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The convoy begins at night on June 6 on "I-one-oh" just outside "Shakeytown" (Los Angeles, California), as the Rubber Duck informs the two trucks that "it's clean clear to Flagtown" (Flagstaff, Arizona) and that he is going to "put the hammer down" ("hammer" being the accelerator pedal) as the convoy plans to "cross the USA".
Rubber Duck's truck is generally represented in the film as a 1977 Mack RS712LST, although several other Mack RS700L–series trucks were used as a double and as stationary props. [12] The restored 'Second Unit' 1970 Mack RS731LST on-camera–double truck tractor and the only original remaining tank trailer were to return in late 2023 to be on ...
Convoy (1978) Rarely does a theme song predate a movie, but "Convoy" is based on C.W. McCall's 1975 chart-topping country anthem of the same name. ... a group of truckers led by Rubber Duck use ...
From there, they cross the English Channel en route through Omaha Beach, the Berlin Wall via the Autobahn, the Soviet Union and Japan, before Pig Pen—recalled from Omaha at the beginning of the song—lands in Australia, where there is no 55 mph speed limit, and the Rubber Duck decides to take the convoy there. Interspersed through the song ...
The original song begins with a Kenworth carrying timber, a refrigerated cab-over Peterbilt, and a GMC carrying live pigs (Pig Pen). "Rubber Duck" is driving either the Kenworth or the Peterbilt. There is no Mack at the beginning; in fact I do not remember a Mack being mentioned anywhere in the song.
Classified" and "'Round the World with the Rubber Duck" (a pirate-flavored sequel to "Convoy") bubbled under the Hot 100. In 1978, the movie Convoy was released, based on the C. W. McCall song. [2] The film starred Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw, Burt Young, and Ernest Borgnine and was directed by Sam Peckinpah. [2]
It is an answer song to "Convoy", a major hit in 1976. The song was a gay-themed takeoff on the citizens band radio fad [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and featured a "smokey" ( highway patrolman ) pretending to be a gay truck driver over the CB radio; the patrolman's masquerade distracts the lead trucker in a convoy who is listening to him, allowing the highway ...
C. W. McCall's Greatest Hits, as the title suggests, is a greatest hits compilation of country musician C. W. McCall's work, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music) on Polydor Records, rereleased on September 21, 1993 and containing songs from the first five out of his six albums of original music, including the ever-popular "Convoy" and its sequel, "'Round the World with the Rubber Duck".