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Does anyone else remember "Backin' to Birmingham" ?
<i>"It wasn't easy backin' through the traffic,
And I'll bet I'm the first truck drivin' man
That ever left Chicago in a semi,
and backed it all the way to Birmingham "
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-John

The guy that started this thread gets his poor little Teddy Bear Barfed on!

OKAY !! OKAY !! enough guys - - - I'm gona have ta git me sum wipers fur my glasses - - they'z al fogged up frum the boo-hoo's . I hear ya Pat . . . where'z my "Teddy Bear" ???

Roll on Daddy roll on crew roll on mamma like I ask you to .Roll on 18 teen wheeler roll on .Roll on. ALABAMA

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BJ Bailey

Here's another one: Anybody out there remember Tom T. Hall's song "Ravishin' Ruby"? Great tune. Tim R.

Love trucking songs. "Coming out of Detroit" or was it Pitsburgh. Loved Dave Dudley singing about "soot as black as coal"
No steel guitars but wonderful guitar work.

It was Six Days on the Road that you're thinking of, Garry.

A very different, but very good cover of that tune was done by The Flying Burrito Bros. with Al Perkins on some excellent rockin' steel.

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Rick Richtmyer
Good News

I remember'em,
#Ell i'm still playin'em,
our rythym guitar player IS a trucker,
"come on"

Mama Hated Diesels

Some around the San Francisco Bay area might remember Truitt Cunninham's (sp) The Truck That Peter Built...I believe it was written by Liz Anderson (Lynn's mom) Don Sherwood used to play it on his show.

Not once on this thread has anyone yet mentioned the mighty Red Simpson. Hope this rectifies the problem.

(My favorite of his = "I'm a Truck")

Brother Trucker by James Taylor
(No Steel though...)
Steel Truckin'

My friend Jack Daniels (of highway 101 fame) had a song called 'I've got to dump this load somewhere'.

He seemed to think it was a comedy number.....

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How about Smoky Mountain Rain.

Jackie

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I heard a little of what may be the strangest Truck Drivin' song ever recorded. Weird Al Yankovic's moving rendition of "Drivin My Truck With My High Heels On" about a crossdressing trucker.
Of course it was being played as a joke by a local country 'morning drive time' jock. But I gotta admit, it was funny. It even had some dern HOT steel pickin. But I don't think it quite lives up to the standards set by Red Sovine, Dave Duddley and Del Reeves.
BTW, my fav has got to be Mama Hated Diesels, and a close second Lookin' At The World Through A Windshield. (I know, I know, Commander Cody stuff dates me, but what can I say, I'm a product of my G-G-Generation.

"That Endless Black Ribbon" by Tinny Harris

I've been from Tuscon to Tecumpali
Tehatchapi to Tonopah
I've driven every kind of rig that's ever been made
I even drove the back roads so I wouldn't get weighed
And if you give me weed, whites and wine
And you show me a sign, then I'll be willin' to keep on movin, movin', movin'.

From "I'll Be Willin'" by Seatrain.

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">quote:</font><HR><SMALL>As that little crippled boy talked with me
I tried hard to swallow a lump that just wouldn't stay down</SMALL><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

..that was the meatloaf sandwich he had for lunch..

<SMALL>David P, If you make it all the way to the bottom of this post, you asked for some of the words to C B Savage to help bring it to mind.</SMALL>

Thanks, Jim.

Still doesn't ring any bells. But I definitely remember the song. I just can't remember the tune nor the words. I guess that means I'm finally getting old.

I guess I'll have to go find an album somewhere that has it on there.

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The Unofficial Photographer of The Wilkinsons

Actually, "Willin'" was written by Lowell George and originally performed by Little Feat. Ronstadt, the Byrds, and just about everyone else under the sun recorded it, but the absolutely best version is still George's, with Little Feat, on the live album "Waiting for Columbus". Clearlyone fo the great truck driving songs around.

john

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Better Late than Never!
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Agreed ! "Willin" is a Little Feat Tune.
"Waiting for Columbus" GREAT Album..
Steel fat in the bathtub

You can't forget "Boogie Back to Texas" by Asleep at the Wheel.

jdg

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