The “East Bound and Down” wild man penned 323 confirmed compositions never compiled until now

Jeremy Roberts

Jul 25, 2020·22 min read

Untamed, funky Nashville guitarist Jerry Reed is renowned for “Amos Moses,” “When You’re Hot, You’re Hot,” “Lord, Mr. Ford,” “She Got the Goldmine [I Got the Shaft],” and “The Bird.” For the first time, 323 confirmed Reed compositions spanning his ill-fated 1955 debut on Capitol until his 2008 passing from emphysema are documented chronologically. RCA Victor albums, singles, Billboard chart positions, and YouTube streaming links provide enhancement. Reed patiently waited his turn at being a star — roughly 15 years — as Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Chet Atkins, Brenda Lee, Gene Vincent, and Porter Wagoner gave him precious exposure until humor-laced singles distributed under his own name crashed deejay playlists. Rarely collaborating — excepting Atkins instrumentals and “East Bound and Down’s” Dick Feller — 23 of the posthumous Country Music Hall of Famer’s self-penned tunes were Top 30 hits on either the country or pop charts. Son, what a songwriting list!

A Chronological Catalog of Jerry Reed Hubbard’s Compositions [1955–2008 record label tenures on Capitol, NRC, Columbia, RCA Victor, Southern Tracks, and R2K]

1. “I’m Tired of Playing Cupid” [outtake recorded October 17, 1955]
2. “I’ll Make Up” [A-side for Fred Baker, Reed was mistakenly credited as “Larry Hubbard” on the cut published by Atlanta’s Lowery Music, October 1955]
3. “If the Good Lord’s Willing and the Creeks Don’t Rise” [debut A-side on Capitol Records, November 1955, popularized by Johnny Cash]
4. “Here I Am” [B-side of “If the Good Lord’s Willing,” November 1955]
5. “Come on Back and Love Me” [A-side for Roy Drusky, December 1955]
6. “Honey Chile” [B-side of “I’m a Lover, Not a Fighter,” March 1956]
7. “I’ve Had Enough” [outtake recorded March 23, 1956]
8. “When I Found You” [A-side May 1956]
9. “Mister Whiz” [B-side of “When I Found You,” May 1956]
10. “Everywhere” [outtake recorded June 20, 1956]
11. “This Great Big Empty Room” [A-side August 1956]
12. “Just a Romeo” [B-side of “This Great Big Empty Room,” August 1956]
13. “Too Busy Cryin’ the Blues” [B-side of “You’re Braggin’ Boy,” November 1956]
14. “I’m Stuck” [outtake recorded October 25, 1956]
15. “I Can’t Find the Words” [outtake recorded October 25, 1956]
16. “Crazy Legs” [A-side for Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps, December 1956]
17. “Oooh-Eee [What You Do to Me]” (A-side for Ric Cartey feat. the Jiva-Tones as well as Chuck Atha, December 1956)
18. “You Can’t Go On” [A-side for Chuck Atha, 1957]
19. “I’m Gonna Keep It That Way” [B-side of Atha’s “You Can’t Go On,” 1957]
20. “It’s High Time” [A-side February 1957]
21. “Forever” [B-side of “It’s High Time,” February 1957]
22. “Heart Throb” [Reed / Tommy Spurlin; A-side for Ric Cartey and the Jiva-Tones, Reed added guitar to the Georgia Tech session likely supervised by Bill Lowery, February 1957]
23. “I Wancha to Know” [B-side of Ric Cartey’s “Heart Throb,” Reed added guitar to the Georgia Tech session likely supervised by Bill Lowery, February 1957]
24. “Somebody’s Beatin’ My Time” [copyright registered April 10, 1957, unknown whether a recording by Reed or anyone else exists]
25. “Gotta Be Love” [recorded on March 29, 1957, at RCA Victor in Nashville by Ric Cartey and the Jiva-Tones with Reed supplying guitar; unissued until decades later on Bear Family’s The Complete Ric Cartey Featuring The Jiv-A/Tones…Plus]
26. “One Tender Kiss” [B-side of Rudy Hansen’s “Don’t Think I’ll Fall to Pieces,” May 1957]
27. “Oh, Lonesome Heart” [no details known except copyright registered May 22, 1957]
28. “Deep Inside My Heart” no details known except copyright registered 1957]
29. “Rockin’ in Baghdad” [A-side, June 1957]
30. “Oh! Lonely Heart” [B-side of “Rockin’ in Baghdad,” June 1957]
31. “Rock Bottom” [Instrumental for the Rockateers, June 1957]
32. “In a Round About Way” [B-side of the Techniques’ “Hey! Little Girl,” October 1957]
33. “Ba-Bee” [Wayne Tweedy / Reed; A-side October 1957]
34. “In My Own Backyard” [B-side of “Ba-Bee,” October 1957]
35. “No Tears Tonight” [A-side for Judy Tolbert, December 1957]
36. “Bessie Baby” [A-side February 1958]
37. “Too Young to Be Blue” [Harlan Howard / Reed; B-side of “Bessie Baby,” February 1958]
38. “Heart Appeal” [outtake recorded May 6, 1958]
39. “You Make It, They Take It” [rockabilly outtake recorded May 6, 1958]
40. “Your Money Makes You Purty” [A-side, Reed’s final Capitol single, June 1958]
41. “How Can I Go on This Way?” [B-side of “Your Money Makes You Purty,” Reed’s final Capitol single, June 1958]
42. “It Won’t Be Easy to Forget” [A-side for a Johnny Cash soundalike named Johnny Sea, July 1958]
43. “Every Girl” [A-side for Priscilla Mitchell, Reed’s wife and future backing vocalist-keyboardist, October 1958]
44. “Out of My Dreams” [B-side of Mitchell’s “Every Girl,” October 1958]
45. “This Can’t Be Happening to Me” [Reed’s debut A-side on Bill Lowery’s indie NRC label, December 1958]
46. “I Must Be Slippin’” [A-side for Sweetie Jones, December 1958]
47. “Just Right” [A-side, spring 1959]
48. “Little Lovin Liza” [B-side of “Soldier’s Joy,” June 1959]
49. “I Fell out of Love with Love” [A-side for Simon Crum aka Ferlin Husky as well as subsequent singles by Ben Andrew and Don Bowman, July 1959]
50. “Man in Love” [no details known except copyright registered 1959]
51. “Cry Little Rain Cloud” [on Edythe Aymes’ Songs for a Rainy Day, 1960]
52. “That’s All You Gotta Do” [No. 6 POP, No. 19 R&B for Brenda Lee, May 1960]
53. “It Could Be, It Can Be, It Is” [A-side for Gini Hayes, July 1960]
54. “Let This Be Love” [published by Lowery Music, unknown whether a recording by Reed or anyone else exists, copyright registered August 15, 1960]
55. “Little Miss Lonely” [no details known except copyright registered August 15, 1960]
56. “Face to Face with the Blues” [no details known except copyright registered April 27, 1961]
57. “Be My Little Girl” [no details known except copyright registered May 5, 1961]
58. “The Can’t Help Its” [no details known except copyright registered May 5, 1961]
59. “Love Is the Cause of It All” [Reed’s debut Columbia A-side, June 1961]
60. “Love and War [Ain’t Much Difference in the Two]” (No. 117 POP, B-side of “Love Is the Cause of It All,” June 1961)
61. “Seven-Up and Ice Cream Soda” [A-side for Don Carroll, July 1961]
62. “Scared to Go Home” [B-side of Rusty Draper’s “Signed, Sealed, and Delivered,” August 1961]
63. “Goin’ Back to School” [A-side for Bob Skelton, September 1961]
64. “Hit and Run” [A-side, October 1961]
65. “It Sure Is Blue Out Tonight” [B-side of “Hit and Run,” October 1961]
66. “I’m Not Over You Yet” [no other details known except copyright registered October 16, 1961]
67. “Never in a Hundred Years” [Debut A-side for fellow Georgia boy Billy Joe Royal; Reed’s name is misspelled as “Jerry Reid” on the Fairlane record label, November 1961]
68. “Misery Loves Company” [No. 1 C&W single for Porter Wagoner, November 1961; Ronnie Milsap breathed new life into “Misery” as a double A-side in 1980 alongside “Cowboys and Clowns;” for the second time “Misery” shot to the top of the charts; Reed waxed “Misery” on 1972’s Jerry Reed, maybe the only time he revisited one of his pre-RCA songs]
69. “As Sure As I Live and Breathe” [no other details known, Columbia, circa December 1961]
70. “Begging for Trouble” [no details known, copyright registered 1962]
71. “Pity the Fool” [A-side, February 1962]
72. “I’ve Got Everybody Fooled [But Me]” (B-side of “Pity the Fool,” February 1962]
73. “Ain’t It Awful” [B-side of Porter Wagoner’s “Cold Dark Waters,” April 1962]
74. “I’ll Take My Chances” [A-side for Bob Beckham, May 1962]
75. “Young Hearts” [B-side of Paul Peek’s “A Miss Is As Good As a Mile,” November 1962]
76. “Scare Crow” [Instrumental for Chet Atkins’ Our Man in Nashville, December 1962]
77. “Down Home” [Instrumental A-side for Atkins’ Our Man in Nashville, December 1962]
78. “Love Offering” [Instrumental recorded August 3, 1962, for Atkins’ Music from Nashville, My Hometown 1966 RCA Camden budget LP]
79. “Hully Gully Guitar” [No. 99 POP, Instrumental credited to “Jerry Reed and the Hully Girlies,” October 1962]
80. “Twist-A-Roo” [Instrumental, B-side of “Hully Gully Guitar,” October 1962]
81. “Overlooked and Underloved” [A-side, November 1962]
82. “The Shock” [A-side credited to “Jerry Reed and the Hully Girlies” although he does not perform any vocals, June 1963]
83. “I Wouldn’t Blame You” [A-side for Pat Hervey, June 1963]
84. “Teen Scene” [Chet Atkins / Reed; Instrumental for Atkins’ Teen Scene, July 1963]
85. “Turn Over a New Leaf” [B-side of Ray Smith’s “I’m Snowed,” July 1963]
86. “Two and Two” [A-side for Charlie Flener, 1963]
87. “Eefananny” [No. 109 POP for the Ardells, produced by Jerry Kennedy in Nashville, Reed may be an uncredited vocalist, September 1963]
88. “Try It On for Size” aka “Try That On for Size” [A-side for Ray Godfrey, October 1963]
89. “Love Don’t Grow on Trees” [A-side, October 1963]
90. “Mountain Man” [B-side of “Love Don’t Grow on Trees,” October 1963]
91. “A Little Bit of Blues” [Instrumental for Atkins’ Guitar Country, January 1964]
92. “Winter Walking” [Instrumental for Atkins’ Guitar Country, 1964; nearly 40 years later as Atkins’ health declined, Reed finally released his take on the indie Finger Dancing, 2000]
93. “Yes Ma’am” [Instrumental for Atkins’ Guitar Country, 1964]
94. “Walkin’” [No. 103 POP, Instrumental for trumpeter Al Hirt, March 1964]
95. “Spilled Milk” [Reed’s final Columbia A-side credited to “Jerry Reed and the Hully Girlies,” although he does not provide any vocals, May 1964]
96. “Early Times” [Instrumental for Atkins’ Progressive Pickin’, May 1964]
97. “Kicky” [Instrumental for Atkins’ Progressive Pickin’, May 1964]
98. “Count Me Out” [B-side of Ray Godfrey’s “If the Good Lord’s Willing,” also penned by Reed, November 1964]
99. “The One Who Laughs Last” [A-side for Les Cunningham, 1965]
100. “Levee Walking” [Instrumental for Atkins’ My Favorite Guitars, February 1965]
101. “Rose Ann” [Instrumental for Atkins’ My Favorite Guitars, February 1965]
102. “Wish I’d Stayed in Bed” [on Don Bowman’s Fresh from the Funny Farm, March 1965]
103. “Who Am I Kiddin’” [B-side of Priscilla Mitchell’s “I Want That Boy,” April 1965]
104. “If I Don’t Live It Up” [B-side of Reed’s debut RCA Victor single — “I Feel a Sin Coming On” — April 1965]
105. “You’ll Be Back” [B-side of Della Rae’s “Rain on You,” July 1965]
106. “Ain’t That Just Like a Fool” [A-side, September 1965]
107. “Fightin’ for the USA” [A-side, December 1965]
108. “Navy Blues” [Instrumental, B-side of “Fightin’ for the USA,” December 1965]
109. “Sir Thanks-A-Lot” [unknown whether a recording by Reed or anyone else exists; copyright registered February 21, 1966; fellow Bill Lowery discovery Ray Stevens cut a song with the same title for his 1969 Gitarzan album, although Stevens is credited as the songwriter]
110. “C-H-E-A-T-I-N-G” [no details known except copyright registered May 9, 1966, and published by Reed’s Sixteen Stars Music]
111. “You Can’t Trust a Memory” [no details known except copyright registered August 1, 1966]
112. “English Leather” [Instrumental for Atkins’ From Nashville with Love, September 1966]
113. “Soul Journey” [Chet Atkins / Reed; Instrumental on Atkins’ From Nashville with Love, September 1966]
114. “Just Like Taking Candy from a Baby” [A-side for Dorothy Baker, September 1966]
115. “Surely Not” [No. 73 C&W for Don Bowman, November 1966, Recorded Almost Live]
116. “Comin’ Apart at the Seams” [no details known except copyright registered December 19, 1966]
117. “Fool’s Paradise” [no details known except copyright registered December 19, 1966]
118. “Little Funny Face” [no details known except copyright registered December 19, 1966]
119. “Playin’ Tricks” [no details known except copyright registered December 19, 1966]
120. “Sky High” [no details known except copyright registered December 19, 1966]
121. “I’ll Never Get Over Gettin ‘Over You” [Reed / Don Bowman; on the latter’s Recorded Almost Live, January 1967]
122. “Your Ace in the Hole” [no details known except copyright registered January 9, 1967]
123. “Why Not?” [no details known except copyright registered January 9, 1967]
124. “It Don’t Work That Way” [B-side of “Guitar Man,” The Unbelievable Guitar & Voice of Jerry Reed, 1967; Reed reimagined the tune on 1972’s Smell the Flowers with driving drums courtesy of Larrie London]
125. “Guitar Man” [No. 53 C&W, Unbelievable Guitar & Voice; Reed unleashed an update on 1984’s My Best to You, cut after RCA dropped him and before Capitol came calling, and then a more recent rendition on 2000’s Visits Hit Row; also a No. 28 POP, No. 1 C&W A-side for Elvis Presley, 1967]
126. “You’re Young and You’ll Forget” [Unbelievable Guitar & Voice, 1967; the certified guitar player reinterpreted the song on 1972’s Jerry Reed]
127. “Woman Shy” [A-side, Unbelievable Guitar & Voice, 1967]
128. “I Feel for You” [B-side of “Woman Shy” and “Ko-Ko Joe,” Unbelievable Guitar & Voice, 1967; a discofied remake was included on Sweet Love Feelings in 1978 and distributed as the B-side of “(I Love You) What Can I Say”]
129. “Take a Walk” [Unbelievable Guitar & Voice, 1967]
130. “Love Man” [B-side of “Another Puff,” Unbelievable Guitar & Voice, 1967]
131. “If I Promise” [Unbelievable Guitar & Voice, 1967; charted at No. 56 UK for John Walker later that year]
132. “U.S. Male” [Unbelievable Guitar & Voice, 1967; a No. 28 POP hit for Elvis Presley]
133. “Long Gone” [Unbelievable Guitar & Voice, 1967; Reed unexpectedly supplied an exclusive take for 1984’s My Best to You]
134. “If It Comes to That” [B-side of “Smell the Flowers,” Unbelievable Guitar & Voice, 1967]
135. “The Claw” [Instrumental; Unbelievable Guitar & Voice, 1967; tracked again for 1984’s My Best to You as well as 2000’s Finger Dancing]
136. “Heartbreak Anonymous” [A-side for Bob Gallion, September 1969; Reed cut the song during the sessions for Unbelievable Guitar & Voice, but the tune remains unissued]
137. “To Be in Love” [Chet Atkins / Reed; Instrumental on Atkins’ Class Guitar, 1967]
138. “Born to Be By Your Side” [No. 134 POP March 1967 for Brenda Lee and No. 52 C&W for Jimmy Dean a year later]
139. “He’s Not for Real” [No. 53 C&W May 1967 for Priscilla Mitchell]
140. “Last Day in Town” [B-side of prolific Nashville session guitarist Chip Young’s “Turn It Around in Your Mind,” also penned by Reed, 1967]
141. “I’ve Got It” [A-side for Jake Hess & the Imperials, on To Sing Is the Thing!, 1967]
142. “Drive In” [Instrumental on Chet Atkins’ Solo Flights, 1968]
143. “Remembering” [No. 14 C&W, Nashville Underground, 1968; re-recorded without the string section in 1976 for Both Barrels and issued as another A-side; a third iteration wound up on 1984’s My Best to You; a fourth and final version is on 2000’s Jerry Reed Visits Hit Row]
144. “A Thing Called Love” [Nashville Underground, 1968; reimagined on 1984’s My Best to You and then a final time on 2000’s Jerry Reed Visits Hit Row; No. 21 C&W for Jimmy Dean that same year, No. 21 Adult Contemporary for Ed Ames in 1969, Elvis Presley unveiled it on 1972’s He Touched Me, but the most widely known rendition remains Johnny Cash’s No. 2 C&W hit]
145. “You Wouldn’t Know a Good Thing” [Nashville Underground, 1968]
146. “Save Your Dreams” [Nashville Underground, 1968]
147. “Almost Crazy” [Nashville Underground, 1968; the lightning fast picker funked up the arrangement with horns on 1972’s Jerry Reed]
148. “You’ve Been Cryin’ Again” [B-side of “When You’re Hot, You’re Hot,” Nashville Underground, 1968]
149. “Fine on My Mind” [B-side of original version of “Remembering,” Nashville Underground, 1968]
150. “Tupelo Mississippi Flash” [No. 15 C&W, Nashville Underground, 1968]
151. “Natch-Illy Ain’t No Good” [A-side May 1968 for Priscilla Mitchell]
152. “Huntin’ Boots” [Instrumental A-side on Chet Atkins’ Hometown Guitar, June 1968]
153. “Get on With It” [Chet Atkins / Reed; Instrumental on Atkins’ Hometown Guitar, June 1968]
154. “Reed’s Ramble” [Instrumental on Atkins’ Hometown Guitar, June 1968]
155. “The San Francisco Scene” [Don Bowman / Reed; B-side of the former’s “Messin’ Up My Mind” and on Funny Folk Flops, January 1968]
156. “Alabama Wild Man” [No. 62 POP, No. 22 C&W, Alabama Wild Man, 1968; an electrified, horn-driven version was part of the 1972 Jerry Reed LP and outperformed the original ’68 single at radio; a third attempt is on 1984’s greatest hits collection entitled My Best to You]
157. “Love Prints” [Alabama Wild Man, 1968]
158. “Broken Heart Attack” [Alabama Wild Man, 1968]
159. “Twelve Bar Midnight” [Instrumental, B-side of 1968 version of “Alabama Wild Man,” Alabama Wild Man, 1968]
160. “Losing Your Love” [B-side of “Oh What a Woman,” Alabama Wild Man, 1968]
161. “Today Is Mine” [Alabama Wild Man, 1968; eldest daughter Seidina offered an understated interpretation on her father’s final studio album, 2008’s The Gallant Few]
162. “Maybe in Time” [Alabama Wild Man, 1968]
163. “You’d Better Take Time” [Alabama Wild Man, 1968]
164. “Roving Gambler” [Better Things in Life, 1969]
165. “Pride Today” [Better Things in Life, 1969]
166. “The Likes of Me” [Better Things in Life, 1969]
167. “Blues Land” [Instrumental, B-side of “There’s Better Things in Life,” Better Things in Life, 1969; 30 years later Reed dropped a new version on Finger Dancing]
168. “Coming Up Roses” [Better Things in Life, 1969]
169. “Johnny Wants to Be a Star” [Better Things in Life, 1969]
170. “There’s Better Things in Life” [No. 20 C&W, Better Things in Life, 1969]
171. “Oh What a Woman!” [No. 60 C&W, Better Things in Life, 1969]
172. “Patches of Blue” [Chet Atkins / Reed; Better Things in Life, 1969]
173. “Swinging ‘69” [Instrumental, B-side of “Georgia Sunshine,” Better Things in Life, 1969; a reimagined version is on 2000’s Finger Dancing]
174. “I’m a Happy Man” [Better Things in Life, 1969]
175. “The Early Dawn” [“La Madrugada”] (Instrumental from Chet Atkins’ Lover’s Guitar, 1969; decades later Reed dropped a solo version on the indie Finger Dancing, 2000)
176. “Bluegrass [With Guts]” (Instrumental, Jerry Reed Explores Guitar Country, 1969)
177. “Swarmin’” [Instrumental, Jerry Reed Explores Guitar Country, 1969]
178. “Takin’ Chances” [no details known except copyright registered December 1, 1969]
179. “Steeplechase Lane” [Instrumental A-side on Chet Atkins’ Yestergroovin’, 1970; many years later as Reed’s mentor battled colon cancer his apprentice dropped a solo version on Finger Dancing, 2000]
180. “Turn It Around in Your Mind” [Cookin’, 1970]
181. “How Many Tomorrows” [Cookin’, 1970]
182. “Gomyeyonyo” [Cookin’, 1970]
183. “Georgia Sunshine” [No. 16 C&W, Georgia Sunshine, 1970, covered by Dean Martin; a surprising choice for 1984’s My Best to You, Reed’s updated versions of his greatest hits]
184. “Good Friends and Neighbors” [Georgia Sunshine, 1970]
185. “That’s All Part of Losing” [Georgia Sunshine, 1970]
186. “Amos Moses” [No. 8 POP, Georgia Sunshine, 1970, borrowed for 1971’s When You’re Hot, You’re Hot after it became a runaway hit single; re-recorded for 1984’s My Best to You; a 21st century rendition is exclusive to Jerry Reed Visits Hit Row]
187. “Talk About the Good Times” [No. 14 C&W, Georgia Sunshine, 1970; covered by Elvis Presley on 1974’s Good Times]
188. “Nut Sundae” [Instrumental; Me and Jerry, 1970]
189. “Stump Water” [Instrumental; Me and Jerry, 1970]
190. “The January-February March” [Instrumental; Me and Jerry, 1970]
191. “You Made a Big Mess Outa Your Life” [B-side of Carl Phillips’ “Drinking Corn Squeezins,” October 1970]
192. “When You’re Hot, You’re Hot” [No. 9 POP, No. 1 C&W, When You’re Hot, You’re Hot, 1971; recut for 1984’s My Best to You; Reed placed an even newer version on Visits Hit Row, available on his R2K label, to be sold at concerts]
193. “She Understands Me” [When You’re Hot, You’re Hot, 1971]
194. “Turned On” [Instrumental; When You’re Hot, You’re Hot, 1971]
195. “I’ll Be Around [In All the Old Places]” (Ernie Newton / Reed; When You’re Hot, You’re Hot, 1971]
196. “My Kinda Love” [When You’re Hot, You’re Hot, 1971; a No. 12 C&W single for Dave Dudley in 1967]
197. “Ko-Ko Joe” [No. 51 POP, No. 11 C&W, Ko-Ko Joe, 1971]
198. “Another Puff” [Earl Jarrett / Reed; No. 65 POP, No. 27 C&W, Ko-Ko Joe, 1971]
199. “[Love Is] A Stranger To Me” (Ko-Ko Joe, 1971)
200. “Hellacious” [Paul Yandell / Reed; Instrumental on Chet Atkins’ Pickin’ My Way, 1971]
201. “The Ballad of Ole Sam” [Reed / Bill Blackburn; on Jimmy Dean’s These Hands, 1971]
202. “Smell the Flowers” [No. 24 C&W, Smell the Flowers, 1972]
203. “Don’t Get Heavy” [Smell the Flowers, 1972]
204. “Take It Easy [In Your Mind]” (B-side of 2nd version of “Alabama Wild Man,” Smell the Flowers, 1972)
205. “Jerry’s Breakdown” [A-side, Instrumental, Me and Chet, 1972; a re-recorded interpretation is on 2000’s Finger Dancing]
206. “The Mad Russian” [Paul Yandell / Reed; Instrumental; Me and Chet, 1972]
207. “Good Stuff” [Instrumental; Me and Chet, 1972]
208. “You Took All the Ramblin’ Out of Me” [No. 18 C&W, Hot A’Mighty!, 1973]
209. “I’m Not Playing Games” [B-side of “You Took All the Ramblin’ Out of Me,” Hot A’Mighty!, 1973]
210. “Two-Timin’” [Instrumental, B-side of “Lord, Mr. Ford,” Lord, Mr. Ford, 1973]
211. “Pickie, Pickie, Pickie” [Instrumental, B-side of “Crude Oil Blues,” Lord, Mr. Ford, 1973]
212. “Blue Finger” [Instrumental on Chet Atkins’ Alone, 1973]
213. “It’s Tough All Over” [The Uptown Poker Club, 1973]
214. “Honkin’” [Instrumental, B-side of “Uptown Poker Club” and “Gimme Back My Blues,” The Uptown Poker Club, 1973]
215. “You’ve Got It” [B-side of “Lightning Rod,” The Uptown Poker Club, 1973]
216. “Everybody Needs Someone” [B-side of “Good Woman’s Love,” A Good Woman’s Love, 1974]
217. “The Crude Oil Blues” [No. 91 POP, No. 13 C&W, A Good Woman’s Love, 1974]
218. “Just Another Rag” [Instrumental on Chet Atkins’ Superpickers, 1974]
219. “I’ll Say She Does” [Instrumental on Chet Atkins Picks on Jerry Reed, 1974]
220. “East Wind” [Instrumental on Chet Atkins Picks on Jerry Reed, 1974]
221. “Funky Junk” [Instrumental on Chet Atkins Picks on Jerry Reed, 1974]
222. “Baby’s Coming Home” [Reed / Chet Atkins; Instrumental on Chet Atkins Picks on Jerry Reed, 1974]
223. “Mister Lucky” [Instrumental on Chet Atkins Picks on Jerry Reed, 1974; Reed put a solo version in tribute to “Mister Guitar” on Finger Dancing, 2000]
224. “Squirrelly” [Reed / Paul Yandell; Instrumental on Chet Atkins Picks on Jerry Reed, 1974]
225. “In Between” [B-side only of “Boogie Woogie Rock and Roll,” September 1974]
226. “Mind Your Love” [No. 64 C&W, Mind Your Love, 1975]
227. “Let’s Sing Our Song” [No. 18 C&W, Mind Your Love, 1975]
228. “A Friend” [W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings soundtrack starring Burt Reynolds as well as Mind Your Love, 1975]
229. “Lightning Rod” [A-side, Instrumental, Mind Your Love, 1975]
230. “Grab Bag” [Instrumental, B-side of “Let’s Sing Our Song,” Mind Your Love, 1975]
231. “Struttin’” [Instrumental, B-side of “Mind Your Love,” Mind Your Love, 1975]
232. “Spats” [Randy Goodrum / Reed; no details known except copyright registered April 16, 1975]
233. “You Got a Lock on Me” [No. 104 POP, No. 60 C&W, Red Hot Picker, 1975]
234. “The Boogie King” [Red Hot Picker, 1975]
235. “Little Things” [aka “I Wan-na Go Back Home to Georgia”] (Red Hot Picker, 1975; an extended 1979 live version from the Exit Inn in Nashville was included as the B-side of “Sugar Foot Rag”)
236. “Bake” [Instrumental, B-side of 1976 version of “Remembering,” Red Hot Picker, 1975]
237. “Reedology” [Instrumental, B-side of “You Got a Lock on Me” as well as “Stars and Stripes Forever,” Red Hot Picker, 1975]
238. “Candy Pants” [Randy Goodrum / Reed, Instrumental A-side for Floyd Cramer, March 1976]
239. “Gator” [No. 54 C&W, theme song of the film starring Burt Reynolds and Reed, Both Barrels, 1976]
240. “Twichy” [Instrumental on The Best of Chet Atkins and Friends, October 1976]
241. “We’ve Called It Everything Else” [B-side of “With His Pants in His Hand,” Jerry Reed Rides Again, 1977]
242. “East Bound and Down” [Reed / Dick Feller; No. 103 POP, No. 2 C&W, the linchpin of the Smokey and the Bandit soundtrack; slight lyrical revisions brought about “West Bound and Down;” East Bound and Down, 1977; re-recorded for 2000’s Jerry Reed Visits Hit Row]
243. “The Legend” [Smokey and the Bandit soundtrack as well as East Bound and Down, 1977]
244. “High Rollin’” [Reed / Dick Feller; theme song of High-Ballin’ starring Peter Fonda and Reed; B-side only of “(I Love You) What Can I Say,” May 1978]
245. “Sweet Love Feelings” [No. 39 C&W, Sweet Love Feelings, 1978]
246. “You Know What” [No. 20 C&W feat. Seidina Reed on vocals, Sweet Love Feelings, 1978]
247. “I Don’t Know About You” [Half Singin’ and Half Pickin’, 1979]
248. “In the Sack” [Half Singin’ and Half Pickin’, 1979]
249. “A Piece of Cake” [Instrumental B-side of “(Who Was the Man Who Put) The Line in Gasoline,” Half Singin’ and Half Pickin’, 1979]
250. “Jiffy Jam” [Instrumental B-side of “Second-Hand Satin Lady (And a Bargain Basement Boy),” Half Singin’ and Half Pickin’, 1979; a re-recorded version is on 2000’s Finger Dancing]
251. “Nervous Breakdown” [Instrumental B-side of “Hot Stuff,” Half Singin’ and Half Pickin’, 1979]
252. “It’s Got to Come Out” [Jerry Reed Live! Featuring ‘Hot Stuff’, 1979]
253. “Hot Stuff” [No. 67 C&W, theme song of the accompanying film starring Dom DeLuise, Suzanne Pleshette, and Reed; the readily available live version is on Jerry Reed Live! Featuring ‘Hot Stuff’, 1979]
254. “I Crapped Myself into the Poorhouse” [Jerry Reed Live! Featuring ‘Hot Stuff’, 1979]
255. “I’m Your Guitar” [Jerry Reed Live! Featuring ‘Hot Stuff’, 1979]
256. “Breakin’ Loose” [theme song for Concrete Cowboys CBS pilot film costarring Tom Selleck, October 17, 1979]
257. “Texas Bound and Flyin’” [No. 26 C&W, included on the Smokey and the Bandit II soundtrack as well as Texas Bound and Flyin’, 1980]
258. “Take That Ride” [Reed / Dick Feller; from 60-minute pilot of Concrete Cowboys CBS TV series broadcast on February 7, 1981]
259. “Bayou Woman” [Reed / Dick Feller; Dixie Dreams, 1981]
260. “Dixie Dreams” [Reed / Dick Feller; Dixie Dreams, 1981]
261. “The Testimony of Soddy Hoe” [No. 87 C&W, Reed / Dick Feller, Dixie Dreams, 1981]
262. “Dreaming Fairytales” [Instrumental B-side of “Testimony of Soddy Hoe,” Dixie Dreams, 1981]
263. “I’m a Slave” [No. 58 C&W, The Bird, 1982]
264. “Good-Time Saturday Night” [Reed / Billy Henderson / Bud McGuire; The Bird, 1982]
265. “Thompson Station” [no details known except Reed’s 1980s band was known as the Thompson Station Congregation; perhaps an instrumental?]
266. “Bandit Ball” [theme song for the Tampa Bay Bandits, part of the short-lived United States Football League; Burt Reynolds was a minority owner, 1983–1985]
267. “Smash Mouth Football” [no details known; perhaps another song promoting the Tampa Bay Bandits?]
268. “I Want To” [What Comes Around, 1985 soundtrack]
269. “December Winds” [What Comes Around, 1985 soundtrack]
270. “Big Time Fool” [B-side of “What Comes Around,” What Comes Around, 1985 soundtrack]
271. “You Brought Me Love” [What Comes Around, 1985 soundtrack]
272. “What Comes Around” [A-side, theme song of the accompanying movie that Reed directed, produced, and starred in, What Comes Around, 1985 soundtrack]
273. “What Will It Be” [What Comes Around, 1985 soundtrack]
274. “Boogie Woogie Doctor” [sung by Daniel Jenkins, What Comes Around]
275. “Let It Go” [What Comes Around, 1985 soundtrack]
276. “Love’s Looking at You” [Lookin’ at You, 1986]
277. “There Was You” [Lookin’ at You, 1986]
278. “Free Love” [Lookin’ at You, 1986]
279. “What Made Me Believe I Could Live Without You” [Lookin’ at You, 1986]
280. “Country’s Alive and Doing Well” [A-side only 1986]
281. “Vaudville Daze” [Chet Atkins / Reed, Instrumental, Sneakin’ Around, 1992]
282. “First Born” [Instrumental, Sneakin’ Around, 1992]
283. “Major Attempt at a Minor Thing” [Instrumental, Sneakin’ Around, 1992]
284. “Thumbin’ a Ride” [Instrumental on Chip Young’s Having Thumb Fun with My Friends feat. humorous intro + outro Reed dialogue, 1993]
285. “Christmas Wrappin’” [Kent Westberry / Buzz Cason / Reed; included on 1993’s impossible to find Christmas Vol. 3 and issued by CDX Nashville, which was founded by deejay Charlie Douglas and record promo veteran Paul Lovelace as a CD delivery system for artists to supply their upcoming singles to country radio; Douglas briefly played the song on WSM as Reed was between labels; Paul Yandell supplied guitar]
286. “Around the Bend” [Chet Atkins / Reed; Instrumental on the former’s Read My Licks, 1994]
287. “You’re Lookin’ Good” [Flyin’ High, 1995]
288. “F-16 Monologue” aka “Me and Bubba and the F-16” [Flyin’ High, 1995]
289. “Blindsided Me” [Flyin’ High, 1995, as well as Pickin’]
290. “I Wish I Hadn’t Done It My Way” [Flyin’ High, 1995]
291. “If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It” [Flyin’ High, 1995]
292. “Does Anybody Want to Boogie” [Pickin’, 1998]
293. “My Priscilla” [Instrumental, Pickin’, 1998]
294. “Pickin’” [Pickin’, 1998]
295. “My Gypsy Heart” [Instrumental, Pickin’, 1998; two years later Reed dropped the dated keyboards and had a pleasing violin solo overdubbed onto the existing master take for Finger Dancing]
296. “Reed’s Rag” [Instrumental, Pickin’, 1998]
297. “Talk the Talk and Walk the Walk” [Pickin’, 1998]
298. “Sassy” [Instrumental, Pickin’, 1998]
299. “Case of the Blues” [Reed / Wayne Carson, Pickin’, 1998]
300. “Lottie” [Instrumental, Pickin’, 1998]
301. “Check It Out” [no details known except copyright registered March 16, 2001]
302. “Father Time and Gravity” [Live, Still!, 2005]
303. “A Brand New Me” [gospel cut on Live, Still!, 2005]
304. “Finger Dancin’” [Let’s Git It On, 2006]
305. “Wee Hours” [Let’s Git It On, 2006]
306. “Jesus Train” [Reed / Buzz Cason, gospel cut on Let’s Git It On, 2006]
307. “Hot Lead Bullets” [Reed / Chet Hinesley, Let’s Git It On, 2006]
308. “Foggy Bottom” [Instrumental; Let’s Git It On, 2006]
309. “This Is It” [Let’s Git It On, 2006]
310. “Front of the Boat” [All Gone Fishin’, a various artists concept LP dubbed the “World’s Greatest Fishing Band”, 2006]
311. “Christmas at the Mall” [Reed / Bryan Kennedy; 2007 digital single]
312. “Warrior Spirit” [The Gallant Few, 2008]
313. “American Veteran” [The Gallant Few, 2008]
314. “Going Home” [Reed / Gordon Kennedy / Blair Masters, The Gallant Few, 2008]
315. “Wounded Warrior” [The Gallant Few, 2008]
316. “She’s Cleaning House” [Reed / Buzz Cason; in an exclusive July 2020 interview, Cason confirmed the song title and thought it had been released at some point but details remain sketchy]
317. “Courting Eva” [no details known]
318. “Everybody Loves to Boogie” [perhaps an alternate title for “Does Anybody Want to Boogie” from 1998’s Pickin’; no details known except published by Sixteen Stars Music]
319. “Fare Thee Well” [no details known except published by Bike Music]
320. “I Told You So” [no details known except published by Bike Music]
321. “It’s Nice Bein’ with You” [no details known except published by Sixteen Stars Music]
322. “Pickin’ Up the Pieces” [no details known except published by Sony / ATV]
323. “Roll Over and Play Dead” [no details known except published by Sixteen Stars Music]

• *************The BMI Repertoire database, 45cat, 45worlds, Discogs, Music VF, AllMusic, Copyright Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, and YouTube were invaluable resources in compiling Reed’s compositions, a feat never previously attempted. Expect revisions as verifiable material emerges. Corrections are encouraged.

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