Country singer and actor Jerry Reed, famous for songs such as “Amos Moses” and “When You’re Hot, You’re Hot” as well as a starring role as Cletus “Snowman” Snow opposite Burt Reynolds in the first Smokey and the Bandit, died of complications from emphysema at the age of seventy-one. Though many will remember Reed as a straight man for Burt Reynolds or for his last high profile gig as a psychopathic football coach in the Adam Sandler vehicle The Waterboy, Reed is dear to countless Gen-Xers for his appearance on Scooby Doo. Reed was an accomplished musician who had songs recorded by Elvis Presley, Dean Martin, and Nat King Cole and won a Grammy in 1971 for “When You’re Hot, You’re Hot” and another in 1992 for “Sneakin’ Around,” which he recorded with Chet Atkins. [Yahoo]
Country singer and actor Jerry Reed dead at seventy-one
Country singer and actor Jerry Reed, famous for songs such as “Amos Moses” and “When You’re Hot, You’re Hot” as well as a starring role as Cletus “Snowman” Snow opposite Burt Reynolds in the first Smokey and the Bandit, died of complications from emphysema at the age of seventy-one. Though many will remember Reed as a straight man for Burt Reynolds or for his last high profile gig as a psychopathic football coach in the Adam Sandler vehicle The Waterboy, Reed is dear to countless Gen-Xers for his appearance on Scooby Doo. Reed was an accomplished musician who had songs recorded by Elvis Presley, Dean Martin, and Nat King Cole and won a Grammy in 1971 for “When You’re Hot, You’re Hot” and another in 1992 for “Sneakin’ Around,” which he recorded with Chet Atkins. [Yahoo]
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September 26, 2008 at 9:06 a.m.
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Jerry Reed didn't star in American Graffitti. That was Bo Hopkins! |
Jerry Reed left quite an impression on me as a young boy as I grew up watching the Smokey movies; and the title track of those films, "East Bound and Down," is a country classic. Also, don't forget about his role as leader of the greaser gang, the Pharohs, in American Graffitti - a film that started the careers of Ron Howard, Richard Dryfus, Harrison Ford, and of course George Lucus.