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Thread #114021   Message #2429761
Posted By: Jayto
03-Sep-08 - 09:31 AM
Thread Name: Obit: Jerry Reed (1 Sept 2008)
Subject: RE: Obit: Jerry Reed (1 Sept 2008)
La Madrugada is another beautiful piece of music Jerry wrote. That was the 2nd song of his I ever learned. The 1st was The Claw (of course lol) Jerry's Breakdown was the 3rd.... you get my point lol. Jerry is one of the few people I can tell you what order I learned thier songs in. I was doing a gig about 2 weeks ago with my cousin Alonzo Pennington. We broke out an impromtu version of Amos Moses. It was funny the crowd was all in thier early to mid 20s and they all broke out yelling and singing along. I never dreamed they knew it but they did. When I 1st met Jerry he looked bad very bad. I didn't think he would make it another year or two tops. Then it was a while before I saw him again. When I did he looked great. He had gained weight and got his color back I was happy to see it. He was a very special person one that I will miss very badly.