Jerry Reed

ACM Bestows Pioneer Status to Kenny Rogers, Randy Travis, Jerry Reed, Hank Williams Jr. 09/23/2009

Birthday: March 20, 2037

The son of an amateur musician, Jerry Reed spent his formative years laboring in the cotton fields of Georgia, teaching himself the guitar in his spare time. At 18, Reed was hired by Capitol Records as a staff songwriter. One of his first compositions, "Crazy Legs," proved to be a hit for C&W star Gene Vincent; likewise, Elvis Presley scored successes with Reed's "Guitar Man" and "U.S. ...more