Zero to 180 – Three Minute Magic
Live truck driving country doesn’t get much better than this – “Fifteen Gears and Fourteen Wheels“ Dick Curless (1973) From the 1973 Capitol album, Live at the Wheeling Truck Driver’s Jamboree. Harold Bradley – guitar & bandleaderBuzz Evans – guitarCurly Chalker – steelJerry Smith – pianoJoe Allen – bassBuddy Harman
1968 was a great year for truck driving songs — “My Big Truck Drivin’ Man” by Kitty Wells “Big Rig Rollin’ Man” by Johnny Dollar “Gear Bustin’ Sort of Feller” by Bobby Braddock “There Ain’t No Easy Run” by Dave Dudley “I Want to Be a Truck Driver’s Sweetheart” by
A list of the top 10 truck driving LPs would most certainly have to include this scrappy little album on quirky label, Diplomat, home of just about everything and everyone, including Sister Rosetta Tharpe, The Beatle Buddies, The Ska-Men, The Monterey Brass, Dick Dale, those Santo & Johnny knock-offs, Dan
Boston-area artist, Roy Sludge, writes the modern truck driving songs, as in this reply from a weary old warrior of the road to an eager young inquirer – “Drive” – from 2011’s Too Drunk to Truck: Musician & Production Credits Roy Sludge – Vocals & acoustic guitarDuke Levine – Electric
Dave Dudley and Tom T. Hall collaborated on a musical roll call that cleverly pays tribute to the rich tapestry of American trucking firms that happened to be in existence as of December 1967 when this song was recorded and subsequently released on Dudley’s 1968 Mercury album, Thanks for All
It is practically a law in country music that a tune must change keys at least once before song’s end. And the key change must modulate upward, never downward. Which raises the obvious question, and it’s a big one — Q: Which country song changes keys quickest, starting from 0:00?
I cannot imagine why anyone would let this album go, but someone obviously did, and five dollars later, we became family: The album’s subtitle is a bit of a hoot: “Country & Western supper music and Singing Rice-ipes“ (as in recipes for rice). Would you be surprised to learn that
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