A sad, sad day for the Dude.
I can’t really describe how much Jerry Reed meant to me over the years. I must have listened to his greatest hits album more than any other in college. I still know the words to all those songs by heart. And let me tell you, they’re not easy songs to remember. Let’s just say Jerry had a knack for cramming alot of lyrics into very short songs.
Just the other night, I was with Elbows and our respective better-halves at The Green Turtle in Sneads Ferry, NC enjoying some dinner. Two guys were playing guitar and singing country songs. They entertained us with some Waylon, some Merle, and even a little Jimmy Buffett. They were taking requests and I thought about yelling out, “Jerry Reed!”. But I was too busy enjoying my She Crab Soup. Now I wish I had. I would’ve loved to hear some East Bound and Down.
I’m pretty busy at work right now…but I’ll probably expound on this later.
Until then…a moment of silence for the “Guitar Man”.






whynblog 9:09 pm on September 2, 2008 Permalink | Log in to Reply
It’s sad to think that most people will remember him as Burt’s sidekick in the Smokey and the Bandit movies. A great accomplishment in and of itself but pales in comparison to songs he wrote and performed like “The Claw” and “Jerry’s Breakdown”. Jerry not only owned a guitar, he owned the guitar.
littlelarry 11:24 pm on September 2, 2008 Permalink | Log in to Reply
R.I.P. Good Sir. Your tunes will forever keep me rolling out and trucking.
Mylephnt 9:33 am on September 3, 2008 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Why is he wearing assless jeans in the second photo?
el duderino 9:44 am on September 3, 2008 Permalink | Log in to Reply
You shut your mouth when you’re talking about Jerry.