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, died ...

In 1992, Atkins and Reed won a Grammy for "Sneakin' Around." Reed continued performing on the road into the late 1990s, doing about 80 shows a year. "I'm proud of the songs, I'm proud of things that I ...

The tracking down part took some time and Presley's producer, Felton Jarvis, had to enlist the help of Reed's buddy and guitar mentor, Chet Atkins, to find him — doing some fishing on the nearby ...

He was known as "The Country Gentleman," and was above all a guitarist. But there are plenty more fascinating Chet Atkins facts to discover.

"Chet belongs at [the Musicians Hall of Fame] with musicians who loved and cherished him." A who's who of unmistakable Nashville music makers was mentioned as what Atkins referred to as "C.G.P ...