10 years ago, around the time of Overdrive's 50th anniversary, we reached out to readers of the time for their recommendations for candidates to put to a vote for the greatest trucking song of all ...

It was “Truck Driver’s Blues,” performed by the Texas Wanderers and sung by piano player Moon Mullican and at other times by Cliff Bruner, said Todd Uhlman. He’s an assistant professor who’s ...

“I’m runnin’ coast to coast out on the Interstate ... hauling heavy loads that just can’t be late … but there’s no doubt about it, there’s no place I’d rather be … highway fever has got a hold on me.” ...

I like a good truck-driving song. Was “Convoy” a good truck-driving song? Your artistic mileage may vary, but in terms of commercial success, “Convoy,” released in 1975 at the height of the CB radio ...

According to virtualtruckroute.com, a Web site devoted to classic truckers' music, 118 trucking songs have hit the country charts since 1957, but none since Chalee Tennison's "Go Back" in 2000.

“I used to listen to these songs when I drove a truck for a living and always imagined myself singing them. This album is something I’ve always wanted to do – and, with my own label, no one could tell ...

I work in the trucking data mine. Mining is woven into the American story through songs, movies, television shows, art, books and magazines. I expect even those who have never set foot in a mine or ...

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1975 Festival of American Folklife / Series 9: Working Americans / 9.1: Fieldwork Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the ...