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In September, 1982 I had the pleasure to fulfil a dream when I got the chance to see one of my idols, Jerry Reed, in concert. I was on holiday in America when I received a call from Jerry's manager, Frank Rogers, to tell me that he had made arrangements for me to see Jerry in concert in Douglasville, Georgia.

I was down in Panama City Beach, Florida, at the time and drove about 400 miles or so to get to see the show. Some of the photographs from that memorable night are on this page. The quality of some of them, which were taken at the end of the concert, are not as good as the others but, as they were from the same session, I thought I would include them on this page:

The excellent band of musicians, that backed Jerry Reed at this concert, were known as the Thompson Station Congregation. Guitarist Kerry Marx - he is the man with the beard and playing a Fender Stratocaster - has provided me with the names of the rest of the band.

They are Ric McClure on drums, Duncan Mullins on bass, Bob Patin on keyboard, Mike Wyatt percussion, Buddy Blackmon on banjo and guitar and David Blackmon on fiddle and guitar. The band started in 1981 and Kerry joined in August of that year, Duncan the following January. Duncan, Mike and Kerry left early the next year and the remainder over the following seven years.

So how come the Thompson Station Congregation name? Well, Jerry came up with it because at one time his management had offices at a place called Thompson's Station, in Tennessee, which made me go through my scrapbooks again to find a few photographs I took when I made a visit there in September, 1982. Click on the thumbnails to see larger versions.

Front view.

The picturesque lake and grounds.

Another view of the lake and gardens.

Me in the office, wearing my Gator belt buckle.

Playing one of Jerry's Gibson guitars.

A couple of Jerry Reed items I was fortunate to collect over the years:

A promotional sticker from RCA Records which was issued at the time that the movie "Smokey and the Bandit" was released.

This is a sew on patch I received from Jerry that advertised the album "When You're Hot, You're Hot." I did get several of these given to me but, over the years, gave them all away to dedicated Reed fans.

Jerry Reed's company also sold denim jeans back in 1981. They had his signature embroidered on the back pocket and a tear-off tag (above) which I kept. Sadly, the jeans wore out!

Jerry Reed originals - I do wish I still had them today!

A Christmas card from Jerry Reed Enterprises in 1982.

These labels were on packages which came to me from Jerry Reed Enterprises many years ago. For security reasons I have removed the addresses from the labels. The parcels contained the very latest Jerry Reed albums at the time.

Jerry Reed even had his own personalised "When You're Hot You're Hot" matches back in those days.

This Gator belt buckle was a treasured gift to me from Jerry!

With Jerry outside his Music Row office in Nashville, Tennessee, June 1974. Photographs by Shay Brogan.

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Jerry Reed

 

Dedicated to Jerry Reed Hubbard March 20, 1937 - August 31, 2008. Rest in peace Snowman!

Jerry greets the audience in Douglasville, Georgia.

"The Devil Went Down To Georgia"

"She Got The Goldmine"

"The Man With The Golden Thumb" featuring some wild guitar pickin'

Jerry plays Hank Garland's "Sugarfoot Rag"

"Amos Moses"

"When You’re Hot, You’re Hot"

"A Thing Called Love"

A fan presented Jerry with a cake that said "Welcome Snowman" and had a model Trans-Am car flying across the top! Jerry, of course, played the part of Cledus Snow in the film "Smokey and the Bandit" and had the 'handle' of The Snowman from The Bandit, Burt Reynolds.

An autograph for an officer from the Douglasville Police Department

....and my concert ticket - still intact!

I do appreciate the quality of this photograph is not as good as the others on the main body of the page - but I still thought you might like to see a smiling Jerry Reed on stage.

A happy man - with my signed photograph.

The autograph says "Hang in there, Stan!"

Until 2011, I had never used this photograph on my website. It was very special to me but my friends said I should use it. I hope you enjoy seeing it as much as I did having it taken. It was in Room 11, The Motel, Douglasville, Georgia in September 1982.

Because of the interest in this page I've decided to include some photographs of Jerry taken in Nashville, Tennessee in June 1974. This one above, and two others in the left hand column, were taken outside his Music Row office. Photograph by Shay Brogan.

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