Well, I quit my job down at the car wash,
Left my mama a goodbye note,
By sundown I'd left Kingston,
With my guitar under my coat,
I hitchhiked all the way down to Memphis,
Got a room at the YMCA,
For the next three weeks I went hauntin' them nightclubs,
Just lookin' for a place to play,
Well, I thought my pickin' would set 'em on fire,
But nobody wanted to hire a guitar man.
Well, I nearly 'bout starved to death down in Memphis,
I run outta money and luck,
So I bought me a ride down to Macon, Georgia,
On a overloaded poultry truck,
I thumbed on down to Panama City,
Started checkin' out some o' them all night bars,
Hopin' I could make myself a dollar,
Makin' music on my guitar,
I got the same old story at them all night piers,
There ain't no room around here for a guitar man
We don't need a guitar man, son
So I slept in the hobo jungles,
Roamed a thousand miles of track,
Till I found myself in Mobile Alabama,
At a club they call Big Jack's,
A little four-piece band was jammin',
So I took my guitar and I sat in,
I showed 'em what a band would sound like,
With a swingin' little guitar man.
Show 'em, son
If you ever take a trip down to the ocean,
Find yourself down around Mobile,
Make it on out to a club called Jack's,
If you got a little time to kill,
Just follow that crowd of people,
You'll wind up out on his dance floor,
Diggin' the finest little five-piece group,
Up and down the Gulf of Mexico,
Guess who's leadin' that five-piece band,
Well, wouldn't ya know, it's that swingin' little guitar man.
Jerry Reed Hubbard, known simply as Jerry Reed, was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor. Born in Georgia in 1937, he began his musical career in the 1960s as a session musician for Nashville artists. Throughout the 1970s, Reed achieved success with country-rock hits such as "East Bound and Down", "When You're Hot, You're Hot" and "Guitar Man". His acoustic guitar was a distinctive element of his sound, characterized by virtuoso technique and a unique style. In addition to music, Reed acted in several films, including the cult classic "Smokey and the Bandit" (1974) alongside Burt Reynolds. Reed died in 2008 from a heart attack. His musical legacy continues to inspire generations of musicians.
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