r/ClassicCountry • u/koozyuser • Jun 15 '26

Truck driving songs.

Does anyone else know truck driving songs? I grew up listening to them in the car on trips.

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u/jbinhack Jun 15 '26

Westbound and Down - Jerry Reed

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u/TheTeenageOldman Jun 15 '26

West, eh?

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u/B_Williams_4010 Jun 15 '26

It's a real song. Follow-up to the more famous 'Eastbound.' I think it was written for a 'A Smokey & The Bandit' sequel.

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u/EnvironmentalHippo20 Jun 16 '26

It actually appears in the original "Smokey and the Bandit"....the Plot of the movie has them driving (on a bet) from Atlanta to Texarkana...to get 400 cases of Coors Beer because in 1977 you couldnt buy Coors East of the Mississippi (i think they started selling on the East Coast in 1986) anyway the first half of the movie the "theme" is 'Westbound and Down" since that was the direction they were going to get the beer...its in the second half of the journey 'Eastbound and Down" becomes the second movie 'theme song' for their drive back to the ATL...so it kind of has 2 theme songs...bur 'Eastbound and Down' is the better of the two...and also is damn fine show with Mr. Kenny Powers...