The lyrics to “Guitar Man” really mirror the professional journey of Jerry Reed. It was his first song that reached the country charts and put the young singer on the map. Reed was discovered, though, ...

Apr. 11—As I've mentioned before, when I was a kid I liked to look at the names listed in parentheses under the titles of songs on vinyl records — especially after I learned those were the names of ...

Alan Jackson, Jerry “Guitar Man” Reed and “The Gambler” writer Don Schlitz are 2017’s class of inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame. The Country Music Association made the announcement ...

Reed recorded some fantastic music from the age of 18 until the later years of his life. While rock legends such as Jimi Hendrix and Slash typically dominate the "best guitarist ever" conversations, ...

Arguably the best-known and most-loved trucker movie is “Smokey and the Bandit,” and sharing that limelight is its signature song by Jerry Reed, “Eastbound and Down.” The movie, released in 1977, came ...

Jerry Reed — songwriter for the likes of Elvis Presley, singer and busy actor in the ’70s and ’80s — died Monday at the age of 71. Best known to movie fans as the truck-driving, hound dog-loving ...

Jerry Reed, a singer who became a good ol' boy actor in car-chase movies like Smokey and the Bandit, has died of complications from emphysema at 71. His longtime booking agent, Carrie Moore-Reed, no ...

The Country Music Hall of Fame has announced its three Class of 2017 inductees: the late Jerry Reed, songwriter Don Schlitz and the iconic Alan Jackson. They'll be inducted in the Veterans Era Artist, ...

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, ...