The Resume

(March 20, 1937-September 1, 2008)
Birth name is Jerry Reed Hubbard
Recorded 'Guitar Man,' 'Tupelo Mississippi Flash,' 'The Bird,' 'Texas Bound and Flyin',' 'She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)' and 'I'm a Slave'
Portrayed Cledus Snow (aka Snowman) in three 'Smokey and the Bandit' movies
Acted in 'W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975),' 'Hot Stuff (1979),' 'Stand Alone (1985),' 'What Comes Around (1986),' and 'The Waterboy (1998)'
Starred in the short lived TV series 'The Jerry Reed When You're Hot You're Hot Hour' (1972)
Won a Best Country Performance Grammy in 1972 for 'When You're Hot, You're Hot'
Won the 1979 People's Choice Award for 'Favorite Motion Picture Supporting Actor'
Died of emphysemia at 71 (September 1, 2008)

Why he might be annoying:

His nickname was 'The Guitar Man' (rather egocentric).
He smoked and got emphysemia.
He was typecast in movies as 'backwoods' and 'redneck' characters.
He acted in five 'good ol' boys' movies with Burt Reynolds.
He said of 'Bat*21' co-star Gene Hackman's acting, 'He don't act. He just shows up and he 'be's.'

Why he might not be annoying:

He spent the first seven years of his life in foster homes and orphanages.
He been married to the same woman from 1959 till his death in 2008.
He wrote songs recorded by Nat King Cole, Brenda Lee, Tom Jones, Dean Martin, Johnny Cash, Jimmy Dean, Hank Williams, Jr., Glen Campbell and Elvis Presley ('U.S. Male').
He won two Country Music Association awards.
He was the executive producer of 'Bat*21.'

Credit: Scar Tactics

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• ACM Pioneer Award (Ranked: 2008)
• Ant Eaters/Pinocchios [Big Noses]
• Burt Reynolds Co-Starred with Me Three Times
• CMA Musician of the Year (Ranked: 1970)
• CMA Musician of the Year (Ranked: 1971)
• CMT's 40 Greatest Road Songs (Ranked: 15)
• Country Bumpkins
• Country Music Hall of Fame (Ranked: 2017)
• Country Music Stars
• Country Rockers
• Dean Martin Show Guests [L-Z]
• Grammy for Best Country Male (Ranked: 1972)
• Hee Haw Guests
• I am an Atlantonian
• I Appeared on Jerry Lewis' MDA Telethon [N-R]
• I Collaborated with The Chipmunks
• I Covered 'Stagger Lee'
• I Covered 'You'll Never Walk Alone'
• I Died in 2008 (Ranked: 71)
• I Have Emphysema
• I Portrayed Myself
• I Sing About My Instrument
• I Sing Novelty/Parody Songs
• I Underwent a Heart Bypass Operation
• I was Adopted or Orphaned
• Known By a Middle Name
• Look at Me, I'm Relaxing
• Look at My Guitar
• Musicians Who Act
• My Song was Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (Ranked: 2016)
• Profiles 16251-16500 (Ranked: 16467)
• Rick Hall Produced My Album
• Scar Tactics' Profiles [Series 03]
• Scarecrows [Tall Thin People]
• Scooby Doo Guests
• Southern Rockers
• The Chipmunks Covered My Song
• Tops of the Pops [UK] Guest Performers
• TV Theme Song Singers
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20080901)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 20 Votes: 10.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 10 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 29 Votes: 31.03% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 306 Votes: 55.23% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 46 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 20 Votes: 95.00% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 15 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 11 Votes: 27.27% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 13 Votes: 30.77% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 18 Votes: 38.89% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 28 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 68 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 32 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 45 Votes: 51.11% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 177 Votes: 37.29% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 106 Votes: 47.17% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 219 Votes: 58.45% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 352 Votes: 67.90% Annoying