My draem job when I was a kid was to be a truck driver. Growing up in the 70's with movies and TV shows like Convoy, movin' On, BJ & The Bear, Smokey & the Bandit fed this desire.
In 1976, Radio Shack under the Realistic label released 'Put the Hammer Down; Songs about the open road, the big rigs and the men that drive em'. I wore that record out. Anyhoo, this was one of my favorites from that album.
When I was 18, I finally got to drive a truck. My dad arranged a trip for me to go from Chicago to the Canadian border towards Calgary hauling scaffolding and shoring materials. While I had a pretty good time, I quickly learned that driving a truck was not the career I was looking for.
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________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton.
November 01, 2017, 10:05 AM
NK402
I always liked "6 Days on The Road" and my favorite version is by Jesse Colin Young.
November 01, 2017, 10:14 AM
NK402
Another favorite is "18 Wheels" by John Stewart, mostly for this lyric, " Chevrolet burning in the left hand lane, me I'm looking down through the window pane. Beehive layin with her head in his lap, don't believe she was taking a nap.."
I got to drive OTR with my dad in an ‘83 Superliner Mack back in the 90s. Best father/son time I can remember. Late at night, on a flat stretch of Interstate, nearly anything with a banjo could have you up against the governor and driving by the pyrometer in short order..... Dad passed in January of ‘06. Bladder cancer & heart failure. He really went downhill after he had to sell his last big truck, a late model KW T600 I miss that man.
November 01, 2017, 01:42 PM
sigmonkey
"the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב!
November 01, 2017, 01:42 PM
Gustofer
________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton.
November 01, 2017, 02:22 PM
hberttmank
Radar Love by Golden Earring.
"But, as luck would have it, he stood up. He caught that chunk of lead." Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock
Ya know, alot of folks stop at truck stops, they just naturally think they should, 'cause they figure anywhere a truck driver eats the food's just got to be good.
Grew up around and spent quite a few years working on trucks. My dad and uncles used to drive when I was younger and I would get to go on the occasional out of state runs with with my dad.
