Teddy Bear and Giddy up Go are my favorites.

"C'mon back truckers, and talk to Teddy Bear"

Inspiration for Large Marge?

My dad was a trucker and sometimes he'd take me with him. back in the late 60's early 70's and me and I was seeing the country through a windshield. *good times*

I remember a lot of the old stuff.
Wolf Creek Pass was a favorite. Funny stuff.

I still remember the words to Convoy too.

/miss ya Dad

Hobodeluxe 2009-07-03 09:41:58 AM
My dad was a trucker and sometimes he'd take me with him. back in the late 60's early 70's and me and I was seeing the country through a windshield. *good times*

I remember a lot of the old stuff.
Wolf Creek Pass was a favorite. Funny stuff.

I still remember the words to Convoy too.

/miss ya Dad

Way to wreck a potentially great 'Teddy Bear' thread there, Hobo.

;)

my granny was a cripple in Nashville

Sniff.

Reminds me of a story about a big marine the boys call... Camouflage.

/they seldom make them like that anymore
//before he went, he said semper fi.

Teddy Bear's mom was a total slut.

Think about it.

Tom Waits did an excellent version of this song, but I can't come up with a link to it anywhere.


/Have yourself a hot cup on ol' Big Joe...

My parents both loved Red Sovine. He killed a little bit of my childhood, the depressing old coot.

BURN IN HELL, REDNECK!

i think my grandparents had them all. i remember listening to this on my grandparents turntable during christmas visits and during the summer.

miss the chicken and dumplings and country ham and biscuits.

FiendishFellow05: Tom Waits did an excellent version of this song, but I can't come up with a link to it anywhere.

Always loved the Waits version.

This seems to work for audio: Big Joe and Phantom 409

might have to wait a few seconds for play to start.

I used to work with a knucklehead who liked that Teddy bear song .

I always preferred Red Bovine. (new window)

Phantom 309 is one of my favorite trucker songs, but for creepy highway country songs, nothing beats David Allan Coe's The Ride.^

I love every record Red Sovine ever cut.

Ahh the memories. I remember listening to those on my Parents record player. Ya Ya Get off my lawn!!! Giddy Up Go always made me have something in my eye.

Didn't he do a song called Diesel smoke on danger road? that was a creepy unsettling song..

Love the Ride by DAC.

I love trucker music. Here's a great tribute album by Big Red Goad: Link (new window)

metallion: Didn't he do a song called Diesel smoke on danger road? that was a creepy unsettling song..

Love the Ride by DAC.

You might mean "Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves."

Red Sovine is my favorite ever

My father used to listen to Red Sovine constantly when I was a kid. Thank you so much for posting this. He'd always sing "daddy's girl" to me.

/My dad died in April.
//I miss ya, dadums. :(
//something in my eye, etc etc...

FiendishFellow05: Tom Waits did an excellent version of this song, but I can't come up with a link to it anywhere.


/Have yourself a hot cup on ol' Big Joe...

True. The Waits version is bearable, bordering on cool (thanks to the delivery). The Sovine version is a maudlin, drippy POS.

Ehhh red sovine wasnt that bad, you have to remember the audience he was going for, quite a few songs are covered later to reveal their deeper, darker side.