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Does anyone know which Jerry Reed compositions were played by Chet and which recordings they can be found on?

Raymond -

The LP "Chet Atkins Picks On Jerry Reed" (1974) was an entire collection of Reed compositions recorded by Chet.



There were many others, too - "Early Times", "The Claw", "Twichy", and "Struttin" come to mind.

Here is what I have in my database base so far concerning songs composed (or co-composed), by Jerry Reed, and recorded by Chet. I have included the album info in this post and sorted them alphabetically by album title.

NOTE: My Chet Songography is in development and should be considered incomplete and there are likely errors. Corrections welcomed.

Randy

Claw, The
c-Jerry Reed
Alone - side 1 / track 2
RCA Victor (APL1-0159) 1973

Blue Finger
c-Jerry Reed
Alone - side 2 / track 3
RCA Victor (APL1-0159) 1973

Twitchy w/ Jerry Reed
c-Jerry Reed
Best Of Chet Atkins & Friends, The - side 2 / track 3
RCA (AHL1-1985) 1976

To Be in Love
c-Chet Atkins & Jerry Reed
Class Guitar - side 2 / track 6
RCA Victor (LPM/LSP-3885) 1967

Amos Moses
c-Jerry Reed
Great Hits Of The Past - side 1 / track 3
RCA (AHL1-4724) 1983

Little Bit Of Blues, A
c-Jerry Reed
Guitar Country - side 1 / track 2
RCA Victor (LPM/LSP-2783) 1964

Winter Walkin’
c-Jerry Reed
Guitar Country - side 2 / track 1
RCA Victor (LPM/LSP-2783) 1964

Yes Ma’am
c-Jerry Reed
Guitar Country - side 2 / track 6
RCA Victor (LPM/LSP-2783) 1964

Huntin’ Boots
c-Jerry Reed
Hometown Guitar - side 1 / track 3
RCA Victor (LSP-4017) 1968

Get On With It
c-Chet Atkins & Jerry Reed
Hometown Guitar - side 2 / track 3
RCA Victor (LSP-4017) 1968

Reed’s Ramble
c-Jerry Reed
Hometown Guitar - side 2 / track 4
RCA Victor (LSP-4017) 1968

Jerry’s Breakdown w/ Jerry Reed
c-Jerry Reed
Me & Chet - side 1 / track 1
RCA Victor (LSP-4707) 1972

Mad Russian, The w/ Jerry Reed
c-Jerry Reed & Paul Yandell
Me & Chet - side 2 / track 1
RCA Victor (LSP-4707) 1972

Good Stuff w/ Jerry Reed
c-Jerry Reed
Me & Chet - side 2 / track 3
RCA Victor (LSP-4707) 1972

Nut Sundae
c-Jerry Reed
Me & Jerry - side 1 / track 5
RCA Victor (LSP-4396) 1970

Stumpwater
c-Jerry Reed
Me & Jerry - side 2 / track 3
RCA Victor (LSP-4396) 1970

January February March, The
c-Jerry Reed
Me & Jerry - side 2 / track 4
RCA Victor (LSP-4396) 1970

Struttin’
c-Jerry Reed
Me And My Guitar - side 2 / track 1
RCA Victor (APL1-2405) 1977

Love Offering
c-Jerry Reed
Music From Nashville, My Hometown - side 2 / track 3
RCA Camden (CAL/CAS-981) 1966

Levee Walking
c-Jerry Reed & Henry Strzelecki
My Favorite Guitars - side 1 / track 1
RCA Victor (LPM/LSP-3316) 1964

Rose Ann
c-Jerry Reed
My Favorite Guitars - side 2 / track 2
RCA Victor (LPM/LSP-3316) 1964

Scare Crow
c-Jerry Reed
Our Man In Nashville - side 1 / track 1
RCA Victor (LPM/LSP-2616) 1962

Down Home
c-Jerry Reed
Our Man In Nashville - side 1 / track 6
RCA Victor (LPM/LSP-2616) 1962

I’ll Say She Does
c-Jerry Reed
Picks On Jerry Reed - side 1 / track 1
RCA Victor (APL1-0545) 1974

East Wind
c-Jerry Reed
Picks On Jerry Reed - side 1 / track 2
RCA Victor (APL1-0545) 1974

Funky Junk
c-Jerry Reed
Picks On Jerry Reed - side 1 / track 3
RCA Victor (APL1-0545) 1974

Remembering
c-Jerry Reed
Picks On Jerry Reed - side 1 / track 4
RCA Victor (APL1-0545) 1974

Down Home
c-Jerry Reed
Picks On Jerry Reed - side 1 / track 5
RCA Victor (APL1-0545) 1974

Baby’s Coming Home
c-Jerry Reed & Chet Atkins
Picks On Jerry Reed - side 2 / track 1
RCA Victor (APL1-0545) 1974

Early Dawn, The (La Madrugada)
c-Jerry Reed
Picks On Jerry Reed - side 2 / track 2
RCA Victor (APL1-0545) 1974

Steeplechase Lane
c-Jerry Reed
Picks On Jerry Reed - side 2 / track 3
RCA Victor (APL1-0545) 1974

Mister Lucky
c-Jerry Reed
Picks On Jerry Reed - side 2 / track 4
RCA Victor (APL1-0545) 1974

Squirrelly
c-Jerry Reed & Paul Yandell
Picks On Jerry Reed - side 2 / track 5
RCA Victor (APL1-0545) 1974

Early Times
c-Jerry Reed
Progressive Pickin’ - side 1 / track 3
RCA Victor (LPM/LSP-2908) 1964

Kicky
c-Jerry Reed
Progressive Pickin’ - side 2 / track 1
RCA Victor (LPM/LSP-2908) 1964

Drive-In
c-Jerry Reed
Solo Flights - side 1 / track 1
RCA Victor (LPM/LSP-3922) 1968

Just Another Rag (NSB)
c-Chet Atkins & Jerry Reed
Superpickers - side 2 / track 1
RCA Victor (AHL1-0329) 1973

Teen Scene
c-Chet Atkins & Jerry Reed
Teen Scene - side 2 / track 1
RCA Victor (LPM/LSP-2719) 1963

Steeplechase Lane
c-Jerry Reed
Yestergroovin’ - side 1 / track 1
RCA Victor (LSP-4331) 1970

Vaudville Daze w/ Jerry Reed
c-Chet Atkins & Jerry Reed
Sneakin’ Around - track 05
Columbia (WCK-47873) 1992

Claw, The w/ Jerry Reed
c-Jerry Reed
Sneakin’ Around - track 06
Columbia (WCK-47873) 1992

First Born w/ Jerry Reed
c-Jerry Reed
Sneakin’ Around - track 03
Columbia (WCK-47873) 1992

Major Attempt At A Minor Thing w/ Jerry Reed
c-Jerry Reed
Sneakin’ Around - track 07
Columbia (WCK-47873) 1992

Around the Bend
c- Chet Atkins & Jerry Reed
Read My Licks - track 09
Columbia (CK-53756) 1994

Jerry also did some arrangements from other composers, and gave them to Chet. "Yakety Axe" and "Summertime" come to mind.

I always wondered if "Knee Action" was composed by Jerry even though it lists Jerry Hughs as composer. Maybe it's an alias???

Phil-

I love that tune! Jerry Hughes is (was?) a fingerpicker from Ireland. He wrote Knee Action and sent it to Chet in the early '70's. I've had some correspondence with him, and he sent me some more tunes he had written. The last I heard from him (several years ago), he had been struggling with cancer.

If anyone has heard from him, please let me know.

Craig

I really like listening to all the mid-'60's Chet records where you can plainly hear Jerry on gut string in the background. A few are What Now My Love and na chitarra... from It's a Guitar World and most of the tunes from the Camden LP Chet. Jerry's really grooving on Truck Drivers' Blues.

Craig

Thanks, everyone, who replied to my question. It was a great help and got me working on Down Home, a tune I had learned in my teens ( along time ago). I had forgotten the name and never had the album.