RIP Snowman (Jerry Reed)

[hutch]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/02/obit.reed.ap/index.html


I loved this guy when I was a kid.  He was funny and had some great songs in the 70's and 80's.

[41husk]

sounds like another one for the tobacco companies

[hutch]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni8KBhnebwE

[Shakey]

sounds like another one for the tobacco companies

I did not click on the you tube link - is that a video of the tobacco company executives strapping him into a chair and forcing him to smoke cigarettes?

[TeeWJay426]

I did not click on the you tube link - is that a video of the tobacco company executives strapping him into a chair and forcing him to smoke cigarettes?

Hardly.... it was Jerry and Chet Atkins doing some pretty impressive picking. 

RIP, Jerry.

[RD]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni8KBhnebwE

man.. boy oh boy can they pick those guitars.. that was awesome... thanks for the link.

[hutch]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni8KBhnebwE

man.. boy oh boy can they pick those guitars.. that was awesome... thanks for the link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozWypBp2li4&feature=related

yall will love the britches he has on.   Thats some classic country music.

[WingCharger]

My dad was working in the garage and told me when I got home. RIP Man! You wont be forgotten.

[hutch]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCE48O6U4Yw

Man, youtube is filled with some great stuff from Jerry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvSsJAdEK7E&feature=related

[Bandit72]

this is horrible  R.I.P Jerry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXQf0JG8Uj8

[moparjohn]

he will be missed, PIP Jerry

[General_01]

That is sad indeed. He was a great guitar player as well as a great showman. I loved his laugh.

[pettyfan43]

Sad to hear, I saw him in concert with Waylon YEARS ago. FANTASTIC show!

[mikepmcs]

NOOOOO!!  This just ruined my night.

Damnit!

Man, he could pick those strings and I really enjoyed listening to him sing.

I guess I'll have to do a JR tribute this weekends party.

One of my favorites of his(as well as most of us I'm sure)  But this one has a DOH twist to it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD-A7FxyZrE&feature=related

[Rack]

RIP, Snowman.

[Neal_J]

I guess he's now Eastbound & Down, eh?

Seriously, I always likes him better than Bandit.  Expecially after he got beat up by the biker gang and ran over their motorcycles in his semi!~

Via con dios, Snowman.

Neal

[derailed]

Well that sucks, I always liked him.

[daytonalo]

WHAT A GUY !!! HE WILL BE MISSED !!! GOD DAMN CIGARETTE COMPANY'S !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mike DC]

Sucks. 

He had one of those voices . . . it just resonates right.  It's got character and you know it the first time you hear it.



I've always thought Jerry Reed should have been the replacement for Waylon Jennings as the DOH voiceover.  It would beat all the imitation-Waylons that DOH has used since the 1990s. 

   

[rusty lee]

I'll always remember him on Scooby Doo sining pretty Mary sunshine. and The snowman. 

[bull]

 

[694spdRT]

RIP, Jerry 

His singing in Smokey and the Bandit made the movie IMO.

[Ghoste]

That's sad, I'm lucky I had the chance to see him live not so many years ago.   RIP Jerry.

[BB1]

 

[Todd Wilson]

RIP Snowman!

[red72chrgr]

RIP Snowman  Maybe the good Lord likes a little pickin too.

[CaptMarvel]

Wow, most celebs leave this world and I dont give them much thought, but losing Jerry Reed felt like an old friend. He was an absolute top notch guitarist (up there with his idol Chet Atkins) and an all around great entertainer. He was the typecast good ol' boy in the 70's when I was growing up and you could tell it wasnt an act, that was really him. Lets see, hmmm....the world has lost Jerry Garcia, Guy Williams (lost in space/zorro), Don Knotts, Alan Hale Jr. (skipper), Waylon Jennings and now Jerry Reed, the list of celebs I really care about on a personal level is fast becoming narrowed down the older I get....

[Mike DC]

 
Well, we've still got Urkel.


(Hey. isn't it about time he sticks up a gas station, or does a porno, or something?  I don't think he's even been to rehab yet.)

[jlb1pi]

I also saw him with Waylon Jennings....Jerry was a great entertainer whose love for music and life showed in his songs and in his style...
Just listening to his songs makes you want to get up and boogie!!

Losing him IS truly like losing a friend...definitely one of the Great and Irreplaceable Ones.

I "introduced" Jerry Reed to Nacho in July by playing his Greatest Hits CD all the way through Louisiana...seemed appropriate at the time...
(Nacho thought he was great, too.)

Jer.

[mikepmcs]

 
Well, we've still got Urkel.

(Hey. isn't it about time he sticks up a gas station, or does a porno, or something?  I don't think he's even been to rehab yet.)

I don't know,  he's kind of making a comeback.  Not in a big way but has done some TV appearances and post production on a couple movies this year.  Kind of hard to lose that image of Steve Urkel.  I'm guessing that is why Stefan came on the scene after a while in the show. I'm sure he was more than fed up with playing that geek and was finally old enough to know this could be the beginning and the end at the same time.
v/r
Mike

[my73charger]

He was one of my favs.  RIP Jerry Reed.

[TruckDriver]

This is the first time I saw this. I loved his music and his acting. One of the other favorite movies of mine he was in was this one. RIP Jerry

[BMOTOXSTAR]

Yeah, I could not believe it. 
I was at the local record shop today and I was looking through the movie soundtrack records and look what I found.
There is really some good music on there.

[superduperbee]

I guess he's now Eastbound & Down, eh?

Seriously, I always likes him better than Bandit.  Expecially after he got beat up by the biker gang and ran over their motorcycles in his semi!~

Via con dios, Snowman.

Neal

I loved when he crushed the bikes! RIP