Burt Reynolds, best known for films such as Deliverance, Smokey and the Bandit and Boogie Nights, also released a country album in 1973 titled Ask Me What I Am, a little-remembered venture into music that came at the encouragement of singer-songwriter Bobby Goldsboro. The record shows a lesser-known side of the actor, who was already an established Hollywood star by that point, and offers an example of an actor's foray into music that, while modest, was more sincere than novelty projects by some of his peers.

Recorded in Nashville, the half-hour album featured tracks including 'She's Taken A Gentle Lover', 'There's a Slight Misunderstanding Between God and Man' and 'I Like Having You Around', with Reynolds bringing a gentle singing voice to songs he did not write himself. The album arrived between his film roles in The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing and White Lightning and did not achieve commercial success, though he later had minor musical moments, including the charting single 'Let's Do Something Cheap and Superficial' from Smokey and the Bandit 2 in 1980 and a 1982 duet with Dolly Parton, 'Sneakin' Around', for The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.