My mother knew him they went to high school at O' keefe together in Atlanta we bumped in to him when I was a kid at the varsity in Atlanta my mom said when he wouldn't show up in class she would have to go find him and he would be somewhere playing his guitar they knew back then he was talented
Jerry Reed I believe will always be remembered as the Snowman by anyone who ever saw Smokey and the Bandit. That could be the only movie I've ever seen where every actor/actress fell into place in their respective roles and just worked well together. I imagine it was a pleasure to work alongside Mr Reed.
Fun Fact.... Jerry Reed had appeared in the episode "The Phantom Of The Country Music Hall" on The New Scooby-Doo Movies. He sung a song called "Pretty Mary Sunlight" in this episode. I also enjoyed seeing him in the movie "The Waterboy" starring Adam Sandler. Thank you for sharing his story! He was a great musician! 🎶
I love Jerry Reed! He had such a great laugh, and an awesome sense of humor! Such a talented man! Thanks for taking us along to pay respects to him! Hope you have a great week and God bless!
Jerry had a ton of talent, humor, & a great guitar 🎸 picker, actor ,Chet found Jerry ,he knew Jerry was on his way to greatness, I’ve been a fan since 69 and miss him greatly. I was so happy when Jerry found Jesus and made him a part of his life🙏🏻,God Bless you sir, thank you for sharing this vid.👋😎🙏🏻🎸
Jerry Reed , was a hit with me by his music only !!! 1970 's , the movie : Smokey & bandits was great too !!! He out weighed Bert, in popularity, hands down !!! 👍👍👍
Jerry Reed is one of the Best guitar pickers there ever was i have Reeds in my family i am not a Reed but he is a cousin of mine and i am proud to have him as a cousin .... God bless you Jerry and keep picken tunes for God and the choir God bless Snow Man !!! I'm a Trucker and i'm going to say East Bound and Down your loaded up and still Trucking in Heaven !!!
My personal story meeting Jerry Reed: I grew up in North Alabama, and in the summer of 1981 my parents wanted to take my brother and I on a weekend vacation getaway before school started later that fall. Our parents decided to take our family to Nashville that summer to visit the Andrew Jackson home at the Hermitage, and we stayed at a Holiday Inn near The 100 Oaks Mall just south of Nashville. I remember when our family checked into our hotel that Friday evening hearing a band playing inside the bar at the hotel. I recognized immediately the songs as those sung by Jerry Reed, and as a 14 year old kid was amazed to be seeing and listening to someone that was a musician and movie star that everyone recognized in that era. I went back to my room to retrieve a pen and piece of paper in hopes I could get Mr. Reed's autograph and waited patiently in the hallway outside the bar area hoping to get an opportunity to shake his hand and ask for his autograph. Several minutes went by before the band took a break....and I see Mr. Reed walk out into the hallway and I meekly said... "Mr. Reed could I get your autograph ".......and the next thing I hear is a torrent of cussing directed towards me for bothering him to ask for his autograph..It was frightening for me because I wasn't expecting him to get in my face and cuss me. I meekly and quietly started walking away....and then Mr. Reed I think then realized he was over the top in his reaction....and then yells at me to come back. I walk back up to him like a scared animal not knowing what he was going to say or do....and then he literally grads the pen and paper from my hands and signs his autograph....and then shoves it back to my chest...and then says "here it is"....and walks away. I set here today as a 57 year old man reflecting back on this memory of meeting what I thought at that time was one of the great musician and movie stars of the era, to only find a hateful individual whom I lost all respect for... I learned at an early age from this experience and many others...to treat people with kindness, decency and respect which is something that many of us who grew up in a good home remember well. The Golden Rule.
Great stuff. One of my favorite people. Dad and me use to fish in Mississippi when I was a kid and have Jerry Reed Bill Dance fish’s contests and I’d be Jerry Reed.Jerry Reed always won..
My late Pa (grandpa on moms side) looked like Jerry Reed for quite a while, I wish i got a photo of him looking identical to the Snowman. My Pa was a trucker so it was another thing he had in common with Jerry (from the movie). Pa died last yr. RIP Pa and Snowman. Elvis had Jerry Reed in the studio when he cut Jerrys version of Guitar Man.
I spent the day with Jerry, at Oxford orphanage in NC. He came and spent the day singing for the fund raising. Sit and listen to him tell stories about his life, he wasn't a fine man.
I got to have dinner with Jerry Reed in mid to late 1980's in Montana @ a motel restaurant. Was just a chance encounter, he invited me to sit with him @ his table. He had done a local show earlier in the night, was by himself. I think he just wanted some company as he had been on road & away from home. Was a fun 45 minutes or so, enjoyed visiting with him. Gave me a lifetime memory.
Most people don't know, that Reed was recording for Capitol Records in the late 1950's. He's always associated with "Smokey And The Bandit" and some other films, but was a singer prior to being an actor. Reed was a very talented guy.
Thanks for this video. I also ant to say thank you for the respect that you show the artist, their family ad if another funeral/burial is occurring that you respect their feelings as well.
Thanks for this video!! I love Jerry Reed, music and acting!! He'll always be the Snowman to me! 😊 Thanks for letting me know about that Bill Dance fishing episode! I don't remember seeing that. It sure was hilarious! I'm new to your channel, so once again, thank you!!🙂👍
Detroiter transplant to Benson, NC here. Didn't listen to any country back home. Finally let the old stuff in a few years ago, thanks to a pal at work. Of what I've heard since 2021, Jerry is, by far, my favorite. So much more to hear. Maybe I'm lucky to be 43 and just now hearing some of these old songs for the 1st time. Thanks for the info!
I met hm in Covington Ga, my neighbor dated him and we went and had lunch with him. At one time I had a picture of me with him lost it and many others along with movies that he signed for me when we had a bad storm and a big tree limb fell on our house and flooded the room all my collectibles were in, including dolls I can not replace ever😢😢😢
Hi 🎸 🎸 guitar man thank 🙏 sir hero to me since the 70s 🎶🎵 music and film TV bless him family and Burt hero to forever cast of smokey and the bandit may they rest in peace Jackie mike etc 😢😢😢❤❤❤
Jerry reed was a personal friend of mine. I have ine if his belt buckles, been to cookouts at his house. I was his bow tech at an archery shop i wirked at when i was a teenager
Lynn Anderson is right across from Tammy Wynette. There's also the beautiful Lynn Anderson Rose Garden the cemetery installed close to the main office on the property. It has a beautiful bronzed plaque and over 250 rose bushes of the "Lynn Anderson Rose."
I think Jerry Reed was one of the greatest guitarists there ever was along side of Chad Atkins. Back in the day when music was music. I listen to mostly the old music I don’t like this new wave of crap that they call music. These people inspired me to play guitar. I’ve been playing it for many years and love it and love to listen to my favorite guitarist. I have several Chad Atkins and Jerry Reed just happened to be a part of it. There’s nothing like playing a guitar finger style like Chad Adkins dad and Jerry Reed is right there right by him. That is as far as music goes . Thanks for your videos. I really appreciate them. You have a great way of presenting this to people. Thanks so much I appreciate it.👍🏼👍🏼😡🎸😎
Jerry Reed also had his own TV show it was short lived appeared only in 1972 it was called When You're Hot You're Hot Hour he also made regular appearances on Glen Campbell's Goodtime Hour he was one of my favorite singers and actors
I just looked at what your other videos are about, and I sure have a lot of catching up to do! I love your content!!🙂🤝 Sorry, I made two comments, but I'm happy to join your channel!!😀
On that record for Soliders joy. Is the name Jimmy Driftwood. He has a theater/dance hall in Mountain View Arkansas in his name. That's like 40 miles from me.
Awesome , Awesome stuff. He was a great one. "They don't even know who Clitus Snow is son, Oh they Don't , Well let's just introduce him. Move over Bandit , cause the Snowman is coming through. " Something like that anyway. love it.
I just want to say that I'm glad Tammy Wynette is no longer hidden away on the property of her last husband. Now her daughters can visit her anytime they wish.
Love Jerry Reed from watching him from HeeHaw Scooby Doo Smokey and the Bandit Waterboy he truly madly deeply missed and loved RIP Jerry ❤❤❤ he had a unforgettable voice and laugh
I often hummed " she got the gold mine i got the shaft " in front of my supervisor at work , with the alteration " you got the gold mine i continually get rhe shaft around here " when he finally had enough of my humming , Vale Jerry 😂
I have 3 generations buried in this cemetary..My father bought 8 plots at 50 bucks a piece when it first opened...I never knew these famous people are also resting their...I will visit them when I visit my kin folks next time..
We had a golf tournament in Dayton Ohio called the bogey busters, and Jerry Reed got to golf in it one year. And we also had a gala with it And he sang in it Well, I met him on the golf course, and he was drunker than a skunk. where I met I met him between holes were they got to eat. It and he told the cook he would like his hamburger cooked. Well done because the other one he had was only off the cow 10 minutes. And I told him I like my hamburger well done too and we talked for about 10 minutes. I remember this and I also got his autograph. Hot stuff. The movie did not have Burt Reynolds in it. It had Dom Delouise as his partner. That was one of my favorite movies of his.
O-H-I-O Porter greetings 🇺🇸 Yeah, I refer to him as “Snow Man” as well. I’ve enjoyed hearing him sing or seeing him act! He had such talent! Thanks for the tour & info about Jerry Reed. He was one of the few actors that I really wanted to meet, but never have been able to. I’ve played some of his songs for my boys over the years, so they are quite familiar with him as well. Lord Mr Ford…was about the 1st song of his I heard of…on 8 track!! Huh, what was that?! Yep, 8 track. He always came across to me as being quite friendly & down to earth. I bet I would’ve enjoyed his friendship. Not sure what others thought on that one. I understand about being respectful at a cemetery, but you don’t need to dress up to go to any of them, in my opinion. Blessings my friend. 🤩🥰✌️
I know Jerry Reed from Harry Gant that drove the 33 Skoal bandit racing by Burt Reynolds met Jerry and Burt Reynolds at Harry Gant steakhouse in north Carolina
You missed what was one of my favorite Jerry Reed roles, that of Jack, the hired assassin who runs afoul of the combined ineptitude of Walter Matthau and Robin Williams in "The Survivors".
Jerry tells a story about meeting elvis that's hilarious. They were in the studio to record guitar Man and Jerry said I kept staring at him. Because, you know, hes the best looking Dude I've ever seen. Well, this was making Elvis uncomfortable., Jerry apologized saying I'm sorry man, but I kind of wish I was a girl right now!😂
I watched your video on Dick Trickle, so naturaly this popped up. I would almost put Jerry Reed in the same category as Glen Campbell, in the fact that they are famous for one or two things, but have so much talent beyond that. If I was making a Mount Rushmore of country guitar players; Chet Atkins, Glen Campbell, Roy Clark, Jerry Reed.
