 ", which was first published in "Esquire" magazine in March 1965 and included in his debut collection of essays, "The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby", later that year.The film's theme song, "I Got a Name", sung by Jim Croce, became a best-selling single.Junior Jackson (Jeff Bridges), a stock-car driver stays one step ahead of reform school until his father (Art Lund) is thrown in prison for moonshining.