Truck Driving Music Songs

Red Sovine was born Woodrow Wilson Sovine July 17, 1918 in Charleston, West Virginia. He was an American country music singer associated with truck driving songs. The most famous was his 1976 number one hit "Teddy Bear". Red Sovine was taught to play guitar by his mother. By the time he was 17 years old, Red worked professionally as an entertainer. In 1948 he formed his own band, "The Echo Valley Boys." By 1949, Red replaced Hank Williams, Sr. on the Louisiana Hayride after Williams joined the Grand Ole Opry.

On April 4, 1980, Sovine suffered a heart attack while driving his Ford van in Nashville, which caused him to crash. The injuries and his heart attack were fatal. He was buried next to his wife Norma, who died in 1976. For many years after his death, his greatest hits collection (The Best Of Red Sovine) was advertised on television, exposing his music to a new generation of fans. See Music Video Red Sovine Song Phantom 309

Dave Dudley was born David Darwin Pedruska on May 3, 1928 in Spencer, Wis. He was raised in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. His first hit on the country singles chart in 1961 was "Maybe I Do" on Vee Records. Dave is best remembered for his 1963 recording hit, "Six Days on the Road," which spent two weeks at No. 2 on the country charts.

He died on December 22, 2003. Through his music, Dudley helped create an image of the American trucker that influenced several films and TV shows from the '70s, including Smokey and the Bandit and Movin' On. See Music video Dave Dudley song six days on the road

James Wesley Huguely was born September 21, 1940 in Richmond, Kentucky. Jay Huguely was a stage actor, advertising executive and television writer/executive who enjoyed a brief run of popularity as a recording artist in the 1970s. Recording as Cledus Maggard & the Citizen's Band, Huguely, working at the time for Leslie Advertising in Greenville, South Carolina, enjoyed his one and only hit in 1976 with "The White Knight", released during popularity of the citizens' band radio, the song is about a semitrailer truck driver victimized by a Georgia Highway Patrol speed trap. James Wesley Huguely died December 13, 2008 in Valencia, California. See Music Video Jay Huguely Song White Knight

Boxcar Willie was born Lecil Travis Martin September 1, 1931 in Sterratt, Texas. He was an American country music singer, who sang in the "old-time hobo" music style, complete with dirty face, overalls, and a floppy hat. "Boxcar Willie" was originally a character in a ballad he wrote, but he later adopted it as his own stage name.

Martin joined the United States Air Force in 1949, and served as a pilot and flight engineer for the B-29 Super Fortress during the Korean War in the early 1950s. In San Jose, California, Martin attended a talent show as "Boxcar Willie" and performed under the nickname for the first time. He won first place, a $150 prize and a nickname that he would forever go by. He went on to become a star in country music, selling more than 10 million records, tapes and CDs worldwide.

In 1985, Martin moved to Branson, Missouri and purchased a theater on Highway 76, 76 Country Music Boulevard. In addition to the Boxcar Willie Theater, he opened a museum and eventually had two motels, both bearing his name. Boxcar Willie was one of the first big stars to open a show in Branson, paving the way for the other nationally-known names that followed. He performed at his theater in Branson until he died on April 12, 1999. See Music Video Boxcar Willie Song Convoy

Music Video Boxcar Willie Convoy

LYRICS - Convoy - Recorded by Boxcar Willie

Yeah breaker one nine this here's the Rubber Duck, Uh, you got a copy on me  Pig Pen C'mon, Uh yeah Ten-Four Pig Pen fer sure fer sure. By golly it's  clean clear to Flag Town, C'mon Yeah its a big Ten -Four there Pig Pen Yeah we definitely got the front door, good buddy Mercy Sakes Alive looks  like we've got us a convoy It was a dark a the moon On the sixth of  June And a Kenworth pullin logs Cab over Pete with a refer on And a  Jimmy haulin hogs We was headed for bear On I-1-0 Bout a mile out  Shakey Town I says Pig Pen this here's the rubber duck And I'm about to  put the hammer down.

Cause we got a little 'ole convoy Rockin through  the night Yeah we got a little 'ole convoy Ain't she a beautiful sight C'mon and join our Convoy Ain't nothin gonna get in our way We gonna roll  this truckin convoy 'cross the USA Convoy....Convoy.....

Gotta  breaker Pig Pen this here's the Duck And uh you wanna back off them hogs Ten-four Roger 'bout five mile or so Ten-Roger them hogs is gettin intense up  here. By the time we got into Tulsa Town We had eighty-five trucks in  all. But they's a road block up on the clover leaf And them bears is wall  to wall, Yeah them smokies was thick as bugs on a bumper, They even had a  bear in the air. I says callin all trucks This here's the Duck We're  about to go a huntin bear.

'Cause we got a great big convoy Rockin  through the night. Yeah we got a great big convoy Ain't she a beautiful sight. C'mon and join our convoy Aint nothin gonna get in our way We  gonna roll this truckin convoy 'cross the USA Convoy.....Convoy

Hey  you wanna give me a ten-nine on that Pig Pen Negatory Pig Pen you're still  too close Yeah them hogs is startin to close up my sinuses Mercy Sakes  you'd better back off another ten. Well we rolled up Innerstate  fourty-four Like a rocket sled on rails We tore up all of our swindel  sheets and left 'em settin on the scales By the time we hit that Chi Town Them bears was a gettin smart, They'd brought up some reinforcements From the Illinois national guard. There was armored cars and tanks and jeeps And rigs of every size. Yeah them chicken coops was full of bears And choppers filled the skies.

Well we shot the line And we went for broke With a thousand screamin trucksAnd eleven long haired Friends of Jesus In  a Chartreuse microbus. Yeah Rubber Duck this is Sod Buster C'mon there yeah Ten-Four Sod Buster. Listen you wanna put that microbus in behind that  suicide jockey? Yeah he's haulin dynamite and he needs all the help he can get. Well we laid a strip for the Jersey Shore And prepared to cross  the line, I could see the bridge was lined with bears But I didn't have a  doggone dime.

I says Pig Pen this here's the Rubber Duck, We just ain't a  gonna pay no toll. So we crashed the gate doin 98 I said let them truckers roll, Ten-Four.

'Cause we got a mighty convoy Rockin through the night, Yeah we got a mighty convoy Ain't she a beautiful sight. C'mon and join our convoy Aint nothin gonna get in our way. We gonna roll this truckin convoy 'cross the USA. Convoy.....Convoy

That's ten-Four Pig  Pen what's you're Twenty? Omaha?! Well they oughtta know what to do with them hogs out there fer sure. Well mercy sakes good buddy we gonna back on outta here, So keep the bugs off yer glass and the bears off  yer...tail, We'll catch you on the flip flop, This here's the Rubber Duck on the side We gone - Bye Bye.

Boxcar Willie was born Lecil Travis Martin September 1, 1931 in Sterratt, Texas. He was an American country music singer, who sang in the "old-time hobo" music style, complete with dirty face, overalls, and a floppy hat. "Boxcar Willie" was originally a character in a ballad he wrote, but he later adopted it as his own stage name.

Martin joined the United States Air Force in 1949, and served as a pilot and flight engineer for the B-29 Super Fortress during the Korean War in the early 1950s. In San Jose, California, Martin attended a talent show as "Boxcar Willie" and performed under the nickname for the first time. He won first place, a $150 prize and a nickname that he would forever go by. He went on to become a star in country music, selling more than 10 million records, tapes and CDs worldwide.

In 1985, Martin moved to Branson, Missouri and purchased a theater on Highway 76, 76 Country Music Boulevard. In addition to the Boxcar Willie Theater, he opened a museum and eventually had two motels, both bearing his name. Boxcar Willie was one of the first big stars to open a show in Branson, paving the way for the other nationally-known names that followed. He performed at his theater in Branson until he died on April 12, 1999.

Music Video Jay Huguely White Knight

Recording as Cledus Maggard & the Citizen's Band, Huguely, working at the time in South Carolina, enjoyed his one and only hit in 1976 with "The White Knight".

LYRICS - White Knight - Recorded by James Wesley Huguely
Down on Seventy-Five or Ninety-Five or I-Twenty t'other way, Turn your squelch to the right and in the night, you'll hear some cotton-picker say, "Breaker breaker, got a picture-taker, ol' Smokey's at forty-three!" It's that Japanese toy, the trucker's joy that everybody calls CB. Yeah, Citizens Band. Keeps you up to date with the fender-benders and the Tijuana taxis and all them bears out there a-flip-floppin'. Now ahead o' your children and ahead o' your wife on the list of the ten best things in life, Your CB's gotta rate right around number four. 'Course, beavers 'n hot biscuits 'n Merle Haggard come one-two-three, you know.

Well I was loaded down comin' outta Lake City checkin' out seat covers all young and pretty. My wife was right and I settled for the night, that ol' concrete boulevard a-feelin' right. My ol' buddy in the back was a-gettin' some sack; I was gonna bring it on to Macon 'fore I climbed in the back. Yeah, I had all my eight-tracks by my side from Dolly Parton to Charley Pride. My stereo a-rattlin' on the dash with Johnny Cash and all that good trash. Yeah, culture with a side order of ritz!

When all of a sudden there come a squall over my CB ringin' wall to wall, Said "Go to double nickels as you hit the ridge, 'Cause there's a smokey picture-taker t'other side o' the bridge!" "Oh, mercy! 'Preciate that, good buddy. Uh, what's your handle there, come on? Come on?" Mm-hmm... Well they was nary a sound, and I was bound to think he done switched over to four, When wall to wall there come a call in a voice you couldn't ignore.

And he said, "Ten-four, back door. Put the pedal to the metal and let it roar. Hammer down to Macon Town, gonna see my mama, sure. Well the Bears are gone, let's bring it on, the Georgia line's way outta sight. Pulled outta Richmond Town last Saturday night, and my handle is the Whight Knight. How 'bout it?"... "Hey ol' buddy, I'm the Mean Machine.

What's your twenty and what's your eighteen? Grease it up and shoot me some more, 'Cause I sure believe you're my front door! Come on?"

"Ten-four, back door. Put the pedal to the metal and let it roar. Hammer down to Macon Town, gonna see my mama, sure. Well a GMC my eighteen be, and the last mile marker was a fifty-three. Pulled outta Richmond Town last Saturday night, and my handle is the Whight Knight. How 'bout it?"...

"All right, White Knight, hammer down!" Well there I was a-streakin', my needle was a-peakin' right around seventy-nine. That ol' diesel juice was a-gettin' loose and everything was fine! Oh yeah! Sing, Dolly! Sing, Loretta! Sing it, darlin's! Mm-hmm.

When wall to wall, I got a call from a front door big bear trapper. He said, "Break one-nine, good buddy o' mine, you got a smokey in a plain white wrapper!" Well I jammed my stick and lost twenty quick, you could hear them gears a-tearin'. I was passed by a beaver in a Camaro, and I was cruisin' along a-goin' so slow I could count every button on that frilly blouse she was a-wearin'. 'Course, they weren't but one.

"Hey there, Super Trooper." Yeah, that's that crafty smokey over there with a CB o' his very own. "Who, me? Noooooo, Smokey! Got grapefruit comin from F-L-A. Can't shake them up, boy. Nooo, goin' double nickels all the way! Hey, White Knight! Hey, front door, Let's slide one off o' Super Trooper here and show him what's happenin' up there. Come on?"

And he said, "Ten-four, back door. Put the pedal to the metal and let it roar. Hammer down to Macon Town, gonna see my mama, sure. Well the bears are gone, let's bring it on, the Georgia line's way outta sight. Gotta get to Macon 'fore the middle o' the night, and my handle is the Whight Knight. How 'bout it?"

Well I hammered down 'cause I figured that clown knew more about it than me. I was puttin' it to it, and before I knew it I was doin' 'round eighty-three. When I got a call just got my gall; White Knight was a-talkin' to me, and he said,

"Ten-four, back door. Put the pedal to the metal, what'cha waitin' for? If that ol' white can't stay in sight, gonna leave you here 'n say no more, How 'bout it?"

"WHOOOA now, ol' buddy, that's fightin' talk! Now say things about my wife or my religion, but don't go gettin' nasty 'bout my rig now! I'll come up there 'n blow your doors off!" Sing that mad tune there, Buck! Well I hammered down like I had wings, little gravels in my wheels goin' ping-ping-ping. I was hittin' ninety with a might heavy load, blew a Greyhound Bus clean off o' the road. 'Bout the time I hit ninety-two I saw somethin' flashin' in my rear view. Thought to myself, "That can't be true," but there it was a-goin' blue-blue-blue!

Uh-oh... Bubble gum machine done hit the jackpot! That's what it was, big ol' redneck whip right there on Smokey's car goin' twangy- twangy- twangy-twangy. Play me a sad song there, Johnny. Well I could see that bear a-laughin' big, just a hangin' in tight on the back o' my rig. When all of a sudden it come to me wall to wall. So in that cold dark Georgia night in the shadow o' Smokey Bear's blue light I decided to make just one more CB call...

"Break one-nine for the Super Trooper. Hey there, Super Trooper, tell me if I'm right, Are you my front door? Are you the White Knight? Come on?"

And he said, "Ten-four, back door. You in a heap o' trouble, boy, fer sure. Gonna read you your rights and treat you fair; just pull over there with yer rockin' chair. Want you boys to know each other real well 'Cause you gonna be sharin' the same jail cell. You make twelve cotton-pickers I've caught tonight Runnin' front door as that White Knight! [snicker] How 'bout it? [snicker] Forty miles over the speed limit; you boys gon' be here a while!" [snicker]

That's it, cotton-pickers, I've done been grounded, My tail in jail and my rig impounded. Called the boss for bond in Big A Town; he said "You got in there, you get out, clown! You lookin' for more than a bond, boy, you ain't got no job!" I said, "Well boss, it's been nice doin' business with you. Just keep it between the ditches. Sevens, threes, 'n all them good numbers to you, 'n boss, If you would do me one favor I... I wonder if you'd call my wife and tell her I won't be there Saturday to take the kids to no Little League nowhere now. Tell her maybe she'd better look into that job what she was offered, 'n Tell her just go ahead and get my friend a leave of action to the VFW.

"And boss, before my replacement takes this rig out, Tell him when he's travellin' through the dark Georgia night, Don't never get no front door called the White Knight! No sir, 'n wind up in the pokey with Smokey? Best thing you can do with that ol' thing is yank it out by the wires. I don't care if it is a Johnson, Sing me a sad tune there, Johnny. "Oh Lordy mercy! Where am I gonna get two hundred 'n fifty green stamps to get outta this pokey?
Oh Lordy..."

James Wesley Huguely was born September 21, 1940 in Richmond, Kentucky. Jay Huguely was a stage actor, advertising executive and television writer/executive who enjoyed a brief run of popularity as a recording artist in the 1970s. Recording as Cledus Maggard & the Citizen's Band, Huguely, working at the time for Leslie Advertising in Greenville, South Carolina, enjoyed his one and only hit in 1976 with "The White Knight", released during popularity of the citizens' band radio, the song is about a semitrailer truck driver victimized by a Georgia Highway Patrol speed trap. James Wesley Huguely died December 13, 2008 in Valencia, California.

Music Video Dave Dudley Song Six Days on the Road

LYRICS - Six Days On The Road - Recorded by Dave Dudley

Well I pulled outta Pittsburgh a rollin' down that Eastern Seaboard I got my diesel wound up and she's a runnin' like a never before. There's a speed zone ahead alright, I don't see a cop in sight, Six days on the road and I'm a gonna make it home tonight.

I got my ten forward gears and a Georgia overdrive. I'm takin' little white pills and my yes are open wide. I just passed a Jimmy and a White, I been a passin' everything in sight, Six days on the road and I'm a gonna make it home tonight.

Well it seems like a month since I kissed my baby goodbye. I could have a lotta women but I'm not like a some other guys, I could find one to hold me tight, but I could never make believe it's alright, Six days on the road and I'm a gonna make it home tonight.

ICC is a checkin' on down the line, Well I'm a little overweight and my log book's way behind, But nothin' bothers me tonight, I can dodge all the scales alright, Six days on the road and I'm a gonna make it home tonight.

Well my rig's a little old but that don't mean she's slow, There's a flame from her stack and that smoke's a blowin' black as coal, My hometown's a comin' in sight, if you think I'm a happy you're right, Six days on the road and I'm a gonna make it home tonight. Six days on the road and I'm a gonna make it home tonight. Six days on the road and I'm a gonna make it home tonight.

Dave Dudley was born David Darwin Pedruska on May 3, 1928 in Spencer, Wis. He was raised in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. His first hit on the country singles chart in 1961 was "Maybe I Do" on Vee Records. Dave is best remembered for his 1963 recording hit, "Six Days on the Road," which spent two weeks at No. 2 on the country charts.

He died on December 22, 2003. Through his music, Dudley helped create an image of the American trucker that influenced several films and TV shows from the '70s, including Smokey and the Bandit and Movin' On.

Music Video Red Sovine Song Phantom 309

LYRICS - PHANTOM 309 - Recorded by Red Sovine:

I was out on the West Coast, tryin' to make a buck and things didn't work out, I was down on my luck Got tired a-roamin' and bummin' around So I started thumbin' back East, toward my home town. Made a lot of miles, the first two days and I figured I'd be home in week, if my luck held out this way But, the third night I got stranded, way out of town at a cold, lonely crossroads, rain was pourin' down.

I was hungry and freezin', done caught a chill When the lights of a big semi topped the hillLord, I sure was glad to hear them air brakes come on And I climbed in that cab, where I knew it'd be warm. At the wheel sit a big man, he weighed about two-tenHe stuck out his hand and said with a grin "Big Joe's the name", I told him mine and he said: "The name of my rig is Phantom 309." I asked him why he called his rig such a name He said: "Son, this old Mack can put 'em all to shame. There ain't a driver, or a rig, a-runnin' any line Ain't seen nothin' but taillights from Phantom 309."

Well, we rode and talked the better part of the nightWhen the lights of a truck stop came in sightHe said: "I'm sorry son, this is as far as you go'Cause, I gotta make a turn, just on up the road. "Well, he tossed me a dime as he pulled her in low and said: "Have yourself a cup on old Big Joe. "When Joe and his rig roared out in the night, In nothin' flat, he was clean out of sight.

Well, I went inside and ordered me a cup. Told the waiter Big Joe was settin' me up. Aw!, you coulda heard a pin drop, it got deathly quiet and the waiter's face turned kinda white. Well, did I say something wrong? I said with a halfway grin He said: "Naw, this happens every now and then. Ever' driver in here knows Big Joe, but son, let me tell you what happened about ten years ago.

At the crossroads tonight, where you flagged him down there was a bus load of kids, comin' from town and they were right in the middle, when Big Joe topped the hill. It could have been slaughter, but he turned his wheel. Well, Joe lost control, went into a skid and gave his life to save that bunch a kids and there at that crossroads, was the end of the line for Big Joe and phantom 309.

But, every now and then, some hiker'll come by and like you, Big Joe'll give'em a ride here. Have another cup and forget about the dime. Keep it as a souvenir, from Big Joe and Phantom 309!".............

Red Sovine was born Woodrow Wilson Sovine July 17, 1918 in Charleston, West Virginia. He was an American country music singer associated with truck driving songs. The most famous was his 1976 number one hit "Teddy Bear". Red Sovine was taught to play guitar by his mother. By the time he was 17 years old, Red worked professionally as an entertainer. In 1948 he formed his own band, "The Echo Valley Boys." By 1949, Red replaced Hank Williams, Sr. on the Louisiana Hayride after Williams joined the Grand Ole Opry.

On April 4, 1980, Sovine suffered a heart attack while driving his Ford van in Nashville, which caused him to crash. The injuries and his heart attack were fatal. He was buried next to his wife Norma, who died in 1976. For many years after his death, his greatest hits collection (The Best Of Red Sovine) was advertised on television, exposing his music to a new generation of fans.