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

album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

Jerry Reed Jerry Reed Hubbard (March 20, 1937 – September 1, 2008) was an American singer, guitarist, composer, and songwriter as well as an actor who appeared in more than a dozen films. His signature songs included " Guitar Man", " U.S. Male", "A Thi ...

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

RCA Victor RCA Records is an American record label currently owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside RCA's former long-time rival Columbia Records; also Aris ...

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

U.S. Male "U.S. Male" is a song by Jerry Reed, and appears on his 1967, debut album, '' The Unbelievable Guitar and Voice of Jerry Reed''. Elvis Presley recording A year after Jerry Reed's recording, "U.S. Male" was covered by Elvis Presley. It reached nu ...

", that would soon after be covered by

Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), or simply Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Elvis Presley, one ...

, 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 and You'll Forget" – 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 Charleston, West Virginia, United States) is an American guitar player, bassist, record producer and songwriter best known for his session work in Nashville. Moss was one of the founders of Area Code 615 and Bar ...

- guitar *

Fred Carter Fredrick James Carter (born February 14, 1945), nicknamed "Mad Dog" or "Doggy", is an American former professional basketball player and coach, who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for eight seasons (1969– 77) for the Baltim ...

- 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 and pop singer-songwriter and comedian, known for his Grammy-winning recordings "Everything Is Beautiful" and "Misty", as well as novelty ...

- harpsichord

Production notes

*Produced by

Chet Atkins Chester Burton Atkins (June 20, 1924 – June 30, 2001), known as "Mr. Guitar" and "The Country Gentleman", was an American musician who, along with Owen Bradley and Bob Ferguson, helped create the Nashville sound, the country music s ...

*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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