Chicago - A message from the station manager

East Bound and Down

Gone to that great big truck stop in the sky.
1. The boys are thirsty in Atlanta, and there’s beer in Texarkana.


2. Pickin’ and grinnin’ with Chet Atkins.

3. At a picnic with Glen Campbell.

4. Homer sends his condolences.
5. Emphysema killed him.

Another Puff

6. From Wikipedia: “Reed was featured in animated form in a December 9, 1972 episode of Hanna-Barbera’s The New Scooby-Doo Movies, The Phantom of the Country Music Hall (prod. #61-10). He sang and played the song “Pretty Mary Sunlite.” That song is played throughout the episode as Scooby and the gang search for Reed’s missing guitar.”
7. JerryReed.com is some other dude.
8. In the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.
9. From Songfacts: “In an interview with Hal Needam, director of Smokey and the Bandit, he said that he didn’t have any music for the film. Jerry Reed came back two days later with three songs that were used in the movie unchanged. (- Ron, Green Bay, WI)”
10. The trailer.

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Posted on September 3, 2008