Real Truck Drivin' Songs For Real Men...
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Real Truck Drivin' Songs For Real Men...
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— go to most recent comments26 - Heather
18 Wheels & a dozen roses! I love that song :-)
27 - poorgirl
listen to joey holiday & leland martin too
28 - jeff
convoy- C.W. McCall
29 - Amber
Drivin' My Life Away - Eddie Rabbitt
30 - tom
looking for a song called thats truckin.thanks
31 - karen
I am trying to find a cd from approx 2002, it was a trucker comedy song cd, and one song had something to do with a chicken truck or chicken something, I personally heard the song, but my trucker friend is looking for it again.
32 - Legacy
Pinball Machine by Lonnie Irving. depressing song, but sometimes, life on the road can be depressing.
On a more upbeat note: Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road. classic!
33 - Harvey Craft
Anyone remember a truck song where a guy had to drive his big rig in reverse for a long haul because he couldn't get it out of reverse?
34 - Ulug
Nice thread. Some of my personal favorites for the long haul are:
Don't Think About Her When You're Trying To Drive - John Hiatt
Drive South - John Hiatt
Highway 7 - RL Burnside
Many A Long And Lonesome Highway - Rodney Crowell
On The Road Again - Canned Heat
Route 66 - Asleep At The Wheel
You Can't Get The Hell Out Of Texas - George Jones
Hustled Down In Texas - Johnny Winter
Speedball Tucker - Jim Croce
One More For The Road - Suzy Bogguss and Chet Atkins
Key To The Highway - Derek and The Dominos
Dust Down A Country Road - John Hiatt
Brooklyn Bound - The Black Keys
Obviously, most of these songs have various versions / covers other than those listed here.
35 - Stephanie
"Asphalt Cowboy" by Jason Aldean
36 - Sonic
How Bout Some New Stuff, Like the "Drive-By Truckers" and "the Road Hammers"
37 - greg
does anyone know a song with the lyrics, i lost it on the road mamma somewere down around dallas.
38 - sara j silva
i was raised around tnat music and i have always loved it & i was wanting to know if u have cd catalogs so i can order some music from u all.
39 - Sam
When I grow up i want to be a truck driver like my uncle
40 - tobi
cant remember artist but song is CONVOY
best truckin song ever
41 - Casey
Hey steve earls best truckin song has to be guitar town, cant believe I didnt see it mentioned
42 - Gary
Lost It On The Road was a Carl Smith song # 45382
43 - Jessica
I know of a couple of songs:
Garth Brooks: Papa Loved Mama
Lee Ann Womack: I Love A Man With 18 Wheels
Kathy Mattea: 18 Wheels & A Dozen Roses
So this is just what I can think of right now
44 - ContryKid
How about anything by red sovine...
45 - amberlynn
life on the road, what a beauty!
46 - Richard
I have been looking for a album i think came out in the 80s Smokin Joe in over drive if any one can tell me where to find it
47 - Tim
Leroy Van Dyke - The Auctioneer
48 - rob
Does anybody know a song and who sang it with the lyrics
" i was born to be a diesel cowboy i,ve got the fastest stagecoach on the road " I,m certain the line is in the chorus but I can,t find the song any where
It,s a fantastic song and would love to get a hold of any versions
please please help
49 - dixie
looking for a truck driving song with some of the words:
10 days on the road,sick wife,something wrong with the kid, and the barn needs fixed
Thanks
50 - Paul
"Drivin' My Life Away" -Eddie Rabbit
51 - dixie
How do I get an answer to my question? I'm comment no. 49
52 - Mindy
Asphalt Cowboy by Jason Aldean is my all time favorite trucking song. My boyfriend is a trucker and we love it.
53 - Chris
What about "Phantom 309"? Or do you not consider that a true "song"?
54 - larry allen
I was one of the "Shit Howdy Boys"
55 - Munz
Lowell George wrote "Willin'" and Little Feat recorded it, but Commander Cody covered it, as did the Byrds and many others.
56 - louis
what is the name of the song that has the following words: I want to put my life on the centerline,... and i know peace i'll never find, as those big old wheels keep rolling thru my mind. - thanks
57 - Tyler
Merle Hagard white line fever
58 - Debbie
Does any one know who sung the song Little Sister Bobbie Jean And where you can find it
59 - michae
the white line is getting longer
teddy bear
60 - carl
The Shit Howdy Boys! I have one of their albums signed by the band. They played Orange County CA in the mid to late 1970's. One of the most pathetic bunch of clowns I've ever seen.
61 - carl
I mean that in a good way, of course.
62 - tony
"The original version of "ive been everywhere" was by an aussie called Lucky Star & featured all australian towns,this version actually reached no.1 on our pop charts of the day (late sixties i think)."
1962. Same year Geoff Mack rewrote it for Canadian-born Hank Snow, who sang mostly North American place names. Two weeks at #1 in November 1962.
63 - Trisha
Teresa- My dad was the bass player for the Shit Howdy Boys
64 - Tom Lambert
Just a little thank you Robert, for putting 'A Truckers Tribute To Red Sovine' in with the best.
Take care,
Tom.
65 - Julie
Help, I am looking for the artist of a song called "Reefer Madness" he talks about driving the truck and having "Reefer Madness" and I can not for the life of me remember who it is!! Please Help!juevans@sparks.org
66 - Bob Wyman
Hey ULUG some of those aren't really truck driving songs but just mention driving!
Tom Waits does a great "Phantom 309". Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen lp "Hot Licks Cold Steel and Truckers Favorites". I remember a song but not the artist "I Come Awful Close" about a driver trying to stay faithful while out on the road. On a Dr. Demento collection I have "Phantom Windbreaker" by Red Bovine! There is "I'm Comin' Home" Johnny Horton, and a strange one by The Beat Farmers "Big Ugly Wheels". A satire song by The Agoraphobic Cowboy called "I Ain't Goin' Nowhere" is worth seeking out.
67 - Nikky
Hi does any body knows a trucker song that starts with the banjio and its a very fast song i mean tempo and the name is"something trucker" it is a song from the 80`s?
68 - Ken Nicholson
Steel Ridin' Cowboys by Smokin' Joe Lee Smith. Google it!
69 - Ken Nicholson
Richard the album you are looking for Smokin' Joe In Overdrive is available.
70 - John
Yes I have a album by the Shit Howdy Boy's.
71 - John
Trisha...The Shit howdy boys had guitar player name Tom that was an anazing picker
72 - John
Jack Barlow also had a great truckin' song called (Shift Or Get Off The Lot).
73 - Roger
I've got a single from the Shit Howdy Boys given to me by a long lost friend, Jack Rotar. He owned the Swallows Inn in San Juan Capistrano when they played there. The single contains "Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Beaners" that I still love to hear. The flip side was Jack, singing with the Boys about the day he learned his lease was not being renewed. Last I heard, Jack bought a bar in Mexico somewhere - haven't heard from him in 20 years...
74 - WizarD of AhS
The only times I saw the Shit Howdy Boys was in Mammoth at Whiskey Creek. They did parodies with stand up. If no one laughed at a particular joke, one would say "SHIT" and the other "HOWDY" - that ALWAYS got a laugh from the audience
75 - Ken Nicholson
Julie, the song you mentioned, Reefer Madness, is on the album Smokin' Joe In Overdrive by Joe Lee Smith. Overdrive magazine is doing an article on Joe and the album in the November issue. Check out the website.