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).”