Guitarist, singer and songwriter Jerry Reed, who was among the first country musicians to make the leap to Hollywood, died Monday of complications from emphysema. He was 71.

Alan Jackson, Jerry "Guitar Man" Reed and The Gambler writer Don Schlitz are 2017's class of inductees into The Country Music Hall of Fame.

And because I have loved the music of Jerry Reed so very much, it seemed natural to try a Nashville- flavored version. I bet heaven is a lot more fun since Jerry arrived." ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Jerry Reed, a singer who appeared in the “Smokey and the Bandit” movies, has died of complications from emphysema at age 71, his longtime booking agent said ...