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Business

Q&A with John Anderson: Country star talks upcoming GATS concert, ties of trucking and country music

“I’ve always felt like myself and the band — we always felt like we were somewhat kin to the truckers. Trucking and country music have always gone hand in hand in my opinion.” — That and more from Overdrive’s interview.

August 12, 2015

Overdrive Radio

New musical beginnings: Trucker Talent Search finalist Nate Moran

From this podcast interview with Moran, conducted by Red Eye Radio’s Eric Harley, it’s clear personal history plays a large part in the Smokey Point Distributing driver’s budding musical career and more.

August 12, 2015

Overdrive Radio

Music over 3 million+ miles: Trucker Talent Search finalist Don Whatley

In this podcast interview with Red Eye Radio’s Eric Harley, driver-songwriter Don Whatley details the near 4 million miles he’s spent behind the wheel, never a guitar far his fingers over a half-century of music.

August 10, 2015

Business

New single from ‘Trucker Country’ singer-songwriter Erich McMann

Independent singer-songwriter Erich McMann, based near Chicago, announced the release to radio the “Guilty as Pleaded” track, the second single from his “Trucker Country” record.

July 2, 2015

Channel 19

Couple recent releases from ‘Truckin’ Sessions’ singer-songwriter Dale Watson

Known among truckers for his “Truckin’ Sessions” series of records — the first released in 1998 and the second in 2009 — country singer-songwriter Dale Watson has been active the last year or two with another “Truckin’ Sessions” volume (2014) and the new “Call Me Insane” album as well. (Listeners can stream the third trucking-tunes […]

June 18, 2015

Life

New Lindsay Lawler single as truck-stop tour continues

Lawler’s third-annual Highway Angel Truckstop Tour series of performances continues through the fall, with an Ohio performance the evening of June 4.

June 4, 2015

Channel 19

End of the ‘Long White Line’ w/ Sturgill Simpson

For the outlaw country aficionados in the audience, does new artist Sturgill Simpson remind you of anyone?

January 20, 2015

Business

Music video: ’18 Wheels and Jesus,’ by Tony Justice

Tony Justice’s heartfelt “18 wheels and Jesus” track gets a professional music-video treatment with production work by Big Rig Videos’ Christopher Fiffie. See it here.

November 25, 2014

Business

Country music that’s Justice good as rock

“If you see us rolling down the road, singing our hearts out and bopping away to country music, blame Tony Justice. It’s his fault.”

October 27, 2014

Business

Truck Stop Tour inks sponsor

When country recording artist and Truckload Carriers Association Highway Angel spokesperson Lindsay Lawler hits the next stop on her 2014 Highway Angel Truck Stop Tour later this week at the Joplin, Mo., Petro, she will do so with a new official sponsor in Schneider National.

June 2, 2014

Channel 19

Tony Justice performs ‘Simple Man,’ ‘Trick My Truck’

Always great to run into Tony Justice — the singer-songwriter and East-Tennessee-based Everhart Transportation driver performed Friday, March 28, for attendees of the Mid-America Trucking Show.

March 28, 2014

Life

Tony Justice: Making dreams reality with new record

The quality of the writing and production on the best tracks on Justice’s new record are primed to earn wide attention – if not in the mainstream, definitely among the audience Justice knows best. That’s you.

December 9, 2013