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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: Wretched Excess on September 02, 2008, 12:16:27 PM
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RIP, Jerry Reed.
Musician, actor Jerry Reed dies at 71
Jerry Reed, country music’s howling virtuoso and a star of stage, studio and screen, has died. Born Jerry Reed Hubbard, Mr. Reed suffered from emphysema and was in hospice care. He was 71, and he leaves an unparalleled legacy of laughter and song.
By the time Mr. Reed came to popular attention as Burt Reynolds’ truck-driving sidekick “The Snowman†in the Hollywood trilogy Smokey and the Bandit, he was already a musical deity to the guitar players who admired the syncopated flurries he unleashed with a casual gleam. He was also a hit recording artist by that time, having topped the charts with “When You’re Hot, You’re Hot†and “Lord, Mr. Ford,’ and having written songs for Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Porter Wagoner, Brenda Lee and others. Then there was his work as session guitarist for Presley, Waylon Jennings, Bobby Bare and many others.
Mr. Reed enjoyed his comedic Hollywood roles (which included a part in the 1998 Adam Sandler film, The Waterboy), and he often smiled when movie fans would ask for an autograph without realizing that he was a singer and guitarist of significance. Music was most important to him, though. Asked by interviewer Frank Goodman which facet of music he preferred – songwriter, solo guitarist, session man or entertainer – Mr. Reed said, “Hey, that’s like trying to pick out your favorite leg.â€
“There’s nothing on earth as powerful as music, period,†he told Goodman. “I mean, it’s pretty hard to fight and hate and be angry when you’re making music, isn’t it?â€
As Mr. Reed’s health declined in recent years, he focused on spiritual studies and on bringing attention to veterans’ issues.
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RIP Mr. Reed. He'll always be the Snowman from Smokey and the Bandit to me.
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That's two. Who'll be the third? :(
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Who's #2? I missed it...
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Who's #2? I missed it...
Mr. Reed is #2. Voice Over man/Movie Trailer Guy Don LaFontaine was the first.
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Aw man, I liked that guy!
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I was just watching this Jerry Reed/Chet Atkins clip on YouTube the other day:
[youtube=425,350]Ni8KBhnebwE[/youtube]
My favorite tune of his, as was most people I guess, "Amos Moses'.
R.I.P. Jerry.
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RIP. Jerry Reed will always be Leonard Oates to me.
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After Hoyt Axton Died i was sad now I'm really sad ... :(
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Loved his music!
RIP Jerry.
They're thirsty in Atlanta, and there's beer in Texarkana.
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My fondest memory of Jerry Reed:
[youtube=425,350]yWG_R6SjUNY[/youtube]
I've always loved that episode.
Here's the first part of the whole episode:
[youtube=425,350]6xq33rGnMGQ[/youtube]
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He was 71?!
Wow....we are gettin' old!
Just saw him in one of the Smokey movies a few weeks ago.... :(
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Hoyt Axton was in Gremlins ! :( The Truth gets me - Points ?)
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Hoyt Axton was in Gremlins ! :(
Jerry Reed fan bitchslap for you.
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[youtube=425,350]YCE48O6U4Yw[/youtube]
Wabash Cannonball
I recognize Porter Waggoner but I don't know who the guy with the fiddle is. I met Porter Waggoner a few times. He always wore those outrageous clothes wherever he went. He was like a hillbilly Liberace.
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He'll always be the guy on the Magic Bait infomericals to me.
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"She got the gold mine, I got the shaft." .......some of Jerry's musical wisdom.
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[youtube=425,350]YCE48O6U4Yw[/youtube]
Wabash Cannonball
I recognize Porter Waggoner but I don't know who the guy with the fiddle is. I met Porter Waggoner a few times. He always wore those outrageous clothes wherever he went. He was like a hillbilly Liberace.
I love Porter. And of course Dolly when they were together. I'm such a Nashville hillbilly :-)
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[youtube=425,350]YCE48O6U4Yw[/youtube]
Wabash Cannonball
I recognize Porter Waggoner but I don't know who the guy with the fiddle is. I met Porter Waggoner a few times. He always wore those outrageous clothes wherever he went. He was like a hillbilly Liberace.
I love Porter. And of course Dolly when they were together. I'm such a Nashville hillbilly :-)
:bawl:
watch him play, that fool could sure pick a guitar...
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How ironic I am watching "America's Got Talent" when America's REAL talent is disappearing before our eyes and ears with no replacement in sight.
The acts I like are fun ans nice, but don't come close to what we see on these videos and what we seem to be losing daily.
Prayers for the family.
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So long Snowman. You had a long ride. Loved his music as well.
(http://www.modeltruckin.com/images/ban1/movieimages/SMOKEY_AND_THE_BANDIT-53.jpg)
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"Hold on to your ass, Fred."
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Aw crap! I loved him!
RIP, Snowman.
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Jerry Reed - She Got The Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)
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Jerry Clower & Jerry Reed
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Jerry Reed - When You're Hot, You're Hot Toledo 1983
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Jerry Reed "East Bound and Down"
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Am I the only goober who remembers the Scooby Doo episode?
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Am I the only goober who remembers the Scooby Doo episode?
*shakes Magic-8 Ball*
"All Signs Point To Yes"
Sorry... I'm not a huge Scooby Doo fan. At least not since they introduced that little ****er, Scrappy. :-)
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Sadly, this was the first thing I thought of when I hear about Jerry Reed...
[youtube=425,350]ZBeBQJHhIj4[/youtube]
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Am I the only goober who remembers the Scooby Doo episode?
*shakes Magic-8 Ball*
"All Signs Point To Yes"
Oh, you're mean. Using the Magic-8 Ball against me.
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West Bound And Down
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERTCICM9zQM[/youtube]
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East Bound and Down - With the best line of the movie at the end.