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Trucker Talent Search
See video that earned Ken Freeman spot in Trucker Talent Search top 10
Freeman says music and singing are stress relievers, and he enjoys writing songs after a long day of driving.
June 6, 2019
Trucker Talent Search
Ken Freeman
“Truckstop”: It’s just fun to play, and other drivers always seem to get a kick out of it. We make fun of truckstops, but we sure are happy to find one at the end of a long day. Ken Freeman Company driver
May 7, 2019
Voices
More ‘Music to truck by’: Truckers Ken Freeman, Taylor Barker live
In addition to this year’s Trucker Talent Search contestants and other singer-songwriters, truckers Taylor Barker and Ken Freeman were conspicuous at GATS this past year with performances, including video excerpts of two here, on the stage at the truck parking area and at the Red Eye Radio stage and various exhibitor booths.
December 5, 2018
Trucker Talent Search
Trucker Talent Search’s Ken Freeman dedicates original song ‘Hold On’ to his wife
Ken Freeman has 28 years of experience in the trucking industry and happened to fall into a lead vocalist position in a cover band in the early 90s.
June 9, 2018
Trucker Talent Search
Ken Freeman
This is an original. My wife is the hardest working human I know. She always tries to do the right thing. But sometimes, when life tries to beat her down, we have to make a run for the ocean. Nothing renews the spirit like salt air and sunshine. This started out as a ‘driving’ song […]
April 24, 2018
Life
Watch: Mississippi Ken Freeman’s ‘The Other Side of Us’
Trucker/singer-songwriter “Mississippi Ken” Freeman performed this original at the TruckersFinalMile.org booth at the 2018 Great American Trucking Show in Dallas. He penned the song in part for his wife, Susan Freeman.
November 23, 2017
Business
Tony Justice, Trucker Talent Search alumni join Christmas fundraising group for trucking families
Trucker and singer-songwriter Tony Justice and seven TTS alumni will work with the Truckers Christmas Group to help raise awareness and funds for the 2019 campaign – TCGO’s 12th annual fundraising effort. The former TTS contestants participating are Keith Sampson, Mandi Jo Pinheiro, Taylor Barker, Paul Marhoefer, Bill Weaver, Jason Henley, and Ken Freeman.
November 12, 2019
Business
Red Eye Radio announces performance schedule for GATS
Performances include Overdrive-Red Eye Radio Trucker Talent Search finalists Jason Henley, Ken Freeman and Taylor Barker; Olivia Ooms; Leon Everette; Bill Weaver; Jayne Denham; and Tony Justice. American Idol and Grammy Award-winning artist Taylor Hicks will attend a meet-and-greet with fans.
August 8, 2019
Life
American Idol, Grammy winner Taylor Hicks to join Red Eye Radio at GATS
In addition to Hicks’ meet and greet appearance, RER will welcome Olivia Ooms, Jayne Denham, Tony Justice and Bill Weaver, along with Overdrive-Red Eye Radio Trucker Talent Search finalists Jason Henley, Ken Freeman and Taylor Barker.
July 25, 2019
Overdrive Radio
'Overdrive's Music to Truck By' to stream in four episodes
The four-part series, featuring today’s tunes from pro drivers along with trucking music classics, will be hosted by long-time trucking radio DJ Big Al Weekley.
February 22, 2021
Channel 19
Remembering Arline Bennett, ‘a pillar of the trucking community’
Bennett's indelible mark on scads of grassroots groups and organizers can't be overstated. She passed one week ago today. Funeral services are set for Dec. 19.
December 14, 2020
Business
Volkswagen ups offer to acquire Navistar
Volkswagen’s commercial truck arm, Traton, on Thursday bumped its offer to acquire Navistar from $35 to $43 per share. In other news: The comment period for FMCSA’s proposed under-21 trucker pilot program is open; RoadPro is hosting a virtual concert for truckers next week.
September 10, 2020
Overdrive Extra
Truckers’ group delivers record level of holiday support to haulers in need
For the second consecutive year, Long Haul Paul sits in on TruckersChristmasGroup.org’s “Santa Calls” to the recipients of its annual grants to drivers in need, finding “a renewed sense of just how dangerous working in this industry can be, and just how frequently fragile its safety nets prove themselves.”
December 17, 2019
Trucker Talent Search
Trucker Talent Search winner Taylor Barker meshes stage success with growing industry outreach
With one truck, nine guitars and a growing set of industry projects, 2019 Overdrive-Red Eye Radio Trucker Talent Search winner Taylor Barker is finding his place with his music peers and others in trucking.
November 13, 2019
Overdrive Radio
Trucker Talent Search: Hear the performances; And: More on hours amid comment period
In this Overdrive Radio podcast, run through talent-search music, with a warm-up by Long Haul Paul Marhoefer and plenty emcee’ing by trucker-songwriter Tony Justice, who’s played a major role through the event’s six years in making it an ongoing anchor among the community of musicians who also happen to haul freight on the open road…
August 30, 2019
Overdrive Extra
Another record year for truckers’ GATS parking benefit auction for St. Christopher
Despite the recent freight slowdown in some parts of the trucking sector, owner-operators and company drivers alike dug in deep to pull out yet another record-breaking auction for the “Truckers Fund.” Between an auction, a charity dunk tank ($20 for three throws) and matching funds, total donations for the event came to nearly $21K.
August 29, 2019
Trucker Talent Search
Tennessee owner-operator Taylor Barker wins 2019 Trucker Talent Search
Barker, who’s leases his 2010 Peterbilt 386 to Heniff Transport, played the Zane Williams song “While I Was Away,” about a father who stays gone from home returns to see his son more grown than than when he left. In winning the contest, Barker will receive a free recording session in Nashville, Tennessee. He’ll also be featured in the October issue of Overdrive.
August 23, 2019
Trucker Talent Search
Three finalists to square off in live finale for Overdrive’s Trucker Talent Search
The sixth annual Overdrive-Red Eye Radio Trucker Talent Search received more than 50 entries from talented truckers who love to sing. Those entries have been narrowed to three finalists. See who will be competing in the live finale here…
July 31, 2019
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