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In August 2006 he announced that he had stopped making movies to focus on his music career.

Inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005.

Covered the song "Sugarfoot Rag" by Hank Garland, for his album " Texas Bound and Flyin'" (1980)

He had a natural on-screen charm, and Reynolds picked him to play trucker "Cledus Snow" in the hugely popular Smokey and the Bandit (1977), plus he returned to the role in Smokey and the Bandit II (1980) and Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983).

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).

and the Dixie Dancekings (1975), and Gator (1976).

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".

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.

However, in 1958, he signed over to NRC Records, and appeared alongside Ray Stevens and Joe South, plus he met his future wife, singer Priscilla Mitchell. Reed is well known by music fans for his C & W hits including "She Got The Goldmine (I Got The Shaft)", "Lord, Mr. Ford", "When You're Hot, You're Hot" and "East Bound and Down". After striking up a friendship with Burt Reynolds, Reed was cast in small roles in W. W.

Tall, blond haired country & western singer / songwriter from Atlanta Georgia, who usually appears in films portraying good humored Southern type characters. Reed was already writing and singing music in high school, and was signed by Capitol Records to a three-year contract in 1955.