Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: Lonesome EJ Date: 11 Feb 10 - 08:28 PM White Line Fever. I was estranged from Merle in the sixties and seventies, but now I can appreciate him, like your Uncle with the tattoos and the prison record. Just steer clear when he gets to drinkin. |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: GUEST Date: 10 Feb 10 - 11:45 PM Thanks, TwickFolk. You have NO idea how much I disliked that song ("Convoy"). It ranked right up there beside "Horse With No Name". 'We got ourselves a horse with no name' . . . . |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: GUEST,Bob in San Francisco Date: 10 Feb 10 - 11:41 PM As a rabid Bill Kirchen fan, I loved it yesterday when the DJ at Outlaw Country on sat radio played "Freightliner Fever", followed by "Truckstop at the End of the World" (which I never realized are the exact same tune with different lyrics!), and then completed the hat trick with Kirchen's rendition of "Mama Hated Diesels". They play a great mix on that station. |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: evansakes Date: 18 Dec 09 - 03:36 AM Someone already HAS said it (three or four times!) Mercy sakes alive :-) Also mentioned above a couple of times but in my opinion the greatest ever truckdriving song as well as the saddest (probably one of the saddest songs of any kind in fact) 'Mama Hated Diesels'. Take a bow, Mr Blackie Farrell. "Now it's me and the local preacher Standing in the graveyard grass Staring down at the highway Watching those big rigs pass Well he laid his hand upon me And he prayed for quite some time But I could barely understand the words he said Behind that highway's whine Then he handed me a faded photograph He said he found it in my mama's hand He said "Son I'm afraid that you and this picture Were the best your Mama ever had" Well I looked down at that picture It was Mama and some guy Standing in front of a semi-truck "Just Married" painted on the side" Bill Kirchen still does it like he did with the Commander way back when.... It's filmed in a bar so you have to try to ignore the drunken eejits talking and fighting throughout Mama Hated Diesels There's also a pretty good (and slightly surreal) truckdriving song by the late great Dave Carter (sung here with Tracy Grammer) Little Liza Jane |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: GUEST,999 Date: 17 Dec 09 - 09:01 PM Someone has to say it: "Convoy". |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: GUEST,Jake Date: 17 Dec 09 - 08:21 PM Real song - Lights on the hill -- Slim Dusty |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: Joe_F Date: 15 Dec 09 - 08:22 PM "Champion at Keeping 'em Rolling" is by Ewan MacColl. One might also mention "The Belle of Avenue A" by The Fugs, tho it is only about a trucker, not about trucking. Does "Trucking the Blues Away" count? |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: Suffet Date: 15 Dec 09 - 11:58 AM Dead and Gone -- the tragic but swinging story of Truckstop Sal and Cowboy John. Enjoy! --- Steve |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: fumblefingers Date: 15 Dec 09 - 12:50 AM Jimmy Martin - Widow Maker |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: Clifton53 Date: 14 Dec 09 - 11:02 PM An obscure tune from Alvin Crow and The Pleasant Valley Boys called "Dynamite Diana" comes to mind, as well as 'Champion At Keepin Them Rollin", I think that's the title, by The Dubliners. Also, by Ritchie Kavanagh, a song called " Juggernaut " |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: fumblefingers Date: 14 Dec 09 - 09:33 PM Curtis Leach 1964 - Highway Man |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: GUEST,Kendall Date: 14 Dec 09 - 02:40 PM Yes, bankley, I'll see if I can get it up but I really don't know how to do that techy stuff. |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego Date: 14 Dec 09 - 12:04 PM One of Gordon Lightfoot's more obscure songs is "Long Thin Dawn," a rhythmic driving number about cross country trucking. Another is John Stewart's "July, You're A Woman" aka "Saint of San Joaquin." I come from the San Joaquin Valley, but that's not why I like the song. |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: GUEST,Brian Daniels Date: 14 Dec 09 - 11:37 AM Also from the Commander Cody "cannon": From The Womb to The Tomb Truck Stop Rock Truck Stop At The End Of The World |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: bankley Date: 14 Dec 09 - 05:31 AM thanks Kendall... I like the lyric... any music to it ? R. |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: mkebenn Date: 14 Dec 09 - 05:21 AM Bobert. Yea, I know "Bellyfull",Never thought of it as a trucking song, though.Are you familiar with Stewart's "Eighteen Wheels"? From "Fire in the Wind" I belive. has one of the greatest verses ever. IMHO Chevrolet burnin' in the left hand lane, me, I'm lookin' down thru the window pane Behind's layin with her head in his lap I don't believe she's takin' a nap but I ain't got time tonight Mike |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: melodeonboy Date: 14 Dec 09 - 03:02 AM Commander Cody did quite a few - "Truck Drivin' Man", "18 Wheels", "Semi-Truck", "Tina Louise", "Lookin' At The World Through a Windshield", "Truckin, ****in'" as well as some of those mentioned above. |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: Cluin Date: 14 Dec 09 - 02:59 AM Terry Fell's Truck Drivin' Man, covered by many. |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: GUEST,Roger Knowles Date: 14 Dec 09 - 02:46 AM How about 'Mama Hated Diesels' & 'Truck Drivin' Queen' ? I always liked those two. |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: Sandy Mc Lean Date: 14 Dec 09 - 12:41 AM At one point in my life I was a driver of the big rigs. One song that I related to was Curles' "Tombstone Every Mile" which has already been posted. Another was the Willis Brothers "Give Me Forty Acres". I think both relate strongly to the sheer terror of when I was a greenhorn driver. Give Me Forty Acres |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: fumblefingers Date: 14 Dec 09 - 12:10 AM Dick Curless "Drag'em off the Interstate, sock it to 'em JP Blues" John Anderson "Chicken Truck" |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: deadfrett Date: 13 Dec 09 - 09:45 PM How about Jim & Jesse's "Diesel on my tail"? Any one heard the "The Phantom Wind Breaker"? Dave |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: Ed T Date: 13 Dec 09 - 06:17 PM There is always Harry Chapin's 30,000 Pounds of Bananas to consider. |
Subject: Lyr Add: DEVIL IN A BOTTLE (J. Sprung) From: kendall Date: 13 Dec 09 - 04:58 PM Here 'tis. Devil in a Bottle J. Sprung 1903 Out on the highway, drivin' all alone Talking out loud to my radio Gotta move a little faster so that I can make my run Then I'll be looking for someplace to go...(where I can) Cho: Sell my soul to the devil every night He's hidin' in a bottle waitin' there Another drink o' whiskey gonna make it all right; Gonna make the lonely feelin' disappear. Today is just like yesterday, tomorrow be the same, I'm just another rig out on the endless road And anywhere I travel no one ever knows my name Or cares if I pull a heavy load...(so I) Wish I had a woman of my own, somewhere; All dressed up in sweet perfume and welcome smiles And when I'm gone away, she'll be waitin' for me there, Heaven at the end of all the miles...(but now I) I look for a tavern in every town I pass And a whiskey on the bar to set me almost free And when I find my name at the bottom of the glass That'll be the last drink for me...(I) |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: Ed T Date: 13 Dec 09 - 03:49 PM Weird As likely captures first in the best alternative trucking song: Weird Al Yankovic: TRUCK DRIVIN' SONG |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: GUEST,Kendall Date: 13 Dec 09 - 03:42 PM Yes I knew Dick back when he was the Tumbleweed Kid. He was about 18 at the time and I got one of his photos. Handsome and what a voice! I'll have to get Joan's permission to post that song here. |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: John MacKenzie Date: 13 Dec 09 - 12:02 PM That was trucking good fun Chris |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: Phot Date: 13 Dec 09 - 11:49 AM Sorry Spaw, I quite like Phantom...........*g* C W McAll's Convoy has to be the best though. Did you know that big Bad Ass Mack is still rolling? She's on U Tube somewhere, and has her own website! This side of the pond its a little different, if this link works!............ Scania Wassail!! Chris |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: GUEST,bankley Date: 13 Dec 09 - 11:39 AM Hey Kendall, you knew Dick Curless aka The Baron ? He's one of my favorite singers, my cousin Dougie Trinner played guitar for him way back around the time of 'Duke and the Swingbillies' in Maine... that's how I came to appreciate his voice yeah, I'd like to see the rest of that song.... thanks... R |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: kendall Date: 13 Dec 09 - 05:14 AM My friend, Joan Sprung wrote a good trucking song which goes partly like: Out on the highway driving all alone Talking out loud to my radio Gotta move a little faster so I can make my run Then I'll be looking for some place to go. I sell my soul to the Devil every night He's hiding in a bottle waiting there Another drink of whiskey gonna make it alright Gonna make the lonely feeling disappear. There's more if you want it. I offered this to my friend, Dick Curless but he wouldn't touch it. Said he was done with the booze in any form. |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: Backwoodsman Date: 13 Dec 09 - 04:13 AM Richard Shindell's 'Next Best Western' and 'Kenworth Of My Dreams'. |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: Charley Noble Date: 12 Dec 09 - 10:47 PM No trucking songs about Diamond Reos? Charley Noble |
Subject: Lyr Add: BIG WHEEL (Jim Croce) From: catspaw49 Date: 12 Dec 09 - 10:29 PM Jim Croce actually drove truck for awhile and he had a couple of pretty good songs. One was "Speedball Tucker" and the other was...... Big Wheel......Jim Croce Chorus: Big wheel, don't you roll Big diesel, don't you whine Through the night as I'm runnin' down the road Big semi, don't you stop, 'cause if you do I'm not Gonna make it back to Baltimore with my load Well, the truckstop's warm and friendly And the coffee keeps me up And the waitress there would like to waste my time But I'll have to pass it by As it's down the road I fly Just a racin' with that pocket watch of mine Chorus Smoke a-puffin', tires a-hummin' Burnin' up the road Countin' road signs and the miles to Baltimore One eye out for weighin' stations One for radar traps They can't stop me, 'cause my plans don't call for that Spaw |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: bankley Date: 12 Dec 09 - 10:19 PM "18 Wheels and a Dozen Roses".... a hit for Kathy Mattea |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: Ed T Date: 12 Dec 09 - 05:30 PM A Slim song, with Cajun hints: Slim Dusty: LIGHTS ON THE HILL |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: GUEST,number 6 Date: 12 Dec 09 - 05:22 PM "Knights of the Road" by Fairport Convention from their album Rosie. biLL |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: Ed T Date: 12 Dec 09 - 05:18 PM I encourage you to go to you tube and check out a few Slim Dusty songs...refreshing from our commercial type songs |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: Ed T Date: 12 Dec 09 - 05:10 PM It's worth looking down under....for a fine song that could show us where truck'in may be goining here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap2Lv6hv2EM |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: GUEST,number 6 Date: 12 Dec 09 - 05:05 PM Here's a very good one from the late great Townes Van Zandt White Freightliner Blues biLL |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: Ed T Date: 12 Dec 09 - 04:59 PM Truckin'....from another perspective: t: Melinda Schneider: MEN IN TRUCKS |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: John MacKenzie Date: 12 Dec 09 - 04:54 PM Don't you come a knockin' if'n you see my rig a-rockin' |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: GUEST,number 6 Date: 12 Dec 09 - 04:52 PM Cannonball biLL |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: catspaw49 Date: 12 Dec 09 - 03:27 PM AW Bobertz I was just trying to remove "Honey" from your schmaltzy song list. Spaw |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: Lonesome EJ Date: 12 Dec 09 - 03:13 PM How about White Freight Liner? That song kicks butt at every bluegrass jam I've been to. |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: Bobert Date: 12 Dec 09 - 02:57 PM Ain't exactly, ahhhhhhh, a "truckin" song there, Spawzer... Think ya' need to put yer glasses on, son... And didn't I tell that would make ya' go blind??? |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: GUEST,bankley Date: 12 Dec 09 - 02:34 PM Lowell G. was great... okay... on oldie by Dick Curliss "Tombstone Every Mile" and the more recent "Home to Houston" by Steve Earle "When I pulled out of Basra, they all wished me luck Just like they always did before With a bulletproof screen on the hood of my truck And a Bradley on my back door I wound her up and shifted her down And I offered this prayer to my Lord I said 'God, get me back home to Houston alive And I won't drive a truck anymore"........ |
Subject: Lyr Add: TRUCK STOP GIRL (Lowell George) From: Lonesome EJ Date: 12 Dec 09 - 02:15 PM Lowell George's Truck Stop Girl has always been one of my favorites. Tailights flickering as he pulled in to the truckstop The same old crowd was hangin' out again tonight He said, "Fill up my tank while I go check my load It feels like it's shifting all around" He was the kind of man to do all he could Above all he had integrity But he was so young And on a ten city run In love with a truck stop girl As he went inside, he was merrily greeted By the girl with whom he was in love She held out a glass and said, "Have another This is the last time we can meet" With her hair piled up high and a look in her eye That would turn any good man's blood to wine All his eyes could see, well all his eyes could see Was the stare from all those around him He ran out to the lot, and climbed into his rig And drove off without tightening down It was a terrible thing, to see what remained Of the rig that poor Danny was in And he was so young and on a ten city run In love with a truck stop girl But he was so young, and on a ten city run In love with a truck stop girl |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: Ed T Date: 12 Dec 09 - 01:44 PM Wouldn't call it great, but there was a lways something about this one that makes me recall it, not sure what it is....maybe the music: Red Sovine: TRUCK DRIVIN' SON OF A GUN |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: Ed T Date: 12 Dec 09 - 01:38 PM If you'r a Canadian....you cant rule this one out: Stompin' Tom Connors: BUD THE SPUD |
Subject: RE: Great Truckin' Songs! From: Ed T Date: 12 Dec 09 - 01:32 PM One of my favourites: Dick Curless: TOMBSTONE EVERY MILE |
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