Tag: country music

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Faces of the Road: ’18 wheels and a dozen roses’ singer-songwriter Kathy Mattea and her new record

“Long Haul Paul” sits down with a trucking-country legend for a talk, in part, about her new “Pretty Bird” record: “In the end, we all become characters in a Kathy Mattea song. In three years, if I can tough it out, I will literally receive a gold watch at my own trucking job. …”

October 22, 2018

Business

Watch: Tony Justice’s ‘Stars, Stripes and White Lines’ video released

Produced and shot by Big Rig Videos videographer Chris Fiffie, the video in part utilizes footage captured during a convoy of military veteran truck drivers that followed the 2016 Guilty by Association Truck Show in Joplin, Mo., at 4 State Trucks.

September 15, 2017

Channel 19

Trucker-songwriter Bill Weaver live at MATS

Video from trucker/singer-songwriter Bill Weaver’s live performance at the Mid-America Trucking Show of tracks a three-song digital EP he’s offering as something of a preview to a new record due in June.

March 24, 2017

Business

From the big road to the big stage: MATS concert to feature driver-songwriter Tony Justice, Thompson Square

Driver/singer-songwriter Tony Justice will join international country act Thompson Square during the free Mobile Delvac Driver Appreciation concert at this year’s Mid-America Trucking Show.

February 28, 2017

Overdrive Radio

‘Renegade’ country singer-songwriter Jayne Denham, live at GATS

Australian singer-songwriter Jayne Denham is on her first trip to the U.S., as Overdrive reported last month. Hear her live from the Great American Trucking Show here.

August 26, 2016

Channel 19

Australian singer-songwriter Jayne Denham: ‘Addicted to the Diesel’

Country artist Jayne Denham — with several trucking-country No. 1s in her native Australia — will make her U.S. live debut at the Great American Trucking Show next month with Red Eye Radio.

July 22, 2016

Channel 19

New music vid: ‘I became an American,’ by Jennie Simpson

Australia-born Jennie Simpson’s new “I Became an American” single is about what it means to her to be a citizen of the United States after making her working life here as an owner-operator.

July 2, 2016

Business

Tony Justice, Aaron Tippin ‘Brothers of the Highway’ music video

Watch the music video for Tony Justice’s new “Brothers of the Highway” album title track, a vocal collaboration with country legend Aaron Tippin. The video is produced by Big Rig Videos’ Chris Fiffie.

April 14, 2016

Overdrive Radio

Aaron Tippin and Tony Justice: ‘Brothers of the Highway’ session report from Nashville

A talk with country-music legend and former trucker Aaron Tippin and rising trucker-singer-songwriter Tony Justice — straight from their historic vocal collaboration for Justice’s new record in Nashville.

January 8, 2016

Channel 19

Looking back — and forward — with Pure Grain to the band’s ‘Truckin Song’ video

“We are grateful of the support and love we have received from the truck drivers who have embraced us over the years.” –Pure Grain’s Brian DeBruler on the band’s first vid, “Truckin Song,” reaching 1 million views.

December 5, 2015

Overdrive Radio

Podcast: Tony Justice passes 50,000 records sold, at work on third album in Nashville

In this Overdrive Radio podcast, Justice details sessions ongoing for his new record, "Brothers of the Highway," to feature a vocal duet with Aaron Tippin.

October 19, 2015

Channel 19

AxleOutPro ups the ante for Trucker Talent Search participants — and a new Keith Sampson vid

The winner of the talent search will receive a professional recording and video production care of AxleOutPro, much like 2014 winner Keith Sampson’s own work on his new video/song, released here.

August 21, 2015