Canadian singer little known to Americans stomped across Canada with trucking song Kris Rutherford - March 15, 2020 I’m not much into what Nashville passes off as country music these days, but let’s assume for a moment that these artists are worthy of
Red Sovine’s ‘Giddy-Up-Go’ got up and left after Minnie Pearl climbed aboard bandwagon Kris Rutherford - March 1, 2020 In early 1966, Red Sovine had his second No. 1 hit on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart with “Giddy-Up-Go.” As many songs of the era
Famed trucking song boosts artist’s career, publicizes lightly traveled road Kris Rutherford - February 15, 2020 When it comes to trucking songs of the “golden era” (1963-1977), songwriters were, for the most part, inspired by locations or experiences in the South,
‘Road song’ covers a lot of territory – how do truckers stack up? Kris Rutherford - February 1, 2020 The line separating “trucker” and “road” songs is thin. Roger Miller’s signature song, “King of the Road,” makes no mention of trucks but is about
Sorry, Teddy Bear: Red Sovine’s signature song wouldn’t be recorded today Kris Rutherford - January 15, 2020 When it comes to trucking songs of the 1960s and 1970s, listeners recognize few voices as easily as that of Woodrow Wilson “Red” Sovine, a
