Jerry Reed dies

[Mick]

Today’s worst news is Jerry Reed’s death. Jerry has died of complications from emphysema. Reed was 71.

Reed began his career as a guitarist, afore ablution into songwriting, singing and afterwards ascent to acclaim as an amateur with 1977 blur Smokey and the Bandit, co-starring Burt Reynolds.

He afterwards starred alongside antic Adam Sandler in 1998 ball The Waterboy.

Reed additionally enjoyed a cord of music hits during the 1970s and 1980s, including the 1971 Grammy Award-winning clue Back You’re Hot, You’re Hot - the additional of three Grammys for the star.

Reed active his aboriginal recording arrangement at 17 with Capitol Records, afterwards bottomward out of aerial academy to bout with Ernest Tubb and Faron Young.

His backbone paid off back bedrock fable Elvis Presley recorded two of his songs, U.S. Male and Guitar Man, in 1968.

Johnny Cash afterwards took agenda of his talents, recording his hit A Thing Called Love in 1972.

The fable additionally wrote songs for Brenda Lee, Tom Jones, Dean Martin, Nat King Cole and the Oak Ridge Boys.

Reed had quadruple bypass anaplasty in June 1999.

He is survived by wife Priscilla Mitchell and their two daughters.

RIP Snowman

[LL!]

Oh come on how could you miss ROC's thread? Argh @ u. Go get banned.

Edited September 3, 2008 by CLLuberin Tony AtLLas

[ROC]

Oh come on how could you miss ROC's thread? Argh @ u. Go get banned.

We're even. I didn't see his thread about trailer man, either.