I had no idea

Artists that you had no idea about how truly great they were.

Here's my entry.

Goofy side kick in goofy movies including "Smokey and the Bandit", author and singer of countless goofy songs like "When your hot your hot". He even stared in a Scooby Doo episode... This pretty much describes my previous impressions of Jerry Reed.

Then after a friend emailed me a youtube link I was flabergasted.

I had no idea that Jerry Reed: Wrote and played guitar on four of Elvis's biggest hits, one of only 4 people to be given the title "Certified Guitar Player" by Chet Atkins and was quoted stating "Jerry was a better finger style player than myself". As far as singing goes, just check out his cover of "City Of New Orleans" in the link below. World class song writer, guitarists and vocalists... I had no idea.

Chet and Jerry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni8KBhnebwE

City of New Orleans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_h3E_wkYNo