Jerry Reed, 71, a Grammy Award-winning country guitarist, singer and songwriter who played a mischievous, good old boy sidekick to Burt Reynolds in "Smokey and the Bandit" and other movies, died Sept.

Chet Atkins was, first and foremost, a guitar player. He became a producer and a record executive, but he started as a musician and continued learning his craft until he passed away in 2001. Often ...

Jerome K.”Jerry” Reed, 62, of Jamestown, NY passed away on Thursday, February 8th after a lengthy illness. Jerry was born in Silver Creek, NY on September 15, 1961 the son of the late Harley and ...

Jerry Reed, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend, passed away peacefully on September 2, 2025, at Westminster Village in Muncie, at the age of 88. Born in Miami County, Indiana, on August ...

Guitarist, singer and songwriter Jerry Reed, who was among the first country musicians to make the leap to Hollywood, died Monday of complications from emphysema. He was 71. Reed became a country ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singer and actor Jerry Reed, known as "The Guitar Man" of country music, has died at the age of 71, ending a career that took him from writing hit songs like "When You're Hot, ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — 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, ...