It was co-written by Gene Nelsen and Paul Nelson, and reached number one on the country music charts. The song is love ballad about a trucker who retires, after 30 years on the road, to spend the rest of his life with his wife.
7. Trucking Songs – “East Bound and Down”
‘East Bound and Down’ is written by Jerry Reed and Dick Feller. It was released in August 1977 as a single on RCA Records.
Jerry Reed is famous from Smokey and the Bandit (not the HBO show) soundtrack for the film Smokey and the Bandit. Reed is the lead vocal with vocalist Gordon Stoker of the Jordanaires on the harmony vocal.
The song reached peak of number 2 on the country music charts in USA where kept a stable place for sixteen weeks straight. Several other groups including Punk Rock Band did a cover of this song.
8. Trucking Songs – “Give me 40 Acres (To Turn This Rig Around)”
This song ‘Give me 40 Acres (To Turn This Rig Around)’ is written by the Willis Brothers in 1964.
It is part from the album ‘Give Me Forty Acres’ and it was the first single from their album. Very soon this song was placed as a number 9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.
