I just learned that country singer-songwriter and actor Jerry Reed has died. He might not be a familiar name to a lot of younger NPR listeners, but Jerry Reed was one of my childhood heroes, mostly ...

Now, Real Gone Music has done all roots music fans a favor and released a CD of Reed's first two albums, The Unbelievable Voice & Guitar of Jerry Reed and Nashville Underground, neither of which have ...

Jerry Reed, the country singer who died Monday of emphysema at the age of 71, was best known for “When You’re Hot, You’re Hot,” a No. 1 country song for five weeks in 1971. It deserved that success, ...

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, ...

Jerry Reed, esteemed songwriter, virtuoso guitarist, Southern film comedy essential and general down-home, chain-smoking, drinking buddy died on August 31, at 71, after a long struggle with emphysema.

Jerry Reed, whose roles in three “Smokey and the Bandit” Southern comedy films opposite Burt Reynolds often overshadowed his gifts as a prolific country singer-songwriter and virtuoso guitarist, died ...

Jerry Reed, whose roles in three “Smokey and the Bandit” Southern comedy films opposite Burt Reynolds often overshadowed his gifts as a prolific country singer-songwriter and virtuoso guitarist, died ...

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 ...

has died of complications from emphysema at 71. His longtime booking agent, Carrie Moore-Reed, no relation to the star, said Reeddied early Monday. "He's one of the greatest entertainers in the world.

Singer and actor Jerry Reed, known as "The Guitar Man" of country music, has died at the age of 71, reports ABC News on line. Reed died on Monday from complications from emphysema, ending a career ...

NASHVILLE, Tennessee - Jerry Reed, a singer who became an actor in car chase movies like "Smokey and the Bandit," has died of complications from emphysema at 71. His longtime booking agent, Carrie ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Jerry Reed, a singer who became an actor in car chase movies like "Smokey and the Bandit," has died of complications from emphysema at 71. His longtime booking agent, Carrie ...