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 Youre Hot Youre Hot won a Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance KoKo Joe Lord Mr Ford East Bound and Down the theme song for the 1977 blockbuster Smokey and the Bandit costarring Reed The Bird and She Got the Goldmine I Got the Shaft Description above from the Wikipedia article Jerry Reed licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia