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Overdrive Radio
Fatal wreck remembered in first recorded trucking song
No. 1 in Overdrive Radio's new 'Songs of the Highway' podcast series looks at a 1928 song believed to be the first recorded trucking tune.
January 18, 2021
Overdrive Radio
OTR soundtrack custom-built for 2020: Paul Marhoeferâs âSongs from a truckâ
The trucker-songwriter's record explores the emotion of personal history, striking a chord with anyone managing the risks of the road with a family back home.
December 11, 2020
Overdrive Radio
Music, tales for the big road: Trucker-songwriters John Malayter and Long Haul Paul, and bluegrass pro Tina Adair
Listen to interviews with trucker-songwriter John Malayter and bluegrass pro Tina Adair, as well as a pandemic tale from Long Haul Paul on Overdrive Radio.
November 27, 2020
Life
âEighteen wheels and a dozen roses,â new single from bluegrass leading light Tina Adair
Overdrive debuts award-winning bluegrass singer-songwriter Tina Adair's video for the trucking-song classic "18 wheels and a dozen roses." Watch it here.
November 24, 2020
Trucker Talent Search
A long-time musicianâs late-life switch to trucking fits the bill â and pays the bills
John Malayter's switch into the trucking industry gave him the inspiration he used for his songwriting. Learn more about John's outlook here on Overdrive.
November 17, 2020
Overdrive Extra
Trucker Mike Sheffield channels coal country, CB riffing with âHammer Down Againâ album
Long Haul Paul interviews trucker and songwriter Mike Sheffield for the "Faces of the Road" series. Learn more about Sheffield and his music on Overdrive.
November 2, 2020
Overdrive Extra
âJohnny Appleseed of Southern comedyâ reflects on the end of an era
Laughing Hyena Records has catered to truck drivers for nearly 50 years. Take a stroll down memory lane as well as a look at the future with Arnie Hoffman.
October 5, 2020
Overdrive Radio
Trucker Talent Search preview â the performers, their hauling histories and songs
This Friday Freddy French, Paul Cullers and John Malayter will give a final performance for this year's Trucker Talent Search. Hear their entry songs here.
August 26, 2020
Channel 19
âTruckers & Troubadoursâ, and drive-in-movie night at Riteload headquarters
This new song from folk-country leading light Mary Gauthier is a cowrite with Jim Darden and ... none other than Overdrive's own Paul Marhoefer.
May 6, 2020
Overdrive Radio
A tough weekâs diversion with music, trucking in pursuit of truth
Following what has been perhaps the toughest week for trucking as an owner-operator in the last decade, this edition of Overdrive Radio offers some diversion, hopefully, via an interview with (and music from) Haley Fohr of Chicago-based Jackie Lynn, a band named for a character conceived as a long-hauler. Also: More tales from the road with our own Paul Marhoefer.
April 17, 2020
Overdrive Radio
Listen: The Channel One-Nine Special from âOver the Roadâ â Music
In this Channel One-Nine Special from the Over the Road podcast, a personal playlist with trucking-song connoisseur and singer-songwriter Tony Justice.
March 26, 2020
Overdrive Extra
Outrage and sadness with WSM All Nighterâs cancellation
A management shakeup at the âAir Castle of the South,â Nashvilleâs WSM 650 AM, has left more than one show scuttled in its wake, including a favorite of truckers across the nation. Gone is the WSM All Nighter With Marcia Campbell. âIt feels like a death âŚ. to this gearjammer.â
February 12, 2020
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