''The Unbelievable Guitar and Voice of Jerry Reed'' is a studio

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singer and guitarist

Jerry Reed Jerry Reed Hubbard (March 20, 1937 – September 1, 2008), known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an American country singer, guitarist, composer, songwriter and actor who appeared in more than a dozen films. His signature songs included " Gui ...

, released in 1967. It was the first of 33 albums Reed would record for

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. The album is notable for introducing two songs, " Guitar Man" and "

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", that would soon after be covered by

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, with Reed participating in the recording sessions.

Reissues

* In 2012, ''The Unbelievable Guitar and Voice of Jerry Reed'' and ''Nashville Underground'' were reissued on CD by Real Gone Musi

Track listing

All tracks composed by Jerry Reed Hubbard

Side One

# "It Don't Work That Way" – 2:15 # " Guitar Man" – 2:25 # "You're Young" – 2:45 # "Woman Shy" – 2:13 # "I Feel For You" – 2:56 # "Take A Walk" – 2:31

Side Two

# "Love Man" – 2:23 # "If I Promise" – 2:29 # "

" – 2:25 # "Long Gone" – 2:26 # "If It Comes To That" – 2:18 # "The Claw" - 1:56

Personnel

*Jerry Reed - vocals, lead guitar *

Wayne Moss Wayne Moss (born February 9, 1938, in South Charleston, West Virginia, United States) is an American guitar player, bassist, record producer and songwriter best known for his session work in Nashville. In 1961, Moss founded Cinderella Sound reco ...

- guitar *

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- guitar * Junior Huskey - bass *

Jerry Carrigan Jerry Kirby Carrigan (September 13, 1943 – June 22, 2019) was an American drummer and record producer. Early in his career he was a member of the original Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and later worked as a session musician in Nashville for over ...

- drums *Jerry Smith - harpsichord *

Ray Stevens Harold Ray Ragsdale (born January 24, 1939), known professionally as Ray Stevens, is an American country music, country and pop singer-songwriter and comedian. He is best known for his Grammy-winning recordings "Everything Is Beautiful" and "M ...

- harpsichord

Production notes

*Produced by

Chet Atkins Chester Burton Atkins (June 20, 1924 – June 30, 2001), also known as "Mister Guitar" and "the Country Gentleman", was an American musician who, along with Owen Bradley and Bob Ferguson (musician), Bob Ferguson, helped create the Nash ...

*Recording Engineers - Jim Malloy and William Vandervort *Recorded in RCA Victor's ''Nashville Sound'' Studio, Nashville, Tennessee *Liner notes by Merle Atkins

References

The Unbelievable Guitar and Voice of Jerry Reed on Jerry Reed.nl
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