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Jerry Reed, whose roles in three "Smokey and the Bandit" Southern comedy films opposite Burt Reynolds often overshadowed his gifts as a prolific country singer-songwriter and virtuoso guitarist ...
Jerry Reed, 71, a Grammy Award-winning country guitarist, singer and songwriter who played a mischievous, good old boy sidekick to Burt Reynolds in "Smokey and the Bandit" and other movies, ...
Topeka Zoo elephant Cora, who appeared 45 years ago in a "Smokey and the Bandit" movie, is expected to get a visit June 9 from fans of those films.
The songwriter/actor looks back on the 1977 hit as "Smokey and the Bandit" celebrates its 45th anniversary. ... Speaking of music, Smokey and the Bandit has a great theme song by Jerry Reed.
Country singer Jerry Reed Burt was Reynolds’ 18-wheeling sidekick in the generational blockbuster, "Smokey and the Bandit." But he was also an artistic mastermind.
“Smokey and the Bandit,” starring Reynolds, Sally Field and Jerry Reed and Jackie Gleason, was released in 1977 — the same year that Coors grew into the 5th largest brewery in the United States.
In some famous movies, the cars became as popular as the stars -- and now one of those cars has come up for auction. Burt Reynolds is selling the 1977 Pontiac Trans Am that was a promotional ...
Alabama folks love “Smokey and the Bandit,” and country star Riley Green is no exception. Green, born and raised in Jacksonville, pays tribute to the 1977 hit movie in a new video announcing ...