The songs he has written:
East Bound And Down
Variant of the song "West
Bound And Down".
This song was written for the movie
"Smokey And The Bandit" (1977), starring Burt Reynolds, Sally
Field, Jackie Gleason and Jerry Reed. The movie was a huge success. And
the movie theme song became a big hit and has played over one-million
times in broadcast.
There are two
versions of this song, meaning that the two first lines in the chorus are
different. In the beginning of the movie, when the truck was driving
against Texarcana to fetch the beer, they were singing: "West Bound
And Down. Eighteen Wheels Are Rollin’". In
the last part of the movie, while on the way back Eastwards, the song goes:
"East Bound And Down. Loaded Up And Truckin’".
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| Jerry Reed |
East Bound And Down |
1977 |
RCA |
| Film Festival Orchestra |
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| Hogshead |
Rockin' In The Country |
1979 |
Roller Coaster |
| Dave Dudley |
Interstate Gold |
1980 |
Sun |
| Nev Nicholls |
Loaded Up And Truckin' |
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| Tonic |
King Of The Hill (Soundtrack) |
1999 |
Elektra |
| Furnaface |
Slo' Tom and the
horseshit heroes |
1999 |
Upright |
| Western Union &
Peter Petrel |
Western Union Live |
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| Highway Shadows |
Dixie |
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| Kenny Robbins |
Truck Drivin' Man |
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| The Pimps |
Wouldn't It Be Great To
Have All These Songs On One Album |
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| Rotary Rooters |
In Calgary |
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| Dixie Gon Works |
Till The Cows Come Home |
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| Rollin' In The Hay |
Live At The War Eagle
Supper Club |
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| Aaron Garner |
Sampler Volume 2 |
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| Illusion |
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| The Ditchdiggers |
The Missing Tracks |
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| Nelson Rogers |
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| Nitty Gritty Dirt Band |
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| Paul Vandervoort |
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| Robert Steubl |
A Fireman's Life |
1994 |
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| The Realistics |
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| Jason Boland & The
Straglers |
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| Iratowns |
- not released,
live recording - |
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| The Ex-Husbands |
Double Super Buzz |
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| Supersuckers |
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| Spacefish |
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| David Jolley |
Frets |
2002 |
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| Fiedel Jo
& Co |
Thank God
It's Friday! |
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| Will Handsome |
Will Handsome |
2002 |
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| The Doormats |
Live at
Kimo's |
2004 |
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| Steve Rector |
Be Versatile |
2004 |
Hound Sound Music |
| The Road
Hammers |
The Road
Hammers |
2005 |
Open Road
Music |
| Charley
Horse |
Unholy
Roller |
2005 |
Acetate
Records |
| Aaron Tippin |
In Overdrive |
2009 |
Country
Crossing |
Lyric:
Chorus:
East bound and down loaded up and truckin'
We're gonna do what they say can't be done
We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there
I'm east bound. Just watch old Bandit run.
Keep your foot hard on the pedal
Never mind them brakes
Let it all hang out 'cause we've got a run to make
The boys are thirsty in Atlanta
And there's beer in Texarcana
We'll bring it back no matter what it takes
Chorus
Repeat Chorus
Old Smokey's got them ears on he's hot on
your trail
And he ain't gonna rest 'til you're in jail
So you've got to dodge him' you've got to duck him
You've got to keep that diesel truckin'
Just put that hammer down and give it hell
Chorus
Words and music: Dick Feller & Jerry Reed Hubbard
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