As a musician - I was disappointed with the camera work. Too many close ups of faces during key guitar solos. Close ups of the right hand picking, but never a close up of the left hand soloing. The camera person was obviously not a guitar player and didn't seem to know when a solo started or ended, or sometimes who was even playing it. Nevertheless, Chet's hilarious, but very credible distorted whammy bar rock solo, and his inability to pull off a riff in The Claw, were just two priceless moments of humor and humanity from these two flawless masters of the guitar.

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Chet & Jerry = 2 geniuses  Aug 13, 2007 By V. A. Peek
Even though Chet has passed on, I think he will always be remembered as the class person that he was. So mild and easy going and seemed so nice. And will always be given the credit as a GREAT guitar picker, of any and all genres. Jerry, on the other hand, I don't think has nearly the recognition that he deserves. He's proven over and over that he's right up there with Chet. These albums with Chet attest to that fact. Let someone please recognize him and elect him into the CMHOF while he is still alive. I am in the throes (it's difficult) of reading that book about Elvis (Careless Love, by Peter Guralnick). In it, Elvis wants to record "Guitar Man". But he nor his back-ups can get it right. The way Jerry did it. (Well, what did they expect? Jerry wrote the darn song.) So someone says "you've just got to get Jerry to come and do it himself". So he has his "people" call Jerry to come to the studio and record it with him. Elvis is thrilled to death. It was just as he wanted it to be. After it's done, Kernel (Yes the "korny kernel" as I call him. He was NOT a Colonel. That title has to be earned). Anyhow, Kernel and his people try to badger Jerry into giving them publishing/copyrights to the song, or selling to them. Jerry stood his ground. They weren't getting it. And they shouldn't have called him off of his fishing trip to begin with. If they had just told him in the beginning what the deal was that they wanted, he wouldn't have wasted their time. GOOD for Jerry. I guess up to that point, Elvis had always gotten what he wanted. Not this time. JERRY BELONGS IN THE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME with Chet and the others.

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Vintage Chet  Jan 18, 2009 By John R. Bowman
This was interesting dvd. Jerry Reed was a hoot. Includes Alison Krauss's ex-husband playing electric guitar with the great one, Chet Atkins and the creative Jerry Reed. You'll treasure this dvd and watch it over and over! Got to have it!!!

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Not the Best  Apr 17, 2008 By Goodpm
I was dissappointed in this DVD. Mr. Reed acted like he really did not
want to play. Both of these men are great and talented guitar players but
something was missing in this program. The video and audio were also dissappointing.



VIDEO WAS A DOWNER FOR THIS FAN  Dec 28, 2011 By Mary Ellen
I am a HUGE fan of both these men but this was not a concert in the usual sense of the word. So much fumbling around onstage that it was almost painful to watch. As another reviewer wrote, Jerry did not seem to care if he played or not and I thought he was not dressed as if he cared about the audience or the fact that the "concert" was being recorded. Did not even come onstage until Chet had played three songs. Also after the last song was played there was no "Goodnight" or "Thanks for coming" to the audience. The four musicians immediately unplugged their guitars and walked into the darkness.

Now for the plus side......Chet's song about his dad, "I Still Can't Say Goodbye" was very touching, Jerry's "Summertime" was more like the Jerry we know and "Don't Think Twice" was fair. The last song, "Three Little Words" was very good, the harmonica piece was excellent.

I paid almost $24 for this dvd and feel that I've been royally ripped off. Still love these two entertainers and am glad there is so much of their music still available to us but four good songs out of seventeen are not enough to entice me to watch this video again. Buyer beware.


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