Rocky Quetel, a professional firefighter and EMT for the Annapolis City Fire Department in Maryland, has been selected as one of 10 semi-finalists in the Overdrive-Red Eye Radio Trucker Talent Search competition. He submitted his original song, “Small Town Living,” which he wrote about the small town where he grew up.
“It’s a town full of blue-collar workers living pay to pay but enjoying the things life has to offer,” Quetel says. “I chose this song because it brings back great memories and hope it will do the same for others.”
Quetel has been singing and writing songs since his pre-teen years, he said. He would tag along with his parents to the local saloon and watch local bands perform.
“I would bring my old beat-up acoustic guitar and sit in and strum along with the band,” Quetel says. “Although my strumming was drowned out by the loud amps, I knew this was something I would love to pursue.”
