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Business

‘Burnin’ Down the Old School’ — MATS, here we come

Looking forward to all the haps at MATS this week — a new Bill Weaver EP, Tony Justice’s show and much more on Wendy’s agenda.

March 20, 2017

Business

Let the festivities begin!

Truckin’ to MATS: “It’s hard to believe we’re just a little over two weeks away from opening the show season. We are looking forward to MATS this year, and not just because all the big displays will be back.” …

March 3, 2017

Channel 19

When the time bombs started going off: Channel 19 year in review, part 1

Indulge us as we run back through the rules, the regs, the rigs and the past, present and future of driver pay — all the rage with the “driver shortage” notion analyzed and discussed and thrown under the falling-fuel-surcharge bus. … And so much more Counting down the hours to 2017: 14, 13 …

December 27, 2016

Business

‘Brothers of the highway’ auction nets near $10K

The collaborative “Brothers of the Highway Christmas Auction” to benefit TruckersFinalMile.org wrapped up Wednesday last week. Launched by four trucker-songwriters, with around 90 percent of all pledged donations in, the auction has raised about $9,500 for the nonprofit.

December 14, 2016

Channel 19

TruckersFinalMile.org and driver-songwriters raising funds to help deliver driver back home

Brotherhood of the highway: Part of the goal of an ongoing collaborative auction among four driver-songwriters intended to benefit the worthy TruckersFinalMile.org organization, after a fellow hauler passed in Gallup, N.M.

December 5, 2016

Business

Weaver of tales, some of them true

Anybody familiar with an ol’ boy running out of Arkansas, name of Bill Weaver? He’s usually got a guitar with him, and last I saw him, he was hauling Ranger boats with a Freightliner cabover, in and out of Flippin, Arkansas.

October 7, 2016

Overdrive Radio

Listen: The Trucker Talent Search all-stars, live from GATS

At the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas Saturday, Aug. 27, alumni of the Trucker Talent Search competitioncame together or a final-show-day performance. Songwriters Jason Lee Wilson, Bill Weaver, Keith Snyder, Paul Marhoefer and Will Perry all delivered performances.

August 30, 2016

Overdrive Radio

Audio: Starting GATS off right — a little front-porch singalong with Tony Justice, Bill Weaver

The Great American Trucking is under way today, and I can’t remember a better beginning to it for me than this treat, a Wednesday-night front-porch singalong with Tony Justice, Bill Weaver.

August 25, 2016

Business

Dallas, here we come

Wendy looks forward to the Great American Trucking Show this week: “To say we’re excited about the show this year is an understatement. It’s been a rough year …”

August 22, 2016

Overdrive Radio

Podcast: A run through the stories behind the songs on Bill Weaver’s ‘Every Mile I Drive’

In this edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast, run through the brand-new record from trucker Bill Weaver, who with regulator collaborators in his band has honed the Southern Rock style you’ll hear here over many years.

February 23, 2016

Life

Bill Weaver’s ‘I’m Rollin’ — advance track from ‘Every Mile I Drive’ record, due soon

Hear an advance track, “I’m Rollin’,” from hazmat hauler/singer-songwriter Bill Weaver, of Arkansas. It’s part of his forthcoming “Every Mile I Drive” record.

January 14, 2016

Life

‘Santa was a trucker’ — and more music for the Christmas holiday

A little music for the Christmas holiday — including Erich McMann’s new single, “Santa Was a Trucker” — and readers’ named top Christmas song.

December 23, 2015