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Singer-actor Jerry Reed dies

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Singer-actor Jerry Reed dies


Showbiz | 207284 hits | Sep 02 5:19 pm | Posted by: Hyack
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Reed, the laid-back singer/songwriter who became a movie star courtesy Burt Reynolds, and whose banjo-picking tune "East Bound and Down" drove their hit Smokey movies, died yesterday of emphysema. He was 71.

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  1. by avatar robmik43
    Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:34 am
    R.I.P. Jerry. Top notch entertainer,
    one hell of a finger-picker..one of the very best.
    Chet Atkins sure thought so, too.

  2. by Thanos
    Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:39 am
    His role as Henry Winkler's evil counterpart in "The Waterboy" deserved some kind of an award, and not just another Razzie either. Hollywood never figured out that Jerry was right and when you're hot you're hot, and when you're not, you're not. Whoa, some fuckin' heavy there karma man. 8O

  3. by Regina  Gold Member
    Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:36 am
    That is so weird. I just saw Smokey and the Bandit for the first time in YEARS the other night and wondered if he was still alive.

    RIP

  4. by avatar martin14
    Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:47 am
    "Regina" said
    That is so weird. I just saw Smokey and the Bandit for the first time in YEARS the other night and wondered if he was still alive.

    RIP


    whats even more weird is that I was half watching it last night on TV.. TCM


    Shame to hear he's gone :(

  5. by Anonymous
    Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:41 am
    R.I.P. :cry:



    East bound and down, loaded up and truckin'
    We gonna do what they say can't be done
    We've got a long way to go, and a short time to get there
    I'm east bound, just watch ol' Bandit run

    Keep your foot hard on the peddle, son, never mind them brakes
    Let it all hang out 'cause we've got a run to make
    The boys are thirsty in Atlanta, and there's beer in Texarkana
    And we'll bring it back no matter what it takes



    Old Smokey's got them ears on, he's hot on your trail
    And he ain't gonna rest 'til you're in jail
    So, you gotta dodge him, you gotta duck him
    You gotta' keep that diesel truckin'
    Just put that hammer down and give it hell



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