Drivin Country [Import]

Drivin Country [Import]

ASIN: B00008OETS

Track Listings

1. King Of The Road

2. On The Road Again

3. I'm Movin' On

4. Tennessee Border No.1

5. I'm A Truck Drivin' Man

6. 18 Wheels Hummin' Home Sweet Home

7. Oklahoma Hills

8. Hot Rod Race

9. Six Days On The Road

10. Truck Driver's Boogie

11. Truck Driver's Blues

12. Truck Driver's Night Run Blues

13. Mobile Boogie

14. Down The Road

15. Truck Driver's Sweetheart

16. Truck Driver's Coffee Shop

17. Diesel Smoke (Dangerous Curves)

18. Woman Behind The Man Behind The Wheel

19. Big Rig Rollin' Man

20. Rocky Road Blues

Tracks:

Last Day in the Mines
Mad
Two Six Packs Away
Truck Drivin' Son-Of-A-Gun
What We're Fighting For
Viet Nam Blues
Lonelyville
Long Time Gone
My Kind of Love
Trucker's Prayer
Anything Leaving Town Today
There Ain't No Easy Run
I Keep Coming Back for More
Please Let Me Prove (My Love for You)
One More Mile
George (And the North Woods)
Pool Shark
This Night (Ain't Fit for Nothing But Drinking)
Listen Betty (I'm Singing Your Song)
Comin' Down
Fly Away Again
If It Feels Good Do It
You've Got to Cry Girl
Keep on Truckin'

Customer Reviews:

A Truck Drivin' Son of a Gun of a compilation.......2005-05-09

This compilation on Westside/Demon Music Group in the UK is by far the best overview of his talent available on CD, even if it doesn't contain "Six Days On The Road." The reason why is that this is a compilation of his top 40 country chart hits on Mercury in which the original hit recording of "Six Days On The Road" was not released on, in fact, it was on Dave's Golden Wing label and when the followup hit, Cowboy Boots came out, he changed the name of his label to Golden Ring because Mercury had a Wing label being used as their budget priced imprint. The version of "Six Days" he recorded for Mercury is a re-recording, available on CD on the Millennium Collection, and not the hit version, which can be found on Time-Life and Rhino country compilations. But the songs on here are the cream of the crop of his Mercury years including the classic title song, "Last Day In The Mines," "Mad," the Kris Kristofferson penned "Vietnam Blues," "Trucker's Prayer," "Keep On Truckin'," and his only #1 country chart hit, the Tom T. Hall penned "The Pool Shark." Purchase this CD for a near definitive overview of Dave Dudley in his truck drivin' prime and enjoy the "Truck Drivin' Son of a Gun" once again.

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Truck Drivin' Fool by Red Simpson
Second volume of superb trucker country
Truck Drivin' Genius!!

Truck Drivin' Fool
Red Simpson
Manufacturer: Sundazed Music Inc.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0002B16FA
Release Date: 2004-07-27

Tracks:

Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves
Sleeper, Five-By-Two
Black Smoke A Blowin Over 18 Wheels (Thats Home Sweet Home)
Truck Daddy
Take Me Home
Jackknife
A Tombstone Every Mile
Born To Be A Trucker
Ill Be Goin Home To Momma
Piggyback Blues
Old Sam
Truck Drivin Fool

Album Description

Released in 1967, Red Simpson's Truck Drivin' Fool continued the focus of his debut album: examining the good and the treacherous, the amusing and sobering sides of trucker life. Today, Simpson, considered a Bakersfield legend, continues performing around his hometown.

Customer Reviews:

Truck Drivin' Fool by Red Simpson.......2006-11-10

Continuation of his debut album, so very happy they are in reproduction on CD. Days of a bygone era, where truckers were so admired and Red brings them to life in his music. Get's better the more you listen to it. A classic CD for the country western enthusiast. If you like Junior Brown, you will certainly like this.

Second volume of superb trucker country.......2004-12-25

Simpson's fourth album reverts to the successful trucker-themed concept of his 1966 debut. And much like the debut, his Bakersfield roots shine through in twangy backings that echo the sound coined by his occasional songwriting partner Buck Owens. As on the debut, Simpson sings of the road's hardships in a matter-of-fact manner that works well with his limited range and adds a convincing note of authority.

The album opens with "Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves," Cal Martin's tale of a hard-charging driver on a winding mountain road. Unlike Doye O'Dell's original 1952 waxing, Simpson's is understated, with steel guitar providing the sound a truck hanging on to the curves and an edgy lead guitar to heighten the drama. There's plenty of truckin' lingo (which differs from the kitschy CB buzzwords of 1970s trucker hits) on tunes like "Sleeper, Five-By-Two" and "Jackknife," bringing to mind the mid-60s car-song collaborations of Brian Wilson and Roger Christian.

Though Simpson focuses on the wear-and-tear of the trucker's life on "Born to Be a Trucker" and "Piggyback Blues," there's a lighter, happier side to be found on the Simpson-Owens co-write, "Truck Daddy," and the title track is as contented as a driver on a wide-open road with a full tank of gas. The only real misfire in this collection is a rendition of "A Tombstone Every Mile" whose happy-go-lucky delivery loses the gravity of Dick Curless' original.

Simpson's engaging songs and everyman delivery, his band's twangy arrangements and Ken Nelson's crisp production elevate this far beyond a novelty collection of trucking tunes. Along with Buck Owens classic Capitol albums, this is an essential element of the Bakersfield canon.

Truck Drivin' Genius!!.......2004-08-13

I first heard this in about 1968 when a friend bought a copy - I loved it then & have tried for YEARS to find it.
At last it's re-issued on CD & when it arrived my wife & I played it three times straight off!
It's absolutely wonderful, Red's voice is perfect for this kind of material, his songs are good, & his choice of covers immaculate. The backing on this is perfect Bakersfield, both guitar & steel (musicians uncredited - who are these guys, they're superb!)If you like Country music (before it got sidetracked down a pop alley), you owe it to yourself to get a copy

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24 Great Truck Drivin' Songs
The Willis Brothers
Manufacturer: Deluxe
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005JA5C
Release Date: 1994-03-11

Tracks:

Old Sleeper Cab
Alcohol and #2 Diesel
Blazing Smokestack
Give Me Forty Acres
It's the Miles
Big Daddy (Is Alabama Bound)
Diesel Smoke on Danger Road
Rye Whiskey
(Cody of the) Pony Express
When I Come Driving Through
Wheels a Turning
Drivein's in My Blood
Truck Driving Sam
Motorcycle Bill
Ode to Big Joe
Truck Driver's Blues
Highway Patrol
Long Haul Weekend
Truck Driver's Queen
White Lines an Droadside Signs
Only Shoulder (A Trucker Can Cry On)
Diesel Drivin' Donut Dunkin' Dan
Soft Shoulders and Dangerous Curves
Moonlight Ride in a Diesel

On the Road Again: 20 Great Truck Drivin' Hits

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On the Road Again: 20 Great Truck Drivin' Hits
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Gusto
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C.W. McCall - Greatest Hits

ASIN: B0007NFLQS
Release Date: 2005-02-08

Tracks:

Six Days on the Road - Dave Dudley
I'm a Truck - Red Simpson
Give Me Forty Acres - Wills Brothers
C.B. Savage - Red Hart, Rod Hart
Endless Black Ribbon - Tiny Harris
Forty Miles of Bad Road - Duane Eddy
Man Behind the Wheel - George Morgan
How Fast Them Trucks Can Go - Claude Gray
Widow Maker - Jimmy Martin
California Turn-Arounds - Jack Greene
Looking at the World Through a Windshield - Del Reeves
Gear Jammer and the Hobo - Johnny Bond, Red Sovine
Roll, Truck, Roll - Red Simpson
Truck Driver's Queen
Passing Zone Blues - Coleman Wilson
Truck Stop Cutie - The Willis Brothers
Where's the Truck - Charlie Douglas, Dave Dudley
Rolaids, Doan's Pills and Preparation H - Dave Dudley
Jackson - Jean Shepard, Red Sovine
Convoy

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Truck Drivin' Man
Terry Fell
Manufacturer: Bear Family
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000282T6
Release Date: 1993-12-06

Tracks:

Truck Driving Man
Caveman
Don't Drop It
Play The Music Louder
I'm Hot To Trot
Mississippi River Shuffle
Get Aboard My Wagon
Yog Don't Give A Hang About Me
He's In Love With You
I Believe My Heart
What I Am Worth
Over And Over
I Nearly Go Crazy
That's The Way The Big Ball Bounces
Don't Do It Joe
Consolation Prize
Let's Stay Together Till After Christmas
(We Wanna See) Santa Do The Mambo
Wham! Bam! Hot Ziggity Zam
If I Didn't Have You
That's What I Like
Fa-So-La
I Can Hear You Cluckin'
What's Good For The Goose

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Truck Drivin' Superhits
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Legacy
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000040JGI
Release Date: 2000-01-01

Tracks:

Convoy - Boxcar Willie
Take This Job and Shove It - Johnny Paycheck
Harper Valley P.T.A - Jeannie C. Riley
Wasted Days and Wasted Nights - Freddy Fender
Elvira - Kenny Rogers, Kenny Rogers
Teddy Bear Song - Barbara Fairchild
Phantom 309 - Boxcar Willie
Truck Driver's Blues - Ferlin Husky
Heartbreak U.S.A. - Kitty Wells
Big Bad John - Jimmy Dean
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The Best Of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer

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This is the ONE!
Hammer down, Red Simpson on the radio
A must have anthology for Red Simpson and truck driving fans
This CD is gear-jammin'

The Best Of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer
Red Simpson
Manufacturer: Razor & Tie
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000JYAB
Release Date: 1999-08-24

Tracks:

Truck Drivin' Fool
The Highway Patrol
Nitro Express
Roll, Truck, Roll
I'm A Truck
Motivatin' Man
Happy Go Lucky Truck Driver
Truck Drivin' Man
Six Days On The Road
Give Me Forty Acres
Truck Driver's Blues
Highway Man
Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves
Born To Be A Trucker
Johnny Law
Jeannie With The Light Brown Cadillac
Mini-Skirt Minnie
Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer
Awful Lot To Learn About Truck Drivin'
Truckin' Trees For Christmas

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Truck-drivin' songs hold a narrow but proud niche in the mythology of country & western music. Red Simpson, a Bakersfield songwriting compadre of Buck Owens and Merle Haggard, came into the game late, following the success of Dave Dudley and Del Reeves, and scored but one bona fide hit, 1971's dryly comic "I'm a Truck." But Simpson's work has held up better than most, thanks to his blue-collar voice and those twangin' Bakersfield Telecasters. This 20-track collection is taken from Simpson's mid-'60s and early '70s Capitol albums. Besides "I'm a Truck," highlights include the original version of "Highway Patrol" (memorably covered by Junior Brown on 1993's Guit with It) and a chugging version of "Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves." --Rick Mitchell

Customer Reviews:

This is the ONE!.......2007-01-21

Red is awesome. But, if you have never listened to Red or if you are coming to get a taste of Gene Moles genius on guitar.. this is the one you wanna buy! Razor and Tie nailed this release and you will not be disappointed if you want some awesome bakersfield truckin' country.

Just a perfect album.

Hammer down, Red Simpson on the radio.......2002-02-07

Long before C.W. McCall's "Convoy" launched truck driving songs as a Top-40 phenomenon in the mid-70s, numerous artists had driven the theme up the country charts. Simpson, perhaps the Bakersfield hitmaker least identified with the city's famous sound, had a trio of hits as early as 1966: Tommy Collins' oft-covered "Roll, Truck, Roll," Cal Martin's "Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves," and Simpson's own "The Highway Patrol," the latter covered recently by Junior Brown.

In the early 70s Simpson struck again with "I'm a Truck" (in which fellow Bakersfield residents Buck Owens and Merle Haggard appear in the lyrics!) and "Awful Lot to Learn About Truck Drivin'." In addition to the hits, he recorded excellent originals and fine covers of classic truckin' tunes like "Truck Drivin' Man" and "Six Days on the Road."

Simpson's early years gigging as a weekend replacement for Owens, not to mention the co-writing they did (including Owens' hit, "Sam's Place"), lent a Telecaster-inspired sting to his music. His voice has a deeper resonance than Owens', and given no Don Rich to harmonize with (not to mention a songbook derived from the perspective of a lone trucker), he mostly sings solo. His style has its obvious descendents in Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen and Dale Watson (anyone who likes Simpson's work would do well to check out Watson's "Truckin' Session").

The only in-print alternative to this collection is EMI's pairing of "Roll, Truck, Roll" and "Man Behind the Badge." The 24-tracks on this two-fer cover some of the same material presented here, and add a dozen police-related titles. Missing from the EMI release are "Truck Drivin' Fool" "I'm a Truck" "Motivatin' Man" "Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves" "Born To Be a Trucker" "Jeannie With the Light Brown Cadillac" "Mini-Skirt Minnie" "Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer" "Awful Lot to Learn About Truck Drivin'" and the seasonal "Truckin' Trees for Christmas."

For maximum truckin' fun, this is the rig to drive.

A must have anthology for Red Simpson and truck driving fans.......2001-07-28

This 20 song anthology features songs from each of his 1960's-1970's albums released on Capitol and does include his only top 5 hit, "I'm a Truck." All of the songs, except for 2 tracks which are "Johnny Law" and the top 40 hit which Junior Brown would later cover entitled "Highway Patrol," are about truck driving. As a matter of fact, this anthology does have all of the Roll Truck Roll album minus 3 songs, but those 3 songs can be bought on the essential import twofer of his "Man Behind The Badge" album in its entirety which will give you more of his police songs, and the "Roll Truck Roll" album in its entirety with the original artwork and liner notes for both albums. The classic trucker's Christmas song "Truckin' Trees For Christmas" is on this CD, "Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves" is another classic on this CD, the title song, Mini-Skirt Minnie are other classics. In other words, this is a classic CD. What we need someone to do is reissue the rest of Red Simpson's catalog on CD, with the exception of "I'm a Truck" which is a compilation of his trucker's songs that was released to cash in on the popularity of the single for "I'm a Truck" which many of the tracks from that album are on this compilation anyway.

This CD is gear-jammin'.......1999-12-10

Some may think Red Simpson is Junior Brown Sr. (which would make Junior Brown Junior Brown Jr.), but this comp shows who is boss when it come to big guitar and rumbling vocals. Don't confuse this Red with Red "Teddy Bear" Sovine -- this Red shakes the earth like a big ol' GMC and ends up nosing out Dave Dudley when it comes to truck-driving music. This is good stuff for people who like the Bakersfield Sound and appreciate truck-stop cooking.

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The Perfect Sound Track For Race Day
Great CD.
I LOVE THIS CD!!!!!!
NASCAR Forever

Drivin' Sideways
Drivin' Sideways
Manufacturer: Eagle
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B000001COS
Release Date: 1997-03-18

Tracks:

Nascar Diehards
What Else Would I Do On Sunday
Asphalt Angels
The Iceman
That's Just Racin'
The Intimidator
Racetrack Romance
Boy Wonder
Yellow Flag Blues
The Ballad Of Junior Johnson

Album Description

This CD is a Southern Rockin Country collection of ten great songs about America's favorite sport, auto racing -Nascar style.

Customer Reviews:

The Perfect Sound Track For Race Day.......2003-03-14

This is a must for the CD player while you are sitting in race day traffic. "What Else Would I Do On Sunday" is my favorite, along with the song about Dale, Sr.

Warning -- if you are a fan of the "new age" of NASCAR, this isn't for you. It's country to the core, and respects and honors the sport's "Old Dawgs." If you like Tony Stewart and rap music, buy "Crank It Up."

Great CD........2002-02-20

Great CD for any Nascar Fan.

I LOVE THIS CD!!!!!!.......2002-01-07

I could listen to this CD all day long. The songs are so beautiful and are really sang out about Nascar. The Intimidator is very well sang with excellent beat. It brings back so many memories of Dale. Also Asphalt Angels will bring you in tears. A great CD to add to your Nascar collection...

NASCAR Forever.......2001-03-15

I LOVE this album! It has some really amazing tunes! I actually prefer this album's version on Earnhardt than any I ever heard before or after his untimely passing and I am a Gordon fan! Great job and all race fans will enjoy this one I think!!

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Truck Drivin' Son of a Gun
Boxcar Willie
Manufacturer: Cleopatra
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ASIN: B00000G5AA
Release Date: 1999-01-05

Tracks:

Truck Driving Man
Freightline Fever
Phantom 309
White Line Fever
Convoy
How Fast Them Trucks Will Go
Trucker's Prayer
Teddy Bear
Six Days On The Road
Truck Drivin' Son Of A Gun
Girl On A Billboard
North To Alaska
Forty Acres
Dixie
Yankee Doodle
Battle Hymn Of The Republic

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Buyer Be Aware.
Big Blues Bang for the Buck

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The Road to Escondido

ASIN: B00004W1HQ
Release Date: 2000-08-08

Tracks:

Hawaiian Boogie - Homesick James
Who's That Left There 'While Ago - Peg Leg Sam
I Ain't Got You - Jimmy Reed
Winnie Widow Brown - Big Maybelle
Drivin' Woman Blues - Willie Willis
Let The Good Times Roll - Memphis Slim
Elmore's Contribution To Jazz - Elmore James
C.C. Rider - John Lee Hooker
My Baby's Gone - Tarheel Slim
Red Top - Robert Lockwood, Jr.
7th Son - Mose Allison
Blues 5 - Les McCann
Louise - Big Chief Ellis
Georgie Woman - Eddie Kirkland
Sweet Rhode Island Red - Ike & Tina Turner
Ride With Me Tonight - Honeyboy Edwards
White Feathers In The Coop - Dan DelSanto
Further On Down The Line - Roy Dunn
Fast Freight Train - Peg Leg Sam

Customer Reviews:

Buyer Be Aware........2007-05-28

Many of the songs are fairly snappy but only one or two
actually live up to the title hype of the CD. Production
values vary substantially from song to song. The result
is very uneven sound quality overall for the disk. It was
indeed an inexpensive purchase. However, if I had it to
do over again, I would not have bought it.

Big Blues Bang for the Buck.......2005-05-17

I was pleasently surprised with this CD, especially track 17 "White Feathers" by del Santos. Its a fast ditty as all are (its called Drivin' Blues...get it?) I learned more about the tricks of the trade regarding fingerpicking/slide by slowing down track 17 and what I learned is beyond words. As for the the other tracks... all fast, great bluesy slide tracks, great flat picking, all around its a great compilation with nothing lame, and its for cheap, go figure. Most players you will recognize as you will most tunes but to have all these fast tunes on one CD is a good idea. All I have are blues CD's from Charlie Patton up through Elmore James, about two hundred and fifty and Drivin' Blues gets a good work out. .. can't go wrong

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