{"id":1668,"date":"2008-09-02T22:20:08","date_gmt":"2008-09-03T02:20:08","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-02-16T10:52:01","modified_gmt":"2010-02-16T10:52:01","slug":"multi-untalented-singer-songwriter-actor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/multi-untalented-singer-songwriter-actor\/","title":{"rendered":"Multi-Untalented Jerry Reed Dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"image_block\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div><object type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/Earth250x250.swf\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/Earth250x250.swf\" \/><\/object><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Multi-untalented singer-songwriter-actor <strong>Jerry Reed<\/strong>, best known for pickin&#8217; and grinnin&#8217; his way through some kitschy country-rock singles and trucker movies of the 1970s&#8211;frequently riding shotgun with <strong>Burt Reynolds<\/strong>&#8211;of died of complications from emphysema at age 71.<\/p>\n<p>Among the things I&#8217;ll remember most about Reed are his awesome jawline (damn, that guy could grin) and the way his crumpled cowboy hat was always perched on his head <em>just so<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>Has anyone in movie history ever ridden shotgun with as much aplomb as Jerry Reed? To avoid confusion and give the man the respect his work was due, let&#8217;s be clear that in <em>American Graffiti<\/em> it&#8217;s not Reed who befriends\/terrorizes Richard Dreyfus&#8217; character as a member of the Pharoahs but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bohopkins.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bo Hopkins<\/a>, a one-dimensionally limited character actor who looked a bit like Reed and probably battled him for grinnin&#8217; good ole boy roles.<\/p>\n<p><em>A typical Reed novelty number.<\/em><br \/><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/04RJyFCg7ks?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>On Scooby Doo.<\/em><br \/><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yWG_R6SjUNY?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>With recent RTH hero Glen Campbell&#8211;perhaps there&#8217;s hope for restoring Jerry&#8217;s legacy.<\/em><br \/><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PvSsJAdEK7E?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multi-untalented singer-songwriter-actor Jerry Reed, best known for pickin&#8217; and grinnin&#8217; his way through some kitschy country-rock singles and trucker movies of the 1970s&#8211;frequently riding shotgun with Burt Reynolds&#8211;of died of complications from emphysema at age 71. Among the things I&#8217;ll remember most about Reed are his awesome jawline (damn, that guy could grin) and the <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/multi-untalented-singer-songwriter-actor\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[224,170],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1668"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1668\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}