Jerry Reed Hubbard (March 20, 1937 - August 31, 2008), known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an American country music singer, country guitarist, session musician, songwriter, and actor who appeared in over a dozen films passed away near midnight on August 31, 2008. Jerry Reed died in Nashville, Tennessee, of complications from emphysema. As a singer, he may be best known for When You’re Hot, You’re Hot, for which he received the Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance in 1972 and East Bound and Down, the theme song to the first Smokey and the Bandit movie in which he portrayed the "Snowman", Cletus Snow.