Jerry Reed - The Unbelievable Guitar And Voice Of Jerry Reed / Nashville Underground / Alabama Wild Man / Better Things In Life (2016)

The first four RCA albums of the late Jerry Reed from 1967, 1968 and 1969, Jerry Reed was a multi-talented musician and singer-songwriter, and received great public attention when Elvis Presley landed great hits with Reed's songs 'Guitar Man' and 'U.S. Male'. Reed made it to number 1 in the country charts in the early 1970s with 'Lord Mr. Ford' and 'When You're Hot, You're Hot'. In the mid-1970s he preferred a successful acting career to a return to music.
The early genius of Jerry Reed in all of its glory – served up here on a quartet of RCA albums that are all totally great! Reed's already very much his own man at this point in his career – a hell of a guitarist, a wonderfully witty songwriter, and a confident vocalist who sometimes seems to draw on a bit of soul to put his point across – in a way that's never in the bluer-tinged side of the country spectrum. There's so much here to love – from the blues-inflected licks that Reed can spin on guitar with effortless ease, to the sense of perspective on the scene that makes him as witty as contemporaries like Roger Miller or Tom T Hall – but in a way that's pure Jerry, all the way through. And sure, by the end of the 70s, the man might have been something of a parody of himself – in these early days he was pretty darn great, and a unique new sound in both country and pop.



Tracks:

Disc 1:

The Unbelievable Guitar And Voice Of Jerry Reed (1967)
1. It Don't Work That Way
2. Guitar Man
3. You're Young
4. Woman Shy
5. I Feel For You
6. Take A Walk
7. Love Man
8. If I Promise
9. U.S. Male
10. Long Gone
11. If It Comes To That
12. The Claw

Alabama Wild Man (1968)
13. Alabama Wild Man
14. Love Prints
15. Broken Heart Attack
15. Free Born Man
17. Last Train To Clarksville
18. Twelve Bar Midnight
19. Losing Your Love
20. Today Is Mine
21. Maybe In Time
22. House Of The Rising Sun
23. You'd Better Take Time


Disc 2:

Nashville Underground (1969)
1. Remembering
2. A Thing Called Love
3. You Wouldn't Know A Good Thing
4. Save Your Dreams
5. Almost Crazy
6. You've Been Crying Again
7. Fine On My Mind
8. Tupelo Mississippi Flash
9. Wabash Cannonball
10. Hallelujah I Love Her So
11. John Henry

Better Things In Life (1969)
12. Roving Gambler
13. Pride Today
14. The Likes Of Me
15. Blues Land
16. Coming Up Roses
17. Johnny Wants To Be A Star
18. There's Better Things In Life
19. Oh What A Woman!
20. Patches Of Blue
21. Swinging '69
22. Someday You'll Call My Name
23. I'm A Happy Man