Soundtrack – The Ice Road LP

With a bottom-heavy train-beat, Grammy-winning Americana icon Jason Isbell kicks off the dozen song collection with Johnny Cashs truckers truth All I Do Is Drive. The fiddlentwang rendition sets the tone for a collection that brings together Country superstar Tim McGraw (covering the Cars Drive), stripped down rockers The Cadillac Three (an old school upright bass take on Dave Dudleys 1963 No. 1 Six Days On The Road) and outlier Mark Collie with Oscar nominee Allison Moorer (the cinematic All Coming Down).

The Ice Road also features two of Country musics strongest female writers/artists. Triple Grammy Awards-winner Miranda Lambert brings a twin-fiddle wide-open Country romp through Hank Snows Im Movin On. ACM Single of the Year and ACM/CMA Awards Musical Event winner Carly Pearce reprises Eighteen Wheels and A Dozen Roses, Kathy Matteas Folk/Bluegrass-leaning No. 1 and 1989s ACM/CMA Single of the Year.

Original songs and collaborations find John Carter Cash with the Assassinzs for the heavy Rock Heart Made Of Steel, Brantley Gilbert and Florida Georgia Lines Tyler Hubbard pairing for the ganjo-inflected swerve Rubber Meets The Road and Rascal Flatts Gary LeVox with his debut solo single release, We Got Fight as the coveted end credit title. Jackson Dean marks his debut offering a swampy, stomping Dont Come Lookin, chalked with swagger that drives the film.

A delightful surprise comes from all-star Rock royalty, L.A. Rats, comprised of Nikki Sixx (MTLEY CRE) and friends Rob Zombie, guitarist John 5 and drummer Tommy Clufetos who came together expressly for the project. The supergroup forged a pounding reprise of Hank Snows 22 week No. 1, Ive Been Everywhere, which was most notably re-recorded by Johnny Cash on his Rick Rubin-produced Unchained.

That hard-charging sense of the road is a real common ground between Rock, Country and Americana, Borchetta said of the fiercely eclectic soundtrack. Musicians live the road life. They know the freedom, the speed, the gone and the get there and every single artist on this soundtrack understands exactly why these songs have such enduring appeal.