The Snowman is dead

Pell City Tiger · « **on:** September 02, 2008, 01:42:10 PM »

Jerry Reed died this morning at age 71. Pretty funny in Smokey and the Bandit. Rather sad in S&B III.

RIP guitar picker.

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #1 on:** September 02, 2008, 01:55:28 PM »

That sucks. Most folks didn't know this guy was actually a world class guitarist. He was always about the comedy, but he could seriously pick an axe.

AUChizad · « **Reply #2 on:** September 02, 2008, 02:08:52 PM »

I thought from the thread title that Jimmy Johns had a deal go bad.

CCTAU · « **Reply #3 on:** September 02, 2008, 02:14:46 PM »

Are you sure? I see nothing about it. I find it hard that folks forgot him to the point that some damn voice-over guy gets mentioned and not him.

Alabama Jubilee

Amos Moses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7GyLr7Cz2g&eurl=http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/j/jerry_reed/amos_moses.html

East bound and down

Guitar Man

She go the gold mine, I got the shaft

When you're hot, you're hot

And he was a helluva picker

AuburnChopper 3.0 · « **Reply #4 on:** September 02, 2008, 02:28:12 PM »

Always in three's.... Who next...

Don Fontaine.... Movie Trailers will never be the same...

AU_Tiger_2000 · « **Reply #5 on:** September 02, 2008, 02:30:10 PM »

This is the only newspaper article I could find.

http://www.mercurynews.com/celebrities/ci_10362754

Sad

And you forgot his best guitar song, "The Claw"

BZ770 · « **Reply #6 on:** September 02, 2008, 03:23:03 PM »

I got to see him in concert one time. My hometown built an old town replica and he came there and played one time. He was a good musician.