The BackgroundThe album of country classics is dedicated to trucking professionals and features Aaron's versions of "East Bound and Down," "Six Days on the Road," "Drivin' My Life Away" and many others. Also included as a bonus track is "Drill Here, Drill Now," which gained national attention this past year. "I've had my heart set on doing this album for a long time," Aaron says. "Now, with the current economic state, I'm reminded of the unsung heroes of the road, that legion of devoted Americans, some four million strong, whomake their living in the trucking industry.”
The Review
Back in the late 70’s and early 80’s as I was riding around in on the pleather seat of my mom’s baby blue Lincoln Continental, the sound coming from her two speaker AM radio was classic country STORY songs the likes of Coward of the County and The Gambler from Kenny Rogers. They were chapters of real life set to a 3-minute soundtrack. Here, Aaron Tippin has taken a chapter of his own life- he was a truck driver prior to being a smash country music singer- and built a great themed album on life on the highway. Tippin's muse for this record is the late Jerry Reed, who brought truckin' music into the pop charts for the first time in the 1970s, and continued to write it for the rest of his life. This set could have been recorded 30 or 40 years ago save for the modern production sounds. Tippin's hard Southern dialect and his feel for this collection of classic tunes that translate time and space. It’s great fun listening.
Sounds Like:
A Modern Day Jerry Reed & Don Williams
Track Highlights (suggested iPod adds):
East Bound And Down
The Ballad of Danger Dave and Double Trouble
White Knight
The Verdict:
Four Stars Out Of Five
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