Jerry Reed

Born: 1937-03-20 Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Died: 2008-09-01

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jerry Reed Hubbard  (March 20, 1937 – September 1, 2008), known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an American country music singer, innovative guitarist, songwriter, and actor who appeared in more than a dozen films. His signature songs included 'Guitar Man,' 'A Thing Called Love,' 'Alabama Wild Man,' 'Amos Moses', 'When You're Hot, You're Hot' (won a Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance), 'Ko-Ko Joe', 'Lord, Mr. Ford', 'East Bound and Down' (the theme song for the 1977 blockbuster Smokey and the Bandit, co-starring Reed), 'The Bird,' and 'She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)'. Descr ...