When
Jerry Reed passed away at 71, the music world lost one its most unique personalities and distinctive guitarists. Here are some highlights from Reed’s rich, incomparable career.
A fan’s homemade claymation tribute to “Amos Moses,” the 1970 hit single that helped turn Jerry Reed into a star ― and a great example of his manic, chicken-pickin’ guitar style.
… And a rare, 1983 clip of Jerry ripping up the song live in Toledo, featuring one of the best stage entrances by a performer we’ve ever seen.
Elvis Presley singing Jerry’s “Guitar Man” for TV, with Reed himself performing the guitar backing tracks.
Jerry and longtime friend and colleague Chet Atkins in a duet of “Jerry’s Breakdown” on Pop Goes the Country, 1975.
Reed performing “Lightning Rod” on classical guitar, from a 1977 TV appearance.
Here’s Jerry and costars in a segment from his box office smash,
Smokey and the Bandit, featuring “Eastbound and Down.”
… and Reed’s most unlikely screen appearance, playing an animated version of himself on
Scooby Doo.