Gerald Warner "Jerry" Brightman (September 1, 1953 – March 9, 2015) was an American pedal steel guitarist who played for Buck Owens and The Buckaroos and featured on television's Hee Haw along with performing on many top 10 records with Buck, Susan Raye, Tony Booth, and others.
Impressing audiences at an early age, he began playing professionally in 1966.
After his run with the Buckaroos in 1975, he worked on the business side of the music industry from 1977-1982.
Major recording artists with Jerry appearing on include: Buck Owens, Susan Raye, Tony Booth, Arlo Guthrie, and David Frizzell.
For a time he built a number of ‘Performance’-branded pedal steel guitars in Ohio.