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March 20, 1937 Jerry Reed is born in Atlanta. The guitarist/songwriter/actor won a Grammy for "When You're Hot, You're Hot" and a million-seller with "Amos Moses." Jerry wrote "Guitar Man" for Elvis Presley, and played guitar on the recording. He appeared in more than a dozen films, co-starring with Burt Reynolds in "Gator", "W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings" and all three of the Smokey and the Bandit films. He joined the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2017. Jerry passed away September 1, 2008 at ag

🎶✨ Remembering Jerry Reed — The Guitar Man On this day in 2008, we said goodbye to the one and only Jerry Reed — a singer, songwriter, actor, and one of the most innovative guitar players to ever step on a stage. Jerry’s playing style was so distinct that even Elvis Presley sought him out. In 1967, when Elvis tried to record Reed’s Guitar Man, the studio musicians could not capture Jerry’s tricky picking style. Producer Felton Jarvis called Jerry himself to the studio, and once he laid down tha