Biography
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Jerry Reed
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Birth name :
Jerry Reed Hubbard
Genres :
Country
Country rock
Outlaw country
Truck-driving country
Rock and roll
Rockabilly
Instruments :
Vocals
Guitar
Labels :
Capitol
NRC
RCA Victor
Years active :
1956–2008
Born / Died
Born:(1937-03-20)March 20, 1937 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Died:September 1, 2008(2008-09-01) (aged 71) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Jerry Reed Hubbard (March 20, 1937 – September 1, 2008), known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an American country music singer, guitarist, and songwriter, as well as an actor who appeared in more than a dozen films. His signature songs included "Guitar Man", "U.S. Male", "A Thing Called Love", "Alabama Wild Man", "Amos Moses", "When You're Hot, You're Hot" (which garnered 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, in which Reed co-starred), "The Bird", and "She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)".
Reed was announced as an inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame on April 5, 2017.
