Trucking songs....
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there used to be a genre of country music that was dedicated to the american trucker.
Quite a few good songs came about through that genre and of course we got at least one film... Convoy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convoy_(song)
but the history of trucking songs covered quite a period of time, yes the heyday was the 70's but there was the likes of jerry reed, who was of course the snowman in the smokie and the bandit films. he was a country singer in his own right and did a fre trucking songs... Concrete sailor was one that did well, sounds good even today.
We had Red sovine with his teddy bear, phantom 309, giddyup go, and payload daddy..
Quite a few good songs came about through that genre and of course we got at least one film... Convoy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convoy_(song)
but the history of trucking songs covered quite a period of time, yes the heyday was the 70's but there was the likes of jerry reed, who was of course the snowman in the smokie and the bandit films. he was a country singer in his own right and did a fre trucking songs... Concrete sailor was one that did well, sounds good even today.
We had Red sovine with his teddy bear, phantom 309, giddyup go, and payload daddy..
Spanglepants said:
My Dad was a truck driver late 70s - 80s. He had stacks of these LPs. Played them all the time. Only one i can remember off the top od my head was Red Sovine.
Other than that it was country - Faron Young, Charley Pride ( played non stop - i knew every word of every song lol) etc
it was hearing sovine with teddy bear that kinda triggered it...Other than that it was country - Faron Young, Charley Pride ( played non stop - i knew every word of every song lol) etc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zoTLwrm9QE teddy bear
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mye3aikHBjc&t=... phantom 309
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j763lmAAP0 giddy up go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxp6OG8izQg convoy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xain_zTavnc Johnny cash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MjGaUjtiXk truckers prayer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6NM_is4M4k concrete sailor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QAEmCuBnck east bound and down
Spanglepants said:
Spent many a night sat in the living room as my Dad played all of those lol, especially Phantom 309
yup phantom 309 was good...ruggedscotty said:
it was hearing sovine with teddy bear that kinda triggered it...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zoTLwrm9QE teddy bear
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mye3aikHBjc&t=... phantom 309
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j763lmAAP0 giddy up go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxp6OG8izQg convoy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xain_zTavnc Johnny cash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MjGaUjtiXk truckers prayer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6NM_is4M4k concrete sailor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QAEmCuBnck east bound and down
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zoTLwrm9QE teddy bear
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mye3aikHBjc&t=... phantom 309
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j763lmAAP0 giddy up go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxp6OG8izQg convoy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xain_zTavnc Johnny cash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MjGaUjtiXk truckers prayer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6NM_is4M4k concrete sailor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QAEmCuBnck east bound and down
the background
Red Sovine released the song “Phantom 309” in 1967, almost a decade before CB truckin’ songs became unavoidable. It’s about a haunted 18-wheeler, and the story behind one of its verses is quite true, to the point that town residents worked to erect a monument in honor of the real-life hero in September, 2014.
Tommy Faile wrote the lyrics to Sovine’s single in 1966. The song was covered by dozens of artists afterward, including Jack Bond, Dave Dudley and John Waits.
The urban legend part about being picked up by phantom truckers is up to you to believe, but the story of the crash itself was absolutely true.
On Jan. 29, 1963, John William “Pete” Trudelle drove a tanker truck to the Chelsea River Bulk Petroleum Facility north of Boston to load up on 4,600 gallons of gasoline. Trudelle turned around and started to make the several-hour trip back to Keene, New Hampshire, near the eastern bank of the Connecticut River, just across from the state of Vermont.
He started up Route 1, just north of Boston in Saugus, Mass., on the Newburyport Turnpike.
The intersection of Route 129 and Route 1 in Saugus was treacherous. Trudelle passed under the bridge, where a blind spot impeded drivers as they went into a dip. Little did Trudelle know that there was a car stopped under the bridge, where it was waiting for a school bus to pick up children.
There was no way Trudelle could stop. Rather than plowing into the back of the two vehicles stopped, he crashed the tanker into the bridge abutment. Trudelle was unable to escape the cab as the 4,600 gallons of gas erupted. The driver of the car, Robert Mayer of Stamford, Connecticut, tried to escape, but was overtaken by the flames.
The bus was engulfed in flames, but the six children and the driver on board had time to escape. About 10 seconds after the passengers and driver got out, the bus burst into flames. The heat of the fire was so intense that steel girders on the overpass buckled from the flames.
In August of 2014, residents of the town of Troy, New Hampshire, got together to build a monument in honor of Pete Trudelle. According to an article in the Keene (NH) Sentinel, “Troy selectmen approved [the monument] in July and construction on footings for the stone on the common is well underway.” On September 13, the monument was unveiled.
The main inscription reads, “Troy’s Hero,” just below the words, “Greater love hath no man than this … To lay down one’s life for his fellow man.”
Penelope Stopit said:
Cliffe60 said:
Anyone like to tell me why my answers have been deleted.
OK Volvolez vous was stretching it but I thought
Scania feel it and Stand by your Mann were pretty good.
Not real song titles, no sense of humour.
What on ERF are you on about?OK Volvolez vous was stretching it but I thought
Scania feel it and Stand by your Mann were pretty good.
Not real song titles, no sense of humour.
Penelope Stopit said:
ruggedscotty said:
Penelope Stopit said:
Cliffe60 said:
Anyone like to tell me why my answers have been deleted.
OK Volvolez vous was stretching it but I thought
Scania feel it and Stand by your Mann were pretty good.
Not real song titles, no sense of humour.
What on ERF are you on about?OK Volvolez vous was stretching it but I thought
Scania feel it and Stand by your Mann were pretty good.
Not real song titles, no sense of humour.
and Kenworth is a make of truck.. tried to be funny and that fckn parrot got in the way
H6Nathan said:
Can’t believe no one has mentioned Ferlin Husky. He’s my go to guy for country trucking music.
‘Hello, I’m a truck!’ - https://youtu.be/IHSN6bDIGEA
‘Don’t fall asleep at the wheel’ - https://youtu.be/nNCaZpNFsrw
This album is a great compilation of the genre - Truckin': Country Road Songs https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00005V5H5/ref=cm_sw_r...
Hello Im a truck was Red Simpson ?‘Hello, I’m a truck!’ - https://youtu.be/IHSN6bDIGEA
‘Don’t fall asleep at the wheel’ - https://youtu.be/nNCaZpNFsrw
This album is a great compilation of the genre - Truckin': Country Road Songs https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00005V5H5/ref=cm_sw_r...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2H_itzkk9s
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