Great country guitar player, songwriter, made some movies. RIP.
Jerry Reed passes away
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"We've got a long way to go, and a short time to get there,
I'm east bound, just watch ol' Bandit run!"
Another one gone to a better place, wow.
Thanks for the news Kenny,
Ben
I'm east bound, just watch ol' Bandit run!"
Another one gone to a better place, wow.
Thanks for the news Kenny,
Ben
Gotta love that T/A, Ben....
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Sorry To Hear That
I like When You're Hot You're Hot, and She Got The Gold Mine and I Got the Shaft.
Rest In Peace, Jerry
I like When You're Hot You're Hot, and She Got The Gold Mine and I Got the Shaft.
Rest In Peace, Jerry
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This came from the Patsy Cline Yahoo Group
Singer-actor Jerry Reed dies at the age of 71
By JOHN GEROME, Associated Press Writer
Jerry Reed, a singer who became a good ol' boy actor in car chase movies like "Smokey and the Bandit," has died of complications from emphysema at 71.
His longtime booking agent, Carrie Moore-Reed, no relation to the star, said Reed died early Monday.
"He's one of the greatest entertainers in the world. That's the way I feel about him," Moore-Reed said.
Reed was a gifted guitarist who later became a songwriter, singer and actor.
As a singer in the 1970s and early 1980s, he had a string of hits that included "Amos Moses," "When You're Hot, You're Hot," "East Bound and Down" and "The Bird."
In the mid-1970s, he began acting in movies such as "Smokey and the Bandit" with Burt Reynolds, usually as a good ol' boy. But he was an ornery heavy in "Gator," directed by Reynolds, and a hateful coach in 1998's "The Waterboy," starring Adam Sandler.
Reynolds gave him a shiny black 1980 Trans Am like the one they used in "Smokey and the Bandit."
Reed and Kris Kristofferson paved the way for Nashville music personalities to make inroads into films. Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson and Kenny Rogers (TV movies) followed their lead.
"I went around the corner to motion pictures," he said in a 1992 AP interview.
Reed had quadruple bypass surgery in June 1999.
Born in Atlanta, Reed learned to play guitar at age 8 when his mother bought him a $2 guitar and showed him how to play a G-chord.
He dropped out of high school to tour with Ernest Tubb and Faron Young.
At 17, he signed his first recording contract, with Capitol Records.
He moved to Nashville in the mid-1960s where he caught the eye of Chet Atkins.
He first established himself as a songwriter. Elvis Presley recorded two of his songs, "U.S. Male" and "Guitar Man" (both in 1968). He also wrote the hit "A Thing Called Love," which was recorded in 1972 by Johnny Cash. He also wrote songs for Brenda Lee, Tom Jones, Dean Martin, Nat King Cole and the Oak Ridge Boys.
Reed was voted instrumentalist of the year in 1970 by the Country Music Association.
He won a Grammy Award for "When You're Hot, You're Hot" in 1971. A year earlier, he shared a Grammy with Chet Atkins for their collaboration, "Me and Jerry." In 1992, Atkins and Reed won a Grammy for "Sneakin' Around."
Reed continued performing on the road into the late 1990s, doing about 80 shows a year.
"I'm proud of the songs, I'm proud of things that I did with Chet (Atkins), I'm proud that I played guitar and was accepted by musicians and guitar players," he told the AP in 1992.
In a 1998 interview with The Tennessean, he admitted that his acting ability was questionable.
"I used to watch people like Richard Burton and Mel Gibson and think, `I could never do that.'
"When people ask me what my motivation is, I have a simple answer: Money."
Singer-actor Jerry Reed dies at the age of 71
By JOHN GEROME, Associated Press Writer
Jerry Reed, a singer who became a good ol' boy actor in car chase movies like "Smokey and the Bandit," has died of complications from emphysema at 71.
His longtime booking agent, Carrie Moore-Reed, no relation to the star, said Reed died early Monday.
"He's one of the greatest entertainers in the world. That's the way I feel about him," Moore-Reed said.
Reed was a gifted guitarist who later became a songwriter, singer and actor.
As a singer in the 1970s and early 1980s, he had a string of hits that included "Amos Moses," "When You're Hot, You're Hot," "East Bound and Down" and "The Bird."
In the mid-1970s, he began acting in movies such as "Smokey and the Bandit" with Burt Reynolds, usually as a good ol' boy. But he was an ornery heavy in "Gator," directed by Reynolds, and a hateful coach in 1998's "The Waterboy," starring Adam Sandler.
Reynolds gave him a shiny black 1980 Trans Am like the one they used in "Smokey and the Bandit."
Reed and Kris Kristofferson paved the way for Nashville music personalities to make inroads into films. Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson and Kenny Rogers (TV movies) followed their lead.
"I went around the corner to motion pictures," he said in a 1992 AP interview.
Reed had quadruple bypass surgery in June 1999.
Born in Atlanta, Reed learned to play guitar at age 8 when his mother bought him a $2 guitar and showed him how to play a G-chord.
He dropped out of high school to tour with Ernest Tubb and Faron Young.
At 17, he signed his first recording contract, with Capitol Records.
He moved to Nashville in the mid-1960s where he caught the eye of Chet Atkins.
He first established himself as a songwriter. Elvis Presley recorded two of his songs, "U.S. Male" and "Guitar Man" (both in 1968). He also wrote the hit "A Thing Called Love," which was recorded in 1972 by Johnny Cash. He also wrote songs for Brenda Lee, Tom Jones, Dean Martin, Nat King Cole and the Oak Ridge Boys.
Reed was voted instrumentalist of the year in 1970 by the Country Music Association.
He won a Grammy Award for "When You're Hot, You're Hot" in 1971. A year earlier, he shared a Grammy with Chet Atkins for their collaboration, "Me and Jerry." In 1992, Atkins and Reed won a Grammy for "Sneakin' Around."
Reed continued performing on the road into the late 1990s, doing about 80 shows a year.
"I'm proud of the songs, I'm proud of things that I did with Chet (Atkins), I'm proud that I played guitar and was accepted by musicians and guitar players," he told the AP in 1992.
In a 1998 interview with The Tennessean, he admitted that his acting ability was questionable.
"I used to watch people like Richard Burton and Mel Gibson and think, `I could never do that.'
"When people ask me what my motivation is, I have a simple answer: Money."
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I love the movie Hot Stuff that he made with Suzanne Pleshette.
Which was the song where he advised his wife "took the house and left" and then in the next line, starting to crack up, he advised "it was a mobile home." ? I loved that!
Jim, I'm thinking it could be either of the two you mentioned above.
Ralph
Jim, I'm thinking it could be either of the two you mentioned above.
Ralph
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I know a couple
that broke up not to long after that song came out. It gave the wife the idea to take the house and leave. She had the mobile home moved to her family's place in Alabama while hubby was on a fishing trip. They faught it out in divorce court and the ex husband still cusses Jerry Reed to this day. Apparently he had inherited the moble home and considered it it a "family heirloom". I thought it sounded like something out of "Greater Tuna"
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that broke up not to long after that song came out. It gave the wife the idea to take the house and leave. She had the mobile home moved to her family's place in Alabama while hubby was on a fishing trip. They faught it out in divorce court and the ex husband still cusses Jerry Reed to this day. Apparently he had inherited the moble home and considered it it a "family heirloom". I thought it sounded like something out of "Greater Tuna"
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Great story Greg! Now that I've had time to think about it, I'm pretty sure the song about the mobile home is the "Don't Smoke" one.
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Named him after a man of the cloth..
... called him Amos Moses
(insert FUNKY ASS guitar lick here)
Snowman finally got his old Peterbuilt across the Jordan river, eh? May he have eternal good times at the Big Truck Stop in the sky
I wish I had some Jerry 45s I'd play them on the 68 Console and play them on Youtube.
... called him Amos Moses
(insert FUNKY ASS guitar lick here)
Snowman finally got his old Peterbuilt across the Jordan river, eh? May he have eternal good times at the Big Truck Stop in the sky
I wish I had some Jerry 45s I'd play them on the 68 Console and play them on Youtube.
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Jason you have an e-mail in your Yahoo account. RSVP.
Don't forget "Texas Bound and Flyin' from
Smokey and the Bandit 2.
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Jerry Reed 1967-1984 Plus
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Texas Bound and Flyin
Well if I can keep it on the ground
when I put that hammer down
then I'll be Texas bound and aflyin'
Ive got my 10 in the wind
let it all hang out again
Cause how're you gonna win
if you ain't trying
Well now we're all back together
and we're burnin' up the road
and that old sheriff's doggin' us today
He thinks he's really got it cookin'
plans to do a lot of bookin'
only trouble he keeps lookin'
where we've already been!
So if I can keep it on the ground
when I put that hammer down
then I'll be Texas bound and aflyin'
Well if I can keep it on the ground
when I put that hammer down
then I'll be Texas bound and aflyin'
Ive got my 10 in the wind
let it all hang out again
Cause how're you gonna win
if you ain't trying
Now 'Smokey and the Bandit'
is a tale you don't forget
everytime you time your hear
an engine scream and whine
You have to think about ol' Bandit,
ol' Buford, Frog, and Fred, and Snowman
Their story is a legend
that will live on in time!
So if I can keep it on the ground
when I put that hammer down
then I'll be Texas bound and aflyin'
Smokey and the Bandit 2.
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Jerry Reed 1967-1984 Plus
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Texas Bound and Flyin
Well if I can keep it on the ground
when I put that hammer down
then I'll be Texas bound and aflyin'
Ive got my 10 in the wind
let it all hang out again
Cause how're you gonna win
if you ain't trying
Well now we're all back together
and we're burnin' up the road
and that old sheriff's doggin' us today
He thinks he's really got it cookin'
plans to do a lot of bookin'
only trouble he keeps lookin'
where we've already been!
So if I can keep it on the ground
when I put that hammer down
then I'll be Texas bound and aflyin'
Well if I can keep it on the ground
when I put that hammer down
then I'll be Texas bound and aflyin'
Ive got my 10 in the wind
let it all hang out again
Cause how're you gonna win
if you ain't trying
Now 'Smokey and the Bandit'
is a tale you don't forget
everytime you time your hear
an engine scream and whine
You have to think about ol' Bandit,
ol' Buford, Frog, and Fred, and Snowman
Their story is a legend
that will live on in time!
So if I can keep it on the ground
when I put that hammer down
then I'll be Texas bound and aflyin'
