Jerry Reed - Chuck Berry Medley 

Paul yandell he was chet’s side man for years

🤪 ball. Thanks for sharing. The mouse in my pocket n I are enlightened.

Jerry could have done some Chuck covers album like he did on Jim Croce.

I know it's not a competition but in my opinion most covers Jerry did are better than the original. The only one I've heard so far that isn't is Early Morning Rain

@@adrianjames1940 His version of City of New Orleans is so unique. Flanger on a gut string guitar!

I always think Jerry was going to play this on the show and he was like "if I ain't playing lead we need the next best thing! Get Paul on the phone!"

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Tony M if you really wanna see it, just type in “bb king jerry reed” into RU-vid and a bunch of the songs they sang/played together pop up

Rumour has it, he was the only player around who could play Chet Atkins music as well as Chet, so Chet hired him as his rhythm guitarist :)

@@alfsmith4936 He always kept Chet motivated and "pushed" in a way.

The great Late Larrie London.

@@JimmyWillis Thank you.

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It’s a pity that Paul Yandell never did much as an artist besides backing some of the most remarkable guitarists .

@@chipperdave6833 he found his role and perfomred it remarkably. Nothing wrong with that imo

You're right, to an extent. He's not overplaying, but his volume level is way, way, way too hot. He should have realized this.

Well rocks really a mix of country, blues and soul/gospel

@@adrianjames1940 blues soul and gospel come from traditional old world music, which is county

@@laksivrak2203 nope

@@adrianjames1940 right on my humanoid brother! Different strokes and all, may the great spirit shut your mouth and open your mind! Sex, Droids and Lak & Roll!

@@laksivrak2203 my man you said soul music came from country music your comment did not merit an intelligent response.

We used to call him the Nashville Vampire.

The guitarist is Paul Yandell I believe

Its a tribute dude. Lenny Kravtiz did a tribute to 'American Woman' by CCR. Same but different.

Wow man this is a tribute from a country musician to a rock legend!

Chuck Berry got royalties as a songwriter for this. I'm sure he was happy. The only thing that's missing, IMHO, is a verbal acknowledgement.

@@BSE1320 that was the Guess Who, not CCR.

Several points - a medley tribute of popular songs was common on variety shows like Wagoner’s. When well-done like Reed’s Berry medley, they renewed interest in the original artists’ works, bringing in sales and royalties if the artists still owned the rights. If new medleys garnered enough attention, they could lead to covers being recorded, garnering more royalties, or updated releases by the original artists. Also, I believe Reed and Berry were acquainted as they’d both been in the business for ages. Reed was known as being a supreme pro and nice, not the sort to piss on Berry’s legacy.