Jerry Reed Dead at 71

[livebiz]

named him after a man with a claw...called him Amos Moses

RIP

[Mr.C]

R.I.P. Jerry

helluva player....................

[asix]

i think we should all watch smoky and the bandit as a tribute.

[VitaminG]

He'll be remembered more for his Smokey and the Bandits flicks then anything else and that's a shame.

maybe, but if it wasn't for those movies I wouldn't even know about him. I don't listen to country, but I loved the Snowman, and then I find out he was a killer guitarist too? Awesome!

RIP. A helluva picker

[CrazyTrain]

I'll tell you guys something, Jerry Reed was THE reason I started playing guitar. I loved that man so much. He was an original in every sense of the word. I used to listen to 8-tracks my parents had of his when I was 8~9 years old down in our basement just over and over.

There are several good videos on youtube but I can't find the song I want. He did an incredible version of "Alabama Jubilee" on this 8-track that always just tore me up. None of the videos do it justice.

Here are a couple that I really like...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni8KB...ry_Reed_videos
Jerry & Chet... enough said.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29nur...eature=related
The Claw in 2002

His style is so unique that only Eric Johnson and a few country pickers really claim him as a big influence. He was almost imposible to copy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLqyN...eature=related
Chet Atkins also just passed, and he was also a God to me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozWypBp2li4
Alabama Jubilee

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydNck...eature=related
Muleskinner Blues

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5Cqg...eature=related
Jerry's Breakdown from 2000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOGiW-y-Vhs
Lightning Rod



I'm sorry, but I'm really screwed up by Jerry's death. I hope some of you will visit the youtube stuff if you haven't heard how he played.

If you really want to cry, just watch this by Chet...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8590o8A4iU8

[CrazyTrain]

Damn, sorry all the youtube links don't seem to work, they were live earlier this evening.

Just do a search for Jerry Reed and dig it. You won't be sorry!

[RemCarr]

man I am bummed...another one gone...RIP sandman.

[m2pmd70]

I've had his version of "Pretty Mary Sunlite" stuck in my head since seeing his episode of Scooby Doo as a child. We'll miss ya snowman.

[eddie_van_earache]

ever wonder what he was thinking when he agreed to dress up like Burt R in the Smoket and the Bandits 3?

[psychlops]

"They call you the bandit..an outlaw untamed.."

R.I.P.

[Jacksonite]