https://youtu.be/UOMT6mAP_Xs?si=yLt9PrwYQcW8sb1s&t=731

Step onto a highway where mistakes turn into lessons and every mile carries the weight of redemption. Steel & Smoke – Roads of Redemption is a 4-song dark country journey through scars, choices, and the burning need to rise again. These tracks blend the grit of outlaw country with cinematic storytelling, capturing the soul of riders who’ve fallen and found the strength to ride on.
(I started this video on the third song, since I was unable to find a single of this song. But all the songs are outstanding.
I commented on this musician's youtube site and he answered back right away.
My comment to him:
Thank you for the quality music. The lyrics are profound and the music is outstanding.

His response:
@whiskeyroads_66
Appreciate that, brother. Every lyric and note comes from the road — from real stories and scars. Glad it hit home with you.

On another one of his songs I commented:
Great song! You are appreciated.

I can relate to driving truck alone cross country, since I did it for 7 years, even though I also published a patriotic newsletter at the same time.
After hearing this music, I shared with a friend how a felt when driving truck. "I drove trucks for 7 years all alone to survive, after a divorce I didn't see coming. No wife, no kids, no gold...no hope".
And as soon as I retired in 2014 and went to pick up my savings in a coin collection it had all been stolen, $25,000 gone. It would have been worth 10 times that amount today.
First life is hard...then you die".

But I was able to gather my thoughts and have written 14 books since that time. It is not what we go through that determines who we are, but what condition how heart is afterwards that counts. GE