# The Best Jerry Reed Guitar Solos

> The 13 best Jerry Reed guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Jerry's Breakdown (1972), then The Claw and Guitar Man. Every video starts at the solo.

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Jerry Reed's syncopated, funky fingerpicking earned him the nickname 'The Guitar Man' and admiration from Chet Atkins and Elvis Presley. He combined dazzling country guitar technique with a charismatic career as a hitmaker and actor.

Informed by: [Guitar World](https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/acoustic-nation-dale-turner-complex-and-groovy-fingerpicking-guitaristactor-jerry-reed), [Wikipedia - Jerry Reed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Reed), [Wikipedia - The Unbelievable Guitar and Voice of Jerry Reed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unbelievable_Guitar_and_Voice_of_Jerry_Reed)

1. [Jerry's Breakdown](https://greatestsolos.com/song/chet-atkins-and-jerry-reed-jerry-s-breakdown/) — Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed · solo by Jerry Reed and Chet Atkins · 1972
2. [The Claw](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jerry-reed-the-claw/) — Jerry Reed · solo by Jerry Reed · 1967
3. [Guitar Man](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jerry-reed-guitar-man/) — Jerry Reed · solo by Jerry Reed · 1967
4. [Amos Moses](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jerry-reed-amos-moses/) — Jerry Reed · solo by Jerry Reed · 1970
5. [East Bound and Down](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jerry-reed-east-bound-and-down/) — Jerry Reed · solo by Jerry Reed · 1977
6. [When You're Hot, You're Hot](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jerry-reed-when-you-re-hot-you-re-hot/) — Jerry Reed · solo by Jerry Reed · 1971
7. [U.S. Male](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jerry-reed-u-s-male/) — Jerry Reed · solo by Jerry Reed · 1967
8. [Alabama Wild Man](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jerry-reed-alabama-wild-man/) — Jerry Reed · solo by Jerry Reed · 1968
9. [Tupelo Mississippi Flash](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jerry-reed-tupelo-mississippi-flash/) — Jerry Reed · solo by Jerry Reed · 1967
10. [Lord, Mr. Ford](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jerry-reed-lord-mr-ford/) — Jerry Reed · solo by Jerry Reed · 1973
11. [Ko-Ko Joe](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jerry-reed-ko-ko-joe/) — Jerry Reed · solo by Jerry Reed · 1971
12. [She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jerry-reed-she-got-the-goldmine-i-got-the-shaft/) — Jerry Reed · solo by Jerry Reed · 1982
13. [The Bird](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jerry-reed-the-bird/) — Jerry Reed · solo by Jerry Reed · 1982

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