The original recording by CW McCall is better than the movie version on here, you really should listen to it too. ❤
@micahhawkins-bs9gf
Жыл бұрын
Just ain't the same without those eleven long-haired Friends Of Jesus in a chartreuse micro bus.
@GrinningDwarf
Жыл бұрын
@@micahhawkins-bs9gfTestify!
@davew.4952
Жыл бұрын
Yeah listen to the radio version much better
@frndofbear
Жыл бұрын
Wrong version! Original is much better ☹️
@glockensig
Жыл бұрын
Wrong version.. Need a re-do.
@HalfassDIY
Жыл бұрын
Dude, even us kids had cb's at home back in the 70's.
@nitwitt50
Жыл бұрын
TRUE👍 It was an earlier social media.❤
@randyem6910
Жыл бұрын
Truth.
@howardhopler537
Жыл бұрын
My handle was bloodhound
@Jims_Camera_at_dawn
Жыл бұрын
Had a base station in the house, moon raker on a pole, and a CB in every car. CB stands for citizens band. Truckers used them to help pass the time and other things. Lots of fun memories.
@soummerwensko1339
Жыл бұрын
My handle was Cracker Jack! Cause I was sweet and full of surprises lol
@txheadshots
Жыл бұрын
I cannot understate how massive trucker lingo and CB radio was in the 70s
@sallyphillips9175
Жыл бұрын
Yep, largely instigated by "Smokey and the Bandit!"
@jamescurfman3284
Жыл бұрын
@@sallyphillips9175 Nope. The language was around from the 1950's, WAY before S&B.
@maureencollins5177
Жыл бұрын
That's a big 10-4.
@maggynewtown3500
Жыл бұрын
First there is another completely different version which was even better. And don't ever call a trucker "good buddy"!
@cindy844
Жыл бұрын
@@maggynewtown3500🤣🤣 for sure!
@BowlingGreenTampaMan
Жыл бұрын
This is NOT the original radio version of the song . Look for one of the videos with C.W.
@svechappe6075
Жыл бұрын
Agree, you can hear the background dialogue much better on the radio version.
@imsirius2
Жыл бұрын
@@svechappe6075 The backup singers were mixed way too loud in this version.
@Jen-in-Texas
Жыл бұрын
Yes!
@megdelaney3677
Жыл бұрын
I thought it sounded different
@martinmaenza5513
Жыл бұрын
I caught that too. Do not like this version. Original was better.
@kenqb5450
Жыл бұрын
CW McCall's "Wolf Creek Pass" is worth a listen and a laugh.
@bigbearmerriott9056
11 ай бұрын
Spent 25 years as a driver it's our trucker anthem
@salsanchez4177
Жыл бұрын
This version of "Convoy" wasnt the one we got years ago on the radio. This was the movie version. And when u finally get ur Citizens Band (C.B.) radio, ur handle should be 'Young J'
@karensilvera6694
Жыл бұрын
That's what I was going to share. The song came 1st and then the movie. The song was changed to fit the movie 😊
@christinegreen3974
Жыл бұрын
Maybe that's why my favorite line about the friends of jesus in the chartreuse microbus was missing! I knew the sing but the lyrics were definitely different.
@kellys9873
Жыл бұрын
The original is so much better!
@Carln0130
Жыл бұрын
agree@@kellys9873
@TheNotSoFatman72
Жыл бұрын
I definitely missed the Microbus lyric
@SeekingHisWill78
11 ай бұрын
My dad had an 8-track player when I was a young child. I remember listening to this song on it with him.
@kellrik66
Жыл бұрын
C. W. McCall has a lot of good songs, all of them stories. CJ5 and Wolf Creek Pass are really good. This is the version used in the movie "Convoy" the original is better.
@FirstSuiGeneris
Жыл бұрын
I agree, and it's true the original is way better, and Wolf Creek Pass is my favorite song by him.
@marshanall2695
Жыл бұрын
I love Wolf Creek Pass
@imsirius2
Жыл бұрын
@@marshanall2695 The bridge said clearance to the 12 foot line but those chickens were stacked up thirteen nine. Haven't heard that in probably 25 years.
@georgewallerlll496
Жыл бұрын
I agree, the Original is better!
@heather8187
Жыл бұрын
Love Wolf Creek Pass. There are alot of gems in the lyrics and the delivery is gold.
@mikelbrett1
Жыл бұрын
The cb radio was arguably America’s first social media network. From school kids to grandmas it seems like everyone had a cb in their auto, home or both. We would spend hours a day talking to folks that we never met in person. Deciding on your “handle” was a big deal, it was like your email address would be today. Glad you both enjoyed this so much, brought back a lot of great memories.
@david.j9.rabbithole808
Жыл бұрын
Yep. Thanks to my favorite television show being “Battlestar Galactica” when we got our CB Radio I chose the handle “Captain Apollo.” 🤣
@meknottyou3998
Жыл бұрын
“America’s 1st Social Media Network”. Never thought of it that way; but, you are so right. “10-4, good buddy.”
@seanroberts4011
Жыл бұрын
Funny you should mention that, my cb handle and my online identity are the same (Starknight).
@rickwelch8464
Жыл бұрын
@@david.j9.rabbithole808 Breaker One-Nine Apollo, this here's Original Sin, what's your 20? :)
@Cadmandu2000
Жыл бұрын
When the internet came around, I explained a chat room to my Dad by saying it was just a text-only version of the CB radio. Everyone had their own "handle" that was different than their given names, and used words and phrases that they would probably not use in a face-to-face conversation. Then he understood.
@robinbates6230
11 ай бұрын
I'm an ex cross country trucker. Drove back in the 80s, and that is how truckers used to be. They would be there and protect each other. My handle was Wild Angel. Never will regret driving truck.
@floridaboy6051
Жыл бұрын
The radio version was different. It had some great lines about who was in the convoy, including "Eleven long-haired friends of Jesus in a chartreuse micro-bus." This version you did was especially for the movie.
@memorylane7068
Жыл бұрын
That's right, the long-haired friends of Jesus!
@reznik232
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I noticed it was different to the original song. I didn't remember the movie had a different version.
@Keleigh3000
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, they made the song into a movie, and rewrote it in the process.
@walterrutherford8321
Жыл бұрын
Good point. I kept waiting for certain lines and thought I’d just missed them. 😢
@wembleyford
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, the original wasna through and through comedy song - the movie though is quite serious - and this is the song from the movie.
@VikingJeff
Жыл бұрын
I haven't heard this version. I guess this is from the movie. The one I know is from '75.
@jdgolf499
Жыл бұрын
Yes it is, and not as good as the original.
@jenniferlarson1192
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! I thought I was imagining things.
@terryhawkins5585
11 ай бұрын
I USE TO TALKING TO TRUCKERS ALL THE TIME ❤❤I STILL HAVE MY C.B. RADIO
@davidkintzer1604
Жыл бұрын
I perfer the radio version but this will do just fine!
@Quirkydude
Жыл бұрын
This is not the real version of Convoy. I don't know what this is.
@jdgolf499
Жыл бұрын
So true. The original is so much better. CW changed it to match the movie. Movie should have matched the song.
@niallmcentee9400
Жыл бұрын
This is the movie version.
@Head-ck4hu
Жыл бұрын
His real name was William Davis Fries. He wrote jingles for commercials. He later teamed up with Chip Davis to form Mannheim Steamroller. They sold a few albums and concert tickets.
@Robsan40
Жыл бұрын
This was awesome, but If you want a Really Fun song check out "Hard To Be Humble" by Mac Davis. (From the 70's)
@TonyM1961
Жыл бұрын
They already did
@nnyjim
Жыл бұрын
no they didn't have recommended it to them several times and it hasn't been done on their channel yet@@TonyM1961
@stevefriery9086
Жыл бұрын
They should try Mac's "Hooked on Music."
@Robsan40
Жыл бұрын
@@TonyM1961 - it's not there, must've gotten blocked.
@Robsan40
Жыл бұрын
@@stevefriery9086 or "Don't Get Hooked On Me"
@robertg7396
Жыл бұрын
If you're going to do Trucker songs, you MUST do "Teddy Bear" by; Red Sovine. Just keep some tissues handy. 🧸🥹 *corrected the name. I was close, lol.
@andyford8587
Жыл бұрын
Red Sovine. Great call!
@PurebloodedPatriot
Жыл бұрын
For sure. My grandfather was a trucker, and I cry every time I hear any of his songs. "Phantom 309" is a favorite, too
@davexvs
Жыл бұрын
yup Amber will deffo blow her water works
@spike3082
Жыл бұрын
Yes yes Phantom 309 please
@paulpeacock1181
Жыл бұрын
Add Gitty Up Go by Red Sovine
@fotosbyduane
Жыл бұрын
Ahh the 70s trucker craze. My childhood memories.
@johnventurino889
11 ай бұрын
The C in C.W. is Chip Davis of Manheim Steamroller. The W is for William Fries. Who narrated this song. He passed away not long ago. C.W. McCall.
@HalfassDIY
Жыл бұрын
You could even talk to the truckers that were within a mile or two using a radio shack walkie-talkie.
@BillKrayer12thMan
Жыл бұрын
I used to back in Jersey in the 90's‼️Then when I started hitchhiking around the country, I don't know how many hours I spent talking to truckers from the truck I was riding in ‼️Tons of fun ‼️ I really miss it ‼️I got too old for it and now Seattle is home. But this song never gets old ‼️
@guywillis1281
Жыл бұрын
Just another recommendation to do the movie. You guys will absolutely love it
@donkey3187
Жыл бұрын
What movie?
@DianeJohnson86
Жыл бұрын
Convoy
@Pete856
Жыл бұрын
@@DianeJohnson86 It's either that or someone spent a lot of money on this music video 🙂
@CouncilOfWolves
Жыл бұрын
Brilliant movie.
@xzonia1
Жыл бұрын
@@Pete856 LOL too true! Fun movie :)
@knightwalkr
11 ай бұрын
“Gimme 40 acres” is my anthem as a truck driver. But another good truck driver song is “Giddy Up Go”
@ChrisHaar
Жыл бұрын
Now you have to watch the movie "Convoy". You'll love the Rubber Duckie. Pig pen is Pauly from Rocky.
@jamesharper3933
Жыл бұрын
Fun movie. White Line Fever is pretty good too.
@paulwagner688
Жыл бұрын
Wasn't Jerry Reed Rubber Duckie? That was a FUN movie.
@dennisanderson7034
Жыл бұрын
I had a CB in my car. Nowadays, truckers have gone away from CB and have Bluetooth headsets. The problem is, when an accident happens and you're hauling tens of thousands of pounds...a CB is key to not killing people and/or yourself. It needs to come back in trucking for safety.
@rhiahlMT
Жыл бұрын
@@paulwagner688 Kris Kristofferson was. Jerry Reed was Smokey and the Bandit.
@ChrisBurke-p1m
Жыл бұрын
@@paulwagner688 no Kris Kristofferson was. the rubber duck quack quack 🎉
@rodneypernell4903
Жыл бұрын
Y'all should check out "Convoy" the movie
@BobGeogeo
Жыл бұрын
It's a fine documentary 🙃
@Qochoc
Жыл бұрын
This is from the movie, not the original song
@RobertBreedon-c3b
Жыл бұрын
This movie made me want to become a trucker in another life did it for about ten years then moved on to driving public transit in Toronto, Canada ( TTC ) Use to listen to this and Eastbound and Down and of course Trucking by the Greatful Dead
@dallasarnold8615
Жыл бұрын
For anyone that does not know, CB is for citizen's band radio. At the time of this song and the movie that followed you were supposed to have a CB license. It got so popular that the FCC dropped that requirement. I was KZD3477, the Packrat. Not a trucker, but was on the road a lot. Yes, anybody could get on and talk to the world and still can. Channel 9 was reserved for emergencies, don't get caught violating that. Back then the truckers channel was 19. There were books that explained the CB "slanguage", obviously smoky or bears were cops, a seat cover was a good looking female, and much more. It is a great asset if traveling alone, as it can really break up the boredom.
@HrLBolle
11 ай бұрын
that explains the Breaker 1-9 in the song Teddy Bear by Red Sovine
@johnfowler6600
11 ай бұрын
1KING RAT here KGJ1971 MOBIL5 still have my 23 channel radio long after the 40 channel sets came out both commerial & private driver now 50+ years was a different world long gone
@ctsgurl2003
10 ай бұрын
My dad was a trucker and his handle was Underdog, when I went with him, he let me talk on the CB and I was Sweet Polly Purebred. I loved going with him and traveled most of the continental US by the time I was 13. I also developed an almost freakish love of maps! 😂
@dallasarnold8615
10 ай бұрын
@@ctsgurl2003 Oh no, not maps ! Everyone is supposed to be addicted to GPS. LOL
@snafubar5491
Ай бұрын
Way back in the day, before 1976, it started out on channel 10 as the Emergency Channel, but there was so much bleedover from the external amps the Truckers moved to 19, witha suggestion from the FCC. Can't remember my license number........rode hard and put up wet too many times. Drove OTR 15 years starting about 78. Was once inna convoy alittle over 100 miles. It was fun until early 90s and Govt started regulating everything again. It sucked at times, too......but C'est la vie.
@Cromicus99
Жыл бұрын
If you havent seen the movie Convoy youre missing out. My dad was a trucker and i grew up listening to truck driving songs like Phantom 309, Give Me Forty Acres, White Line Fever, and Teddy Bear. My friend had this album when i was a kid.
@janetbaker645
Жыл бұрын
Teddy Bear was sad
@Furball-8994
Жыл бұрын
@@janetbaker645 But the end shows the true brotherhood when dozens show up to give him a ride...😍
@rickwelch8464
Жыл бұрын
Don't forget "Willin'"
@janetbaker645
Жыл бұрын
@@Furball-8994 yea, but it was still sad….
@BulldogMack700rs
Жыл бұрын
I've got a tape with all these on somewhere Teddy Bear still chokes me up a little
@Tr1k1e
Жыл бұрын
Met my wife over the CB radio that was back in 1986 and we're still going strong
@theodoreritola7641
8 ай бұрын
A fun song from the 70s
@joejoebrian1014
11 ай бұрын
As someone who's dad was a trucker for many years. Trust me when I say Trucker Music is its own genre. If you guys haven't listened to Teddy Bear by Red Sovine it comes highly recommended. This brought me back. Thanks for doing this.
@anonamoose5673
9 ай бұрын
So happy with your comment, back before the song ever came out I was lucky as kid to ride with my cousin and knew where every stickers was from Indiana to California
@iammeasurme
9 ай бұрын
Teddy Bear use to always make my mom tear up. She loved that song. 1:25
@stevetournay6103
Жыл бұрын
Eastbound And Down. Phantom 309, Teddy Bear, Giddyup Go (those three are all Red Sovine). And, for something darkly comic, Harry Chapin's 30,000 Pounds Of Bananas...the trucker-song subgenre is rich. Regarding movies with bigrigs in them, check out Steven Spielberg's first feature, Duel. Dennis Weaver in a Plymouth Valiant vs. a demonic Peterbilt conventional. Great little thriller...
@sueparras6028
Жыл бұрын
Yes! 30,000 lbs of bananas is awesome! You will love that song!
@harpergras
Жыл бұрын
Man, I remember the trucker craze back in the day. Lol...The movie " Convoy " was great.
@johnirving5949
Жыл бұрын
I remember seeing the trailer for Convoy when I was a kid watching a little movie called Star Wars. Didn't see it for a few more years though, when Convoy turned up on HBO.
@michaelzilkowsky2936
Жыл бұрын
BJ and the Bear
@dr.burtgummerfan439
Жыл бұрын
"They're not following me, I'm just in front" - Rubber Duck
@harpergras
Жыл бұрын
Cool.@@johnirving5949
@harpergras
Жыл бұрын
Great TV show.@@michaelzilkowsky2936
@desperateambrose5373
11 ай бұрын
C. W. McCall (a/k/a William Dale Fries Jr.) was also mayor of Ouray, Colorado from 1987 through 1992.
@stormy8207
Жыл бұрын
You'd like the Dukes of Hazzard. Suggest Good 'ol Boys by Waylon Jennings.
@kellys9873
Жыл бұрын
I second this!
@howardhopler537
Жыл бұрын
Alot of grew up watching Dukes of Hazzard and my first was daisy duke in those cut off jeans and we all want the GENERAL LEE
@joemachine4714
Жыл бұрын
Remember the episode where Boss Hogg tells Rosco to chase Bo and Luke Duke, and Daisy fetches Uncle Jesse to help them? That one was cool 😮
@michaelevans1193
Жыл бұрын
Back in the 70’s these trucker songs were popular. My favorite is a very different atmosphere called “Teddy Bear” by Red Sovine. I will give a tissue alert for this one, but it will put a smile on your face in the end.
@mikecourtney8618
Жыл бұрын
Roses for Mama, Phantom 309 and Vietnam Deck of Cards are also great songs by Red Sovine
@cameo_celeste
Жыл бұрын
Teddy Bear
@vbxtc625
Жыл бұрын
If you want to look further into the trucker cb theme, try Teddy Bear by Red Sovine next. Awesome tune and I defy anyone with a heart to get through it without a tear.
@desperateambrose5373
11 ай бұрын
And, lest we forget, Sovine also wrote "Big Joe and Phantom 309". My favorite cover is by Tom Waits: kzitem.info/news/bejne/wo-en4OaenOSdno
@allnameda141311
11 ай бұрын
I have been regularly listening to '"teddy Bear" since the late 70's
@JohnMiller-zn9pf
11 ай бұрын
I see you "Teddy Bear" and match you with "Little Joe"
@vbxtc625
11 ай бұрын
@@JohnMiller-zn9pf I'll throw in "Giddyup Go".
@ThubanDraconis
11 ай бұрын
For comedy CB/trucker songs listen to Cledus Maggard. "White Knight" (short and long version) "Jaw Jackin" and a few others.
@jameswalker6878
Жыл бұрын
There is another version of this song you should try to find. Lyrics are different but just as good.
@Jen-in-Texas
Жыл бұрын
The original is much better.
@Falcun21
Жыл бұрын
@@Jen-in-Texas Gotta disagree with that. The movie version is better because it explains why the convoy is being chased, why RD has friction with Dirty Lyle, everything, from the start to the escalation to the end. The original just has RD saying they're headed for bear on I-10 and he's about to put the hammer down. Why? Why is Duck running? When you're headed for bear, you SLOW down, you back it on down and try not to strip any gears. Not Duck, he just punches it. Then there's a roadblock on the cloverleaf outside Tulsa and Duck ain't stoppin'. There was no reason for any of it, 1,000 trucks and a chartreuse micro-bus just blasting through roadblocks and tollways. In the movie, when Duck was asked why he was leading the convoy, he said he wasn't the leader, he was just out in front and was runnin' for his life, he didn't know what everybody else's motivation was. However, the sequel to the original version is hilarious. It's called Around The World With The Rubber Duck.
@NavvyMom
Жыл бұрын
@@Falcun21 I think you're missing the point of the original. RD put the hammer down to basically give the bears the finger. "No reason for it" IS the reason. RD was feeling his oats, had "a mighty convoy" behind him, and was just going for it. The whole song really is about just once saying "Screw it!" to the rules and authority figures.
@elizabethfranco1284
Жыл бұрын
Everyone who was a country fan back in the 70’s had this single.
@Quirkydude
Жыл бұрын
Nobody had this single. did you listen?
@psg6314
11 ай бұрын
Yes we still use them today
@rickclark8657
Жыл бұрын
This is the movie version of the song you should go back and listen to the Single
@petercourtien4581
Жыл бұрын
I just realized there are two versions. This isn’t the AM radio hit.
@paulwagner688
Жыл бұрын
Have you guys done "Amos Moses" by Jerry Reed? Such a fun song. He also did "When You're Hot You're Hot"
@richardkint6531
Жыл бұрын
Yes, they did Amos Moses. I requested When You're Hot, You're Hot a while ago but no response.
@bobbrinkerhoff3592
Жыл бұрын
Yeah , they did Amos Moses that's the one that Amber keeps referring to as Gator .
@cameo_celeste
Жыл бұрын
Amos Moses
@NancyPollyCy
11 ай бұрын
The performer was an advertising guy who started off with a series of commercials for the "Old Home Fill-er-up and Keep on Truckin' Cafe" with the same narrator. Old Home was a regional bakery. The commercials were so successful that they launched his recording career.
@johnlong9534
Жыл бұрын
This was from the movie, the radio version was somewhat different but funnier. Most truckers have CB's (citizen band radio) but many truckers do not use them anymore. BUT, everyone with a CB had a handle (name) and mine was Woodstock. Also, in the early days, many people had CB's in their car too. It was a lot of fun.
@davidsanders5788
Жыл бұрын
Mine was ridgerunner
@davidsanders5788
Жыл бұрын
For some good trucker stuff check out jaxon Allen and/or his podcast steady at the wheel. God clean trucker and farming content
@bryanlasermagiktyler3132
Жыл бұрын
well it's a little different now she's my dad had one of those nice radio shack base stations I can't even remember what it was but I know it was nice I had a little walkie-talkie once now we have cell phones and it's basically the same thing just way more advanced because there's no actual public broadcast so you have to network with people to get anything done but that's all right anyway appreciate you take care, Keep On Trucking those many miles of smiles
@bryanlasermagiktyler3132
Жыл бұрын
sheesh
@seanroberts4011
Жыл бұрын
Big 10-4 Woodstock, you got Starknight, come back.
@jacobhughes70
Жыл бұрын
Now y’all need to check out the movie convoy. I’m a truck driver and this movie is usually playing at the worlds largest truck stop Iowa 80 in Walcott IA. Yes truck drivers still use cb radios.
@dennisgreen7530
20 күн бұрын
My CB handle in the 70s was Texas Cherokee. And yes you can do it today you can talk to the truckers or anybody else with a CD the main channel is channel 19
@lairdcummings9092
Жыл бұрын
"Convoy" is evocative to a specific, now-gone, era. I crossed the country a lot of times during that time, and yeah, it was wild-west time. Riding I-70 across Kansas, we got put 'in the cradle' by some friendly truckers, and we blasted across the prairie like we were flying. 700 miles on a single tank of gas, thanks to the reduced drag.
@user-ii4zf5iq3t
Жыл бұрын
I had forgotten about drafting. I used to get behind a truck going 80 and let them extend my mileage. Truckers saved me from tickets a few times. I'd be coming up to pass and they would pull over into the left lane in front of me to slow me down and we'd pass a smokey and after a while pick the pace back up.
@carolynquinn8325
Жыл бұрын
Cool!
@kimsloan4652
11 ай бұрын
They put you in the rocking chair. ;-)
@bradjbourgeois73
Жыл бұрын
There were a whole lot of trucker songs in the 70's and 80's. My favorites are 18 wheels and a dozen roses by Kathy Mattea, Movin' On by Merle Haggard and Roll On by Alabama!
@mikecourtney8618
Жыл бұрын
White Knight by Cletus Maggard
@bigs1546
Жыл бұрын
30.000 Pounds of Bananas by Harry Chapin - especially the version from his Greatest Stories Live album.
@joannelong8056
Жыл бұрын
Be warned to have tissues handy if you do "Teddy Bear".
@walterrutherford8321
Жыл бұрын
I remember one that said, “Big wheels keep on rolling cause I’m gonna make it home tonight”. But I don’t know the singer or the title. Google was no help either. Anybody know which song I’m talking about?
@ediefolta9494
Жыл бұрын
"Mama Hated Diesels"!
@patricktrembly8644
11 ай бұрын
I drove truck acrossed this great nation for 10 years. CB handle was "Sandman". This was and is about as accurate as how truck drivers creed is. This is the movie version of the song.
@NathanLundholm
11 ай бұрын
Sandman? Did you live in Michigan? I knew someone named Sandman.
@patricktrembly8644
11 ай бұрын
@@NathanLundholm nah, I grew up in Indiana. Didn't start driving til I moved to West Virginia.
@ttawebmaster
Жыл бұрын
The Trucker Culture was big in the seventies. Not just in the U.S but here in Australia. The original version of this song was huge on the radios here at the time. This movie was also big when it came out. Kids would gather on the sides of streets when trucks came along and make a gesture to pull the air horn, which the truckers happily obliged.
@mocknburd23
Жыл бұрын
Yes this is a different version than what was on the radio. As I remember, the character of C.W. McCall was created for a series of commercials for Old Home Bread, where he was a trucker eating at the Old Home Cafe and flirting with the waitress. Trivia note: this song was produced and created by Chip Davis, who also created Mannheim Steamroller, a "new age" group famous for their Christmas albums.
@ThistleAndSea
Жыл бұрын
Pro-Mannheim Steamroller! 🙂
@FloraWest
Жыл бұрын
I have known that Mannheim Steamroller fact for a long time and my brain still can't quite grasp it.
@ThistleAndSea
Жыл бұрын
@@FloraWest LOL! I know, right? 😄 I still have Fresh Aire 1-7. Super creative stuff!
@lbernau
11 ай бұрын
This song is from the movie Convoy, which you really should see. It's a great movie. The movie is based on the original version of the C.W. McCall song. (The wording in the verses is a bit different from the movie version to the original version)
@Telephonebill51
11 ай бұрын
No, the movie is from the SONG "Convoy"...
@douggaijin
Жыл бұрын
My dad had been driving rigs (trucking division of Sant Fe Trailways and Transportation) for over 25 years when this song came out in 1975 (better version than what was used in the 1978 movie). Unfortunately he had to retire in 1982 because of heart problems and passed on to the highway in the sky in 1983. His CB handle was Wagon-master. 2 million miles accident free.
@canadiantimberwolf1
Жыл бұрын
As a trucker for 47 years, that was a time when we did watch over each other, today, not so much..
@dggydddy59
11 ай бұрын
This is a completely different version of this song than the one that was played constantly on the radio that year across America. The whole character of C.W. McCall talking on his C.B. radio in his truck started as a very popular series of TV commercials for Old Home Bread. They became so popular that soon people were buying C.B. radios like crazy, which then led to the release of a song about it on the radio which then became so popular that they made a movie about it. Pretty crazy really.
@PurebloodedPatriot
Жыл бұрын
My C.B. "handle" is "Lightning Rod". Has been since i was a kid.
@wtk6069
Жыл бұрын
When I was five, we had a CB base station in our house, and I talked with truckers almost every day. They seemed to get a kick out of talking with kids on the CB at the height of the craze.
@elainedixon1954
11 ай бұрын
Laying ICU listening to you play a great song, nearly died doctor nearly killed me, heart, kidneys and hypothyroidism fought for my life 5 days now. Love both of you bunches. Keep doing you
@EbDawsonIV
Жыл бұрын
Jay's CB name (handle) should be Lighting Rod. Ambers- Sharing Smiles.
@kidcurry4107
Жыл бұрын
Sharon Smiles.....😉
@maureencollins5177
Жыл бұрын
CB stands for Citizens Band Radio. And yes, almost everyone had one in the 70s. And along with talking to strangers, if you were traveling in multiple cars somewhere and had your own little convoy, it was a way to talk to each other way before cell phones.
@driverr988
11 ай бұрын
Breaker 1-9 (new talker on channel 19), this is Old Wolf (my CB handle) eastbound on the 90. We got a Bear with a Gator on the Zipper at Yard stick 1-8-3 (State trooper picking up tire debris on the shoulder at mile marker 183). Yes, the CB is still used, mostly by us ol' schoolers. It takes awhile to get the language down, cause by the time you have a chance to look everything up, your chat buddy is 20+ miles away. Channel 19 is the general channel, channel 9 is for police. The song is good, but the movie was better.
@dv3507
Жыл бұрын
Being a kid in the 70s was fun. We had a CB radio in our car and used it locally and when we took long distance family trips. We had handles (names), learned the lingo and protocols, and talked to truckers. They also alerted us of "smokies" or bottlenecks, etc. My friends and I had home bases, which we used to talk to each other and make new friends! Ah, the memories!
@seanellio
Жыл бұрын
The video is from a movie based on the song. Convoy the song came out in 74 or 75. "Convoy" the movie came out in 78. His other hit was "Wolf Creek Pass" by him. A song about a truck crossing the Great divide and the trucks breaks fail. How about a CB handle of "Amber's Delight"?
@TracyfromNC
Жыл бұрын
And Kris Kristofferson was in the movie.
@TracyfromNC
Жыл бұрын
You should be Coach J
@paulfaruga
Жыл бұрын
This song by CW Mcall sparked the CB revolution in the uk.
@kimberlyskokan3444
Жыл бұрын
This song was rewritten for the movie. I recommend checking out the original song we listened to on the radio.
@Bekka_Noyb
Жыл бұрын
such a fun song! Maybe check out another 70s silly song: *Disco Duck by Rick Dees*
@Derekmartin20
11 ай бұрын
Wow the memories come flooding back as a kid of the 70s. Everyone had CB's and knew were the Cops were setting and traveling.
@dalejestes8166
Жыл бұрын
You just did the movie version of the song the original one was a big hit too,the CB was a big 70s trend
@mikegalvin9801
Жыл бұрын
First Lady Betty Ford had one. I forget her handle.
@jennydeville5758
Жыл бұрын
Big, big hit back in the day!
@Quirkydude
Жыл бұрын
Not this.
@petercourtien4581
Жыл бұрын
@@QuirkydudeI guess this is the movie version. Different from the AM radio version. Never knew there are two.
@billbusby3180
Жыл бұрын
My brother in law was a trucker. When I rode with him my handle was Long Hair because I was a child of the 60s. My father in law was a Million miler for CF. Yes, over his career he logged one million miles.
@larryairgood4320
Жыл бұрын
"Convoy" (1978) starring Kris Kristofferson with Ali MacGraw, Ernest Borgnine, and Burt Young, a good trucker movie for you on a Saturday night, action and humor.
@michaelriffee4526
Жыл бұрын
That was completely different from the version I know from 70's radio
@jdgolf499
Жыл бұрын
Yes, and nowhere near as good as the original.
@davidw7
Жыл бұрын
Why does this sound darn close to country Rapping or close... yet says the movie - Convoy - came out in '78. I too never heard this version....
@cornpopsrazor5375
Жыл бұрын
Yes......we still use them all the time.
@lancesmith1312
Жыл бұрын
Gotta love the 70s. Unique time for unique music. Gotta watch the movie “Convoy” with Kris Kristofferson
@chetstevensq
Жыл бұрын
Ah the 70s novelty songs. SO many to choose from. Most iconic line: Well, we shot the line and we went for broke With a thousand screamin' trucks An' eleven long-haired Friends a' Jesus In a chartreuse micra-bus
@davidhickman647
3 ай бұрын
The real name of "C.W. McCall" was Billie Dale Fries and was Mayor of Ouray County Colorado from 86 to 92. "CW. McCall" was originally a character he created for a bread commercials. Convoy was a 1978 movie. You should watch it.
@Uriahjw
Жыл бұрын
CB stood for citizen band. We had one in our winnebago. My dad was always talking to the truckers during vacation or when he went hunting.
@Cadmandu2000
Жыл бұрын
My CB Handle back in the '70s was "Tophat", my sister was "Bluejean", and our Dad was "Paper Tiger". (I don't recall Mom having a handle. She never used the CB anyway.) We had radios in both cars and a huge antenna mounted on the chimney so Dad could listen to his friends from home. He made some friendships on the CB (local residents only, no actual truckers) that lasted for the rest of their lives. They always used to hang out at each other's houses until late into the night. For a
@darkshadow9291
Ай бұрын
I'm 51 and I remember as a kid going with my mom and cousins to the movie to watch this movie
@db-gb5xi
Жыл бұрын
Other novelty songs to check out are Disco Duck from Rick Dees and King Tut from Steve Martin.
@juliewhite7469
Жыл бұрын
I'm not sure it qualifies as a novelty song, but I think they would enjoy "North to Alaska " by Johnny Horton 🥰
@NavvyMom
Жыл бұрын
I don't know if it's a novelty song, but it's a story song, and I keep hoping they'll do "A Week in a Country Jail" by Tom T. Hall.
@Seagate1-dh6it
Жыл бұрын
I have a novelty song that I will pull out of the deep deep bottom of the dusty record bin. "Mr. Jaws" 🦈not saying it's a great one but I remember others like it where they would insert little snippets of other songs in the song. I just can't remember the others and who did them. I thinks the same person did them. There was one about the Energy Crisis also If I'm remembering correctly.😕
@NathanLundholm
11 ай бұрын
Fun fact: I once knew a guy in a small town in an apartment in a bar's second floor. The police department had one car and he could see the police parking lot clearly so he knew when it was on patrol or not and would use his CB to report to the entire town :)
@danielchurchill9004
11 ай бұрын
I was a trucker in the 70s and 80s we all loved this!
@karidrgn
Жыл бұрын
He became the mayor of Ouray, Colorado. Many of his songs are based on real places. My favs include Wolf Creek Pass, Black Bear Road, and The Silverton... based on the narrow guage Silverton that still runs. There's a semi Christmas one called Sing Silent Night.
@freestateguardian1365
11 ай бұрын
I looked on out of the window and I started counting phone poles - going by at the rate of 4 to the 7th power. Well I put two and two together and added twelve and carried five ... come up with 22,000 telephone poles an hour. 😂
@Telephonebill51
11 ай бұрын
Yeah, he created the character of C.W. McCall during a bread selling campaign. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._W._McCall
@barbaragibson612
5 ай бұрын
Check out Riverside Slide!
@VicMikesvideodiary
Жыл бұрын
I use to know people that played CB hide and go seek in their cars. A whole group of them. A cb has a meter that lets you know how close someone is by how strong the signal on the meter reads. So the person hiding would keep talking while others drove around trying to find the source of the signal.
@NavvyMom
Жыл бұрын
Nobody can afford to waste gas money like that these days. 😭
@MSSmith1022
11 ай бұрын
I was 14 years old when I first used a CB (Citizen Band) radio in the 1970s. My father got one from Radio Shack and I helped install it in our car, then in the late 70s we got a base unit for our house and I was able to talk to anyone with a CB from the north side of Chicago, Illinois to the south side of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. My handle (the name I used on the radio) was "Blue Flame" and our base was "The Reservation" because we lived in base housing at Great Lakes Naval Center (A Navy 'Reservation') If you want more 'Trucker' songs look up Red Sovine: "Teddy Bear", "Phantom 309", "Giddy Up Go", and "Little Joe"
@jeanstrickland2445
Жыл бұрын
This song is so good 😂😂 The movie is even better! Your CB handle should be Meatloaf 😊
@terrys5843
Жыл бұрын
Meatloaf is their dogs name. Maybe that's what your after.
@dianechristensen1391
Жыл бұрын
It should not be meatloaf, because that was the song singer from that it was a singer. His name is staging was Meat Loaf.😊
@jeanstrickland2445
Жыл бұрын
@@terrys5843I know it’s the dogs name, that’s why I said it( a joke) 🤦🏻♀️
@KayeWhye
Жыл бұрын
Now that you've met C. W. McCall, you've got to check out "Classified" "Wolf Creek Pass" and "CJ 5."
@kellys9873
Жыл бұрын
I second wolf creek pass!
@keithmountain5749
Жыл бұрын
Don't forget "The Old Home Fill 'er Up and Keep On Trucking Cafe"
@Teresia12
Жыл бұрын
My big brother was a trucker back then. He taught me to drive in the rocking chair. I loved truckers. Then when I graduated and went through my hippie days i always rode with truckers. They treated me like their daughter or little sister. They not only fed me but would insist I needed new clothes. Truckers don't have the freedoms these days like they did back then. Yes we all had CBs. You got to get a powerful antenna.
@djjam9073
Жыл бұрын
When I was in trucking school both of my instructors were actual truckers in the 70s. The stories they told us were legendary 👌👌👍👍✌✌
@passqualecaiazza7728
11 ай бұрын
Love these old songs. Always a story behind the song.
@robertdurdinjr3638
11 ай бұрын
World wide blue eyed soul brother
@ericanderson8886
Жыл бұрын
Fun song, the age of CB radios and Smokey and the Bandit lol
@sunnystormy4973
Жыл бұрын
-xD !-
@TheOriginalRick
Жыл бұрын
This is a song where you almost had to be alive and kicking at the time it was on the air to really understand and appreciate it. Chock full of cultural references that you just won't understand otherwise.
@20807shane
11 ай бұрын
Trucker here, 28 yrs. Trucking hasn’t been like that in a long time!
@josephcote6120
Жыл бұрын
I never heard this version of the song before. Not sure how I feel about it yet. But it has the same outlaw feel. Fun stuff no matter what. A good song from the same era is Charlie Daniels' Uneasy Rider.
@connieb4372
Жыл бұрын
LOVE Uneasy Rider. Can't say I agreed much with Charlie Daniel's political views later in his life, but that was the first song I loved by him. Have a great one!
@tsgeisel
Жыл бұрын
I sing Uneasy Rider at Karaoke. Well, given the song "sing" isn't the most appropriate word, but still, it's always a fun experience for people who've never heard it before.
@kathys7300
Жыл бұрын
Great song to go with a great movie!
@blackblake3658
Жыл бұрын
Fun movie. He died last year.
@stacymoore9836
Жыл бұрын
My husband is a truck driver. This is their anthem.
@jimpemberton
11 ай бұрын
CB radios were the greatest! We had CBs in our cars and a home station. It was the best and made road trips worth taking. Even today, truckers are the best to travel with if you know how to drive with them. I'll be on I81 in VA in a couple of weeks and I'm looking forward to it. So many truckers take that route that it's smooth sailing if you know how to drive with the big boys.
@thesimwarlock
11 ай бұрын
I have a Galaxy 2000 with a 500 Ft tower and a 25,00 wat varmint foot-warmer as my base station and a cobra in my car & a Uniden in my truck. They keep the drivers informed when there is trouble ahead on the road. My handle is "Biker" Because I also have a Ranger 2650 mounted on my bicycle with a D104 power mic & a Penatrator II antena, henceforth the handle
@hawkeyegeorge
Жыл бұрын
Loved the radio version. My dad was a trucker in the 70's had the handle "Lil' Sizzler"
@badtolz2122
11 ай бұрын
Listen to his Greatest Hits. Phenomenal.
@williamcarr7347
Жыл бұрын
It was always on the radio back then. Youguys should check out the movie Convoy.
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