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Jerry Reed Hubbard (March 20, 1937 – September 1, 2008), known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an American
United States

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 country music
Country music

Country music is a blend of popular American music forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. It has roots in Traditional music, Celtic music, gospel music, and old-time music and evolved rapidly in the 1920s....
 singer, country guitarist
Country guitarist

This list includes relevant Bluegrass music, Rockabilly, Country blues, Country rock, Dobro, Slide Guitar, and Pedal Steel Guitar* Chet Atkins* Albert Lee...
, session musician
Session musician

Session musicians are instrumental performers or vocalists who are available for hire for live performances or recording sessions, as opposed to musicians who are either permanent members of a musical ensemble or who have acquired fame in their own right as bandleaders....
, songwriter
Songwriter

File:Beethoven.jpgA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer....
, and actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
 who appeared in over a dozen film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
s. As a singer, he may be best known for "Amos Moses", and "When You're Hot, You're Hot", for which he received the Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance
Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance

The Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance has been awarded since 1965. The award has had several minor name changes:*From 1965 to 1967 the award was known as Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male...
 in 1972 and "East Bound and Down", the theme song to the film Smokey and the Bandit
Smokey and the Bandit

Smokey and the Bandit is a 1977 in film movie starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Pat McCormick , Paul Williams , and Mike Henry....
 in which he portrayed the "Snowman", Cletus Snow.

was born in Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the Capital and most populous city in Georgia , as well as the 33rd largest city in the United States of America with a population of 519,145....
, the second child of Robert and Cynthia Hubbard.






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Jerry Reed Hubbard (March 20, 1937 – September 1, 2008), known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 country music
Country music

Country music is a blend of popular American music forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. It has roots in Traditional music, Celtic music, gospel music, and old-time music and evolved rapidly in the 1920s....
 singer, country guitarist
Country guitarist

This list includes relevant Bluegrass music, Rockabilly, Country blues, Country rock, Dobro, Slide Guitar, and Pedal Steel Guitar* Chet Atkins* Albert Lee...
, session musician
Session musician

Session musicians are instrumental performers or vocalists who are available for hire for live performances or recording sessions, as opposed to musicians who are either permanent members of a musical ensemble or who have acquired fame in their own right as bandleaders....
, songwriter
Songwriter

File:Beethoven.jpgA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer....
, and actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
 who appeared in over a dozen film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
s. As a singer, he may be best known for "Amos Moses", and "When You're Hot, You're Hot", for which he received the Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance
Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance

The Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance has been awarded since 1965. The award has had several minor name changes:*From 1965 to 1967 the award was known as Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male...
 in 1972 and "East Bound and Down", the theme song to the film Smokey and the Bandit
Smokey and the Bandit

Smokey and the Bandit is a 1977 in film movie starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Pat McCormick , Paul Williams , and Mike Henry....
 in which he portrayed the "Snowman", Cletus Snow.

Biography


Early life

Reed was born in Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the Capital and most populous city in Georgia , as well as the 33rd largest city in the United States of America with a population of 519,145....
, the second child of Robert and Cynthia Hubbard. Reed's grandparents lived in Rockmart, Ga. and he would visit them from time to time. He was quoted as saying as a small child, while running around strumming his guitar, "I am gonna be a star. I'm gonna go to Nashville and be a star." Reed's parents separated four months after his birth, and he and his sister spent seven years in foster homes or orphanage
Orphanage

An orphanage is an institution devoted to the Childcare whose parents are deceased or otherwise unable to care for them. Parents, and sometimes grandparents, are legally responsible for supporting children, but in the absence of these or other relatives willing to care for the children, they become a ward of the state, and orphanages are a w...
s. Reed was reunited with his mother and stepfather in 1944. Music and impromptu performances helped ease the stressful times the new family was under.

By high school, (O'Keefe High School, Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the Capital and most populous city in Georgia , as well as the 33rd largest city in the United States of America with a population of 519,145....
) Reed was already writing and singing music, having picked up the guitar as a child. At age 18, he was signed by publisher and record producer
Record producer

In the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, Audio mixing and audio mastering processes....
 Bill Lowery
Bill Lowery

Bill Lowery was born October 21 1924 and died June 8, 2004....
 to cut his first record, "If the Good Lord's Willing and the Creeks Don't Rise." At Capitol Records
Capitol Records

Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood, California and New York City as part of Capitol Music Group....
, he recorded both country and rockabilly singles to little notice, until label mate Gene Vincent
Gene Vincent

Gene Vincent, real name Vincent Eugene Craddock, was an American musician who pioneered the styles of rock and roll and, especially, rockabilly....
 covered his "Crazy Legs
Crazy Legs

Crazy Legs is a b-boy from the Bronx, New York City, USA. He featured in the earliest stories on hip hop dancing to appear in mainstream press, and as president of the Rock Steady Crew brought the form to London and Paris in 1983....
" in 1958. By 1958, Lowery signed Reed to his National Recording Corporation
National Recording Corporation

Early yearsNational Recording Corporation was incorporated in Atlanta in 1958. Founders were Bill Lowery, at the time the number one Country Music disc jockey and already a successful music publisher, and Boots Woodall, whose band recorded for Capitol, King, and Bullet Records and performed on Atlanta TV....
, and he recorded for NRC as both artist and as a member of the staff band, which included other NRC artists Joe South
Joe South

Joe South is a Grammy Award winning United States singer-songwriter with a distinctive guitar sound....
 and Ray Stevens
Ray Stevens

Ray Stevens is an United States country music and pop music singer-songwriter known for his novelty songs as well as more serious works. He was born in Clarkdale, Georgia, Georgia , a small town west of Atlanta, Georgia....
.

Reed married Priscilla "Prissy" Mitchell
Priscilla Mitchell

Priscilla Mitchell was an United States country music singer.Ms Mitchell was a Rock 'n' Roll singer in in the 1950s and became most popular as a duet performer when she cut a string of duet recordings in the 1960s with country singer Roy Drusky....
 in 1959. They have two daughters, Charlotte Elaine "Lottie" Reed Stewart, and Seidina Ann Reed Hinesley, born April 2, 1960.

Career

After serving two years in the military, Reed moved to Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the Capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County, Tennessee. It is the second most populous city in the state after Memphis, Tennessee....
 in 1961 to continue his songwriting career, which had continued to gather steam while he was in the armed forces, thanks to Brenda Lee
Brenda Lee

Brenda Lee is an United States country music-pop music singer popular during the 1950s and 1960s. In the 1960s she had more US charted hits than any other female and only three male singers or groups ....
's 1960 cover of his "That's All You Got to Do." He also became a popular session and tour guitarist. In 1962, he scored some success with the singles "Goodnight Irene" and "Hully Gully Guitar," which found their way to Chet Atkins
Chet Atkins

Chester Burton "Chet" Atkins was an influential American guitarist and record producer.His picking style, inspired by Merle Travis, Django Reinhardt, George Barnes and Les Paul, brought him admirers both within and outside the country scene, both in the United States and internationally....
, who produced Reed's 1965 "If I Don't Live Up to It."

"Guitar Man"

In 1967, Reed notched his first official country chart hit with "Guitar Man," which Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley was an United Statesn singer, actor, and musician. A cultural icon, he is commonly known simply as "Elvis", and is also sometimes referred to as "List of honorific titles in popular music" or "The King"....
 soon covered. Presley had come to Nashville to record in 1967, and one of the songs he was working on was "Guitar Man," which Reed had written and recorded. "I was out on the Cumberland River fishing, and I got a call from Felton Jarvis (then Presley's producer). He said, 'Elvis is down here. We've been trying to cut 'Guitar Man' all day long. He wants it to sound like it sounded on your album.' I finally told him, 'Well, if you want it to sound like that, you're going have to get me in there to play guitar, because these guys (you're using in the studio) are straight pickers. I pick with my fingers and tune that guitar up all weird kind of ways.'"

Jarvis hired Reed to play on the session. "I hit that intro, and [Elvis's] face lit up and here we went. Then after he got through that, he cut [my] "U.S. Male" at the same session. I was toppin' cotton, son." Reed also played the guitar for Elvis Presley's "Too Much Monkey Business" (1968), recorded in the same session. After Presley recorded another of Reed's songs, "U.S. Male," the songwriter recorded an Elvis tribute, "Tupelo Mississippi Flash," which proved to be his first Top 20
Top 20

20 #1's Now is a 2007 compilation album by various artists and presented by reggaeton production duo Luny Tunes, released on November 20 2007, by Machete Music....
 hit. Reed's guitar style can also be heard on other Elvis tunes including "Big Boss Man".

Elvis also recorded two other Reed tunes; "A Thing Called Love" in 1970 and "Talk About The Good Times" in 1973 for a total of four.

1970s

After releasing the 1970 crossover hit "Amos Moses," a hybrid of rock, country, and Cajun styles, which reached #8 on the U.S. Pop charts, Reed teamed with Atkins for the duet LP Me & Jerry
Me & Jerry

Me & Jerry is the title of the first duet recording by Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed. Consisting of pop, country and standards, this collaboration won the 1970 Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance....
. During the 1970 television season, he was a regular on the Glen Campbell
Glen Campbell

Glen Travis Campbell is a Grammy Award, Dove Award winning, and two time nominated Golden Globe Award United States country pop singer, guitarist and occasional actor....
 Goodtime Hour, and in 1971 he issued his biggest hit, the chart-topper "When You're Hot, You're Hot," which was also the title track of his first solo album and reached #9 on the Pop charts.

A second collaboration with Atkins, Me & Chet
Me & Chet

Me & Chet is the title of the follow-up to Me and Jerry, the successful duet recording by Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed. It was nominated for the 1972 Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance but did not win....
, followed in 1972, as did a series of Top 40 singles, which alternated between frenetic, straightforward country offerings and more pop-flavored, countrypolitan material. A year later, he scored his second number one single with "Lord, Mr. Ford" (written by Dick Feller
Dick Feller

Richard Dean "Dick" Feller is an United States country music musician and songwriter....
), from the album of the same name.

Atkins, who frequently produced Reed's music, remarked that he had to encourage Reed to put instrumental numbers on his own albums, as Reed always considered himself more of a songwriter than a player. Atkins, however, thought Reed was a better fingerstyle player than he himself was; Reed, according to Atkins, helped him work out the fingerpicking for one of Atkins' biggest hits, "Yakety Axe
Yakety Sax

"Yakety Sax" is a 1963 Gramophone record single written by Boots Randolph and James Q. "Spider" Rich, and recorded by Boots Randolph.The composition includes pieces of assorted fiddle tunes such as "Chicken Reel", and written for a performance at a venue called The Armory in Hopkinsville, Kentucky....
." Reed, one of only three people to have the title of "Certified Guitar Player", was given this title by Chet Atkins. An award only bestowed to those who have completely mastered guitar.

Reed was featured in animated form in a December 9, 1972 episode of Hanna-Barbera
Hanna-Barbera

Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. , was an American List of animation studios that dominated North American television animation during the second half of the 20th century....
's The New Scooby-Doo Movies
The New Scooby-Doo Movies

The New Scooby-Doo Movies was the second incarnation of the long-running Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!....
, "The Phantom of the Country Music Hall" (prod. #61-10). He sang and played the song "Pretty Mary Sunlite." That song is played throughout the episode as Scooby and the gang search for Reed's missing guitar.

In the mid-1970s, Reed's recording career began to take a back seat to his acting aspirations. In 1974, he co-starred with his close friend Burt Reynolds
Burt Reynolds

Burton Leon "Burt" Reynolds Jr. is an United States actor. Some of his memorable roles include Lewis Medlock in Deliverance, Paul Crewe in The Longest Yard , Bo 'Bandit' Darville in Smokey and the Bandit, J.J....
 in the film W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings. While he continued to record throughout the decade, his greatest visibility was as a motion picture star, almost always in tandem with headliner Reynolds; after 1976's Gator, Reed appeared in 1978's High Ballin and 1979's Hot Stuff
Hot Stuff (1979 film)

Hot Stuff is a 1979 in film comedy movie that starred Dom DeLuise, Suzanne Pleshette, Jerry Reed and Ossie Davis. Along with acting in the title, Dom DeLuise also directed the movie....
. He also co-starred in all three of the Smokey and the Bandit
Smokey and the Bandit

Smokey and the Bandit is a 1977 in film movie starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Pat McCormick , Paul Williams , and Mike Henry....
 films; the first, which premiered in 1977, landed Reed a Number 2 hit with the soundtrack's "East Bound and Down."

Reed also took a stab at hosting a TV variety show, filming two episodes of The Jerry Reed Show in 1976. The show featured music performances and interview segments, but did not contain the comedy skits that usually were a part of variety shows of the '70s. Guests included Tammy Wynette
Tammy Wynette

Virginia Wynette Pugh, known professionally as Tammy Wynette , was an United States and one of country music's best-known artists and biggest-selling female vocalists....
, Ray Stevens
Ray Stevens

Ray Stevens is an United States country music and pop music singer-songwriter known for his novelty songs as well as more serious works. He was born in Clarkdale, Georgia, Georgia , a small town west of Atlanta, Georgia....
, and Burt Reynolds
Burt Reynolds

Burton Leon "Burt" Reynolds Jr. is an United States actor. Some of his memorable roles include Lewis Medlock in Deliverance, Paul Crewe in The Longest Yard , Bo 'Bandit' Darville in Smokey and the Bandit, J.J....
.

In 1978, he appeared as himself in the television show Alice
Alice (TV series)

Alice is an United States television Situation comedy series which ran from August 31, 1976 to July 2, 1985 on CBS. The series was based on the 1974 film, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore....
.

In 1979, he released a record comprising both vocal and instrumental selections titled, appropriately enough, Half & Half. It was followed one year later by Jerry Reed Sings Jim Croce
Jim Croce

James Joseph Croce , popularly known as Jim Croce, was an United States singer-songwriter.Croce scored a handful of hit songs in the first of half of the '70s, but died in an airplane crash just as he was beginning to capitalize on his success....
, a tribute to the late singer/songwriter. He starred in a TV movie in that year entitled The Concrete Cowboys
The Concrete Cowboys

The Concrete Cowboys is a 1979 TV Movie starring Jerry Reed and Tom Selleck, aired in syndication .External Links...
.

1980s and 1990s

In 1982, Reed's career as a singles artist was revitalized by the chart-topping hit "She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)," followed by "The Bird
The Bird (Jerry Reed song)

"The Bird" is a song made famous by the country music singer Jerry Reed. Written by Hal Coleman and Barry Etris, this novelty song contains impressions of Willie Nelson's "Whiskey River" and "On the Road Again ;" and George Jones' "He Stopped Loving Her Today."...
," which peaked at Number 2. His last chart hit, "I'm a Slave," appeared in 1983. That same year, he co-starred with Robin Williams
Robin Williams

Robin McLaurim Williams is an Academy Award-, Golden Globe-, and Grammy Award-winning United Statesn comedian and actor.Rising to fame with his role as the alien Mork in the TV series Mork and Mindy, and later stand up comedy work, Williams has performed in many feature films since 1980....
 and Walter Matthau
Walter Matthau

Walter John Matthau was an United States award-winning actor best known for his role as Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple and his frequent collaborations with fellow Odd Couple star Jack Lemmon....
 in the Michael Ritchie
Michael Ritchie

Michael Ritchie may be:*Michael Ritchie , film director*Michael Ritchie , artistic director of Center Theatre Group...
 comedy The Survivors
The Survivors (film)

The Survivors is a 1983 comedy film starring Walter Matthau and Robin Williams....
. Reed guest-starred in the October 13, 1983 episode of Mama's Family
Mama's Family

Mama's Family is an American television Situation comedy that premiered on NBC on January 22, 1983. It ended its run on that network in May 1984 when it was cancelled, but NBC would continue to air reruns until September 1985....
, "The Return of Leonard Oates" (Episode 13, Season 2), as Naomi Harper's ex-husband Leonard Oates.

After an unsuccessful 1986 LP, Lookin' at You, Reed focused on touring until 1992, when he and Atkins reunited for the album Sneakin' Around
Sneakin' Around

Sneakin' Around is a collaborative album by guitarists Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed, released in 1991.Reed and Atkins had done a series of recording collaborations nearly 20 years before this release....
 before he again returned to the road.

Reed had a role as a Commander/Huey Pilot for Danny Glover
Danny Glover

Danny Lebern Glover is an United States actor, film director, and political activist. Glover is possibly best known for his role as Detective Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon film Media franchise....
's character in the 1988 movie Bat*21
Bat*21

Bat*21 is a 1988 film directed by Peter Markle, and adapted from the book by William Charles Anderson. Set during the Vietnam War, the film is based on the true, costly, and controversial rescue of a U.S....
 starring Gene Hackman
Gene Hackman

Eugene Allen "Gene" Hackman is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actor. He came to fame during the 1970s, after his role as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in The French Connection , and continued to appear in Hollywood films playing major roles, including Harry Caul in The Conversation, Norman Dale in Hoosiers, Agent Rupert Anderso...
. He also acted as executive producer and screenwriter on this film.

Reed starred in the 1998 Adam Sandler
Adam Sandler

Adam Richard Sandler is an United States comedian, actor, musician, screenwriter and film producer. After becoming a Saturday Night Live cast member, he went on to star in several Hollywood feature films that grossed over US$100 million at the box office....
 film, The Waterboy
The Waterboy

The Waterboy is a 1998 in film United States comedy film directed by Frank Coraci. It stars Adam Sandler alongside Henry Winkler, Kathy Bates, Jerry Reed, and Fairuza Balk....
, as Red Beaulieu, the movie's chief antagonist and the head coach for the University of Louisiana Cougars football team.

He teamed up with country superstars Waylon Jennings
Waylon Jennings

Waylon Arnold Jennings was an influential United States of America country music singer and musician. A self-taught guitar player, he rose to prominence as a bass guitar player for Buddy Holly following the break-up of The Crickets....
, Mel Tillis
Mel Tillis

Mel Tillis is an United States of America country music singer. Although he had been recording songs since the late 1950s, his biggest success occurred in the '70s, with a long list of Top 10 hits....
, and Bobby Bare
Bobby Bare

Bobby Bare is an United States country music singer and songwriter. He is the father of Bobby Bare, Jr., also a musician....
 in the group Old Dogs
Old Dogs

The Old Dogs were an American country music supergroup composed of singers Waylon Jennings, Mel Tillis, Bobby Bare, and Jerry Reed. Signed in 1998 to Atlantic Records, they recorded a self-titled studio album for the label that year....
. They recorded one album, in 1998, entitled Old Dogs, with songs written by Shel Silverstein. (Reed sang lead on "Young Man's Job" and "Elvis Has Left The Building," the latter possibly in deference to Elvis' helping launch his career.)

In 1998, the American rock band Primus
Primus (band)

Primus is an United States Rock music band currently composed of singer and bass guitar Les Claypool, guitarist Larry LaLonde, and drummer Tim Alexander....
 covered the Reed song "Amos Moses" on the EP entitled Rhinoplasty
Rhinoplasty

Rhinoplasty is a surgical procedure which is usually performed by either an Otolaryngology, maxillofacial surgeon, or plastic surgeon in order to improve the function and/or the appearance of a human nose....
.

2000s

In October 2004, "Amos Moses" was featured on the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas soundtrack
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas soundtrack

The soundtrack of the computer and video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, which is set in 1992 in the fictional West Coast of the United States state of San Andreas , required that the game's radio stations reflect the music tastes of the time and area, in addition to covering current events in the state of San Andreas, and even...
, playing on fictional radio station K-ROSE. His latest recording was released in 2006, named Let's Git It On. In 2007, UK band Alabama 3
Alabama 3

Alabama 3 are a United Kingdom band mixing rock music, electronic dance music, blues, country music, and Gospel music styles. Founded in Brixton, London, in 1996....
 (Known as A3 in the USA) covered his hit "Amos Moses" on their album M.O.R.

In June 2005, American guitarist Eric Johnson
Eric Johnson

Eric Johnson is a guitarist and recording artist from Austin, Texas. Best known for his success in the instrumental rock format, Johnson regularly incorporates jazz, fusion , New Age, and country and western elements into his recordings....
 released his album Bloom, which contained a track entitled "Tribute To Jerry Reed" in commemoration of his works.

Reed has appeared as a guest on the fishing television series
Fishing television series

The fishing television series genre is rather self-explanatory; they are television programs revolving around recreational and sport fishing. The genre has enough of a following to justify its own digital television station WFN, the World Fishing Network....
 Bill Dance Outdoors
Bill Dance Outdoors

Bill Dance Outdoors is a fishing television series hosted by retired professional tournament angling Bill Dance. Each episode focuses on various aspects of recreational fishing techniques, usually targeting black bass species such as Largemouth bass and Smallmouth bass, though does occasionally focus on other species such as Channel catfi...
. In one memorable appearance, Reed caught a particularly big largemouth bass
Largemouth bass

The largemouth bass is a species of fish in the Centrarchidae family . It is also known as widemouth bass, bigmouth, black bass, bucketmouth, Florida bass, Florida largemouth, green bass, green trout, linesides, Oswego bass, and southern largemouth....
 and planned to have it preserved and mounted by a taxidermist. Host Bill Dance
Bill Dance

Bill Dance is a angling and host of Bill Dance Outdoors, a fishing television series on the Versus channel....
 objected to this plan, and freed the fish when Jerry wasn't looking. Reed became enraged when he discovered what had happened, and chased Dance off the boat and to shore. This incident was also mentioned in one of Jeff Foxworthy
Jeff Foxworthy

Jeff Foxworthy is an American stand-up comedian and actor. As a comedian, he is a member of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, a comedy troupe which also comprises Larry the Cable Guy, Bill Engvall, and Ron White....
's standup comedy routines. He did guest appearances on the Bill Dance Fishing show.

Reed appeared as a character in the Red Sovine
Red Sovine

Woodrow Wilson "Red" Sovine was a country music singer. He was associated with truck driving songs, particularly those recited as narratives, but set to music....
-based comedy fiction blog "Tales From the Truckstop".

Death

Reed died at the age of 71 in Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the Capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County, Tennessee. It is the second most populous city in the state after Memphis, Tennessee....
, on September 1, 2008, of complications from emphysema
Emphysema

Emphysema is a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease . It is often caused by exposure to toxin Chemical substance, including long-term exposure to tobacco smoking....
. The Associated Press
Associated Press

The Associated Press is an Media of the United States news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, Radio station and Television station stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staffers....
 wire service and CNN
CNN

Cable News Network, almost always referred to by its initialism CNN, is a major US Cable News Network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first station to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television network in the United States....
, however, reported the date of his death as August 31. 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."

Discography


Albums

Year Title Chart Positions Label
US Country US 200
Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling Albums and extended play in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine....
1967 The Unbelievable Guitar and Voice of Jerry Reed   RCA
1968 Nashville Underground 31 
Alabama Wild Man 31 
1969 Better Things in Life  
Jerry Reed Explores Guitar Country 41 
1970 Cookin 33 194
Georgia Sunshine 10 102
Me & Jerry
Me & Jerry

Me & Jerry is the title of the first duet recording by Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed. Consisting of pop, country and standards, this collaboration won the 1970 Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance....
 (w/ Chet Atkins
Chet Atkins

Chester Burton "Chet" Atkins was an influential American guitarist and record producer.His picking style, inspired by Merle Travis, Django Reinhardt, George Barnes and Les Paul, brought him admirers both within and outside the country scene, both in the United States and internationally....
)		 13 
1971 When You're Hot, You're Hot 2 45
Ko-ko Joe 7 153
1972 Smell the Flowers 18 196
Me & Chet
Me & Chet

Me & Chet is the title of the follow-up to Me and Jerry, the successful duet recording by Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed. It was nominated for the 1972 Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance but did not win....
 (w/ Chet Atkins)		 24 
The Best of Jerry Reed 4 116
Jerry Reed 22 
1973 Hot a' Mighty! 9 
Lord, Mr. Ford 4 183
The Uptown Poker Club 13 
1974 A Good Woman's Love 28 
1975 Mind Your Love  
Red Hot Picker 33 
1976 Both Barrels 40 
1977 Jerry Reed Rides Again 41 
East Bound and Down 10 
1978 Sweet Love Feelings 47 
1979 Half Singin' and Half Pickin 49 
Live "Hot Stuff" 45 
1980 Jerry Reed Sings Jim Croce 56 
Texas Bound and Flyin 43 
1981 Dixie Dreams  
1982 The Man with the Golden Thumb 10 
The Bird 20 
1983 Ready 34 
1984 Greatest Hits  
1985 What Comes Around   Capitol
1986 Lookin' at You  
1991 Sneakin' Around
Sneakin' Around

Sneakin' Around is a collaborative album by guitarists Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed, released in 1991.Reed and Atkins had done a series of recording collaborations nearly 20 years before this release....
 (w/ Chet Atkins)		 68  Columbia
1995 The Essential Jerry Reed   RCA
Flyin' High   Southern Tracks
1998 Pickin  
2000 Finger Dancing   R2K
Jerry Reed Visits Hit Row  
2005 Jerry Reed, Live Still!  
2006 Let's Git It On  
2007 Christmas at the Mall  
2008 The Gallant Few   Jerry Reed


Singles

Year Title Chart Positions Album
US Country
Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales....
 US Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
 US AC
Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks

The Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary music and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States....
1967 "Guitar Man" 53   Unbelievable Guitar and Voice
"Tupelo Mississippi Flash" 15   Nashville Underground
1968 "Remembering" 14  
"Alabama Wild Man" 48   Alabama Wild Man
"Oh What a Woman!" 60   Better Things in Life
1969 "There's Better Things in Life" 20  
"Are You from Dixie (Cause I'm from Dixie too)" 11   Jerry Reed Explores Guitar Country
1970 "Talk About the Good Times" 14   Georgia Sunshine
"Georgia Sunshine" 16  
"The Preacher and the Bear" 16  
"Amos Moses" flip  
1971 "When You're Hot, You're Hot" 1 9 6 When You're Hot, You're Hot
"Ko-Ko Joe" 11 51  Ko-Ko Joe
"Amos Moses" (re-release)  8  Georgia Sunshine
"Another Puff" 27 65  Ko-Ko Joe
1972 "Smell the Flowers" 24   Smell the Flowers
"Alabama Wild Man" (re-recording) 22 62  Jerry Reed
"You Took All the Ramblin' Out of Me" 18   Hot a'Mighty
1973 "Lord, Mr. Ford" 1 68  Lord, Mr. Ford
"The Uptown Poker Club" 25   The Uptown Poker Club
1974 "The Crude Oil Blues" 13 91  A Good Woman's Love
"A Good Woman's Love" 12  
"Boogie-Woogie Rock and Roll" 72   single only
"Let's Sing Our Song" 18   Mind Your Love
1975 "Mind Your Love" 64  
"Telephone" 65  
"You've Got a Lock on Me" 60   Red Hot Picker
1976 "Gator" 54   Both Barrels
"Remembering" 57  
1977 "Semolita" 19   Rides Again
"With His Pants in His Hand" 68  
"East Bound and Down" 2   East Bound and Down
"(I'm Just a) Red Neck in a Rock and Roll Bar" flip   Jerry Reed Rides Again
"You Know What" (w/ Seidina Reed) 20   Sweet Love Feelings
1978 "Sweet Love Feelings" 39  
"I Love You (What Can I Say)" 10  
"High Rollin'" flip   Single only
"Gimme Back My Blues" 14   Half Singin' and Half Pickin
1979 "Second-Hand Satin Lady (And a Bargain Basement Boy)" 18  
"(Who Was the Man Who Put) The Line in Gasoline" 40   Live at Exit Inn
"Hot Stuff" 67  
"Sugar-Foot Rag" 12   Texas Bound and Flyin
1980 "Age" 36   Sings Jim Croce
"Workin' at the Carwash Blues" flip  
"The Family Friendly Inn" 64   Texas Bound and Flyin
"Texas Bound and Flyin'" 26  
1981 "Caffein, Nicotine, Benzedrine (And Wish Me Luck)" 80  
"The Testimony of Soddy Hoe" 87   Dixie Dreams
"Good Friends Make Good Lovers" 84  
"Patches" 30   The Man with the Golden Thumb
1982 "The Man with the Golden Thumb" 32  
"She's Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)" 1 57 
"The Bird
The Bird (Jerry Reed song)

"The Bird" is a song made famous by the country music singer Jerry Reed. Written by Hal Coleman and Barry Etris, this novelty song contains impressions of Willie Nelson's "Whiskey River" and "On the Road Again ;" and George Jones' "He Stopped Loving Her Today."...
"		 2   The Bird
1983 "Down on the Corner" 13  
"Good Ole Boys" 16   Ready
"She's Ready for Someone to Love Her" flip  
"I'm a Slave" 58   Greatest Hits


Guest singles

Year Single Artist US Country Album
1983 "Hold On, I'm Comin'" Waylon Jennings
Waylon Jennings

Waylon Arnold Jennings was an influential United States of America country music singer and musician. A self-taught guitar player, he rose to prominence as a bass guitar player for Buddy Holly following the break-up of The Crickets....
 20 Waylon and Company
Waylon and Company

Waylon and Company is an album by Waylon Jennings, released on RCA Records in 1983 in music and featuring duets with a large number of influential artists, including Hank Williams, Jr., Jessi Colter, Willie Nelson, Ernest Tubb, Mel Tillis, Jerry Reed, Emmylou Harris, Tony Joe White and actor James Garner....
1985 "One Big Family" Heart of Nashville 61 single only


Filmography

  • W. W. and the Dixie Dance Kings (1975)
  • Gator
    Gator (film)

    Gator is a action film starring and directed by Burt Reynolds. It is a sequel to White Lightning . Reynolds honored his favorite professor from college, Watson B....
     (1976)
  • Smokey and the Bandit
    Smokey and the Bandit

    Smokey and the Bandit is a 1977 in film movie starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Pat McCormick , Paul Williams , and Mike Henry....
     (1977)
  • High-Ballin'
    High-ballin'

    High-Ballin is a Canada film about truckers released in 1978 and directed by Peter Carter. Jerry Reed plays the "Iron Duke", an independent trucker who stands up to the local trucker boss, King Carroll, trying to drive independent truckers out of business....
     (1978)
  • Concrete Cowboys (1979)
  • Hot Stuff
    Hot Stuff (1979 film)

    Hot Stuff is a 1979 in film comedy movie that starred Dom DeLuise, Suzanne Pleshette, Jerry Reed and Ossie Davis. Along with acting in the title, Dom DeLuise also directed the movie....
     (1979)
  • Smokey and the Bandit II
    Smokey and the Bandit II

    Smokey and the Bandit II is a comedy film released on August 15, 1980 in the United States. It is the sequel to the 1977 in film film Smokey and the Bandit....
     (1980)
  • Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
    Smokey and the Bandit Part 3

    Smokey and the Bandit Part III is the 1983 in film sequel to Smokey and the Bandit and Smokey and the Bandit II starring Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Paul Williams , Pat McCormick , Mike Henry and Colleen Camp....
     (1983)
  • The Survivors
    The Survivors (film)

    The Survivors is a 1983 comedy film starring Walter Matthau and Robin Williams....
     (1983)
  • Stand Alone (1985)
  • What Comes Around (1985)
  • Bat*21
    Bat*21

    Bat*21 is a 1988 film directed by Peter Markle, and adapted from the book by William Charles Anderson. Set during the Vietnam War, the film is based on the true, costly, and controversial rescue of a U.S....
     (1988)
  • The Waterboy
    The Waterboy

    The Waterboy is a 1998 in film United States comedy film directed by Frank Coraci. It stars Adam Sandler alongside Henry Winkler, Kathy Bates, Jerry Reed, and Fairuza Balk....
     (1998)


External links

  • . Retrieved Jan. 7, 2006.
  • "Jerry Reed". . Retrieved Aug. 18, 2004.
  • "Discography". . Retrieved October 13, 2004.
  • "R2K Records".
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  • "New York Times