues/Pickie, pickie, pickie	Jerry Reed	02.1974	-	91[5]	RCA Victor 0224	[written by Jerry R. Hubbard][produced by Chet Atkins/Jerry Reed ][13[6].Country Chart]
A good woman's love/Everybody needs someone	Jerry Reed	06.1974	-	-	RCA Victor 0273	[written by Cy Coben][produced by Chet Atkins/Jerry Reed ][12[7].Country Chart]
Boogie woogie rock and roll/In between	Jerry Reed	.1974	-	-	RCA Victor 10 063	[written by Eddy Raven][produced by Chet Atkins/Jerry Reed ][72.Country Chart]
Let's sing our song/Grab bag	Jerry Reed	01.1975	-	-	RCA Victor 10 132	[written by Jerry R. Hubbard][produced by Chet Atkins/Jerry Reed ][18[6].Country Chart]
Mind your love/Struttin'	Jerry Reed	03.1975	-	-	RCA Victor 10 247	[written by Jerry R. Hubbard][produced by Chet Atkins/Jerry Reed ][64.Country Chart]
The telephone/City of New Orleans	Jerry Reed	.1975	-	-	RCA Victor 10 325	[written by Jim Owen][produced by Chet Atkins/Jerry Reed ][65.Country Chart]
You got a lock on me/Reedology	Jerry Reed	10.1975	-	104[2]	RCA Victor 10 389	[written by Jerry R. Hubbard][produced by Chet Atkins/Jerry Reed ][60.Country Chart]
Gator/Good for him	Jerry Reed	.1976	-	-	RCA Victor 10 717	[written by Jerry R. Hubbard][produced by Chet Atkins][54.Country Chart]
Remembering/Bake	Jerry Reed	08.1976	-	-	RCA Victor 10 784	[written by Jerry R. Hubbard][produced by Chet Atkins/Jerry Reed ][57.Country Chart]
Semolita/The Phantom of the Opry	Jerry Reed	03.1977	-	-	RCA Victor 10 893	[written by Lally Stott][produced by Chet Atkins/Jerry Reed ][19[7].Country Chart]
With his pants in his hand/We called it everything	Jerry Reed	05.1977	-	-	RCA Victor PB 11 008	[written by Carson Parks][produced by Chet Atkins/Jerry Reed ][68.Country Chart]
East bound and down/Redneck in a rock and roll bar	Jerry Reed	09.1977	-	103[16]	RCA Victor 11 056	[written by Jerry Reed, Dick Feller][produced by Jerry Reed][2[12].Country Chart][piosenka z filmu "Smokey and the bandit"]
Sweet love feelings/You're gonna need someone	Jerry Reed	04.1978	-	-	RCA Victor 11 232	[written by Jerry R. Hubbard][produced by Jerry Reed, Chip Young][39[1].Country Chart]
You Know What	Jerry Reed with daughter Seidina Reed	01.1978	-	-	RCA 11 164	[written by Jerry R. Hubbard][produced by Jerry Reed, Chip Young][20[6].Country Chart]
[I love you] What can I say/I feel for you	Jerry Reed	06.1978	-	-	RCA Victor 11 281	[written by Dick Feller][produced by Jerry Reed, Chip Young][10[9].Country Chart]
Gimme back my blues/Honkin'	Jerry Reed	11.1978	-	-	RCA Victor 11 407	[written by Edd Wheeler][produced by Jerry Reed, Chip Young][14[8].Country Chart]
Second-hand satin lady/Jiffy jam	Jerry Reed	03.1979	-	-	RCA Victor 11 472	[written by Dick Feller][produced by Jerry Reed, Chip Young][18[6].Country Chart]
[Who was the man who put] Line in gasoline/A piece of cake	Jerry Reed	07.1979	-	-	RCA Victor 11 638	[written by Dick Feller][produced by Jerry Reed, Chip Young][40[2].Country Chart]
Hot stuff/Nervous breakdown	Jerry Reed	.1979	-	-	RCA Victor 11 698	[written by Jerry R. Hubbard][produced by Jerry Reed, Chip Young][67.Country Chart]
Sugar foot rag/I wanna go back home to Georgia	Jerry Reed	12.1979	-	-	RCA Victor 11 764	[written by Hank Garland, Vaughn Horton][produced by Ray Pennington, Ronnie Gant][12[8].Country Chart]
Age/Workin' at the car wash blues	Jerry Reed	04.1980	-	-	RCA Victor 11 944	[written by Jim Croce, Ingrid Croce][produced by Jerry Reed, Chip Young][36[4].Country Chart]
The friendly family inn/The Bandit	Jerry Reed	08.1980	-	-	RCA Victor 12 034	[written by Lee George Likes, Barry Grant Marsh][produced by Jerry Reed][64.Country Chart]
Texas bound and flyin'/Concrete sailor	Jerry Reed	10.1980	-	-	RCA Victor 12 083	[written by Jerry R. Hubbard][produced by Jerry Reed][26[5].Country Chart]
Caffein, nicotine, benzedrine/If love's not around	Jerry Reed	12.1980	-	-	RCA Victor 12 157	[written by Bill Hayes, Bill Howard, Betty Mackey][produced by Jerry Reed][80.Country Chart]
The testimony of Soddy Hoe/Dreaming fairytales	Jerry Reed	04.1981	-	-	RCA Victor 12 210	[written by Jerry R. Hubbard, Dick Feller][produced by Norro Wilson, Jerry Reed, David Briggs][87.Country Chart]
Good friends make good lovers/The Devil went down...	Jerry Reed	05.1981	-	-	RCA Victor 12 253	[written by Troy Seals][produced by Norro Wilson, Jerry Reed, David Briggs][84.Country Chart]
Patches/Stray dogs and stray women	Jerry Reed	10.1981	-	-	RCA Victor 12 318	[written by Ronald Dunbar / General Johnson][produced by Rick Hall][30[4].Country Chart]
The man with the golden thumb/East bound and down	Jerry Reed	05.1982	-	-	RCA Victor 13 081	[written by Bud McGuire, Billy Henderson][produced by Rick Hall][32[4].Country Chart]
She got the goldmine/"44"	Jerry Reed	07.1982	-	57[9]	RCA Victor 13 268	[written by Tim DuBois ][produced by Rick Hall ] [1[2][12].Country Chart]
The bird/The hobo	Jerry Reed	11.1982	-	-	RCA Victor 13 355	[written by Hal Coleman and Barry Etris ][produced by Rick Hall ][2[10].Country Chart]
Down on the corner/Hard times	Jerry Reed	02.1983	-	-	RCA Victor 13 422	[written by John Fogerty][produced by Rick Hall ][13[9].Country Chart]
Good ole boys/She's ready for someone to love her	Jerry Reed	06.1983	-	-	RCA Victor PB 13 527	[written by J. L. Wallace, Ken Bell, Terry Skinner][produced by Rick Hall ][16[9].Country Chart]
Hold on, I'm comin'/Nobody ever loved me	Waylon Jennings & Jerry Reed	09.1983	-	-	RCA Victor 13 580	[written by Isaac Hayes,David Porter][20[6].Country Chart]
I'm a slave/Nobody ever loved me	Jerry Reed	10.1983	-	-	RCA Victor 13 663	[written by Jerry Reed Hubbard][produced by Rick Hall ][58.Country Chart]

Albumy

Tytuł	Wykonawca	Data wydania	UK	US	Wytwórnia [US]	Komentarz
Cookin'	Jerry Reed	05.1970	-	194[2]	RCA Victor 4293	[produced by Chet Atkins]
Georgia sunshine	Jerry Reed	03.1971	-	102[11]	RCA Victor 4391	[produced by Chet Atkins, Felton Jarvis]
When you' re hot,you' re hot	Jerry Reed	05.1971	-	45[20]	RCA Victor 4506	[produced by Chet Atkins]
Ko-ko Joe	Jerry Reed	09.1971	-	153[5]	RCA Victor 4496	[produced by Chet Atkins]
Smell the flowers	Jerry Reed	04.1972	-	196[2]	RCA Victor 4660
The best of Jerry Reed	Jerry Reed	07.1972	-	116[12]	RCA Victor 4729
Lord Mr. Ford	Jerry Reed	08.1973	-	183[4]	RCA Victor 0238	[produced by Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed]