I think it’s b/c he’s a country player, Roy Clark Glen Campbell, don’t get as much mention as Slash or Morello. I agree though he is probably a guitar player’s favorite player. I’m a mediocre player myself
My 4 year old loves this song. And he just put two and two together that the guy who sings Amos Moses (the “alligator song” in his world) is the same guy who was Snowman in Smokey and the Bandit, or the cowboy movie in his world. Proud dad moment 😊
That was Jerry Reed. Godfather of the "country funk" genre. VERY talented singer, but also VERY underrated. Elvis sang at least 3 of Jerry's tunes. JR was definitely an original.
Peavey made some nice bass guitars in the 70s-80s. The guitars were not so much…but the amps were decent. I wonder how much they paid Jerry to get the other two guys to play Peavey guitars, too? 🤑
Nice to see somebody seen the same thing I seen that's when I started playing peavy started on a T40 and still have a T20to date back when music was music😁
The Snowman was my favorite as a kid. I graduated kindergarten in 1980 and we dressed up like the profession we wanted to do as adults for the ceremony. I wanted to be a truck driver so I wore cowboy boots, Levi's and a cool western style shirt with pearl snap buttons like the Snowman. I ended up being a diesel truck mechanic/ part time driver. East bound and down!!!!!!!
When Jerry reed played The Thrill is Gone with BB King live it was by far the best guitar performance ever. Out of all the people that played this song with bb no one ever came close.
Where did these days go ??? Just listen to the "Crap" they give us today. Now I now what Hell is like !! NO Auto Tune, NO Strobe lights and special effects. Just PURE Talent. O'h, what I wouldn't give to go back to those times. Air was clean and Sex was dirty !! >
Fun song. I lived in Thibodaux, LA when this song came out. Jerry skipped a funny verse and repeated the "only one hand" verse. Missed verse was "Now everyone blamed his old man For making him mean as a snake When Amos Moses was a boy His daddy would use him for alligator bait Tie a rope around his waist and throw him in the swamp (hahaha) Alligator bait in the Louisiana bayou" always loved his laugh in the verse.
Jerry, Roy Clark and Glen Campbell are 3 of the most underrated guitarist's ever. The skill they had supercedes every modern player to date. I saw Jerry once when I was a kid, probably 35 yrs ago. He played a little local festival here in southern Illinois. To the other kids he was just some old guy playing music that our parents listened to. But for me, being that I was familiar with his work, he was a guitar god. Just to actually see him live was and still is one of the best times of my life. I was lucky enough to get his autograph on vinyl. Unfortunately it has long been lost. But that night I got to see one of my guitar heroes in action. It was amazing.
I am class of 1984. My parents listened to C&W and folk. I liked contemporary pop/rock music that tweens/teens liked. As I grew older, my tastes became more diverse. As an adult, I have a huge appreciation for artists like Jerry Reed (and others) who my parents listened to regularly. I was exposed to some pretty cool music as a little girl.
@@kevincrozier8625 true ,good addition. Mac Davis had the humorous song writing skills too, but not the playing chops of those 3, I guess he could just play rhythm.😁🎸🤘
A great advertisement for PEAVEY guitars, amplifiers and PA system. Personally own a Peavey T25 electric and I'll put it up beside any Les Paul or Strat. And they're USA-made amps are bulletproof .
Reed's timing is so great...his playing is just amazing and can stand on its own...but his vocals and the way he tells a story is really unique...RIP Cledus
He had a whole bunch of country songs, hits,, he played the TRUCK driver.. In,, SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT..with his side KICK, Fred, a baset hound, he was on HEE HAW.. MANY time's. Knew his way ACROSS the fret board, singer, songwriter, the whole bit.. One of the best..
Wow. I see a lot of Peavey T-60's there. Hell every guitarist had one. My uncle had one back in the 80's. One of the heaviest guitars I have ever played. Lol.
I’ve heard this song 1000 times but this is the first time I’ve seen him sing it. This is fun. Amazing how good he is at sounding just like his record.
Always awesome Jerry. RIP Talented with a Capitol T. Speaking of all he was (USA), look at all of those Peavey T-60 guitars and Peavey amps- made in the USA in Meridian, MS! 🇺🇸 My girlfriend in 1989 bought me a new Bandit amp. Dang, that amp was absolutely indestructible. No, it it wasn't a tone monster, but it never needed anything but to be plugged as it traveled with me for many years. Once I settled down and put together my something like my 15th guitar room, I just ran out of room with my tube amps and I wanted it to go to someone who could appreciate it as it deserved. That was just last year in 2020! Loud sucker too! Jerry was a proud American, as am I here deep in the heart of the great state of Texas. 🇺🇸
smoothest guitar picker & talker there ever was Look out Amos Lousiana Law gonna git ya it aint legal huntin alligator down in the swamp son! Yeah from Tibbadaux La. No left arm at all!
One thing about Jerry Reed was that there was no doubt he had a blast doing his thing…you could just tell he loved to entertain and he had a good time doing it. He really is a legend.
When covid finally over, first day in malls and shopping centres, they should blast this over the The entire place......bet it would a smile on everyone’s faces, and a bounce in their steps.
Obviously Peavy came to calling with a pile of free guitars! I've owned a few but never got bit by the bug. Decent guitars and basses, just strange looking. Sad.
Ol' Jerry must have had a Peavey endorsement deal, using their guitars and amps, Peavey made some mighty good stuff over the years. Of course it does help that Jerry and the band are top notch.
@Alexander Capanov I had a t-40 bass and it was so stupidly heavy I got rid of it, but I have a 2x15 cab from the late 70s that I'll never part with, they don't make anything better after all this time
This gives me a chance to mention Clarence Gatemouth Brown, again. Just saw a video with Roy Clark (and Glen Campell and Barbara Mandrell and Jerry Reed) whose 1979 album with Gatemouth called Makin Music was amazing. A few years earlier on the album Bogalusa Boogie Man (or was it Down South in Bayou Country ?) Gatemouth played Amos Moses. The Jerry Reed (video--Austin City Limits? 1982) guitar strength version good too, of course. Both are entertaining not quite Cajun songs with a dose of countrified funk.😎
Always liked him & Tony Joe White's styles. If you haven't heard Tony's music check it out, if you like JR you'll like TJW. Loved his down to earth style, Jerry just oozed talent..
People talk about how undervalued Mr. Jerry Reed was as a superversatile Entertainer. And he was. The backdrop was equally Legendary and unnoticed. Austin. City. Limits!😂🎤🎼🎸🎹🎷🎻🥁📺B.W.
Amos was a Hell of a Man but Jerry was a GOD IMO. And I'm not even a Country Western Music fan. ???? He made me respect it. Miss him so much. TY Jerry for all your love and skills. Darn YOU Emphysema. Couldn't shake her no matter how bad ass he was. 😪
I got this one in my head and just had to hear it. Don't know why, haven't heard it for decades, but it got stuck in there and there ya go. "Alligator bait in the Lousiana bayou." So cool.
Why do people constantly say that these unbelievably talented superstars are all under rated? In what universe would Jerry Reed be anything but rated at the top of his profession by anyone, including his peers? Granted he was not alone at the top, he was among musical Gods, but he was at the top none the less.
First time I heard this was by Primus, I figured it was a cover but didn't know who. When you've been covered by Elvis and Primus that says alot...and even played on Elvis's cover of your song because noone could get the guitar part right. Gonna dig more into this guy, hell of a talent and a great dude from all I've heard! 👍👍
Jerry was an amazing Guitarist who moved every other serious Guitarist to the next level with his influence. Keith Richards has idolized him his whole life.
That was my first 45 Amos Moses my dad took me to the David store paid $0.69 for Jerry Reed was a great talent musician and actor a great friend to Burt Reynolds rest in peace snowman
Everyone says he is underrated as a guitarist. That's probably true, but guitar players like myself know how incredible he was.
Yes!!!! I was just thinking that..
I think it’s b/c he’s a country player, Roy Clark Glen Campbell, don’t get as much mention as Slash or Morello. I agree though he is probably a guitar player’s favorite player. I’m a mediocre player myself
He wrote songs for Chet Atkins
Along with Roy Clark & Buck Owens.
NO ONE says he is underrated!!
The term “underrated “ needs to be banned from RUclips.
Stupid.
How many funk bands of the era could have done Country as well as Jerry did funk? This was awesome!
They probably didn't need to
"Country" or "Kentry"?
Exactly! All the same really.
Funk is new back then the it has many elements depends on Artists... Genres are evolution..
This ain’t funk. That’s why.
My 4 year old loves this song. And he just put two and two together that the guy who sings Amos Moses (the “alligator song” in his world) is the same guy who was Snowman in Smokey and the Bandit, or the cowboy movie in his world. Proud dad moment 😊
That's awesome. I recently came across this song and love how it's more like a storybook tale than a song. :D
A bit more difficult in this economy, but make sure he eats up his weight in groceries so he'll grow up like Amos 😂
Funkiest country I've ever heard
That was Jerry Reed. Godfather of the "country funk" genre. VERY talented singer, but also VERY underrated. Elvis sang at least 3 of Jerry's tunes. JR was definitely an original.
@@mikes3827 I'm just now really looking into his stuff. I've only heard like 4 songs but so far I like em all.
That aint funk. Thats just my cuzn.
Listen to Les Claypool's cover of this.
@@TimSchmidt_art I had downloaded it almost immediately after this one lmao
Funk Country... Never thought I would hear such a thing, but Jerry Reed pulls it off!
Funktry?
Hey, they went uniform … with the same guitars it looks like. I believe that guitar is a peavy T-60 and those great if you can get your hands on one.
He sure did !!! 💯👏
Glen cambell pulled off somethin similar
Try Aaron Neville
Jerry is one of the most incredible and underrated guitarist.
Underrated? Not really. I think most guitar lovers are aware of his place among the best.
He's in my top 3 criminally underrated guitarist by the general public list. Rocky George and Kim Thayil are the other 2
He is not underrated, We just didn't know.
When Chet Atkins spends time making music with you you are not underrated
@@Jp-hv9zj Good point.
Just coming to realize how talented this man really was.
check out the time him & BB KING played together
Exactly.
I grew up thinking he was just the cool guy in Smokey and the Bandit
yes was
Jerry did several albums with Chet Atkins among others.
@@stevemeloccaro891 He made BB look like a rookie.
I’m about 50 years late but damn Jerry was the man!!
Never too late!
We are the same age and our opinions about Jerry are the same
Glad I got to live thru it; but didn't appreciate it then.
Son, you'll do just fine. I'm sixty six and those years and the music were the greatest! And I've heard the best.
i sew him a few time cool guy ! :)
The eighties, when Peavy amps and guitars filled many stages in country music.
Peavey made some nice bass guitars in the 70s-80s. The guitars were not so much…but the amps were decent.
I wonder how much they paid Jerry to get the other two guys to play Peavey guitars, too? 🤑
I sure thought those was Peavys...but didnt know that Jerry played 1
I see the whole front row using Peavey T-60's. I have one, plus a few others, all USA made and under-appreciated.
Nice to see somebody seen the same thing I seen that's when I started playing peavy started on a T40 and still have a T20to date back when music was music😁
Quality American made gear you could play anywhere with priced right, what happened to America?
Jerry Reed was the whole talent package. Acting, music, comedy entertainment 👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸 RIP Jerry 🙏
You know that's right 👍
He will always be Cledus Snow to me.
If only people realised how insanely good this is! Jerry is the best of the best.
I believe you're right SON!
My band used to do this song. We also did many of his other songs. He restored my fire for playing live music. Yes I'm old. 77
I covered many of his songs too with the band I played . He was an Amazing artist and always time for his fans
cool 78. I so agree ! and a cool Guy he was ! :)
K-Rose with Amos Moses
Y bro😂
Damn right hahaahha
The Snowman was my favorite as a kid. I graduated kindergarten in 1980 and we dressed up like the profession we wanted to do as adults for the ceremony. I wanted to be a truck driver so I wore cowboy boots, Levi's and a cool western style shirt with pearl snap buttons like the Snowman. I ended up being a diesel truck mechanic/ part time driver. East bound and down!!!!!!!
Jerry was one of the coolest guys ever, unfair amounts of talent.
When Jerry reed played The Thrill is Gone with BB King live it was by far the best guitar performance ever. Out of all the people that played this song with bb no one ever came close.
Where did these days go ??? Just listen to the "Crap" they give us today. Now I now what Hell is like !! NO Auto Tune, NO Strobe lights and special effects. Just PURE Talent. O'h, what I wouldn't give to go back to those times. Air was clean and Sex was dirty !! >
Now they definitely broke the mold when they made Jerry Reed! Great song, great singer and one of the finest instrumentalist in the music world!
Look at all them new Peavey’s! 😂 This is amazing, never seen four new (at the time) Peavey guitars in one band.
Sponsorship for sure!
And all the amps
Fun song. I lived in Thibodaux, LA when this song came out. Jerry skipped a funny verse and repeated the "only one hand" verse. Missed verse was "Now everyone blamed his old man
For making him mean as a snake
When Amos Moses was a boy
His daddy would use him for alligator bait
Tie a rope around his waist and throw him in the swamp (hahaha)
Alligator bait in the Louisiana bayou" always loved his laugh in the verse.
Thought it’s tie a rope around his waist..
@@lilgrease7292 it was. I fixed it. Spell checker got me.
I thought I was hearing things. You're right.
Jerry, Roy Clark and Glen Campbell are 3 of the most underrated guitarist's ever. The skill they had supercedes every modern player to date. I saw Jerry once when I was a kid, probably 35 yrs ago. He played a little local festival here in southern Illinois. To the other kids he was just some old guy playing music that our parents listened to. But for me, being that I was familiar with his work, he was a guitar god. Just to actually see him live was and still is one of the best times of my life. I was lucky enough to get his autograph on vinyl. Unfortunately it has long been lost. But that night I got to see one of my guitar heroes in action. It was amazing.
One more, Jim Stafford! I agree with your list tho!
Few cool people are as cool as Jerry Reed.
Truth
Miles Davis. He was the reason we have the word to begin with.
RIP, Mr. Reed. Very underrated musician.
I agree Jerry Reed was very underrated
I watched him last night on the old sitcom Alice.
hug
not by those that know good music.
I am class of 1984. My parents listened to C&W and folk. I liked contemporary pop/rock music that tweens/teens liked. As I grew older, my tastes became more diverse. As an adult, I have a huge appreciation for artists like Jerry Reed (and others) who my parents listened to regularly. I was exposed to some pretty cool music as a little girl.
Jerry Reed is a legend!!
Jim Stafford, Jerry Reed, both humorous and killer players🎸🤘
Don't forget Roy Clark also. Had that humor with him too.
@@kevincrozier8625 true ,good addition. Mac Davis had the humorous song writing skills too, but not the playing chops of those 3, I guess he could just play rhythm.😁🎸🤘
Stafford was phenomenal!
Jerry is one of my all time favorites... the Original Guitar Man!
That's why Elvis searched him out to play guitar on his cover of "Guitar Man".
A great advertisement for PEAVEY guitars, amplifiers and PA system. Personally own a Peavey T25 electric and I'll put it up beside any Les Paul or Strat. And they're USA-made amps are bulletproof .
One of the most underrated country artists of all-time
killer song and killer performance! those female backing vocals fit just fine!
Reed's timing is so great...his playing is just amazing and can stand on its own...but his vocals and the way he tells a story is really unique...RIP Cledus
Jerry Reed's talents were endless. Musician, amazing guitarist, comedian, actor, singer. He could probably tap dance with one foot.
Hey, moron! Hey! Moron! Duh! L-L-Look at me. I'm th-th-the waterboy. Duh! I got a wooden spoon! Duh!
He had a whole bunch of country songs, hits,, he played the TRUCK driver..
In,, SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT..with his side KICK, Fred, a baset hound,
he was on HEE HAW.. MANY time's.
Knew his way ACROSS the fret board, singer, songwriter, the whole bit.. One of the best..
yessssssssssssssssss you all need to look him up :)
Dang, look at them old Peavey rigs. Good enough for Mr. Reed, certainly good enough for most of us.
The Snowman gettin' down!, Love it! This is why I love RUclips. Finding gems like this 👍
Elliott Berry Boogie boogie boogie...
Same.
We all know what was in that little hip sack he had!!😁
@@jamesrobert7155 Yessir, It's what helped get that beer from Atlanta to Texarkana 😄
Yep👍👍👍
Dear God I miss that man ... 😓
Can we just call this Country Funk. Wow. So nice.
Wow. I see a lot of Peavey T-60's there. Hell every guitarist had one. My uncle had one back in the 80's. One of the heaviest guitars I have ever played. Lol.
I’ve heard this song 1000 times but this is the first time I’ve seen him sing it.
This is fun. Amazing how good he is at sounding just like his record.
My pals and funk band in NY loved playing this back in 1976..!! RIP Jerry Reed
The entire band must of been sponsored by Hartley Peavey.. Good ole boy from Meridian Mississippi .. Hartley is a hoot..!!
Always awesome Jerry. RIP
Talented with a Capitol T.
Speaking of all he was (USA), look at all of those Peavey T-60 guitars and Peavey amps- made in the USA in Meridian, MS! 🇺🇸
My girlfriend in 1989 bought me a new Bandit amp. Dang, that amp was absolutely indestructible. No, it it wasn't a tone monster, but it never needed anything but to be plugged as it traveled with me for many years. Once I settled down and put together my something like my 15th guitar room, I just ran out of room with my tube amps and I wanted it to go to someone who could appreciate it as it deserved. That was just last year in 2020! Loud sucker too!
Jerry was a proud American, as am I here deep in the heart of the great state of Texas. 🇺🇸
!H
hug be Proud
Four T-60's! Jerry rules. I miss him.
They called them t60 because they weigh 60 lbs each. They even look heavy.
smoothest guitar picker & talker there ever was
Look out Amos
Lousiana Law gonna git ya
it aint legal huntin alligator down in the swamp son!
Yeah from Tibbadaux La.
No left arm at all!
Didn't get the recognition he so well deserved, a great guitar player and person, never let the fame go to his head
The entire band must of been sponsored by Hartley Peavey.. Good ole boy from Meridian Mississippi .. Hartley is a hoot..!!
if you dont know jerry, you dont know cool.
Sounds like Knopfler took a page from his book.
The Ron Paul Liberty Report.
One thing about Jerry Reed was that there was no doubt he had a blast doing his thing…you could just tell he loved to entertain and he had a good time doing it. He really is a legend.
When covid finally over, first day in malls and shopping centres, they should blast this over the The entire place......bet it would a smile on everyone’s faces, and a bounce in their steps.
.
Austin really is the goat city when it comes to music… all the goats played here before Austin was a popular city
Never seen so many peaveys in the same place at one time in my life! Lol Jerry was the man!
Obviously Peavy came to calling with a pile of free guitars! I've owned a few but never got bit by the bug. Decent guitars and basses, just strange looking. Sad.
The Ron Paul Liberty Report.
And those guitars played like crap,....the T-40 bass was far supperior.
Ol' Jerry must have had a Peavey endorsement deal, using their guitars and amps, Peavey made some mighty good stuff over the years. Of course it does help that Jerry and the band are top notch.
Those were heavy guitars
Haha, so are those amps.
Stuff built for the road.
I cut my teeth on a T 60!
@Alexander Capanov I had a t-40 bass and it was so stupidly heavy I got rid of it, but I have a 2x15 cab from the late 70s that I'll never part with, they don't make anything better after all this time
agree .
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One of the original badasses we love you Jerry rest in peace
One of the nicest men who ever graced this earth, and oh one amazing entertainer!
Smiles, absolutely amazing Barb, feels really great listening, how are you doing?
That was back when Talent was a Requirement!
Smiles, hi Holly
"The only thing better than a crawfish dinner, is five crawfish dinners."
--Coach Red Beaulieu
This gives me a chance to mention Clarence Gatemouth Brown, again. Just saw a video with Roy Clark (and Glen Campell and Barbara Mandrell and Jerry Reed) whose 1979 album with Gatemouth called Makin Music was amazing. A few years earlier on the album Bogalusa Boogie Man (or was it Down South in Bayou Country ?) Gatemouth played Amos Moses. The Jerry Reed (video--Austin City Limits? 1982) guitar strength version good too, of course. Both are entertaining not quite Cajun songs with a dose of countrified funk.😎
Always liked him & Tony Joe White's styles. If you haven't heard Tony's music check it out, if you like JR you'll like TJW. Loved his down to earth style, Jerry just oozed talent..
Clean cut and a singer to look up to. Always enjoyed his music. Loved snowman and his dog.
Snowman is rocking some Choke and Puke in the sky ! 😎👍👍🤙
I met him once........... he really was like that. He wasn't acting at all.
damn that was the coolest smoothest funkiest performance i've seen in a while hahaha
Amos Moses was one of my favorite song when I was a kid, it still is. Jerry was one of the best guitarists who ever lived!
People talk about how undervalued Mr. Jerry Reed was as a superversatile Entertainer. And he was. The backdrop was equally Legendary and unnoticed. Austin. City. Limits!😂🎤🎼🎸🎹🎷🎻🥁📺B.W.
I'm from Thibodaux Louisiana and I never knew Jerry sang this song
Greatest song ever
Great stuff, time for another viewing of smokey and the bandit, been a few years...
This is Funky Country.... And I like it!
I mean just look at Reed. Is is nothin' but loving it!
The legend of Austin City Limits man what a line up this place has had.
Modern day Amos Troy Landry ❤
I love Jerry and all his movies!!! He's hilarious and very talented!!!
Smiles, hello Debi
Amos was a Hell of a Man but Jerry was a GOD IMO. And I'm not even a Country Western Music fan. ???? He made me respect it. Miss him so much. TY Jerry for all your love and skills. Darn YOU Emphysema. Couldn't shake her no matter how bad ass he was. 😪
Well, he smoked like a chimney.
One of the best story tellers ever.
Jerry Reed was a National Treasure. RIP Jerry!
RIP Jerry and Burt. Those were the days my friends.
Never heard anyone say a bad word about Jerry.
never. !
I think he had a hell of an ex wife considering he wrote "she got the gold mine, I got the shaft" 😂
@@mistyapril29 Sounds that way from his song but he was married to the same woman for almost 50 years up to his death.
This is the most Peaveys I've ever seen in one place.
"Y'all can clap, we're through."
Brilliant guitarist & performer !
Watched that man's fingers for years, only two other players have the level of respect from me that he gas
This is gangster country. So much charisma. STUD!
I got this one in my head and just had to hear it. Don't know why, haven't heard it for decades, but it got stuck in there and there ya go. "Alligator bait in the Lousiana bayou." So cool.
Wow..Peavey world!!
Love this song. Just found due to Chris Stapleton channel. What have I been doing with my life??
Why do people constantly say that these unbelievably talented superstars are all under rated? In what universe would Jerry Reed be anything but rated at the top of his profession by anyone, including his peers? Granted he was not alone at the top, he was among musical Gods, but he was at the top none the less.
Holy crap that was fantastic.
Jerry Reed was always classy and fun. He's the reason I own a guitar.
What, in case he comes over? He's dead.
First time I heard this was by Primus, I figured it was a cover but didn't know who. When you've been covered by Elvis and Primus that says alot...and even played on Elvis's cover of your song because noone could get the guitar part right. Gonna dig more into this guy, hell of a talent and a great dude from all I've heard! 👍👍
This gifted man could pick a fucking guitar and I mean it he is a underrated guitarist
Jerry was an amazing Guitarist who moved every other serious Guitarist to the next level with his influence. Keith Richards has idolized him his whole life.
Three guys playing T60s… I’m guessing they all ended up with back issues 😂… fucking stellar tune 👌🏻👏🏻
One of the best. RIP SNOWMAN
yes god will bless him A Nice Man :)
That was my first 45 Amos Moses my dad took me to the David store paid $0.69 for Jerry Reed was a great talent musician and actor a great friend to Burt Reynolds rest in peace snowman
David? In Wichita?
It was a department store David's
@@craigcoleman9326 In Wichita?
I guess Peavey sponsored this 1. Classic!
Classy and conservative at the same time check out that collar what a stud
Funky Blues Country. Incredible!
Found a black lab lost in the swamp about the time of this song. Named him Amos Moses.
Man i wore this 45 out. So love this song. Lol....I know ever word, every pause. Brings back great memories
Always loved jerry reed what a talent unlike the crap nowadays junk music that's not even country
:)
knowing that criminals conspired during an alligator hunt made me laugh so hard I had to find and hear this song.
Jerry Reed was an amazing entertainer.
I keep forgetting he was the mean coach in the Waterboy