Song of the Day: East Bound and Down by Jerry Reed


Hey, it’s Hal Needham’s birthday.  What other song could we go with?

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

Writer(s): Jerry Hubbard Reed, Dick Feller

Song of the Day: The Day Is My Enemy by The Prodigy


Just as I did last year on this date, I’m picking today’s song of the day as much for the video as the song.  By combining one of The Prodigy’s best songs with scenes from George Miller’s best film, whoever put this video together did a wonderful job!

Song of the Day: Reach Out (I’ll Be There) by The Four Tops


A friend of mine recently watched Cooley High for the first time.  We both agreed that the film ends on two powerful musical notes, first with It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye playing over the scenes of Cochise’s funeral and then with today’s song of the day playing over the scenes of Preach literally running towards his future.

Here is Reach Out (I’ll Be There) by The Four Tops.

Song of the Day: The Fool On The Hill, performed by Joe Pesci


It’s often forgotten that, before he became an award-winning actor, Joe Pesci pursued careers as both a stand-up comedian and a singer.  Here he is, performing a lounge version of The Beatles’ Fool On The Hill for his 1968 album, Little Joe Sure Can Sing!

Song of the Day: When We Was Fab by George Harrison


George Harrison would have been 83 years old today.  He was taken from us at far too young a age and it only feels appropriate that he should provide today’s song of the day.

When We Was Fab was the last track from Harrison’s 1987 album, Cloud Nine.  The song is a reflection on his time with the Beatles and Ringo Starr, the one Beatle that never seemed to hold a grudge against anyone else in the band, plays on it.

It is true that almost every solo album from a former Beatle had to have one song that looked back on the days of Beatlemania but why shouldn’t they?  If I had been a member of the Beatles, I would have bragged about it too.