Jerry Self

JERRY CAN STILL REMEMBER WHEN HE WS 9 YEARS OF AGE AND HAD RECIEVED IS FIRST AND SECOND GUITAR AND THIRD ONE AS WELL. HE STARTED TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY FROM HIS WELL TALENTED AND MOST HELPFULL COUSIN, LARRY WHITTINGTON, FROM BALD KNOB, ARKANSAS. HIS COUSIN WOULD SOMETIMES COME OUT IN THE COUNTRY WHERE JERRY, HIS MOTHER, STEP-DAD, AND 3 BROTHERS LIVED. JERRY LIVED ON A SMALL FARM IN WHICH THEY RAISED STRAWBERRIES, PEAS, COTTON, CORN, AND SOME TOMATOES.
AT THE AGE OF 13 & 14, JERRY HAD BEGAIN TO PICK UP THE SKILLS ON A LOT OF MUSIC FROM HIS KIN-FOLK, SIMPLY BECAUSE HIS COUSIN WAS A PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN. THE NEXT THING YOU KNEW, JERRY WAS PLAYING IN MOST OF THE SMALL CLUBS ALL OVER ARKANSAS. HE THEN JOINED DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT PLAYED ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF MUSIC.
ONE OF JERRY'S FAVORITE MEMORIES OF PLAYING WAS WITH A GROUP CALLED, C.W. COUNTRY, WHICH ALSO INCLUDED SOMEONE ELSE WHO HAD INFLUENCED JERRY TO PERSUE HIS MUSIC CARREER. HIS NAME IS CHARLIE JOHNSON FROM KENNSET, ARKANSAS. BUT NOT TO FORGET THAT THE GROUPS JERRY HAD BEEN IN ALSO HELPED HIM TO GET TO WHERE HE IS TODAY. SUCH GROUPS INCLUDED DONNIE COX AND THE COMONHERIOS, AND WAYNE WRITE AND THE COUNTRY REDBELLS.
JERRY WS WANTING SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN HIS MUSIC LIFE AND ONE DAY HIS CHANCE TO MAKE A CHANGE FINALLY CAME WHEN JERRY WAS AROUND 16 YEARS OF AGE. HE WAS WORKING AT A LOCAL SAW MILL WHERE HE HAD TO "SPOON BARK" OFF OF LOGS SO THAT THEY COULD BE MAKE INTO VIENEER LOGS...LET ME TELL YOU THAT THAT WAS A VERY HOT JOB.....ANYWAYS, ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF A MUSIC GROUP THAT JERRY HAD PERFORMED WITH NAMED BILLY STOKES, CAME UP TO JERRY AND HOLLERED DOWN IN THE LOG PIT. CATCHING HIS ATTENTION, BILLY ASKED JERRY, "HEY, ARE YOU READY TO HIT THE ROAD?". WITH A QUICK AND SHORT REPLY, JERRY BRIEFLY HOLLERED BACK, "YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT."
LATER JERRY FOUND HIMSELF WORKING IN AND OUT OF NASHVILLE IN TENNESSEE, DOWN AND AROUND TEXAS, OKLAHOMA, LOUSIANNA, NEW YORK, AND NEW JERSEY, AND UP AROUND CLEVELAND IN OHIO, AND ALSO CANADA, WORKING THE ROAD AND STAGE WITH DIFFERENT TOP NAME ACTS THROUGHT THE 60'S, 70'S, 80'S, AND 90'S.
JERRY WORKED THE STAGE WITH ARTISTS SUCH AS MACK SELF (HIS FATHER WHO IS STILL ROCKIN' & ROLLIN' TODAY), AND MANY OTHER ARTISTS SUCH AS......
CLYDE WATSON
C.W. GATLIN
JIMMY EVANS
CONWAY TWITTY
MICHAEL TWITTY
THE ARKANSAS JAMBOREE
TANY TUCKER
CHARLIE RICH
JIMMY STUART
MARVEL FELTS
JOHN ANDERSON
MARTY BROWN
OTIS REDDING
JACK GREEN
JENNIE CEALY
JERRY ALSO WORKED ON A LOT OF DIMO'S FOR VARIOUS ARTISTS IN AND OUT OF NASHVILLE, TN. JERRY WAS VERY PROUD TO BE AROUND THESE PEOPLE AND NOW JERRY WORKS FROM TIME TO TIME ON THE ROAD. ALSO, WRITING HIS OWN SONGS AND HOPEFULLY GOING TO RECORD HIS FIRST CD BY THE YEAR 2010.
SO WHEN YOU DROP BY HERE ON JERRY'S PAGE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO LEAVE A COMMENT OR MESSAGE FOR HIM. FOR YOU ALL THAT DO THIS, JERRY, HIMSELF, ANSWERS ALL HIS MESSAGES AND COMMENTS NOT SOME OTHER PERSON(S). JERRY BELIEVES THAT THIS WILL KEEP HIM CLOSER TO FRIENDS AND FANS.......BY THE WAY, DON'T FORGET TO SIGN THE GUESTBOOK.......THANK YOU ALL....

ALL THE SONGS ON JERRY'S PROFILE ARE SONGS WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY HIS FATHER, MACK SELF. HOWEVER, MY HIS SISTER, DARLA AND JERRY ALSO DO VOCALS ON THESE SONGS AS WELL. JERRY ALSO PLAYS LEAD GUITAR WITH OTHER FELLOW BAND MEMBERS. MORE SONGS WILL BE ADDED AT A LATER TIME. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO VIEW AND LISTEN TO EACH AND EVERY SONG LISTED ABOVE AND JERRY HOPES THAT YOU WILL ENJOY THEM AS HE DOES.THANK YOU VERY MUCH..........JERRY SELF