Jerry Reed is also dead. 10-4 good buddy

[DS1]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,415242,00.html

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Jerry Reed, a singer who became a good ol' boy actor in car chase movies like "Smokey and the Bandit," has died of complications from emphysema at 71.

His longtime booking agent, Carrie Moore-Reed, no relation to the star, said Reed died early Monday.

"He's one of the greatest entertainers in the world. That's the way I feel about him," Moore-Reed said.

Reed was a gifted guitarist who later became a songwriter, singer and actor.

As a singer in the 1970s and early 1980s, he had a string of hits that included "Amos Moses," "When You're Hot, You're Hot," "East Bound and Down" and "The Bird."

In the mid-1970s, he began acting in movies such as "Smokey and the Bandit" with Burt Reynolds, usually as a good ol' boy. But he was an ornery heavy in "Gator," directed by Reynolds, and a hateful coach in 1998's "The Waterboy," starring Adam Sandler.

[Va Lefty]

1. Safe passage, Snowman!!

[mokawanis]

2. He hunted alligator for a living

He'd just knock em in the head with a stump.

[old mark]

3. Sorry to see him go -

a great, very underrated guitarist.

mark

[brentspeak]

5. Yes, he was. An excellent guitar player.

RIP, Jerry.

[Symarip]

4. He was on Scooby Do.

That's how you know you've made it.

[Taverner]

6. Jerry Reed Rocked!

And he came from a time when Country Music wasn't going ga-ga over Nationalism.

[Doug.Goodall]

7. Jerry is 10-7 and 10-10 and 10-27 to the great beyond

88's Jerry, you made me laugh

[datasuspect]

8. he DID not sing "Poke Salad Annie"

you said "good buddy."

[NJmaverick]

9. RIP You brought enjoyment to milllions

[gmoney]

10. YouTube him to see some great guitar picking

He was buddies with Chet Atkins, so some really cool performances from back in the day on YouTube...

[regularguy]

12. My favorite:

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

[gmoney]

13. yeah, that's the one I picked to put on my blog

Cool to see how casual some of the old variety shows were, too... "OK, for this segment, Chet and Jerry will go out and horse around with their guitars for 20 minutes or so..."

[Tuesday Afternoon]

11. on a side note...

rumor has it that Burt Reynolds owns one of the two four star restaurants in my little town. Our population is not large enough to rate five stars. Anyway, this rumor goes on to say that Burt spends a lot of time in this little old town. Who knew?

Rest in peace, Jerry. Yeah, you were a good 'un.