​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, songwriter, and actor who appeared in more than a dozen films. His signature songs included "Guitar Man," "A Thing Called Love," "Alabama Wild Man," "Amos Moses", "When You're Hot, You're Hot" (won 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, co-starring Reed), "The Bird," and "She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)". Description above from the Wikipedia article Jerry Reed, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia