Depending on your age and preferred era of country music, you might think of Jerry Reed as the Snowman from the Smokey and the Bandit films, the most random Scooby-Doo special guest or the football ...

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, ...

The singer, songwriter, actor, guitarist, and backwoods hipster Jerry Reed has died at age 71. Here's what I wrote about him back in 2005: Let me say this firmly, with no room for quibbles or dissent: ...

Singer and actor Jerry Reed, known as "The Guitar Man" of country music, has died at the age of 71. Reed died on Monday from complications from emphysema, ending a career that took him from writing ...