You heard about the legend of Jesse James
And John Henry just to mention some names
Well there's a truck drivin' legend in the south today
A man called Bandit from Atlanta GA
Every gear jammer knows his name
They swear he’s got ice water runnin' in his veins
A foot like lead and nerves like steel
He's gonna go to glory ridin' 18 wheels
Ah honey hush
Well he left Atlanta back in '63
Haulin' him a load up to Tennessee
He hit Monteagle and it started to rain
So hard he couldn't even see the passin' lane
Well he started down the grade when he lost a gear
He reached for the brakes found he had no air
The Monteagle grade is steep and long
And everybody that seen it thought the Bandit was gone
Listen now
Well his truck jack-knifed turned completely round
He was comin' down backwards bout the speed of sound
A lot of folks seen him and they all say
He had his head out the window yellin' clear the way
Well he got to the bottom safe and sound
Everybody asked Bandit how he made it down
He said folks when the truck picked up too much speed
You heard the legend of Jesse James...
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My name is Jerry Read Smith and I have been designing, building, playing and recording Hammered Dulcimers since 1975. I also design and build Bowed Psalteries. I had maintained a Showroom (that was my workshop for a number of years) in Black Mountain, North Carolina from 1980 - 2018. During this past week a couple of things have appeared on-line that I'm finally getting around to spotlighting in this blog. The first is the announcement that the CabaRay will be the setting for an upcoming tribute to Jerry Reed. It's set to take place in a couple of months.
Well there's a truck drivin' legend in the south today
A man called Bandit from Atlanta GA
Every gear jammer knows his name
They swear he’s got ice water runnin' in his veins
A foot like lead and nerves like steel
He's gonna go to glory ridin' 18 wheels
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Ah honey hush
Well he left Atlanta back in '63
Haulin' him a load up to Tennessee
He hit Monteagle and it started to rain
So hard he couldn't even see the passin' lane
Well he started down the grade when he lost a gear
He reached for the brakes found he had no air
The Monteagle grade is steep and long
And everybody that seen it thought the Bandit was gone
Listen now
Well his truck jack-knifed turned completely round
He was comin' down backwards bout the speed of sound
A lot of folks seen him and they all say
He had his head out the window yellin' clear the way
Well he got to the bottom safe and sound
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Everybody asked Bandit how he made it down
He said folks when the truck picked up too much speed
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You heard the legend of Jesse James...