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First hit trucker song in history channeled road woes
Louisianan Ted Daffan visited honky-tonks frequented by truck drivers to help write his 1939 hit "Truck Driver's Blues." Find more about what's believed to be the first national hit of a trucking song in this Songs of the Highway special-edition podcast.
March 1, 2021
Trucker Talent Search
Watch: Trucker Talent Search finalists jam in live sessions at GATS
Video of the live performances of this yearâs Overdrive-Red Eye Radioâs Trucker Talent Search finale, held last week at the Great American Trucking Show.
August 30, 2017
Business
Singer-songwriter Jayne Denham debuts new âStacksâ single, GATS performances upcoming
Attendees of GATS in Dallas this week, where Australian trucking singer-songwriter Denham will release the video for the âStacksâ single, can catch her at the Red Eye Radio booth at 9:30 a.m. Friday and later that night at the afterparty concert at Eddie Deenâs.
August 21, 2017
Business
From film-noir to long haul trucking: The roots and branches of Paul Marhoefer
With a grandfather who was a pioneer in filmmaking and a bevy of masterful folk tunes to his credit, long-haul Paul Marhoefer is a unique creature of American trucking.
July 17, 2017
Overdrive Radio
Podcast: Owner-operator Keith Sampson and his new âItâs Made Me Who I Amâ record
An Overdrive Radio podcast with owner-operator and 2014 Trucker Talent winner Keith Sampson about his new record. And, breaker breaker: Anybody got a picture of the old truck mural at Monteagle truck stop? A reader wants to know.
May 19, 2017
Channel 19
Trucker-songwriter Bill Weaver live at MATS
Video from trucker/singer-songwriter Bill Weaverâs live performance at the Mid-America Trucking Show of tracks a three-song digital EP heâs offering as something of a preview to a new record due in June.
March 24, 2017
Trucker Talent Search
âThe truck driver is the last cowboyâ: Trucker Talent Search winner Jason Lee Wilson enjoying a rebound
Overdrive-Red Eye Radios 2016 Trucker Talent Search boosts trucker Jason Lee Wilsonâs lifelong musical ambitions. Hereâs his storyâŚ
November 8, 2016
Overdrive Radio
Podcast: Paul Marhoeferâs âOld Black Epiphoneâ record â stories behind the songs
Moeller Trucking driver and songwriter Paul Marhoeferâs master stroke on the new âOld Black Epiphoneâ record â sample songs and the stories behind them via this latest Overdrive Radio podcast interview.
October 24, 2016
Overdrive Radio
Live from GATS: âStars, Stripes and White Linesâ â hear Tony Justice and his band
Live from the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, trucker and singer-songwriter Tony Justice delivered this amazing performance to drivers attending GATS. Hear the full audio here.
August 27, 2016
Life
Music video premiere: Boo Rayâs âKeep That Hammer Downâ
Exclusive to Overdrive, this premiere of outlaw Americana musician and songwriter Boo Rayâs âKeep That Hammer Downâ video comes on the heels of Rayâs release this year of the âSea of Lightsâ record.
August 24, 2016
Overdrive Radio
âCoast to coastâ: Trucker Talent Search finalist Will Perry
Eric Harleyâs interview with Trucker Talent Search finalist Will Perry, whose âCoast to Coastâ original song was the first one heâd ever written directly involving trucking.
August 23, 2016
Overdrive Radio
âCame out singingâ: Trucker Talent Search finalist Jason Lee Wilson
Eric Harley of Red Eye Radio interviews Jason Lee Wilson, finalist in the RER/Overdrive Trucker Talent Search, who tells the story behind his âLynchburg to Nashvilleâ track, in part stemming from a friendâs run with whiskey barrels on the route.
August 22, 2016
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