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Alabama Wild Man / Explores Country Guitar

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There is only one Jerry Reed ! His amazing guitar antics onsongs like "Swarmin" and "Freeborn Man" areincredible. This is also a great album for drummers and bass players. This is a swamp/country groove fest ! To think this came out in 1968 is mind blowing. His playing is still... well you decide, BUY THIS CD !

This is the BEST album Jerry Reed ever recorded!!!
I'd worn out my LP years ago & have looked & looked
for a replacement, so I was thrilled to find this
rerelease on CD.
If you like guitar, you will LOVE this album, which
is on tracks 13-23 of this CD!!!

Frankly, I've always been a big fan of Amazon, because you can find a lot of unique music. However, some of the price gouging makes me want to literally vomit! Now that I've got that off my chest, and please, no replies about the free market system. Thank you, but I've had enough of it for one lifetime. Yes, this is one of Jerry's best albums. The reviewer who stated that its also a good album for bass players and drummers, was also correct. Its a good album to listen to, to learn from,and most of all,to constantly repeat the question:"How in the hell did he do that?"

Long before Jerry Reed became a music star, breaking through with 1970's "Amos Moses" and 1971's "When You're hot, You're Hot," and before he became a television and film actor, he was an in-demand A-list Nashville guitar player and struggling solo star. No less than Chet Atkins felt that Reed was a major talent as a picker, encouraging him to add instrumentals and solos to his albums, and bestowing upon him the title "Certified Guitar Player." This 1969 collection shows off the tension between Reed's incredible talent as a guitarist and his self-image as a singer. Together with Atkins as producer, Reed creates modern-pop arrangements of standards and traditional folk, country and bluegrass tunes, adding original twists (such as jazz-inflected blues-funk on Bill Monroe's "Blue Moon of Kentucky") and leaving plenty of room for his finger picking. This is a thoughtful and at times deeply contemplative album, surprisingly experimental and forward-thinking for a Nashville artist who'd yet to fully establish himself with country music fans. Those who know Reed's later hits will enjoy this earlier work, and those who aren't fond of Nashville's `70s sounds (and perhaps favor Willie Nelson's Stardust era interpretations of standards) will be impressed at the soul, jazz, blues, and folk flavors woven into the country base. [©2011 hyperbolium dot com]