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Jerry Reed
Age: 71 (passed away Sep. 1st, 2008)
Height: 6' 0 1/2"
Birth Place: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Born: Mar. 20th, 1937
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BIOGRAPHY: Tall, blond haired country & western singer / songwriter from Atlanta Georgia, who usually appears in films portraying good humored Southern type characters. Reed was already writing and singing music in high school, and was signed by Capitol Records to a three-year contract in 1955. However, in 1958, he signed over to NRC Records, and appeared alongside Ray Stevens (I) and Joe South (I), plus he met his future wife, singer Priscilla Mitchell.
Reed is well known by music fans for his C & W hits including "She Got The Goldmine (I Got The Shaft)", "Lord, Mr. Ford", "When You're Hot, You're Hot" and "East Bound and Down". After striking up a friendship with Burt Reynolds (I), Reed was cast in small roles in W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975), and Gator (1976). He had a natural on-screen charm, and Reynolds picked him to play trucker "Cledus Snow" in the hugely popular Smokey and the Bandit (1977), plus he returned to the role in Smokey and the Bandit II (1980) and Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983).
More recently, Reed has been seen in Bat*21 (1988) and The Waterboy (1998).
TRIVIA:
- His final project, "The Gallant Few," was an album made to raise funds for wounded veterans.
- Born at 4:56am-CST
- The son of cotton mill workers, he began playing the guitar in elementary school, later graduating to nightclubs and bars in and around the Atlanta area while in his teens. He dropped out of high school to tour with country legends 'Ernest Tubb' (qv) and 'Faron Young' (qv), and at age 17 signed his first recording contract with Capitol Records.
- Released more than 40 albums over a long career that started with his first record at the age of 18.
- Country singer and guitarist.
- Usually the good 'ol boy type, he played heavies twice in films. He was a sleazy, ornery moonshiner in actor/director 'Burt Reynolds'' film _Gator (1976)_ (qv) and a hateful coach in 'Adam Sandler (I)' (qv)'s _The Waterboy (1998)_ (qv).
- In the fade-out of both "When You're Hot, You're Hot" and "She Got the Gold Mine (I Got the Shaft)," Reed can be heard complaining, "Contempt of court?"
- Won two Grammys in the early 1970s. One was for his hit single "When You're Hot You're Hot" (1971) and the other he shared with 'Chet Atkins' (qv) for their collaboration "Me and Jerry" (1970). A third Grammy came in 1992 for his album "Sneakin' Around" with Atkins. His song "Amos Moses" earned him a 1971 Grammy nomination for "best male country vocal performance".
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