When Jerry Reed was announced as one of the Class of 2017 inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame, John Anderson was among those who were exceptionally proud of Reed's achievement. Anderson ...

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 ...

Jerry Reed acted in movies and sang over the radio airwaves, but guitar-playing was at the center of his artistry. On Tuesday, June 10, a bevy of ace instrumentalists will gather at 3rd and Lindsley ...

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.

"I'm doing pretty well for an old lady," joked 80-year-old Las Vegas resident Deena Kaye Rose while speaking with The Tennessean early on a Monday morning in March. For the past five decades, Rose has ...

Arguably the best-known and most-loved trucker movie is “Smokey and the Bandit,” and sharing that limelight is its signature song by Jerry Reed, “Eastbound and Down.” The movie, released in 1977, came ...

Reed recorded some fantastic music from the age of 18 until the later years of his life. While rock legends such as Jimi Hendrix and Slash typically dominate the "best guitarist ever" conversations, ...