One of a kind!

https://youtu.be/j3VN54M1OXA

William Dale Fries Jr. (aka C. W. McCall):

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._W._McCall

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I have.

I unapologetically love this song.

I actually did hear this again fairly recently, but yeah it's a good one. I remember everyone was buying CB radios after this.

I grew up around trucks and the trucking "community".

This pops in my head several times a month

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Originally posted by 46and2:
I have.

I unapologetically love this song.

Yup. It’s on my ITunes.

In the 70’s, Radio Shack sold an album called “Put the Hammer Down” which had this song on it.

Man, I played that album to death when I was a kid. Actually have it recreated with iTunes now.

The chorus always sounded a little too phoofey to me for a truck driving song.

(we are overdue for a truck driving song thread, though I'm sure there are those who will disagree)

Yep, I did Thursday night on YouTube. Got my CAT Diesel Power black hat sitting on the front passenger seat.

“…come on back truckers and talk to Teddy Bear…”
[FLASH_VIDEO] [/FLASH_VIDEO]

All of those are great and I couldn't be less Trucker if I tried, but that stuff and Smokey and the Bandit / East Bound and Down are etched deep in me.

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Originally posted by 46and2:
All of those are great and I couldn't be less Trucker if I tried, but that stuff and Smokey and the Bandit / East Bound and Down are etched deep in me.

Yeah, me too. I grew up watching movies like this (and some 'trucker' TV shows - I think "Moving On" and "BJ and the Bear.". .).

I have this song on my ipod (I don't listen to the radio while driving, and I don't have any streaming music.

I watched part of Smokie/Bandit II the other day - OMG that was WORSE than I remember it (and I saw it in the theater).

I haven't seen Convoy in at least 35 years. I do recall it was a good one, but I was much younger then, and of course it was an entirely different era.

This song has been in my phone playlist for years. I was heavily into the CB craze way back when.

There are versions of this on Youtube with cleaner, more clear audio, but for some reason this just sounds right. I guess because it's the way I always heard it.