Richard Alcala

Overdrive Staff

Apr 15, 2021

Richard Alcala
Company driver, Pratt Corrugated Logistics

"When times were good and you were mine"

It's a David Lynn Jones tune that i really love. Has a lot of meaning to someone who spends alot of time on the road.

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