- Friend Burt Reynolds gave him a bright shiny black 1977 Pontiac Trans Am Limited Edition model, just like the one(s) that were used in the "Smokey and the Bandit" movies.
- His final project, "The Gallant Few," was an album made to raise funds for wounded veterans.
- Best known for his comedy hits, including the Billboard magazine country #1 hits "When You're Hot, You're Hot" (1971), "Lord, Mr. Ford" (1973) and "She Got the Gold Mine (I Got the Shaft)" (1982); and the #2 hit "The Bird." Also had a #2 country hit with "East Bound and Down" (1977). Another popular song was "The Tupelo Mississippi Flash".
- The Country Music Association named him musician of the year in 1970 and 1971.
- A popular session and tour guitarist who played with the likes of Chet Atkins, Joan Baez and Ringo Starr.
- In the mid-to-late 1970s he was set to play the starring role as legendary guitar player Hank Garland in a film to be titled "Sugarfoot Rag" (1970). It was to deal with the mysterious circumstances behind his career-ending automobile accident. Unfortunately, the project fell apart for unknown reasons.
- 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 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".
- In August 2006 he announced that he had stopped making movies to focus on his music career.
- 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?"
- Elvis Presley recorded three of Reed's early songs, "U.S. Male", "Guitar Man", and "A Thing Called Love", with Reed playing his distinctive "claw-style" licks on the studio recordings. He later was dubbed "The Guitar Man".
- Reed, one of only five people to have the title of Certified Guitar Player (an award bestowed only to those who have completely mastered guitar), was given this title by Chet Atkins.
- 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 and Faron Young, and at age 17 signed his first recording contract with Capitol Records.
- His hit, "The Bird," includes impressions of Willie Nelson's "Whiskey River" and "On the Road Again"; and George Jones' "He Stopped Loving Her Today."
- Usually the good 'ol boy type, he played heavies twice in films. He was a sleazy, ornery moonshiner in Burt Reynolds' Gator (1976) and a hateful coach in Adam Sandler's The Waterboy (1998).
- Covered the song "Sugarfoot Rag" by Hank Garland, for his album " Texas Bound and Flyin'" (1980)
- Inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005.
- Had quadruple heart bypass surgery in June, 1999.
- Country singer and guitarist.
- Has two daughters: Sedina and Lottie.
- Released more than 40 albums over a long career that started with his first record at the age of 18.
- Graduated from high school in Atlanta, GA, in 1955.
- Born at 4:56am-CST
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