Jerry Reed Musical artist

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)".

Personal facts

Birth date	March 20, 1937
Birth place	Atlanta , United States
Date of death	August 31, 2008
Place of death	Nashville Tennessee , United States

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Musical artist

Career started	1956
Career ended	2008
associated musical artist	Chet Atkins Elvis Presley Buster B. Jones Priscilla Mitchell
Background	Solo singer
genre	Country music Rockabilly
record label	Capitol Records RCA Records National Recording Corporation