Tag: Eric Harley

Trucker Talent Search

Flatbedder John Malayter wins Trucker Talent Search with his original ‘Take Me Back to Tennessee’

Flatbed driver John Malayter is this year's Overdrive-Red Eye Radio's Trucker Talent Search winner with his song "Take Me Back to Tennessee." Details here.

August 28, 2020

Overdrive Radio

Trucker Talent Search preview — the performers, their hauling histories and songs

This Friday Freddy French, Paul Cullers and John Malayter will give a final performance for this year's Trucker Talent Search. Hear their entry songs here.

August 26, 2020

Overdrive Radio

‘Take this e-log and shove it’: A talk with Trucker Talent Search finalist Terrance Mathis

Red Eye Radio’s Eric Harley talks here with Rockford, Illinois, resident and Kloeckner Metals driver Terrance Mathis. Mathis is the man responsible for the great Johnny Paycheck parody you’ll hear a little of here, which earned his spot in the Trucker Talent Search.

August 23, 2017

Overdrive Radio

‘Coast to coast’: Trucker Talent Search finalist Will Perry

Eric Harley’s interview with Trucker Talent Search finalist Will Perry, whose “Coast to Coast” original song was the first one he’d ever written directly involving trucking.

August 23, 2016

Overdrive Radio

‘Came out singing’: Trucker Talent Search finalist Jason Lee Wilson

Eric Harley of Red Eye Radio interviews Jason Lee Wilson, finalist in the RER/Overdrive Trucker Talent Search, who tells the story behind his “Lynchburg to Nashville” track, in part stemming from a friend’s run with whiskey barrels on the route.

August 22, 2016

Overdrive Radio

Walkin’ with grace: The Red Eye Radio interview with Trucker Talent Search finalist Keith Snyder

Red Eye Radio’s Eric Harley here interviews 2016 Trucker Talent Search finalist Keith Snyder. At the Great American Trucking Show Aug. 25-57, Snyder squares off with fellow finalist singer-songwriters to compete for this year’s grand prize.

August 19, 2016

Overdrive Radio

Podcast: Most Beautiful champ Brita Nowak on independent business, expansion limits, and more

Eric Harley of Red Eye Radio talks through Most Beautiful winner and one-truck independent owner-operator Brita Nowak about, among other things, her run from one to five trucks — and back.

July 27, 2016

Business

Overdrive’s Most Beautiful and Trucker Talent Search finalists honored at Red Eye Radio event

Views of Trucker Talent Search finalists and Overdrive’s Most Beautiful winner Joanne Fatta, among others, at the Red Eye Radio post-show event at GATS, day one.

August 28, 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

Overdrive Radio

Looking forward to a musical good time: Trucker Talent Search finalist Paul Marhoefer

In this podcast interview with Red Eye Radio’s Eric Harley, driver and songwriter Paul Marhoefer, 55, of Indiana, stresses the “good time” any performing musician ought to provide for his audience.

August 6, 2015

Overdrive Radio

Keith Sampson — in tune with trucking

Talent Search winner and Landstar contractor Keith Sampson’s devotion to driving and songwriting pays off in Dallas showdown.

October 9, 2014

Overdrive Extra

The stories behind the music

The sing-off for the Trucker Talent Search will be held at the Red Eye Radio booth in the lobby of the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas.

August 18, 2014