Today was supposed to be a day about so many things, but right now sadness has entered the realm of the Tygrrrr Express.
Jerry Reed has passed away.
Yes, the Tygrrrr Express is about politics and football, but the very name of my blog comes from the Song “Bandit Express,” featured in “Smokey and the Bandit 3.”
From “Eastbound and Down,” to “Texas Bound and Flying,” Jerry Reed was the perfect bootlegging quarry for Burt Reynolds, aka “The Bandit.”
Other great songs by Jerry Reed include:
The Uptown Poker Club
Lord Mr. Ford
The Preacher and the Bear
I love you (What can I say?)
Alabama Jubilee (Hail the gang’s all here)
Guitar Man
Yet the Smokey and the Bandit movies will be his legacy.
Another great song from those movies includes:
The Legend
The Tygrrrr Express is grieving.
From the Adam Sandler movie, “The Waterboy,” to his many songs, he truly was “The Legend.”
Burt Reynolds is still with us, and I hope he lights a candle for his buddy.
Fred the Bassett Hound has his ears even droopier than usual tonight.
One guitar man has just entered Heaven, Eastbound and Down.
Farewell Snowman.
eric