Jerry Reed has passsed away.
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Sept. 2, 2008 1:51 p.m. jsinnard New Reader
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Sept. 2, 2008 2:00 p.m. neon4891 Dork
I will comemerate him ny watching smockey and the bandit after work. maybe 3, cause in that one He was the bandit....and it had a 3rd Gen, my favorite.
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Sept. 2, 2008 2:01 p.m. jrw1621 Reader
East Bound and Down.
Godspeed...
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Sept. 2, 2008 2:08 p.m. Joe Gearin Associate Publisher
Damn! He is one of my favorite artists. He is (was) a massively under-rated musican, with insane guitar picking talent, and he was also a great storyteller. A great, funny man.
His depiction of Snowman in Smokey and the Bandit was the best portrayal of the American Trucker ever caught on film.
"Nearly bout starved to death down in Memphis, when I ran out of money an luck, so I bummed me a ride down to Macon Georgia on an overloaded poultry truck."
"Amos Moses was a Cajun, lived by his-self in the swamp. Hunted alligator for a livin, by hittin em over the head with a stump"
RIP Mr. Reed. Enjoy the hootnanny in Heaven!
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Sept. 2, 2008 2:23 p.m. Jensenman SuperDork
Oh no, not another of my favorites.
'Well, gotta stop and put some groceries down m'neck. Snowman is out!'
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Sept. 2, 2008 4:48 p.m. ddavidv SuperDork
"Uhhhhmmm.....send....bill....to...."
"Big...Enos...Burdett. Burdett...B-r...B-u-r...B-......Hell I got to go!"
"Do you know how fast you was goin? 96 miles an hour." "96 Mile an hour? I didn't know this truck could do 96 miles an hour?!" "Boy, the judge is gonna turn you every which way but loose"
"Is she wearing a...(squints)...wedding dress? "She was." "What's she wearing now, come back?"Another funny Jerry Reed movie is Hot Stuff. It's a B movie, but the premise is darn funny and Jerry is his usual silly self. Look it up.
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Sept. 2, 2008 4:54 p.m. ddavidv SuperDork
