Famous world wide trucking songs
“East Bound and Down” – Jerry Reed
This is the best trucking song of all time, Written by Jerry Reed and recorded
for the movie Smokey and the Bandit, the song has since taken on a life of its own.
Get this song at given link:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHZJej98_T0&spfreload=10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHZJej98_T0&spfreload=10
“Six Days on the Road” – Dave Dudley
“Six Days” is credited as being the one that launched the sub-genre. It
helped solidify country’s reputation as music for the working man. All
of the others songs on this list credit to Dudley’s 1963 hit.
Get this song at given link:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHbGhEfnh2E
“Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)” – Alabama
This song was Alabama’s 12th consecutive number
1 single when it reached the top of the charts in 1984. In the song a
trucker is coming home to his wife and kids when his rig jackknifes in a
blizzard.
Get this song at given link:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R02fEE6pmQ
“Hammer Going Down” – Chris Knight
Knight practically punches the words of this song and you can hear the
sound of the rig shifting at the end of the chorus with a brief drum
hit–the song is urgent and demanding, a dark counterpart to “Six Days on
the Road.”
Get this song at given link:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfwEpUrlQXw
“30,000 Pounds of Bananas” – Harry Chapin
Based on an actual event, “30,000 Pounds” chronicles a truck driver’s
emotions and reactions as the brakes give out on his rig while he is
coming into town.
Get this song at given link:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGldNpngDws
“Me & Bobby McGee” – Roger Miller
When Miller picks Bobby up on the side of the highway, it will change
his life as a trucker forever. Together they share stories and beer as
they head towards California.
Get this song at given link:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZvsxe1CD-c
“Truck Driving Man” – Terry Fell
Terry Fell originally released this track in 1954, heavy with harmonica
and fast-paced. Buck Owens fills it out a bit, trades the harmonica for
guitar, and drops the fourth verse. This was one of the original truck
driving songs.
Get this song at given link:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyFlifZuK4k
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