The Great American Truck Driver
When I was a young boy, I dreamed that one day I would grow up and drive behind the wheel of a great 18-wheeled truck.
Me and “The Bandit” would deliver ice cold beer to the thirsty people of America. I’d have a mustache and the chicks would dig me.
And I’d have a little buddy chimpanzee riding along with me enjoying the freedom of the open road.
Well, that dream never came true for me. And like many of my career aspirations, my wife vetoed truck-driving school.
And she vetoed the mustache.
So now it looks like the closest I will ever get to my dreams is organizing truck drivers with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
Here is my tribute to the long-haulers, gearjammers, big-time operators, dixie cups, and desperadoes of America’s highways. Just click to play or download these classic truck-drivin’ tunes!
Red Simpson, Hello I’m a Truck
Red Sovine, Gear Jammer & The Hobo
Dick Curless, Tombstone Every Mile
CW McCall, Convoy
Del Reeves, Girl On The Billboard
Jerry Reed, East Bound and Down
Red Sovine, Phantom 309
Red Simpson, Born To Be A Trucker
Merle Haggard, Truck Driver’s Blues
And this tear-jerkin’ tribute to the American truck driver courtesy of WFMU’s beware of the Blog.
Dave Nemo, I Am The American Trucker
And you can find out more about my trucker obsession here.
That’s a 10-10 from Santo in the Bay City and I’m back out!
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‘Keep Right’ could be the national anthem of independent truckers.
Watch the country music video on www.youtube.com
You can go to youtube and enter Keep Right
or here is the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McJ4Yy5ZNeU
Remember Keep Right!
breaker 1-9 breaker 1-9 you got a copy on this giant come on back 10-4 we needs to get red simpsons song on my ipod born to be a trucker copy that 10-4 wees bringin in the groceries here in the golden state and needsa help from a real trucker and also lookin for a song called thats truck drivin 10-4 well well be seein you on the flip flop and we gone bye bye keep the beavers on your lap and the bears off your tails we gone
I like your site. So much that I sent the address to a friend of mine in Folkestone, England and he is passing it on to his friends over there. Hang in there and keep building.
I have been living my lifelong dream for 29 years now and my sons are truckers too.
As they say…”Keep on trucking!”
heard several songs some would not play.phantom 309 is my favourite.
I was lucky enough to spend nearly two weeks up in the cab of my friends Kenworth travelling some parts of Califronia back in sept 05 he drives for Hendricksons of Sacremento he’s a great guy, and I value him as a friend I live in Folkestone Kent England we were over in the States for a month it was a fantastic holiday, last word, all truckers are kings of the road and I wish them a safe ride, good luck to them all N.Bennett Folkestone Kent GB.