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This is the theme song of the movie Smokey And The Bandit, in which Jerry Reed co-starred with Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, and Jackie Gleason. The song basically tells the complete plot of the movie. (thanks, Julian - Oakland, AR)
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The point of the beer being in Texarkana is that iot was Coors, which, in the l;ate 70's, could not be distributed east of the MIssissippi River due to its alcohol content. It was considered bootlegging to take the beer from Texarkana to Atlanta.
Also, early on in the film, the lyrics to the first stanza of the chorus were changed slightly to "Westbound and down, eighteen wheels are rollin'" in keeping with the "Greek Chorus" theme of the song telling the story.
- Brian, Chicago area, IL
I don't understand how "duck 'em" could ever be misheard as "doble." They don't even sound remotely alike. Doesn't particularly matter though, this is a fun song by an often underrated singer. Too bad though, I often misheard it when people would say "Jerry Reed," I thought they were saying "British Pickle Monster," Jay Leno owns one of them too.
- Jas, Clifton, TX
Jerry Reed made a number of films with Burt including this series and "Gator". He even has a cameo in "Stroker Ace" during the blooper reel.
- allen, chicago, IL
The thing that may surprise a lot of people is that Jerry could play a MEAN guitar.
Yes, he could be funny, especially on the likes of this and "Amos Moses," but that old Cajun could really tear it up.
- oldpink, New Castle, IN
You should also listed have Amos Moses by Jerry Reed it came out in 1970 and went to # 8 On the Charts
- Mark, Old Bridge, NJ
One of the writers of this song is Dickie Feller.. He had a few minor hits played mostly on C/W stations... Biff the purple bear, Making the best of a bad situation, and The credit card song. The last 2 songs mentioned were pretty funny.
- KARL, AKRON, , OH
Speaking of Doble Model E's, Jay Leno owns one.
- Darrell, Eugene
For years, I thought that the line with "You've gotta dodgum and you gotta duckum" was "I've got the Dodge and you've got the Doble", the latter referring to the 1926 Doble Model E steam car, which was built in California by Abner Doble. Only a handful of Dobles were built, and even fewer exist today, and it is NOT, I repeat, NOT a well-known car. I looked at the lyrics on Songfacts.com recently, and I found out that my interpretation was wrong.
- Darrell, Eugene, United States
In an interview with Hal Needam, director of "Smokie and the Bandit", he said that he didn't have any music for the film. Jerry Reed came back 2 days later with 3 songs that were used in the movie unchanged.
- Ron, Green Bay, WI