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Title: Jerry Reed
Post by: Captain Virgil Hilts on September 02, 2008, 12:54:00 PM
Died of emphysema at the age of 71. Perhaps best known as Burt Reynolds' co-star in many movies, he was also among the most talented musicians that ever lived, and a great song writer as well.
Title: Re: Jerry Reed
Post by: ROX on September 02, 2008, 12:57:54 PM
That is the suxxor, but not unexpected.

I met him once at a concert he did in Waukegan for Abbott employees.  Good guy...down to earth, even at his peak.


RIP





ROX
Title: Re: Jerry Reed
Post by: ODBAL on September 02, 2008, 01:21:40 PM
Died of emphysema at the age of 71. Perhaps best known as Burt Reynolds' co-star in many movies, he was also among the most talented musicians that ever lived, and a great song writer as well.

Loved him in Smokey and the Bandit.  Only 71? As his character in Smokey & The Bandit would say  "Several years ahead of Schedule"
Title: Re: Jerry Reed
Post by: Mojava on September 02, 2008, 01:26:58 PM
 Jerry was a great songwriter and a great guitarist. Jerry's Breakdown (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni8KBhnebwE) Wish I could play like that.
Title: Re: Jerry Reed
Post by: Hangtime on September 02, 2008, 01:37:47 PM
"Lord, Mr. Ford..."

Great picker, salt of the earth.

<S!>
Title: Re: Jerry Reed
Post by: sunfan1121 on September 02, 2008, 01:49:34 PM
 :frown: sucks
Title: Re: Jerry Reed
Post by: DiabloTX on September 02, 2008, 02:50:15 PM
Jerry was a great songwriter and a great guitarist. Jerry's Breakdown (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni8KBhnebwE) Wish I could play like that.

LOL!  Atkins was breaking off arps 10 years before Yngwie was born!  Awesome vid!
Title: Re: Jerry Reed
Post by: 007Rusty on September 02, 2008, 02:53:08 PM
    :salute  that stinks  :(   well atlest him and Fred are "east bound and down "
Title: Re: Jerry Reed
Post by: soda72 on September 02, 2008, 02:53:52 PM
 :(
Title: Re: Jerry Reed
Post by: Ripsnort on September 02, 2008, 03:17:33 PM
Damn. Too young. No doubt cigarettes peeled at least 15 years off his life. RIP Jerry.

(http://www.mp3rockabilly.com/JerryReedHereCD.jpg)
Title: Re: Jerry Reed
Post by: Shuckins on September 02, 2008, 04:52:37 PM
Jerry could play a top tier bad guy.  The character he played in "Gator" was so cold it would send a shiver down your back.  "The Survivors" saw him co-starring with Walter Matthau and Robin Williams, and while the movie didn't break any box-office records, his steely eyed wise-cracking stick-up artist role was first rate.

RIP Jerry.
Title: Re: Jerry Reed
Post by: rpm on September 02, 2008, 05:33:53 PM
He did a great job in BAT21. Amos Moses is a classic.
Sad to hear he's gone.
Title: Re: Jerry Reed
Post by: Holden McGroin on September 02, 2008, 07:40:05 PM
Yet everything's still okeedokey in the Okeefenokee.

such is life that it ends.

Title: Re: Jerry Reed
Post by: WWhiskey on September 02, 2008, 09:13:58 PM
 :saluteto a good man! :salute
eighteen wheels in heaven!! kool  :cool:
Title: Re: Jerry Reed
Post by: DREDIOCK on September 02, 2008, 11:33:23 PM
Damn shame we lost another good'n

Always enjoyed him in whatever he was in.
real cool style about him
Title: Re: Jerry Reed
Post by: FrodeMk3 on September 02, 2008, 11:43:25 PM
He did a great job in BAT21. Amos Moses is a classic.
Sad to hear he's gone.

I really liked his character in BAT-21. He said the most memorable line(in my mind) from the whole movie, after his Jolly Green pilot and crew got captured by the NVA: "I'm gonna waste this whole damn area!"

RIP Jerry.
Title: Re: Jerry Reed
Post by: sluggish on September 03, 2008, 08:17:57 AM
That band up there just got one hell of a picker.
Title: Re: Jerry Reed
Post by: SkyRock on September 03, 2008, 08:40:52 AM
Jerry Reed was one of my alltime favorite entertainers.  He was truly an incredible guitarist.

 :salute