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Aaron Tippin talks trucking, music

May 31, 2012

Editors of Overdrive sister pub Truckers News sat down with country music star Aaron Tippin at Uncle Pete’s truckstop (See Todd Dills’ write-up here on Pete’s coffee cup collection and friendship with Aaron Tippin) in Lebanon, Tenn., to talk country music, trucking songs and the freedom of the open road. That’s his son Tom next to him in the booth. Here’s video of Carolyn Magner’s sit-down with him:

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