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If you like your country music with a little rock and blues, then this is an album for you. Even though the songs are about driving a truck, anyone can appreciate the music.

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Pros

• "Overdrive"
• "Girl On The Billboard"
• "The Hammer Goin' Down"

Cons

• None.

Description

• The Road Hammers' debut CD.
• Produced by Jason McCoy and Scott Baggett.
• Contains the single, "I'm A Road Hammer."

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Canadian Country Music singer Jason McCoy is the brainchild and creator of The Road Hammers. He wanted to mix Blues and Southern Country Rock and put the sound into some good old-fashion truckin' music. The good thing about the album is that you don't even have to be a truck driver to appreciate the songs.

"I'm A Road Hammer" sounds like it could be an anthem of sorts for all the truck drivers out there "doing what they gotta do." The man says nothing will get out of hand as long as he is at the wheel because he's a professional. "Overdrive" is about a man who says he has to roll on to survive because truck driving is in his blood. An updated, rockin' version of Del Reeves' "Girl On The Billboard" is covered. The end of the song found me wondering just how low Jason McCoy's voice can go.

Another cover is "East Bound And Down." It doesn't sound too different from the original, but it sure does fit in with the album's overall theme. Truckers can be sentimental as proven in "Call It A Day." They know the family needs money to survive, but they long to be able to spend more time with family.

"The Hammer Goin' Down" is about a man who drove a thousand miles just to see the woman he loves. "My mind's grinding like a steel gear baby. I've got to cover some ground" he says. At the end of the album there is a reprise of "I'm A Road Hammer" & then a track entitled "Flat Tires." It consists of bloopers & out-takes.

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