I grew up watching Jerry Reed and Burt Reynolds try to get that beer to Big Enos Burdette and his son, Little Enos in Atlanta. That was my introduction to Jerry Reed. I was an instant fan.
Jerry Reed has died. He was 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.
How about a little video tribute:
From the 60s, a young Jerry Reed singing “Wabash Cannonball” and his first hit, “Guitarman”
Amos Moses
Jerry Reed – When You’re Hot, You’re Hot Toledo 1983
East Bound and Down
Rest in peace, Snowman.
