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"Wreck on the Highway" is a classic bluegrass song [1] most commonly associated with Roy Acuff. "Wreck on the Highway" tells the story of an automobile accident, with implication of alcohol abuse ("whiskey and blood run together") and moral religious language ("Their soul has been called by the Master...
"Wreck on the Highway" is a song written and performed by Bruce Springsteen. It was originally released as the final track on his fifth album, The River. The version released on The River was recorded at The Power Station in New York in March–April 1980. [1] As well as being the last track on The River, it was the last song recorded for the ...
Wreck on the Highway may refer to: "Wreck on the Highway" (1938 song), written by Dorsey Dixon and most notably performed by Roy Acuff "Wreck on the Highway" (1980 song), written and performed by Bruce Springsteen
A song about the moments leading up to and during the crash "Airbag" (another OK Computer track by Radiohead) is based on. "Thunderbird" Steve Azar: 1996: from the album Heartbreak Town "A Tombstone Every Mile" Dick Curless: 1965: A song about a treacherous stretch of Maine highway where truckers often met fatal crashes.
Acuff could not remember where he knew the song from, but claimed it as his own. [1] "Wreck on the Highway" became a national country music hit, but Dixon received no royalties. [1] [3] In the mid-1940s, and at his family's insistence, Dixon asked a lawyer to file a lawsuit against Acuff, and in 1946 an out-of-court settlement was reached. [1]
Wreck on the Highway (Bruce Springsteen song) This page was last edited on 20 March 2022, at 19:45 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Independence Day", along with the title track, "Wreck on the Highway" and "Point Blank", is one of the verse-chorus songs on The River that was essentially a short story or character sketch. [4] It is one of the darker hued songs on The River. [5] The lyrics are about a home that can no longer hold both father and son. [6]
The version of the song that was released on the album was recorded on May 6, 1982, at the Power Station, at the end of the "Electric Nebraska" sessions. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Although "Working on the Highway" was not one of the seven Born in the U.S.A. songs to be released as a single, it remained popular in concert, with 367 performances through ...