Country Finger Picker - Jerry Reed

A true country gentleman - Jerry Reed.  This one's tough, because he just can never be duplicated.  We lost a great one last year, in 2008 when he passed away.  Jerry played anything with strings - and with a unique talent.  He wrote some killer songs, had charisma and down home charm, served his counrty, was just an all-around classic dude; he made people laugh (Snowman), and he could play anything.  Seems like all of his songs were more like stories.  Click on this post's title for special song: It is Jerry covering a terrific Jim Croce song.  I was going to go with his East Bound and Down.  But, covering Croce is quite poignant.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3PJEZcA4Kw&feature=related

Better still  - here is carp fishing on the Cumberland River...right before he met Elvis.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjZo-68aBm0&feature=related