Westbound And Down

[filkertom]

Aw, damn. Singer/songwriter/actor Jerry Reed has passed away at the age of 71. When I was a teenager, and me and my buddy Paul Denton were skipping school, the Smokey and the Bandit soundtrack was our primary road music. And he won a Grammy -- one of several -- for this one:

And to show you the other side:

We'll miss you, Jer.

Comments

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

Ah man. He didn't sound good last time I heard him live on the radio (he was filling in as a guest DJ in Sirius 63 Outlaw Country).

And "Eastbound and down" is still an industry standard.

[bryanp.livejournal.com]

Living in Nashville I heard about this quite often today. I'm not sure how much interest there will be in the rest of the country, but a great talent was lost today. Damn but that man could play a guitar.

[bayushisan.livejournal.com]

He'll be missed by a lot of music fans, especially those who love the guitar. The man was a master, even did a duet cd with Chet Atkins. Talk about a clinic on guitar playing.

[pjhandley.livejournal.com]

to quote Mater: Ah, dang...

Jerry was one of my favorite performers, and the Smokey & the Bandit music is appropriate to any road trip.

[incredible-burp.livejournal.com]

Man, thats sad to hear. I liked o'l jerry.

by the way tom, wasn't the Denton you speak of "Mark" Denton? I have many memories of you and him trying to ditch me so you could go crusi'n in the Gremlin.

[artpaulrocks.livejournal.com]

I guess it is a disappointment to me because that song when your Hot Your hot always made me smile when I heard it on the radio.

[sunfell.livejournal.com]

I loved jerry Reed's music. It was part of my childhood soundtrack.

[poltr1]

Nuts. I think I remember him best for "Amos Moses", "Another Puff", and a guest spot on Scooby-Doo.

[drzarron.livejournal.com]

Well, Dang It.

Another Scooby-Doo guest star gone.

[tomreedtoon.livejournal.com]

Oddly enough, I remembered him from a short-lived, four episode series called Nashville 99. It was a police procedural, in which Reed (no relation, sadly) sang the theme song and was the lead actor's sidekick. Pity the series never took off: he might have gotten some dramatic acting cred.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075542/

[johnpatrickmcp.livejournal.com]

Awe man first the movie announcer guy now poor Jerry. Man this is just not a good year for celebrities. Their dropping like flies. Who's next Sean Connery or will the necromancy keeping Kieth Richards alive finally give out.

Aw, man.

[zeekar.livejournal.com]

Filkbound and down
Tunin' up and pluckin'
We gonna sing what they say can't be sung...

Over and out, Snowman.

:(