Posted on 04/23/2020 7:20:47 PM PDT by mdittmar
One of those lyrics web sites says,
“About 45 minutes southeast of “Tippy Toe” Louisiana.”
....lived a cat named Doc Mill South and his pretty wife Hannah....
Reed married country singer Priscilla Mitchell on July 9, 1959; they had two daughters, who also became country singers.[19][20]
Reed died in Nashville, Tennessee, on September 1, 2008, of complications from emphysema at the age of 71.[19] One week later, during their debut at the Grand Ole Opry, Canadian Country Rockers The Road Hammers performed “East Bound and Down” as a tribute.[21] In a tribute in Vintage Guitar Magazine, Rich Kienzle wrote that “Reed set a standard that inspires fingerstyle players the way Merle and Chet inspired him.” He was survived by Mitchell and their two daughters. Mitchell died following a short illness on September 24, 2014, at the age of 73.[20]
Reed was a smoker for many years. Thom Bresh, son of Merle Travis and a close friend of Reed’s, produced a 1990s video with Reed acting out his desire to quit smoking the addictive cigarettes (”Jerry Reed-Another Puff”) that serves as a public service video from Reed himself on the dangers of smoking cigarettes.[22]
Are any of they still alive? I don’t think so.
Unlike you I was not really a huge fan of Hee-Haw. I know she was the cute and sweet one though.
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