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Old 03-23-2023, 8:34pm   #1
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The man on patrol is gonna give us a bill.






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… We rented a truck and a semi to go
Travel down the long and the winding road
Look on the map, I think we've been there before
Close up the doors, let's roll once more

… Cop's on the corner, look he's starting to write
I don't need no ticket so I screamed out of sight
Drove so fast that my eyes can't see
Look in the mirror, is he still following me?

… Let it roll down the highway
Let it roll down the highway
Roll, roll

… Look at the sign, we're in the wrong place
Move out boys and let's get ready to race
Four fifty-four's coming over the hill
The man on patrol is gonna give us a bill

… Time's real short, you know the distance is long
I'd like to have a jet but it's not in the song
Climb back in the cab, cross my fingers for luck
We gotta keep moving if we're going to make a buck

… Let it roll down the highway
Let it roll down the highway
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Not Fragile
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Roll, Roll, Roll.
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Great song!
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Great song!


That brought back high school memories !
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drummer Robbie Bachman is Randy Bachmans (lead quitar) brother.

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"Roll On Down The Highway" is a song written by Fred Turner and Robbie Bachman, first recorded by Canadian rock group Bachman–Turner Overdrive (BTO) for their 1974 album Not Fragile. The lead vocal is provided by Turner.

Turner and Randy Bachman had originally been contracted by Ford to write a song for the automotive company's commercials, but Ford never picked up any of their compositions. Robbie Bachman later helped develop one of Turner's ideas into a Top 20 hit. "Roll on Down the Highway" peaked at No. 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100 on March 1, 1975. It reached No. 8 on the Cash Box Top 100 singles, and No. 4 on the Canadian RPM chart, and gave the band their second — and final — hit in the United Kingdom, reaching No. 22 in the UK Singles Chart.

The song was the second of two singles issued from the Not Fragile LP, and was the follow-up to the group's greatest hit, "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet".

Billboard described "Roll On down the Highway" as a "driving rocker combining simplicity of sound with vocal and instrumental skill." Cash Box called it a "great car radio tune," saying "gruff and gritty, they strike the primal chord and growl out the lyrics with gusto.
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Truck Song.
Jerry Jeff Walker at Gruene Hall--world famous https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruene_Hall
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Got to see them in 74. A great show.
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Saw BTO in a Bar in the late '80' early early '90's.
Great live show but I thought the stage was going to collapse. Damn Randy Bachman got big.
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That brought back high school memories !
For us it did. For Zeek's HS memories, it would be more like The Kingston Trio or The Lettermen.
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Saw BTO in a Bar in the late '80' early early '90's.
Great live show but I thought the stage was going to collapse. Damn Randy Bachman got big.
Bachman Turner Overweight
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That song has one of my favorite BTO solos.
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Back when men were men…unapologetically. And the cars and culture reflected that.

Not this soy boy gay woke leftist politically correct global warming latte transgender faggott bullchit we see today.
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That song has one of my favorite BTO solos.
With the correct beard and garb you could pass as the bassist... do you have a secret to share with the class?
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Tim Bachman, guitarist for Bachman-Turner Overdrive, dead at 71

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainmen...rdrive-dead-71
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Randy is the lead guitarist; his brother Tim was backup & rhythm guitar.
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