Always loved that he wrote this while they were making the movie. He went to Hal Needham (the director) and mentioned he'd written a song the night before he thought might be good to use in the movie. Played it for him, and offered to change it any way Hal might think would be good...Hal looked at him and said 'If you change ONE THING in that song, I'll never forgive you!' And just like that it became the theme for the whole movie...
Almost. The movie was already filmed, and Jerry forgot about the song. Hal asked him and he said, something like "I'll have it for you tomorrow morning." He went out drinking, and still showed up with it. Hal didn't react after hearing it, and Jerry offered to change it for him. Hal said "You change one damn note, I'll f***in kill you!"
My gradfather was a tucker for RCAT trucking, old bob drove for over 60 year, since he was 17. He had well over 7 million miles on his tucks. He finally took his last ride to heaven yesterday to be with his beautiful wife in heaven. Hes our very own bandit. And he kept his pedal to the floor until the last breath, rest easy bandit we love you, this is squeak giving you one last send off, over and out.
My big brother was a trucker for over 40 years. Tried to retire but that only lasted 5 months. We laid him to rest February 13th. I will miss him telling me stories of the road. Everytime I see a trucker I think of him. Miss you
@@Salom2015 I’m his baby sister. Thanks for replying. I miss my big brother. When we were bringing him home in the hearse, my husband and some local truckers lined up and blew their horns. He always wanted everyone to know that he was in the neighborhood. They made a ton of noise. And he road motorcycles so some friends were the escort. I always thought my brother would slide off a mountain in Utah or have a heart attack and be found in a truck stop but never in my wildest dreams come home while burglars were in his house and get shot with his own gun. But I know he is on the other side doing well cause he is with my other brother and parents. Thank you for replying and always speak out to everyone that touches your heart.
Played this song for my dad in the hospital before he passed away because I know he likes Jerry Reed. It's music both my parents and myself enjoyed. RIP dad. ❤️
I was watching the bandit who was driving the trans am I had a 2006 Honda CR-V it's top speed was 220 kmph when I turned on this song I was going like 220 kmph
The song always puts a smile on my face when I hear it. RIP "Snowman" 🙏 RIP "Bandit" 🙏 RIP "Buford T. Justice"🙏. All together on that great highway in the sky. 👍👍
This song has special meaning for me. After high school in the late 90s me and my lifetime buddy were the "go to" guys that everyone asked for help. Often times we were in over our heads but no wasn't in our vocabulary and we *always* got it done. It wasn't until years later we realized all we accomplished and adopted this song.
For those wanting the Bass Line - worked it out myself mainly on low E & A strings- using 0.75 speed as that banjo drives this song psycho fast at normal speed: Intro E(on A@7th) ED C(on E@8th) CBA AA# D(A@5th) A(E@5th) D(A@5th) walking line open low E to F# G(3rd) G (east bound...) E G(3rd) E A(5th) E A E F(1st) CC(what they say can't be done) DDD walking bass line again EF# G G E G E A E A E F D(watch that bandit run)G EEE ed (d string @2nd fret ie E, and pull off to open D, then to the C on the a string) CCC CB AABB EEEE(E back to open low E string) Guitar solo bass backing: |: E F# G G E G E A E A E F F F F D / D G / EEE ed (d string @2nd fret ie E, and pull off to open D, then to the C on the a string) CCC CB AABB EEEE(E back to open low E string) :| walking line open low E to F# G(3rd) G (east bound...) etc
This song was one my daddy and I would sing along with in the car, and we watched the movie so much we practically knew it word for word. I wish I could sing it with him one more time. Love you daddy from your baby girl.
What a lovely comment, remember young lady you can sing it alone AND HE'S UP THERE SINGIN RIGHT ALONG with you, Anytime you feel like it. Dont forget daddy is always there and listening! A-MEN, AND blessings on your day an week.
@@rileyobrien50 Then what did Waylon Jennings make then? Lol he had guitar solos in a bunch of his songs but was never considered a country "rock"singer
hell yeah, every time i have someone tell me they love country then put on some modern glam cowboy bullshit. Then I have to go load up johnny and willie.
The sync'd guitar playing in this song is otherworldly good. Many folks thought it was double-tracked, but Jerry's band guitarists would play it live like that. Friggin' extraordinary musicianship.
@@platypus3328now we have to hunt down the talented ones online ourselves. We have some amazing young musicians but if they don't look good it doesn't matter how they sound. Even most of the nice looking, talented ones are passed over for more marketable untalented ones. Ugh. I'm thankful that my daddy taught me to keep digging and mama made me nosy as hell. Lol.
I am blown away that the "Snowman' from the film wrote this song. what a talent! Smokey and the Bandit is decades overdue in my life; what a guilty pleasure to watch this for the first time in 2023. I grew up watching Dukes of Hazzard and (for better and worse) used to drive like these maniacs, earning myself the 'Dutchess of Kent' moniker before completing high school. A perfect movie that doesn't try to be about more than just people and silly caricatures. Great casting, some pretty great acting in some of the scenes, some great dialogue. With all the focus these days on fancy special effects and expensive accoutrements; this simple story feels refreshingly...human
I'm from Albania and never expected to like country music this much, but ever since hearing one of Jerry Reed's songs on the GTA5 radio station I was pleasantly surprised at how much I began loving his music. Truly melodic, incredible guitar and banjo playing.
Not many realize that although Jerry Reed had banjos, country picking on guitars, and his unique approach to writing about the common man......his music often times has a funky rock driving beat and bassline. Jerry Reed is actually fusion to a musician's ear.
@@firemanganJerry Reed doesn't align with one genre. One of his influences may include bluegrass, but there's alot more going on with Jerry Reed's music than bluegrass on it's own. Additionally, bluegrass music does NOT allow drummers or any sort of drums into their music. Whereas Jerry Reed had one of the best drummers in the business driving his sound.
Easily one of the very best songs ever written. No doubt they will still be playing and enjoying this song 300 years from now. A testament to the true talent of the great Jerry Reed!
My grandfathers favorite song, he has dementia now and his daughter stuck him in a nursing home far away from me so i come to this song every now and then to somewhat feel his presence.
This is a unique song being it was written specifically for a movie yet it became an all around hit. Kudos to the late Jerry.....a true " Good ol boy"!
In the 70’s never had been trucking before ever after watching the movie and hearing Jerry singing during the movie all was crystal clear. Truckers we thank you for all that you do. Keep that diesel trucking stay safe❤
A friend of mine died last week. May he stomp the pedal while the song is playing on his way to heaven. Rest in peace brother. He was trucking from the age of 18, we lost him at the young age of 22. I miss him. We weren't that close but he was a real man
i watched our vhs copy every single time i was out of school sick as a child..my absolute favorite film.ever made..my.daddy was a diesel.mechanic my little brother is a trucker..keep grabbin them gears bro!
Smokey and The Bandit was my favorite movie when I was a child! It's crazy that I still remember every lyric from this song after 30 years of not hearing it! EAST BOUND AND DOWN LOAD IT UP AND TRUCKIN! WE GONNA DO WHAT THEY SAY CAN'T BE DONE! WE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO AND A SHORT TIME TO GET THERE IM BEAST DOWN JUST WATCHING BANDIT RUN!
I know one of two truckers and my dad said he grew up on. A farm 😂 probably a very small one yet he talked about milking the cows so idk... ❤ But we always love the song 18 Wheeler by Alabama 🎉
thank you for the respect Im a 3rd generation gearjammer I haven"t drove in 5yrs due to cancer it means alot to read this so keep the shinny side up and rubber side keep them eyes and ears open dont feed the bears its against the law. I"ll see ya down the trail my Handle is Bigshot
I will never forget. Captain Ellis played this song over the 1-MC, leaving Subic Bay in 1990. Headed home for Christmas in the States. Awsome choice, Skipper!
Smokey and the Bandit is a brilliant movie. The whole thing seems so spontaneous and add libbed but it's not. "Oh I love your suits. It must be a bitch to get a 68 extra fat and a 12 dwarf"
@Self sufficient Traditionalist if that was the basset hound, yes. I keep wanting to call it Flash, but then correct myself, and say, no, that's Duke's of Hazzard.
@SRP3572 Breaker 1-9. This here's Chatty Chap and I'm puttin' that hammer down in my pumpkin orange Toyota MR2 in the petrolheads' gaming dream that is Gran Turismo 7! Anybody out there copy, over?
My grandfathers favorite song, he was recently abandoned and put in a nursing home by his daughter and wife far away from me so i come to this song every now and then to somewhat feel his presence.
Jerry was one of the greatest guitar legends that ever was. Wish the music world (outside of country) would have given him the credit he truly deserved. That man was born to play. God bless ya Jerry and thank you!
Totally agree. I'm not a country music fan, either -- but I love this song! Just goes to show how good it is. And as you said, the guitar solo is outta sight. 🎸👍
Same! But this song randomly pops in my head when I’m driving my dad’s old 85 gmc s15 lol. That truck just makes me wanna jam this song so I had to search it and find out who sang it. This definitely a timeless classic!
This is such a good song. I mean, I was a 20yr old metalhead from the nordics, and still had this as my ringtone for years. My long haired friend gave me shit for it but didn't care. 😅
Lifelong metalhead here, huge fan of death metal, black metal, grindcore, heavy thrash, but there's something about this kind of country music that gets the heart going a different way then metal does. Metal makes me want to run a mile and punch a brick wall, while this makes me want to drive 120 mph down a dirt road with the bois
I always put this song in Need For Speed Most Wanted in the Last Pursuit,This inspires more that the boring paul linford sleepy piece of music,if remaster NFSMW use this master piece it inspires you to escape from the level 6 federall undercover corvettes and Heavy SUV´s and escaping from Cross XD
Miss you Jerry and Burt too. Part of my childhood young adult life. Thanks for all the Good times. What a team. Great helluva team together. God bless them both. 🇺🇸
I just happened to watch two movies this week for the first time that had Jerry Reed in both of them. I didn't know he was in either one till I watched them. Concrete Cowboys and The Survivors. The name sounded familiar so I looked him up, I'll be on the look out for his albums now. I know I've seen some of them out looking places before, but I wasn't sure who he was until now.
From the FIRST NOTE of this song, Smokey and the Bandit was a hit movie for me. Yeah, it was the song that drew me in. Maybe if I live long enough to become senile I'll forget the lyrics to it. But I'm 54 years old, sooo.................not just yet.
East bound and down, loaded up and truckin' A-we 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 ol' "Bandit" run Keep your foot hard on the pedal Son, never mind them brakes Let it all hang out 'cause we got a run to make The boys are thirsty in Atlanta And there's beer in Texarkana And we'll bring it back no matter what it takes East bound and down, loaded up and truckin' A-we 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 ol' "Bandit" run East bound and down, loaded up and truckin' A-we 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 ol' "Bandit" run Ol' Smokey's got them ears on He's hot on your trail And he aint gonna rest 'til you're in jail So you got to dodge 'im and you got to duck 'im You got to keep that diesel truckin' Just put that hammer down and give it hell East bound and down, loaded up and truckin' A-we 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 ol' "Bandit" run
Reminds me of when I used to drive from Milwaukee to Illinois at night. I was a lone 1991 Toyota Tercel sharing the road with 15 big rigs. I felt like ol Smokey
Herry Reed crossed the color line whether he knew it or not. As a kid I remember running with my toy trans am all over the house whenever this song came on.
Wife and I got married 13 yrs ago. Was also the 30th anniversary of Smokey and the Bandit. Now movie is 43 yrs old Wife and I 13 yrs and still growing strong!
The best part of the soundtrack is the continuity in the movie. When Bandit and Snowman are heading down to Texarkana, TX, they're going westbound, which is why you hear "Westbound and Down" near the beginning of the movie. But later on when they find the truck convoy, they are going back to the Fairgrounds in Atlanta, GA, meaning they're going eastbound, so "Eastbound and Down" is playing. There's both an eastbound and westbound version of the song, because it tells us the direction they are travelling across the US at that time, "Westbound and Down" for heading to pick up the 400 cases of Coors Beer, and "Eastbound and Down" for when they are heading back to Atlanta to deliver the goods. Excellent continuity in the soundtrack.
Fun Fact:Coors was never illegal East of the Mississippi River. They don't use preservatives in their beer & didn't have any breweries affiliated with the Coors corporation until the early 80s which is why they didn't sell the beer too far east. I was 15 or so when Coors became available in Tennessee so my Dad didn't have to buy it when we visited family in Oklahoma.
Infotainmentstation2487. I agree about the movie and I watch it every time it's on. The car, though, is another thing. My 18-year-old son came sliding in the driveway sideways to show me his new car. I just about had a stroke!! 😂😂😂😂 He had watched that d*mned movie too many times and was practicing all the moves. 😂😂😂😂😂 I did have a good laugh, though, after he left.
This song made me become a big country Musik fan! I still get goosebumps when I watch the movie... Back then with my dad, today with my son... and snowman overtakes the convoy. Big love from Germany 🇩🇪 rip Jerry and Burt
@@garyreed6237In Germany, these movies are called „Ein ausgekochtes Schlitzohr“. Though I only watched the first movie, it's one of the coolest movies I've ever seen
Bandit and. Snowman... :) I saw this movie, when I was 15 and felt in love with this, movie and songs.. now.. I am 51 and still, cant get enough from this movie and those songs.. some things... never die.
@@francismiller7615 And Jackie too. You Kno you forget because they don't show him in the video. My bad. He's a legend too and I dearly miss him too. God bless 🇺🇸✝️ Jackie ✝️Burt✝️ Jerry ✝️ 🇺🇸 RIP All✝️ Gone but will Never be forgotten ✝️ 🇺🇸
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Always loved that he wrote this while they were making the movie. He went to Hal Needham (the director) and mentioned he'd written a song the night before he thought might be good to use in the movie. Played it for him, and offered to change it any way Hal might think would be good...Hal looked at him and said 'If you change ONE THING in that song, I'll never forgive you!' And just like that it became the theme for the whole movie...
Breaker 1-9, Breaker 1-9....
@@allthekingshorses7178 Snowman! You got your ears on?!
Great story! And Hal was right -- the song is perfect as it is! 🎵👍
Almost. The movie was already filmed, and Jerry forgot about the song. Hal asked him and he said, something like "I'll have it for you tomorrow morning." He went out drinking, and still showed up with it. Hal didn't react after hearing it, and Jerry offered to change it for him. Hal said "You change one damn note, I'll f***in kill you!"
@@allthekingshorses7178 Breaker, breaker, got a picture taker. Smokey's at the forty-three.
I miss those days. I think I was in eighth or ninth grade.
My gradfather was a tucker for RCAT trucking, old bob drove for over 60 year, since he was 17. He had well over 7 million miles on his tucks. He finally took his last ride to heaven yesterday to be with his beautiful wife in heaven. Hes our very own bandit. And he kept his pedal to the floor until the last breath, rest easy bandit we love you, this is squeak giving you one last send off, over and out.
Rest in peace, I'm sorry for your loss
such a great sendoff, i'm sure he would not want it any other way!
God bless and your ole Bandit, no dang smokeys gonna catch him there.❤
God bless 🙌
Rest his soul and may he rest in peace. god Bless Him and you and your family
My big brother was a trucker for over 40 years. Tried to retire but that only lasted 5 months. We laid him to rest February 13th. I will miss him telling me stories of the road. Everytime I see a trucker I think of him. Miss you
I know your pain, man
@@Salom2015 I’m his baby sister. Thanks for replying. I miss my big brother. When we were bringing him home in the hearse, my husband and some local truckers lined up and blew their horns. He always wanted everyone to know that he was in the neighborhood. They made a ton of noise. And he road motorcycles so some friends were the escort. I always thought my brother would slide off a mountain in Utah or have a heart attack and be found in a truck stop but never in my wildest dreams come home while burglars were in his house and get shot with his own gun. But I know he is on the other side doing well cause he is with my other brother and parents. Thank you for replying and always speak out to everyone that touches your heart.
@@kemsturm606
We will watch smokey and the bandit in his honor
@@Designer_TopG Thank you so much. I know he would like that.
Sorry for your loss my dad was a trucker for as long as I could remember he used to take me with him when I was younger
Played this song for my dad in the hospital before he passed away because I know he likes Jerry Reed. It's music both my parents and myself enjoyed. RIP dad. ❤️
I was watching the bandit who was driving the trans am I had a 2006 Honda CR-V it's top speed was 220 kmph when I turned on this song I was going like 220 kmph
@@mfhm443 rest in peace❤
I remember my dad and I listening to this song in the 70's. He died in the 80's, but it's still our comeback song to this day.
@@qazzell shut up idiot u don't know good memories with this song u idiot
❤🩹
The song always puts a smile on my face when I hear it. RIP "Snowman" 🙏 RIP "Bandit" 🙏 RIP "Buford T. Justice"🙏. All together on that great highway in the sky. 👍👍
"PUT THE EVIDENCE IN THE CAR SON!"
Nobody makes a possums peker out of Burford T Justice
I grew up with the Bandit.
Damn the world has changed - and for the worse.
Fred
1973- 1988
''RIP''
@@1986SSMONTECARLO Fred noooo!
Killer song 2024 still sounds great❤
18 Wheeler…. roll on roll on roll on 🦋🦋♾️🔥🔥🔥🥰🔐💪🏽🥂❤️
👍👍
That guitar solo is 🔥
that it is
This song has special meaning for me. After high school in the late 90s me and my lifetime buddy were the "go to" guys that everyone asked for help. Often times we were in over our heads but no wasn't in our vocabulary and we *always* got it done. It wasn't until years later we realized all we accomplished and adopted this song.
For those wanting the Bass Line - worked it out myself mainly on low E & A strings- using 0.75 speed as that banjo drives this song psycho fast at normal speed:
Intro E(on A@7th) ED C(on E@8th) CBA AA# D(A@5th) A(E@5th) D(A@5th)
walking line open low E to F# G(3rd) G (east bound...) E G(3rd) E A(5th) E A E F(1st) CC(what they say can't be done) DDD
walking bass line again EF# G G E G E A E A E F D(watch that bandit run)G
EEE ed (d string @2nd fret ie E, and pull off to open D, then to the C on the a string) CCC CB AABB EEEE(E back to open low E string)
Guitar solo bass backing:
|: E F# G G E G E A E A E F F F F D / D G / EEE ed (d string @2nd fret ie E, and pull off to open D, then to the C on the a string) CCC CB AABB EEEE(E back to open low E string) :|
walking line open low E to F# G(3rd) G (east bound...) etc
I cooked a pizza on it because it’s so 🔥🔥🔥
Totally agree -- that guitar solo is awesome. 🎸👍
The one Jerry Reed song EVERYBODY knows. I saw him in concert in 1985 and he ended the show with this song.
lucky you
Great story 👍
Amos Moses & When you're Hot, You're Hot, also familiar and instantly recognizable
cool!
You can tell how popular a song is by when it's played during the concert.
They're going to make you wait for the really good stuff.
Did a coors beer load today, this was played
I still can’t believe this man wrote this song in one night. It’s amazing
truckers truck bruh Who you think drove that rig in the Bandit?
He did what they said can't be done.
He was a good man of our LORD.
When inspiration hits, you just gotta take that ride!
This song is like fine wine and cheese, it just gets better with age
Joel Brunswick very true but ironically, it’s best enjoyed with a black Trans Am, a Dr Pepper and a Diablo sandwich from a choke and puke.
@@brian5o "you in a hurry officer?"
What about putting provolone in your socks
You ain't never lied!
AMEN
Still jamming in 2023 we miss you Bandit Snowman and Smokey. Rest in peace Jackie Gleason Burt Reynolds and Jerry Reed.
those were the good days.
oh my goodness yes we are. we are loaded up and TRUCKING
amen
Still here in 2024 this song is timeless
And in 2024! 34501 mph forever. I don't mean millimeters.
This song was one my daddy and I would sing along with in the car, and we watched the movie so much we practically knew it word for word. I wish I could sing it with him one more time. Love you daddy from your baby girl.
What a lovely comment, remember young lady you can sing it alone AND HE'S UP THERE SINGIN RIGHT ALONG with you, Anytime you feel like it. Dont forget daddy is always there and listening!
A-MEN, AND blessings on your day an week.
AYO
@@sadpotato5803 lmao I thought the same thing
Same
You know that you enjoy a movie when you know the script for every part & play a different role each time that you watch it.
100% real country music
111want Jerry to come with please
Old school country music
@@rileyobrien50
Then what did Waylon Jennings make then? Lol he had guitar solos in a bunch of his songs but was never considered a country "rock"singer
hell yeah, every time i have someone tell me they love country then put on some modern glam cowboy bullshit. Then I have to go load up johnny and willie.
YEEEHAW
It's 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses.
Hit it!
Wrong movie
Blues brothers; "We're on a mission from God"
Hit it.
Bro take me with you
The sync'd guitar playing in this song is otherworldly good. Many folks thought it was double-tracked, but Jerry's band guitarists would play it live like that. Friggin' extraordinary musicianship.
It ain't braggin' if you really can do it.
This was written and recorded in a time when musicians had to be relatively talented to get airtime or any kind of recognition. Those were the days…
Thanks for this comment. I was trying to figure out if it was double tracked or a harmonizer pedal or something.
@@platypus3328now we have to hunt down the talented ones online ourselves.
We have some amazing young musicians but if they don't look good it doesn't matter how they sound.
Even most of the nice looking, talented ones are passed over for more marketable untalented ones. Ugh.
I'm thankful that my daddy taught me to keep digging and mama made me nosy as hell. Lol.
That movie would not be the same without Bufford T. Justice😆
"Lemme have a Diablo sandwich and a Dr Pepper, make it fast, I'm in a goddamn hurry."
“There’s no way, NO WAY, you could come from my loins. When we get home I’m gonna punch yo momma in the mouth.” Haha
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂@@njohnson942
Yall showing your age 😂
@@Grannymadeit 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I’m not a country guy, but man, this man’s mellifluous voice and that guitar solo are simply mesmerizing
He tau5himself his style is called the Claw
The BANDIT, SNOWMAN, (And FRED) Reunited in HEAVEN............
(And THAT'S A BIG 10-4)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Im gonna get you!!! you SUM BITCH !!!😂
smokey bear is along tail grabbin their asses
what tune great film from the great jerry reed
This is the country I'd listen to if it was on the radio growing up
The music you listen to when you’re going 90 in a 40.
Smokey bear gonna git ya
Or gut-reving a Chrystler Pacifica at 105 on the interstate to beat the hurricane.
🤣🤣🤣
Oh no son this is the song you listen to when you're doin 140 MPH ina 55 zone Yee haw sombitches...!
@@tv0039, you’re right! Gotta pump those numbers up.
Jerry Reed was one really great musician. With an 'all caution to the wind' attitude, don't be fooled, the man could play.
When country was country ❤
I love Jerry Reed
I am blown away that the "Snowman' from the film wrote this song. what a talent! Smokey and the Bandit is decades overdue in my life; what a guilty pleasure to watch this for the first time in 2023. I grew up watching Dukes of Hazzard and (for better and worse) used to drive like these maniacs, earning myself the 'Dutchess of Kent' moniker before completing high school. A perfect movie that doesn't try to be about more than just people and silly caricatures. Great casting, some pretty great acting in some of the scenes, some great dialogue. With all the focus these days on fancy special effects and expensive accoutrements; this simple story feels refreshingly...human
I'm from Albania and never expected to like country music this much, but ever since hearing one of Jerry Reed's songs on the GTA5 radio station I was pleasantly surprised at how much I began loving his music. Truly melodic, incredible guitar and banjo playing.
Check out Red Sovine - Phantom 309 👍🏻
@@Akcd11r2002 Thanks for the suggestion! I like the sound of it, it's a lot slower than Jerry Reed's work but still has a similar vibe, I like it.
The genre is actually called bluegrass, country is a lot more soothing and less stimulating.
Not many realize that although Jerry Reed had banjos, country picking on guitars, and his unique approach to writing about the common man......his music often times has a funky rock driving beat and bassline. Jerry Reed is actually fusion to a musician's ear.
@@firemanganJerry Reed doesn't align with one genre. One of his influences may include bluegrass, but there's alot more going on with Jerry Reed's music than bluegrass on it's own. Additionally, bluegrass music does NOT allow drummers or any sort of drums into their music. Whereas Jerry Reed had one of the best drummers in the business driving his sound.
Easily one of the very best songs ever written. No doubt they will still be playing and enjoying this song 300 years from now. A testament to the true talent of the great Jerry Reed!
How are you doing today
Its timeless
R.I.P Burt Reynolds (Bandit) and Jerry Reed (Snowman).
Im 45 watched all these films and never knew the snowman sung this what a good voice he had
respect man respet
Don't forget Sheriff Buford T. Justice played by the late Jackie Gleason (RIP).
We forgot jackie gleason (bufford t justice) they all will be missed. Been missing jackie since 1987. R.I.p.
They are in heaven together
For the good old American life: For the money, for the glory, and for the fun... mostly for the money.
💰 🤑 💸
In god we trust everybody else pays cash
🎉🎉🎉😂
@@tonycervz89I’m done with you ❤❤❤❤💪🏽♾️🦋♾️🙏🏾
My grandfathers favorite song, he has dementia now and his daughter stuck him in a nursing home far away from me so i come to this song every now and then to somewhat feel his presence.
"but officer, East Bound and Down was playing"
I have a 1966 ford fairlane with a self installed 429 ford motor.. can listen to this music at 100 mph ..i will have 89 candles next month.
@@ChamenAberdeen you're a blessed one brother man
Understood keep it greasy side down.
@@ChamenAberdeen You are a legend.
Pretty sure this song makes you immune to being caught
This is a unique song being it was written specifically for a movie yet it became an all around hit. Kudos to the late Jerry.....a true " Good ol boy"!
In the 70’s never had been trucking before ever after watching the movie and hearing Jerry singing during the movie all was crystal clear. Truckers we thank you for all that you do. Keep that diesel trucking stay safe❤
A friend of mine died last week. May he stomp the pedal while the song is playing on his way to heaven. Rest in peace brother. He was trucking from the age of 18, we lost him at the young age of 22. I miss him. We weren't that close but he was a real man
😢
No matter how many times Smoky and the Bandit comes on the TV. I watch it and I love it. I never get tired of it. It's one of my favorites!😅
Same here. It’s a really entertaining film!!
i watched our vhs copy every single time i was out of school sick as a child..my absolute favorite film.ever made..my.daddy was a diesel.mechanic my little brother is a trucker..keep grabbin them gears bro!
Smokey and The Bandit was my favorite movie when I was a child! It's crazy that I still remember every lyric from this song after 30 years of not hearing it!
EAST BOUND AND DOWN LOAD IT UP AND TRUCKIN! WE GONNA DO WHAT THEY SAY CAN'T BE DONE! WE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO AND A SHORT TIME
TO GET THERE IM BEAST DOWN JUST WATCHING BANDIT RUN!
Being a over the road trucker I played this at least once every time coming up from Miami to NY its classic tune wish I grew up in this era
What part of NY? I live in NY as well in Buffalo, great classic, wish I was around for this. Sadly I'm only 21...
I have been driving for almost 40 years things were a lot different then I grew up in those days
Chris Toy same here
Chris Toy Ha! You weren’t going East or west.
Samantha Wankasky Every kid in of the 70’s and 80’s loved the movie and this tune. You missed a great time in America.
Truckers are just as important as farmers IMO, i don't know any of either but they have my full respect 👏👏
I know one of two truckers and my dad said he grew up on. A farm 😂 probably a very small one yet he talked about milking the cows so idk... ❤ But we always love the song 18 Wheeler by Alabama 🎉
What’s more important to making the car go, the engine or the transmission? Neither are going anywhere without tires lol.
@@reidboggs4344 really dude 😎
thank you for the respect Im a 3rd generation gearjammer I haven"t drove in 5yrs due to cancer it means alot to read this so keep the shinny side up and rubber side keep them eyes and ears open dont feed the bears its against the law. I"ll see ya down the trail my Handle is Bigshot
@@davidjohns3849 hope you're well my friend 👍
I will never forget. Captain Ellis played this song over the 1-MC, leaving Subic Bay in 1990. Headed home for Christmas in the States. Awsome choice, Skipper!
Smokey and the Bandit is a brilliant movie. The whole thing seems so spontaneous and add libbed but it's not. "Oh I love your suits. It must be a bitch to get a 68 extra fat and a 12 dwarf"
What was the name of the dog? I really loved that dog!!
@Self sufficient Traditionalist if that was the basset hound, yes. I keep wanting to call it Flash, but then correct myself, and say, no, that's Duke's of Hazzard.
Alicia Fisher Fred
Every time I hear this song, I want to get in my car, and drive like the Bandit
@@AliciapTexas the dogs name was Fred.
There is Ride of the Valkyires.
This is Ride of the Truckers.
"Hee haw to ho ya!" Opera fans and country fans will get this. Since I'm the only one who is both, I get it.
NAH either CONVOY OR WEST BOUND AND DOWN ARE TRUCKER ONE.
Hell yeah
That's a big 10-4 good buddy
@SRP3572 Breaker 1-9. This here's Chatty Chap and I'm puttin' that hammer down in my pumpkin orange Toyota MR2 in the petrolheads' gaming dream that is Gran Turismo 7! Anybody out there copy, over?
My grandfathers favorite song, he was recently abandoned and put in a nursing home by his daughter and wife far away from me so i come to this song every now and then to somewhat feel his presence.
Jerry was one of the greatest guitar legends that ever was.
Wish the music world (outside of country) would have given him the credit he truly deserved.
That man was born to play. God bless ya Jerry and thank you!
Jerry. Roy Clark. Glen Campbell. Rock guitarists get SO much love, but these guys were ridiculously talented.
@@kengaroo67 true true
My son is addicted to this song! He wasn't even born till 2011!
Real Zman stuff! Phenom!
You're doing it right
wikid nice its something cool for a change
I watch all three movies everyday XD
My dad showed me Smokey and the bandit and I love this song and I was born in 2008 this is a great song
I will never get sick of this song.❤❤
I woke up this morning with this song stuck in my head.
It’s going to be a great day 😄
Me to.... i need to take a 10-100
You know it
Watch out for Buford T justice that SUMBICTH dont give up 😂
One of the best Country songs EVER!
I am not a country music fan but this song is legendary - love it! (The solo is blazing)
Totally agree. I'm not a country music fan, either -- but I love this song! Just goes to show how good it is. And as you said, the guitar solo is outta sight. 🎸👍
Find Jerry Reed’s song The Claw.
you don't have to love country music to know what is good faring love .
I'm Black and listen to rap music...some songs are universal
Same! But this song randomly pops in my head when I’m driving my dad’s old 85 gmc s15 lol. That truck just makes me wanna jam this song so I had to search it and find out who sang it. This definitely a timeless classic!
This is such a good song. I mean, I was a 20yr old metalhead from the nordics, and still had this as my ringtone for years. My long haired friend gave me shit for it but didn't care. 😅
As an Australian who thinks most American music (/tv and movies) are fckn corny, I can relate mate. 👍
Lifelong metalhead here, huge fan of death metal, black metal, grindcore, heavy thrash, but there's something about this kind of country music that gets the heart going a different way then metal does. Metal makes me want to run a mile and punch a brick wall, while this makes me want to drive 120 mph down a dirt road with the bois
One of the greatest guitarists that ever lived.
You can tell when Jerry Reed is on the instruments. No doubt about it.
Excellent Bango playing!
Truckers love song 😅 much appreciation to all the truckers out there ❤️❤️
I miss this music!
I blasted this in my way on a beer run after the COVID curfew. The cops never caught me.
10/10 Recommended!
how did they never put spike strips
Did you grab a Diablah sandwich, a Doctah Peppah and did they make it quick because you in a got damn hurry?
bad ass man
Bandit style how those smokey
I always put this song in Need For Speed Most Wanted in the Last Pursuit,This inspires more that the boring paul linford sleepy piece of music,if remaster NFSMW use this master piece it inspires you to escape from the level 6 federall undercover corvettes and Heavy SUV´s and escaping from Cross XD
Miss you Jerry and Burt too. Part of my childhood young adult life. Thanks for all the Good times. What a team. Great helluva team together. God bless them both. 🇺🇸
WE GOIN 90 ON THE SHOULDER WITH THIS ONE 💯💯🔥🔥
Well its sad to say but at least the snowman can be reunited with the bandit!!!! 😭
From icons to legends. RIP
@@trumpneedstodiealongwithidiots RIP
its still sad, atleast we have their movies and their songs to remeber them by
And sheriff justice
@@jawd1203 "this is bufford T Justice and i am gonna get you for speeding right through them gates"
Thank God for Truckers and for FREEDOM!!!
Everything that built my home and everything in it spent some time on a truck, they literally move the world.
🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
Agreed
I don't even listen to country but this is really good👏🏽👌🏽
Greetings from Germany🇩🇪👋🏽
Every genre have their golden songs.
Was your great uncle the guy who killed Hitler?
@@lokitmg4123 He was😌👌🏽
@@lokitmg4123 lmao
Oz hi
I'm an Aussie trucker and this song seriously peps me up 👍👌
What kind truck you drive ? Like a some american truck or :)
@@OCEANheadJ12 yes I drive kenworths,freightliners, scanias and Mercedes Benzs,👍👍🇦🇺🇦🇺
@@robertwood8123 oh nice alrght 😎💪🏻
I just happened to watch two movies this week for the first time that had Jerry Reed in both of them. I didn't know he was in either one till I watched them. Concrete Cowboys and The Survivors. The name sounded familiar so I looked him up, I'll be on the look out for his albums now. I know I've seen some of them out looking places before, but I wasn't sure who he was until now.
from a rock guy.. best country song ever from legendary jerry reed!
Richard White I am 40 and this is a pure country classic masterpiece.
He was a good man
listen to some Colter wall or Shawn James (cash is also a recomendation)
What about the Devil went down to Georgia?
@@williame1158 that’s good but this is great
GO CANADA!!! You Beautiful truckers you beautiful people THANK YOU! Infinite Love from Massachusetts. America? Let’s GO!
Hahaha!!! CONVOY!!!
From the FIRST NOTE of this song, Smokey and the Bandit was a hit movie for me. Yeah, it was the song that drew me in. Maybe if I live long enough to become senile I'll forget the lyrics to it. But I'm 54 years old, sooo.................not just yet.
God bless the eastbound and down drivers who delivered the TP during the pandemic.
East bound and down, loaded up and truckin'
A-we 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 ol' "Bandit" run
Keep your foot hard on the pedal
Son, never mind them brakes
Let it all hang out 'cause we got a run to make
The boys are thirsty in Atlanta
And there's beer in Texarkana
And we'll bring it back no matter what it takes
East bound and down, loaded up and truckin'
A-we 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 ol' "Bandit" run
East bound and down, loaded up and truckin'
A-we 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 ol' "Bandit" run
Ol' Smokey's got them ears on
He's hot on your trail
And he aint gonna rest 'til you're in jail
So you got to dodge 'im and you got to duck 'im
You got to keep that diesel truckin'
Just put that hammer down and give it hell
East bound and down, loaded up and truckin'
A-we 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 ol' "Bandit" run
Thanks !
@@raymondtindell8339 👌
How 2 git liek:
1. Go to music video
2. Look up lyrics for that song
3. Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V
4. Profit
I hate that this is true
@@fax5official 😁😁
Truer words have never been sung and written like this. Rip Snow and the bandit
Miss you too Jerry Reed, thank you for your infectious laugh and music
I used to watch "Smokey & the Bandit" with my dad. We both loved it. One of those great dad/daughter memories. Miss you Dad.
Reminds me of when I used to drive from Milwaukee to Illinois at night. I was a lone 1991 Toyota Tercel sharing the road with 15 big rigs. I felt like ol Smokey
Gotta love a Tercel.
Dukes of hazard, Smokey and the bandit, General Lee!! Raised right!❤️
I’m black from the hood and this is my pump me up song in the morning!
Hey this music is colorless and timeless
Me2 Lil my jam
Get you a rebel flag and complete the mood son!
LOL, I’d assume you close the windows😂
@@DeathSierra117 What an incredibly insensitive thing to say
*Me* : -->Same day delivery
*Amazon delivery guy* :
Lol
Same day delivery at 11:30pm
..And its ordered from the other side of the world: ruclips.net/video/IheIiG_TPcs/видео.html
Ordering german beer to atlanta
Why haven’t they made an ad with this song I almost might buy from those job and markets thieves
Almost
Nastiest guitar solo in all of country music
That's a banjo, but it does rip
You must mean the solo between 0.56 -1.42 and that was a pretty darned good guitar interlude.
Herry Reed crossed the color line whether he knew it or not. As a kid I remember running with my toy trans am all over the house whenever this song came on.
@Luke Becker look at your keyboard, innocent mistake
I was with my dad trucking the other day going 92 on high way 40. Through Tennessee in his 2010 Volvo!
92in a truck? 😂
👮♂️🚓
@@victormendoza871 Hey: Snowman got his truck to go _past_ its maximum speedometer reading of "80", so it must be possible!
@@TheCarson116 lol the joke wasn’t that the truck CANT
Achieve that speed
It’s that the 2010 Volvo Mac truck should not be going that fast in general
@@victormendoza871 Speed-limit-wise yes: always a chance it could go that speed regardless anyway (& it apparently did).
@@TheCarson116 makes no sense but to you bud
Just a Classic!! What year do ytou think Smokey and the Bandit was made? I grew up on it... i guessed '80-'82
1977 !! WOW im old!
This song always puts a smile on my face. 🙂
Wife and I got married 13 yrs ago. Was also the 30th anniversary of Smokey and the Bandit.
Now movie is 43 yrs old
Wife and I 13 yrs and still growing strong!
My dog couldn’t have bit you, he don’t like grease
Conn grats
@@red---paulvanravenswaay2247As of 2024, Smokey and the Bandit is 47 years old. Blimey!
The first time I saw that TA pull out of bandit 2, my heart stopped. 😲😍
Both my parents taking the time & responsibility to expose me to the classics growing up AND Ford brought me here!!!!!
The Ford comercial?
The movie brought me here
the greatest trucking semi song of all time y all never gits old.........ever
This song ALWAYS brings a smile to my face. One of the best times to be alive. No cell phone, social media, feminism, and all that other BS.
Just a good black Trans-Am and a Truck. What other things does a man need?
Feminism predates this film by a good century or so
@@frakiristan787 You're right. His timeline is off! Besides, feminism has nothing to do with this song.
Back then "blowing a tranny" meant you were having car trouble.
I'm Dedicating to Fred -
1973 - 1990
''RIP''
The best part of the soundtrack is the continuity in the movie.
When Bandit and Snowman are heading down to Texarkana, TX, they're going westbound, which is why you hear "Westbound and Down" near the beginning of the movie. But later on when they find the truck convoy, they are going back to the Fairgrounds in Atlanta, GA, meaning they're going eastbound, so "Eastbound and Down" is playing. There's both an eastbound and westbound version of the song, because it tells us the direction they are travelling across the US at that time, "Westbound and Down" for heading to pick up the 400 cases of Coors Beer, and "Eastbound and Down" for when they are heading back to Atlanta to deliver the goods.
Excellent continuity in the soundtrack.
Now I want to bootleg Coors to Atlanta.
Fun Fact:Coors was never illegal East of the Mississippi River.
They don't use preservatives in their beer & didn't have any breweries affiliated with the Coors corporation until the early 80s which is why they didn't sell the beer too far east.
I was 15 or so when Coors became available in Tennessee so my Dad didn't have to buy it when we visited family in Oklahoma.
@@doughesson I lived in Oklahoma most of my life until moving to Colorado.
Bradley Juby hell yeah
From Texarkana?
napalm5 Exactly.
I'm 16 years old, but this movie is by far my favorite
Sup i do to
I love this song
Same
CLASSIC! love smokey and the bandit - the Pontiac Firebird is one of gods greatest creations! WOW
Infotainmentstation2487. I agree about the movie and I watch it every time it's on. The car, though, is another thing. My 18-year-old son came sliding in the driveway sideways to show me his new car. I just about had a stroke!! 😂😂😂😂 He had watched that d*mned movie too many times and was practicing all the moves. 😂😂😂😂😂 I did have a good laugh, though, after he left.
The Snowman ⛄️ Cledus Snow!!! RIP Jerry Reed!!!!
10-4, put the hummer down!
This song made me become a big country Musik fan! I still get goosebumps when I watch the movie... Back then with my dad, today with my son... and snowman overtakes the convoy. Big love from Germany 🇩🇪 rip Jerry and Burt
This is the sound of America. Glad you Duetsch like it to 👍👍👍
@@garyreed6237In Germany, these movies are called „Ein ausgekochtes Schlitzohr“. Though I only watched the first movie, it's one of the coolest movies I've ever seen
Bandit and. Snowman... :) I saw this movie, when I was 15 and felt in love with this, movie and songs.. now.. I am 51 and still, cant get enough from this movie and those songs.. some things... never die.
It’s damn near funny
If this ain’t played at my funeral I ain’t going😒
RIP Jerry and Burt 🇺🇸
And Jackie!
@@francismiller7615 And Jackie too. You Kno you forget because they don't show him in the video. My bad. He's a legend too and I dearly miss him too. God bless 🇺🇸✝️ Jackie ✝️Burt✝️ Jerry ✝️ 🇺🇸 RIP All✝️ Gone but will Never be forgotten ✝️ 🇺🇸
I am sure they already had beer in Atlanta!
JET IT UP
The movie this song was in was one the first and still one of the best.
We. Are. Getting. Older. But. It. Been. Fun
Takes me back to my child hood , good old days long past , seems like just a long lost memory in these dark days
Hell yea brother!
I can't drive to this song , just the beat of the song makes me out the peddle to the floor .
exactly