Tag: Red Sovine

How old is that story, bro?: Trucking tales, legends, ghosts

“Beware, trucking newbies, you’re not the first and you won’t be the last to hear about Large Marge....” Traveling folk tales, trucking and its roots in European lore.

August 20, 2013

Roadside Attractions

A trucker helps grant a wish, smoothing the pavement, how to cut tension, a truck gallery and more trucking industry news items are featured.

September 1, 2011

Freewheelin’ hosts Meredith Ochs and Chris T.

Overdrive top 10 songs streaming online this week

Longtime trucking radio host “Big Al” Weekley have put together a two-hour program that will stream from the Dispatch Me Home Radio website 24-7 throughout the week. It’s all starting, well, now, and featuring a run through trucking history via our Top 10 Trucking Songs of all-time poll. If you missed the polling results last […]

August 9, 2011

Updating the top 10 trucking songs of all time

Ten years ago, we asked, you told, then voted. Here are those results. Likewise a call to action: What song would you nominate, either on this list or not, for the No. 1 trucking song of all time today? Drop us a comment toward an updated top 10 for 2021!

August 4, 2011

Cast your final vote for the top trucking song of all time

You will recall I asked for top trucking song nominations oh a couple-few weeks back. Well, from said nominations, I took the top ten contenders, those with the most mentions, and have put together a final poll where you can cast your vote. That poll’s here. Vote! And I know, I know, many clear contenders […]

July 7, 2011

What are the top ten trucking songs of all-time?

Planning for Overdrive‘s 50th anniversary this year, we want to hear from you with recommendations for a top-ten list of the best trucking songs of all time. Lest I unduly influence the process, I will refrain here from mentioning my own top-ten, but let’s say potential contenders could range from classics by Red Sovine to […]

June 20, 2011

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