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Over his career Slim Dusty recorded 80 plus original Aussie 'trucking' songs and his six standalone trucking albums achieved sales well in excess of half a million copies. [1] In March 2007, a 3-disc Slim Dusty compilation titled Pubs, Trucks & Plains was released which peaked at number 20 onto ARIA Charts and was certified gold. This single ...
"Convoy" is a 1975 novelty song performed by C. W. McCall (a character co-created and voiced by Bill Fries, along with Chip Davis) that became a number-one song on both the country and pop charts in the US and is listed 98th among Rolling Stone magazine's 100 Greatest Country Songs of All Time. [1]
The song was also covered by Saddle Tramps and appears on the multiple-artist compilation album "Nev Nicholls Presents Truckin Towards 2000". [3] It has also been covered by Aaron Tippin on his 2009 album "In Overdrive". Country music band Old Dominion covered the song from the television special CMT Giants: Alabama.
Hot Licks, Cold Steel & Truckers' Favorites is the second album by American rock band Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen. The album is an ode to truckers and songs about trucking, mixing classics of the genre like "Truck Drivin' Man" and "Looking at the World Through a Windshield" with the band's originals. It was released in 1972.
Truck-driving country or trucker country is a subgenre of country and western music. It is characterized by lyrical content about trucks (i.e. commercial vehicles , not pick-up trucks ), truck drivers or truckers, and the trucking industry experience.
Roll Truck Roll: 7 Capitol The Man Behind the Badge: 34 1967 Truck Drivin' Fool — A Bakersfield Dozen — 1972 I'm a Truck and other songs of the road. 4 Very Real Red Simpson — 1973 Trucker's Christmas — 20 Great Truck Hits — 1995 The Best of Red Simpson — King 2005 The Bard Of Bakersfield — [7] 2016 Soda Pops and Saturdays — [8]
The Road Hammers was founded in 2004 as a project by lead singer and guitarist Jason McCoy, a multiple-time winner of Canadian Country Music Association male vocalist of the year. He stated the idea was to play trucker music, and came together with two other musicians with similar views on music - country-rocker Clayton Bellamy , whose father ...
2014 marked the 20th anniversary of the Drive-By Truckers, and It's Great to Be Alive! commemorates this anniversary. The album's title is a lyric from the Truckers' song "A World Of Hurt". The album is available as a deluxe set that includes five LPs, three CDs, four small posters, and extensive liner notes. The regular issue includes three CDs.