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Road Hammers

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I saw the video yesterday for "I'm A Road Hammer", and I immediately headed out to buy this album. I'm blown away at how great these tunes are. I'm no trucker, but these songs really get you going. "Keep On Truckin'" is sure to be released as a follow-up single...the same can be said for "The Hammer Goin' Down". McCoy sounds terrific on this album, especially on the cover of "Willin'", a slower song that has radio-play written all over it.

Rockin' country is what this album is all about. Right now it's the number 1 country song (I'm A Road Hammer), video (I'm A Road Hammer), and album in Canada...that says it all. Do yourself a favour and pick this one up...you won't be disappointed.

I first heard of The Road Hammers via a trucking magazine and I checked out their web site and listened to some samples and I was blown away!!!! I eagerly awaited the release of this Canadian groups CD in the US and I was not disapointed. The Road Hammers mix Country, Southern Rock and some powerful lyrics to make some great new road songs and put their unique spin on some old classics. I highly recommend this CD to anyone who likes to listen to good music, also it makes the miles fly by when driving...

Fresh! That's what they are! Fresh! I did the same as the person above me here, went right out and got one. Lotsa talent, plus respect for Old School Country. That's what I'm looking for...plus, they're easy on the eyes....

Prime Cuts: East Bound and Down, Heart With a Four Wheel Drive, Girl on the Billboard

Needing a testosterone boost? Look no further than this debut CD from the Road Hammers. Women, four- wheel drives, trucking are the calling cards of these five Canadians served over soaring electric guitars and overdriving percussion. Fronted by Canadian's CMA Male Vocalist of the Year Jason McCoy, the Road Hammers' hardcore and beef-eating constituency has had already been causing ripples in the 49th Parallel. As already noted, "The Road Hammers" is a concept CD revolving around theme of traveling, sometimes literally and at other times figuratively to describe life and love. Sonically, the Road Hammers join with other acts such as Montgomery Gentry, Confederate Railroad, the Tractors among others in the fraternity of turgid country-rock with an occasional coating of blue-collared ethics and Southern down home living.

But as much as the Road Hammers may front a self-made man image, they have enlisted some of Nashville's finest writers to add credibility to this set. Worthy of mention is the import of Robert Ellis Orrall who penned "Overdrive" with Jason McCoy. This philosophically uplifting tune about persistence in life is underscored by some muscular sounding guitar lines over McCoy's bluesy baritone. Also quite ear grabbing is the creative "Heart with a Four Wheel Drive." Written by Billy Maddox and Paul Thorn and formerly covered by 4Runners, this pop-slanted swampy rocker tells the tale of a love stricken man unable to escape love's entanglements.

On the other hand the cheeky "Girl on the Billboard" is about the protagonist drooling over a billboard girl wearing nothing but a smile. This is no schmaltzy Nashville's sensitive love number. Rather, this is an honest confession coming from a red blooded male that today's country music has emasculated. On the more rustic side, "East Bound and Down" about speed-driving is lyrically on the fluffy side. But it is redeemed by some driving-banjo bringing to mind Ryan Shupe. On the smothering bluesy side is Lowel Gorge's "Willing."

But the main malfeasance of this CD is that there's nothing here that is exactly mind blowing. If these guys are to cut into the terrain of their Southern neighbors, they need a couple of hit songs, which are not to be found here. Also somehow constrained by the album's theme, the songs here are sometimes lyrically contrived and there are a few frivolous trinkets (such as the reprisal of "I'm a Road Hammer," an outtake and the extremely short "Absolutely Nothing"). Maybe a Nashville producer, a more focused major label and a more lavished budget, could be the antidote to these problems. Nevertheless, "The Road Hammers" has enough mileage for testosterone-loving fans to put the forward gear.

This was a great CD.. Every once in a while I like to go back for a little country and western..

This took me back home.. All because I seen the video on Utube.. Just great..

One of the most awesome "truck driver" album's and bands in many, many years!!!

I'm a truck driver. I can't get enough of this band! When I start getting a little bored behind the wheel and begin to get a little road weary...

I turn on The Road Hammers, "I'm a Road Hammer" and I'm flying high! When I hear a song that represents us truckers like "I'm a Road Hammer" does, with it's slammin tempo and outragious beat, it brings such a feeling of pride to me because I'M A ROAD HAMMER!

Now if iTunes would just sell it on the U.S. site so I can get it for my ipod... can't get it because it's only sold on the canadian iTunes site.

I guess I'll just order a "hard copy" from Amazon. Just have to listen to this awesome band when I'm in my truck. Maybe some other time I'll get it in my ipod an be able to listen everywhere I go.

Stephen Potts

aka: ChickenWing

23 yr trucking veteran

Redwater, Texas- United States

This CD is AWSOME!!! I now Love the Road Hammers and will be looking for there most recent CD's in the Future.

If you are looking for music to keep you awake on long Road trips and love a great sounding rocking country style group then here they are!!!!

Imagine a road.

Now imagine a hammer.

Next, put these two images together.

You now can imagine the Road Hammers.

These guys are awesome I just saw them at the CMA music fest and got their cd right after the show. I have been jammin to it ever since. They have a classic rock mixed with old school country for a new, fresh sound. I will be watchin for more!!

Prime Cuts: East Bound and Down, Heart With a Four Wheel Drive, Girl on the Billboard

Needing a testosterone boost? Look no further than this debut CD from the Road Hammers. Women, four- wheel drives, trucking are the calling cards of these five Canadians served over soaring electric guitars and overdriving percussion. Fronted by Canadian's CMA Male Vocalist of the Year Jason McCoy, the Road Hammers' hardcore and beef-eating constituency has had already been causing ripples in the 49th Parallel. As already noted, "The Road Hammers" is a concept CD revolving around theme of traveling, sometimes literally and at other times figuratively to describe life and love. Sonically, the Road Hammers join with other acts such as Montgomery Gentry, Confederate Railroad, the Tractors among others in the fraternity of turgid country-rock with an occasional coating of blue-collared ethics and Southern down home living.

But as much as the Road Hammers may front a self-made man image, they have enlisted some of Nashville's finest writers to add credibility to this set. Worthy of mention is the import of Robert Ellis Orrall who penned "Overdrive" with Jason McCoy. This philosophically uplifting tune about persistence in life is underscored by some muscular sounding guitar lines over McCoy's bluesy baritone. Also quite ear grabbing is the creative "Heart with a Four Wheel Drive." Written by Billy Maddox and Paul Thorn and formerly covered by 4Runners, this pop-slanted swampy rocker tells the tale of a love stricken man unable to escape love's entanglements.

On the other hand the cheeky "Girl on the Billboard" is about the protagonist drooling over a billboard girl wearing nothing but a smile. This is no schmaltzy Nashville's sensitive love number. Rather, this is an honest confession coming from a red blooded male that today's country music has emasculated. On the more rustic side, "East Bound and Down" about speed-driving is lyrically on the fluffy side. But it is redeemed by some driving-banjo bringing to mind Ryan Shupe. On the smothering bluesy side is Lowel Gorge's "Willing."

But the main malfeasance of this CD is that there's nothing here that is exactly mind blowing. If these guys are to cut into the terrain of their Southern neighbors, they need a couple of hit songs, which are not to be found here. Also somehow constrained by the album's theme, the songs here are sometimes lyrically contrived and there are a few frivolous trinkets (such as the reprisal of "I'm a Road Hammer," an outtake and the extremely short "Absolutely Nothing"). Maybe a Nashville producer, a more focused major label and a more lavished budget, could be the antidote to these problems. Nevertheless, "The Road Hammers" has enough mileage for testosterone-loving fans to put the forward gear.