''The Road Hammers'' is the debut

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The Road Hammers The Road Hammers are a Canadian country rock group composed of Jason McCoy, Clayton Bellamy and Chris Byrne. Formed by McCoy as a side project, the trio's music is influenced by 1960s and 1970s trucker music and Southern rock. Their first self-ti ...

, a

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-based country rock band fronted by singer

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. Released in 2005 on

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, it produced the singles "I'm a Road Hammer", "East Bound and Down" (a cover of the

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song), "Nashville Bound" and "Girl on the Billboard" (a cover of the

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song). Each of these songs reached Top Ten on the Canadian country music charts for The Road Hammers. The song "A Heart with Four-Wheel Drive" was previously recorded by

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on their self-titled album, and "The Hammer Going Down" by Chris Knight on his self-titled debut album. The album was released in the U.S. as ''Blood Sweat & Steel'' in 2008, including three new tracks produced by Michael Knox.

Track listing

#"Ignition" – 0:08 #"I'm a Road Hammer" (Denny Carr,

) – 4:05 #"Overdrive" (McCoy,

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) – 3:49 #"Keep On Truckin'" (Scott Baggett, Clayton Bellamy, Chris Byrne, Denny Carr, McCoy) – 3:55 #"

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" (Walter Haynes,

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) – 4:07 #"A Heart with Four-Wheel Drive" (Billy Maddox,

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) – 3:41 #"

East Bound and Down "East Bound and Down" is a song written by Jerry Reed and Deena Kaye Rose, and recorded by Reed for the soundtrack for the film ''Smokey and the Bandit''. The song features Reed on the lead vocal, and vocalist Gordon Stoker of the Jordanaires on ...

" (

) – 3:13 #"Call It a Day" ( Steve Fox, McCoy, Tim Taylor) – 4:03 #"Nashville Bound" (Bellamy, McCoy) – 4:23 #"Willin'" (Lowel T. George) – 4:05 #"The Hammer Goin' Down" ( Chris Knight, Dean Miller) – 5:15 #"I'm a Road Hammer Reprise" (Carr, McCoy) – 5:35 #"Flat Tires (Bloopers, Out-Takes 'N Such)" – 2:00 #"Absolutely Nothing" – 0:07 #*track is seven seconds of silence

''Blood, Sweat & Steel''

A reissue of the album, titled ''Blood Sweat & Steel'', was released by

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on June 24, 2008, in the United States, it serves as their debut album in that region. Three songs, produced by Michael Knox, were added to the album: The 2007 single, "I Don't Know When to Quit", that peaked at No. 51 on the Hot Country Songs chart, "Workin' Hard at Lovin' You" and "I've Got the Scars to Prove It". # "I'm a Road Hammer" (Denny Carr,

) - 4:04 # "Workin' Hard at Lovin' You" ( Byron Hill,

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, John Rich) - 3:34 # "The Hammer Going Down" ( Chris Knight, Dean Miller) - 5:07 # "

" (

) - 3:13 # "I Don't Know When to Quit" ( Ashley Gorley, Dick Simpson) - 3:18 # "

" (Walter Haynes,

) - 4:04 # "I've Got the Scars to Prove It" (Larry Haack, McCoy, Bobby Taylor) - 3:33 # "Nashville Bound" (Clayton Bellamy, McCoy) - 4:26 # "Overdrive" (McCoy,

) - 3:49 # "Keep on Truckin'" (Scott Baggett, Bellamy, Chris Byrne, Carr, McCoy) - 3:57 # "Willin'" (Lowel T. George) - 4:09 # "A Heart with Four Wheel Drive" (Billy Maddox,

) - 3:44 # "Flat Tires (Bloopers, Out-Takes 'N Such)" - 1:59

Awards and certifications

* 2006 Juno Award for Country Recording of the Year

Chart performance

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Road Hammers (Album), The 2005 debut albums Open Road Recordings albums The Road Hammers albums Juno Award for Country Album of the Year albums