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"Truck Drivin' Man" is a "honky tonk strut" written by Edward King and Ronnie Van Zant and recorded by American southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1973 as a demo song. [1] It was released posthumously on 5 October 1987 as the sixth track (or first track on side 2) on the 1987 compilation album Legend .
A full-length version of the song was released as a single in 1975, and it topped the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart that July. [ 1 ] In addition to serving as the main theme to Movin' On , the song was among many in country music to pay homage to the American over-the-road truck driver .
The two other trucks are a Kenworth pulling logs, and a cab-over Peterbilt with a "reefer" (refrigerated trailer) attached; the lyrics are unclear which one of the two the Rubber Duck was driving (the sequel song "'Round the World with the Rubber Duck" more strongly implies he indeed is driving the Peterbilt, [14] which would be consistent with ...
Trucking achieved national attention during the 1960s and 70s, when songs and movies about truck driving were major hits. Truck drivers participated in widespread strikes against the rising cost of fuel, during the energy crises of 1973 and 1979 , and the industry was drastically deregulated by the Motor Carrier Act of 1980 .
The truck that appears in the music video is a 1973 Ford F-100. The actual truck driven by Jared Monti, and then his father, Paul, was a Dodge Ram 1500 adorned with decals, including the 10th Mountain Division, the 82nd Airborne Division, an American flag and a "Go Army" decal. [ 4 ]
Dave Dudley (born David Darwin Pedruska; [1] May 3, 1928 – December 22, 2003) [2] was an American country music singer best known for his truck-driving country anthems of the 1960s and 1970s and his semi-slurred bass.
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In some versions, the song begins with a CB radio call saying "How about ya, Alabama, Roll On", which was recorded from an actual CB call placed to Alabama's bus in the late 70s. In the song's second verse, the man's wife receives a late-night phone call from an unnamed source, informing her that the highway patrol had found a semitrailer truck ...