Good Driving/UpTempo Outlaw-ish (maybe) Country Songs?

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Michedelic said:
A fair amount of Social Distortion songs had a Country flavor…
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+1 on "Ball & Chain" by Social D — it's a very fun song to play and on the 1-2 occasions I've done it in front of people it's gotten a good response.
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Great to see Dick Curless! Also from his catalog, "Tombstone Every Mile."
 
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KeepItMoving said:
+1 on "Ball & Chain" by Social D — it's a very fun song to play and on the 1-2 occasions I've done it in front of people it's gotten a good response.

Great to see Dick Curless! Also from his catalog, "Tombstone Every Mile."
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Can’t go wrong with trucker songs…


A modern(-ish)take…

(former Commander Cody guitarist)
 
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circuitspore said:
I'm not sure if this belongs here or in the "Misc" forum, so apologies in advance if I got it wrong.

I'm querying the TalkBass braintrust because I've been relatively unsuccessful in finding songs so far, even though I know they're out there -

I'm trying to put together a playlist of what I call "Driving" country songs. Classic 60s/70s-style outlaw-ish up-tempo country tunes. Could be classic or could be recent. Some classic examples of what I'm talking about would be Merle Haggard's "Working Man Blues" or Waylon Jenning's "Ain't Living Long Like This". A recent example that I really love is Waylon Napadogan's "98 Pontiac Sunfire". Some of these songs have great active bass playing as a bonus.

What are some other examples artists/songs that fall into this description? Thanks in advance!
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I'm not much of a Country music player but I enjoy playing "Fast as You" by Dwight Yoakam. He's definitely not 60's though it's a driving song and always gets people dancing. Was originally released in October of 1993:

 
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Two that are more recent (and not just about a car/truck, but driving-related). that were well received in my recent country band They're not in that 60's/70's style, but they still have a great pulse when you lock in with the drummer bashing away next to you:

8 Second Ride - Jake Owen (kind of an infantile video, but the song is fun to play on bass)


Road Runner - Lainey Wilson (it picks up after the first 38 seconds - also very fun to play the bass part)
 
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Pdaddy1978 said:
Six days on the road....Dave Dudley
Free born man... The Outlaws.
Fire on the mountain.... Marshall Tucker Band
The Souths gonna do it again ....Charlie Daniel's
Guitars and Cadillacs ....Dwight Yoakum
Long black Cadillac ....The Blasters
Ain't living long like this ...Waylon Jennings
Let's have a party ....Wanda Jackson
The race is on ....George Jones
Almost anything by Jason and the Scorchers
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Charlie Daniel’s…what? Band? I never heard of Charlie Daniel. Now, Charlie Daniels, yeah, I know of him.
 
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A second vote for Chris Stapleton Arkansas.
Some other faster songs to consider:

Watermelon Crawl - Tracy Byrd
When it Rains it Pours - Luke Combs
Take a Little Ride - Jason Aldean
Little Sister - Elvis/Dwight
Good Hearted Woman - Waylon Jennings
East Bound and Down - Jerry Reed
Ramblin Fever - Merle Haggard
TROUBLE - Travis Tritt
It Ain't My Fault - Brothers Osborne
Dumas Walker - Kentucky Headhunters
 
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Don't know how you feel about Little Big Town, but they've got a lot of catchy county-ish songs. Boondocks for example. Since you asked for country + outlaw + road here's something right on point for the girls :)

 
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I've always been a fan of Gary lee and Showdown... can't post any of his youtubes, due to the adult content, but the most well known song would be the rodeo song. My preference would be "aw @#$% it" or Ethel Pump.
 
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