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Essential

Jerry ReedAudio CD
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listen  1. Guitar ManJerry Reed 2:27$0.99  Buy MP3 
listen  2. Alabama JubileeJerry Reed 3:01$0.99  Buy MP3 
listen  3. Amos MosesJerry Reed 2:22$1.29  Buy MP3 
listen  4. A Thing Called LoveJerry Reed 2:23$0.99  Buy MP3 
listen  5. When You're Hot, You're HotJerry Reed 2:22$0.99  Buy MP3 
listen  6. Smell The FlowersJerry Reed 2:31$0.99  Buy MP3 
listen  7. Ko-Ko JoeJerry Reed 2:35$0.99  Buy MP3 
listen  8. You Took All The Ramblin' Out Of MeJerry Reed 2:16$0.99  Buy MP3 
listen  9. The Uptown Poker ClubJerry Reed 3:31$0.99  Buy MP3 
listen10. The ClawJerry Reed 2:02$0.99  Buy MP3 
listen11. Lord, Mr. FordJerry Reed 3:19$0.99  Buy MP3 
listen12. A Good Woman's LoveJerry Reed 2:56$0.99  Buy MP3 
listen13. East Bound And Down ((from the Motion Picture "Smokey and the Bandit"))Jerry Reed 2:49$1.29  Buy MP3 
listen14. Let's Sing Our SongJerry Reed 2:34$0.99  Buy MP3 
listen15. The Crude Oil BluesJerry Reed 2:35$0.99  Buy MP3 
listen16. I Love You, What Can I SayJerry Reed 3:40$0.99  Buy MP3 
listen17. Medley: The Bird/Whiskey River/On The Road Again/He Stopped Loving Her Today (Alternate Title: The Bird)Jerry Reed and Friends 3:16$0.99  Buy MP3 
listen18. Texas Bound And Flyin' (From The Motion Picture "Smokey And The Bandit II")Jerry Reed 3:22$0.99  Buy MP3 
listen19. She Got The Goldmine (I Got The Shaft)Jerry Reed 3:18$0.99  Buy MP3 
listen20. Another PuffJerry Reed 4:07$0.99  Buy MP3 


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Product Details

  • Audio CD (August 1, 1995)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: RCA
  • ASIN: B000002WTE
  • Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Music
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,213 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Import exclusive compilation for the country music & film star features 20 tracks. Highlights includes 'When You're Hot You're Hot', 'She Got The Goldmine (I Got The Shaft)', & 'East Bound & Down' (from 'Smokey & The Bandit').

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The Outrageously Talented Jerry Reed November 27, 2001
Format:Audio CD
Jerry Reed's talents as a singer and songwriter have long been a source of wonder for me. Listen to any of his albums, including this one, and find out for yourself. His sense of humor in such
original songs as "When You're Hot, You're Hot," "Lord, Mr. Ford" and "Another Puff" are highly entertaining, and his way with a ballad can truly touch the heart.
On a personal level, being a professional musician AND a guitar
player, I have constantly been blown-away by Mr. Reed's awesome capabilities on the guitar. His instrumental compositions such as "The Claw" and the lesser-known "Lightning Rod" are terrific examples of his mastery of the instrument. In this respect, he has been a tremendous inspiration in making me a better musician. Does anyone know that he was once praised by Jazz critic Gene Lees in Downbeat Magazine? And did I mention that ole Jer is a pretty good actor, as well? Just check out his Bama McCall role in "Gator." A real natural.
But I agree with another reviewer, in that a CD Boxed Set is called for. Having once had a complete collection on vinyl, there are just too many gems missing from what is currently available on CD. And lest we forget, we all owe a great deal of thanks to the great, and sad to say, late Chet Atkins for having discovered this good ole Georgia boy.
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21 of 25 people found the following review helpful
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Of all the words in the English language which can be used to sum up Jerry Reed's remarkable career, both as a musician and as an actor, perhaps these four words can best apply: "Been there, done that". These four words are most apropos, due to Jerry's longevity in the entertainment industry, which spans upwards of almost five decades. It is because of the many different musical styles displayed on "The Essential Jerry Reed" (ranging from country to swamp rock), why Mr. Reed has paved the way for many a future artist, including the likes of Creedence Clearwater Revival, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Allman Brothers, Charlie Daniels, etc. - each a successful artist/group in their own right. Therefore, Jerry is credited with starting the swamp rock/southern rock genre, and some of the songs featured in this collection ("Amos Moses", "When You're Hot, You're Hot", "The Uptown Poker Club" and "Ko-Ko Joe") contain a healthy dose of this well-crafted style of music. The lyrical homespun humor Jerry brings to many of the songs in this rather "definitive" collection adds profound depth to the music, as is the case in such numbers as "The Uptown Poker Club" and in "She Got The Goldmine (I Got The Shaft)", where the latter selection finds Jerry once again in hot water with the same judge in a kangaroo court of law filled with mayhem and hijinks, a recipe which is also the order of the day in the up-tempo "When You're Hot, You're Hot" (poor, poor Jerry!). Jerry Reed shows that he's quite the balladeer, as he croons with an unmistakeable vocal depth and precision, found in such tender moments that are nicely supplied in the compromising "A Thing Called Love", "A Good Woman's Love" and in "Smell The Flowers" as well. The latter title pretty much sums up Jerry's philsophy in life - in just taking things as they come, letting the chips fall where they may, complete with a touch of "happy-go-luckiness" present in a majority of the songs in this "almost" well put together collection of Jerry's credible compositions. However, "The Essential Jerry Reed" contains some major-minor flaws, none of which are contained in the movie music selections found in the first two "Smokey And The Bandit" pictures ("East Bound And Down" [from "SATB"] and "Texas Bound And Flyin'" [from "SATB 2"] - both of which are marvellous and are fine, upstanding numbers, no doubt). One big mistake RCA made in preparing this compilation, was omitting "Smokie's" other songs, such as both "The Legend" and "The Bandit", also performed amicably by the talented Jerry Reed. Some other important cuts RCA left behind, are the untamed "Alabama Wild Man" and "U.S. Male". It is due to these aforementioned omissions the reason why "The Essential Jerry Reed" gets only a four-star rating. But, nevertheless, it is a worthwhile body of "The Alabama Wild Man"'s guitar pickin' delights, and is thus worthy of being in any music collector's CD library. So, it all adds up to more of an "essential", rather than a "definitive" purchase!
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars SON!-SATIONAL October 27, 2005
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JERRY REED-THE ESSENTIAL JERRY REED: The Alabama Wild Man was a triple threat talent in the seventies, playing hotshot session guitar for everyone from Elvis on down, scoring his own twanger smashes like the swampy tall tales AMOS MOSES and WHEN YOU'RE HOT YOU'RE HOT, and serving as Burt Reynolds' cronie in good ol' boy flicks GATOR and SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT. THE ESSENTIAL JERRY REED is exactly what the title suggests...all the witty, gritty, southern fried antics you could ever ask for. Dig into trucker fave EAST BOUND AND DOWN, the autobiographical GUITAR MAN, and the quick-pickin' instrumental THE CLAW; Reed adroitly covers all the bases. He hardly disappoints in the novelty category either...there's LORD MR. FORD, one of the wittiest "car-tunes" since Chuck Berry's NO MONEY DOWN, divorce ditty SHE GOT THE GOLDMINE (I GOT THE SHAFT), and the wheezy narrative ANOTHER PUFF, which is the SMOKE, SMOKE, SMOKE THAT CIGARETTE of its era. Make no mistake son, this is the best Jerry Reed your hard earned dollar can buy.

RATING: FOUR GUITAR PICKS
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1.0 out of 5 stars Great music but poor mastering.
10 stars for Jerry Reed. 1 star for the audio quality of this CD. I LOVE Jerry Reed but whoever did the mastering job of this CD needs to go back to school and learn how to master. Read more
Published 18 days ago by BHR
4.0 out of 5 stars GOOD TIME MUSIC
Apart from a couple of maudlin ballads. Jerry Reed is a lot of fun to listen to. Of course his hits of "AMOS MOSES" and "WHEN YOU'RE HOT, YOUR'RE HOT " are here but... Read more
Published 1 month ago by John Walsh
4.0 out of 5 stars A real hoot!
Great songs, many firmly tongue in cheek or downright comical in nature. The man has some real talent and is one of classic country's legends as far as I'm concerned. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Tom Servo
5.0 out of 5 stars Jerry Reed is amazing
I only heard one of his songs recently, but I've been hooked. This is a great collection for anyone new to Jerry's music, and it's a good deal also for so many songs.
Published 3 months ago by Joseph T. Vogel
5.0 out of 5 stars great cd
a good album to get into jerry reed. has all the hits and a few lesser known tunes as well.
Published 3 months ago by windowshopper
5.0 out of 5 stars JERRY REED
Jerry Reed==> RIP: 1937-2008

Back in the day when people knew WHO Jackie Gleason was... everybody had these L----o----n----g antennas and CB [citizens' band]-Radios... Read more
Published 4 months ago by The "older than dirt" Time Traveller
5.0 out of 5 stars What more to say than Jerry Reed
The ultimate guitar player and humorist. So under rated as a performer. One of the best of all time. Love our jerry Reed
Published 5 months ago by Mother in need
5.0 out of 5 stars A GREAT Compilation...
I chose to buy this CD after seeing "Smoky and the Bandit" and Jerry's appearance on "Hee Haw" on consecutive days. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Arthur Lino
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I enjoy this CD because I enjoy Jerry Reed. He had a great sense of humor, wrote good songs and seemed like someone you knew all your life and would like to hang out with him. Read more
Published on November 24, 2010 by H. S. McQuate
5.0 out of 5 stars Truckin' music
Jerry Reed is the name means truckin'/truckin' music!!this is GREAT long lost music,that only Amazon/this seller has!!Seller had great pricing!!Great shipping!! Read more
Published on November 7, 2010 by Donnies International Eagle
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