Pick-up Truck Songs Wanted
Robert Roxby
or even that mention pick-up trucks in the lyrics. I would
think that there were a lot of these, but the only one I have
so far is Pick-up Man, by Joe Diffy.
Thanks, Bob
Michael J. Shaw
: I would appreciate pointers to songs with pick-up truck themes,
********> Check out Jerry Jeff Walker's "Pickup Truck Song" on his Tried
and True Music/RYKO album "Live at Gruene Hall." BTW, Gruene is
pronounced "green." See y'all there with JJ on 5/13.
Michael
sha...@wharton.upenn.edu
randall
One which comes to my mind is "Thank the Cowboy for the Ride," by Tammy
Wynette, on her 1989 CD "Next to You."
excerpt:
"He was 17 the next time he showed up
and I had never seen inside a pick-up truck
Oh, he was tall and handsome, smiling cuter than before
And he'd grown up to fit the boots he wore.
We rode off in the sunset down the highway,
We took our time gettin' home the back way
Later on in the front porch swing he pulled me to his side
And I thanked the cowboy for the ride."
The theme of the song isn't the pick-up truck, however, but rather the
relationship...
randall :)
Donald W. Fausett
>> I would appreciate pointers to songs with pick-up truck themes,
>> or even that mention pick-up trucks in the lyrics. I would
>> think that there were a lot of these, but the only one I have
>> so far is Pick-up Man, by Joe Diffy.
To which, randall <rl...@columbia.edu> adds:
>One which comes to my mind is "Thank the Cowboy for the Ride," by Tammy
>Wynette, on her 1989 CD "Next to You."
Three other songs that mention pickups are:
"Red Neck Mother" by Jerry Jeff Walker
"Cowboy Logic" by Michael Martin Murphy
"You Never Even Called Me By My Name" by David Allen Coe
(or is the title "You Don't Have To Call Me Darling"?)
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Bill Richardson
"the auto's ruined the country".
The Skillet Lickers recorded some skits where they went off to the country
to pickup some moonshine.
Henry Ford once went into a rage and destroyed a demo car with a fire axe.
Bill
David B. Feland
Cyronwode
>> I would appreciate pointers to songs with pick-up truck themes,
>> or even that mention pick-up trucks in the lyrics. I would
>> think that there were a lot of these, but the only one I have
>> so far is Pick-up Man, by Joe Diffy.
"You Never Even Called Me By My Name" aka "You Don't Have to Call Me
Darling, Darling" by David Allen Coe -- whatever the title, it was a
1970s c&w hit.
"American Pie" by Don McLean ("a pink carnation and a pick-up truck")
You know, National Public radio's "Car Talk" show features a song about a
vehicle of some kind every week and has been doing so for years. I suggest
you contact them. They do not have a usenet newsgroup of their own, but a
lot of "Car Talk" fans hang out in rec.art.wobegon, the "Prairie Home
Comapnion" newsgroup and someone there will be able to give you the e-mail
address for "Car Talk" at the npr.org domain. Once you get that, just ask
the producer, Doug Berman, for a list of the songs they have played. They
have to log them, for royalty payment purposes, and you would not be the
first person requesting the list, i am sure.
catherine yronwode
cyro...@aol.com
arie o dezwart
Somebody please tell me who sings this...
ADz
Donald W. Fausett
>>> "Thank the Cowboy for the Ride" by Tammy Wynette
>> "Red Neck Mother" by Jerry Jeff Walker
>> "Cowboy Logic" by Michael Martin Murphy
>> "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" by David Allen Coe
another one is:
"Mommas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys"
by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
Clisby Williams
Jerry Jeff Walker has one on his Live at Gruene Hall
album - I think it's just called "The Pickup Truck Song".
Clisby
dra...@scruznet.com
> "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" aka "You Don't Have to Call Me
> Darling, Darling" by David Allen Coe -- whatever the title, it was a
> 1970s c&w hit.
>
Also, "You Never Even Call Me By My Name" was written by Steve
Goodman. David Allen Coe had the big hit with it.
Jeff Waldron
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Miren Seeley
Something by Charlie Daniels called (I think?) Classifieds
About a guy who reads a classified advertisement
Here 'tis...
I was thumbing through the want ads in the Shelby county tribune
When this classified advertisement caught my eye
It said take immediate delivery of this 57 Chevrolet half ton pick up truck
We'll sell or swap for a hide-a-bed and thirty five bucks call 140 ring 2
and ask for Bob
Well I called Bob up on the telephone
He says hello this is Bob speaking
I says this here the Bob got the pick up truck for sale?
He says yeah I says where are Ya
He says 14 east on county 12 turn right on the one lane gravel road
you can park in the yard beware of the dog wipe your feet off knock three
times and bring your billfold
Well I tooled on east on county 12 turned right on the on lane gravel road
I parked in the yard and a german shepherd came out and grabbed on to my leg
Then I knocked 3 times and wiped my feet the dog let go, the screen door
opened Bob came out he says what do ya want
I says I've come to see your truck,
He says follow me, come on Frank, the dogs name was Frank
Well we all went past the chicken house, through the hog pen, down the
tractor shed, and then wound up in back of the barn in a field of cow
pies
and sitting right there in a pool of grease was a half ton chevy pick up
truck with a 1960 licence plate , a bumper sticker that says vote for Dick
and a brillo box full of rusty parts and Bob says whadda ya think
Well I kicked the tire and then got in the seat and sat on a petrified
apple core and found a bunch of field mice living in the glove
compartment, he says her shaft is bent, her rear end leaks you can fix her
quick with an oily rag, use a nail to start her I lost the key, don't pay
no mind to that whirring sound,she could use a little oil but outside of
that she's cherry
I says what'll it take he says whatta ya got, I says twenty eight dollars
and fifteen cents, he says you got a deal sign her I'll go get the title
and a can full of gas, I put the nail in the slot and I fired her up she
coughed and belched up a bunch of smoke and I backed her right through the
hog pen into the yard, well Frank jumped in and bit my leg and I beat him
off with a crow bar, he jumped on out and the door fell off and the left
front tire went flat, I jacked it up and patched the tube and frank tore a
piece of my shirt off, then Bob come out and called him off says you
better get on outta here
I went left on the one way gravel road went 14 west on county 12, took two
full quarts of ???? oil just to get her to the conical station, and I
pulled up to the regular pump and Harold Sykes and his kid come out and he
says I've seen better stuff at the junk yard where'd you ever get that
truck,
I says that's a long story Harold,
I was thumbing throught the want ads in the Selby county tribune when this
classified advertisement caught my eye...........fade out
Whew - I hope that was worth the effort, hope it helps, good luck
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Larry Hale
>I would appreciate pointers to songs with pick-up truck themes,
>or even that mention pick-up trucks in the lyrics.
Pam Tillis in "Cleopatra, Queen of Denial"
Just because he bought himself a brand new pick-up truck
Doesn't really prove anything
Damian Penny
>>>>> "Pick-up Man" by Joe Diffy.
>>>> "Thank the Cowboy for the Ride" by Tammy Wynette
>>> "Red Neck Mother" by Jerry Jeff Walker
>>> "Cowboy Logic" by Michael Martin Murphy
>>> "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" by David Allen Coe
>another one is:
> "Mommas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys"
> by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
How could you forget "Tonight We're Gonna Tear Down the Walls" by
Randy Travis? ("You'll put on your party clothes and makeup/and I'll
polish that ol' truck until it shines")
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Randy Turney
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:Somebody please tell me who sings this...
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Miren Seeley
miren....@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (Miren Seeley) wrote:
> In article <95029.155...@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>, Robert Roxby
> <RRO...@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> wrote:
>
> > I would appreciate pointers to songs with pick-up truck themes,
> > or even that mention pick-up trucks in the lyrics. I would
> > think that there were a lot of these, but the only one I have
> > so far is Pick-up Man, by Joe Diffy.
> > Thanks, Bob
>
> Something by Charlie Daniels called (I think?) Classifieds
> About a guy who reads a classified advertisement
>
> SORRY SORRY SORRY - It's not by Charlie Daniels - It's by CW McCALL!!!!
- Miren
Tanya R Jordan
Steve Goldfield
I just want to report that I've sent some brief, and I thought
polite, requests to keep this thread in rec.music.country.western
and not in rec.music.country.old-time since old-time music,
to my knowledge doesn't have many (or any) songs about pick-up
trucks. I've been receiving some long, abusive, and again
in my opinion undeserved Email in response.
Right now it's just a small nuisance, but I don't think it's
a good idea to let the notion that people ought to feel free to
post on any subject without reference to the purpose of the
newsgroup as voted for go unchallenged.
Seems that some people resent hearing opinions they don't
agree with, such as my mild suggestion to keep this thread
where it belongs. But I want to affirm that I won't be
silenced or intimidated that way and will continue to
send such polite requests as they seem warranted. Seems
to me very undemocratic of people who are consciously
ignoring the purpose of the group as voted on by nearly
300 voters. And it is profoundly hypocritical for them to
insist on being heard in this newsgroup but not to be
willing to listen.
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Steve Goldfield :<{ {>: s...@coe.berkeley.edu
University of California at Berkeley Richmond Field Station
Robert Roxby
this group. I wasn't around for the charter ceremonies, so I
didn't realize that the topic was, apparently, inappropriate.
I'm sure glad I did post it though, since this group has been
the richest source of suggestions and I would hate to see them
shut off.
Cordially, Robt
Ryan Makela
> Clisby
Rhett Atkins is a new country singer. His debut album incorporates the
pick up truck theme. There are references to pickups and dirt roads,
through out the album.
Lisa Marie Berg
You Never Even Called Me By My Name - David Allen Coe
lisa :)
Laura Gillespie
Don't let *some* people try to bully you into thinking that what you
posted was inappropriate, Robert. Some people just have a strong
desire to control others. The charter did NOT forbid your posting
subject. Please feel free to post away. Trucks are quite old-time a
subject, maybe just not what the other person wanted to hear about.
Well, people all have the right to discuss the aspects of old-time
country that *they* wish to discuss.
Trucks have been around since the turn of the century, for goodness
sake.
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/Laura Gillespie
lau...@ritz.mordor.com
Lisa Marie Berg
> The Bellemy Brothers recorded that tune - lisa :)
Nancy Mamlin
Laura Gillespie <lau...@ritz.mordor.com> wrote:
>
>Don't let *some* people try to bully you into thinking that what you
>posted was inappropriate, Robert. Some people just have a strong
>desire to control others. The charter did NOT forbid your posting
>subject. Please feel free to post away. Trucks are quite old-time a
>subject, maybe just not what the other person wanted to hear about.
>Well, people all have the right to discuss the aspects of old-time
>country that *they* wish to discuss.
You're right that the charter did not forbid postings of any kind, really.
However, this is a group that is about a genre of music called
"old-time". It refers not to the age of the music/topic, but to the kind
of music. Not everyone is familiar with this term, and so we've
experienced lots of pretty tangential postings. Whether or not this
particular request was one is in the eye of the beholder, but... I don't
think it has to do with control as much as it has to do with a vision that
didn't get realised exactly as intended.
It's not "old-time country" anyway. The country term is there thanks to
the netgods, not as a descriptor of the music.
>Trucks have been around since the turn of the century, for goodness
>sake.
They have? Oh.
Nancy
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James McNeil
>In article <3gtlh3$n...@ccshst05.cs.uoguelph.ca>,
>I just want to report that I've sent some brief, and I thought
>polite, requests to keep this thread in rec.music.country.western
>and not in rec.music.country.old-time since old-time music,
>to my knowledge doesn't have many (or any) songs about pick-up
>trucks. I've been receiving some long, abusive, and again
>in my opinion undeserved Email in response.
I believe that the original poster is looking for all types of pick-up
truck songs, not just country western. S/he has also posted the request
in r.m.folk, and perhaps other groups. What is the harm in allowing him
or her to politely inquire as to whether there are any pick-up truck
songs in r.m.c.o-t? I don't know of any law requiring one to read all
postings in a group if one is not interested in the subject of a posting.
>Right now it's just a small nuisance, but I don't think it's
>a good idea to let the notion that people ought to feel free to
>post on any subject without reference to the purpose of the
>newsgroup as voted for go unchallenged.
>Seems that some people resent hearing opinions they don't
>agree with, such as my mild suggestion to keep this thread
>where it belongs. But I want to affirm that I won't be
>silenced or intimidated that way and will continue to
>send such polite requests as they seem warranted. Seems
>to me very undemocratic of people who are consciously
>ignoring the purpose of the group as voted on by nearly
>300 voters. And it is profoundly hypocritical for them to
>insist on being heard in this newsgroup but not to be
>willing to listen.
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>Steve Goldfield :<{ {>: s...@coe.berkeley.edu
>University of California at Berkeley Richmond Field Station
Lianne
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LynnChirps Smith
>Robert Roxby (RRO...@MAINE.MAINE.EDU) wrote:
>: I would appreciate pointers to songs with pick-up truck themes,
>: or even that mention pick-up trucks in the lyrics. I would
I was just listening to it on the new CD re-issue from Rounder, as I came
across this thread. I thought I would add an old time tune to your list.
They mention a pickup at the beginning, as well as a rendition of starting on
via fiddles.
Chirps Smith
Kevrave
A group called The BooRays from St. Louis put out a great 45 two years ago
called, "Pickup Truck" b/w "Stop, Drop and roll." Worth contacting them
for a cheap ($2) copy.
Snailmail to Bob Kammerlane c/o BooRays, P.O. Box 3546, St. Louis, MO
63143, or c/o Faye Records, P.O. Box 7332, Columbia, MO 65202.
There's also, of course, John Anderson's great "Chicken Truck."
Kevrave
Yecch!
Margaret A. Salters
> Robert Roxby wrote:
>>> I would appreciate pointers to songs with pick-up truck themes,
>>> or even that mention pick-up trucks in the lyrics. I would
>>> think that there were a lot of these, but the only one I have
>>> so far is Pick-up Man, by Joe Diffy.
There is a great pick-up song by Chris Ledoux called "Rodeo Rose"
Chris Beckmeyer
>> |> I would appreciate pointers to songs with pick-up truck themes,
>> |> or even that mention pick-up trucks in the lyrics. I would
'The Perfect Country and Western Song' by David Allen Coe
Audrey Molsky
: Do you (or does anyone) know where the Lee Highway Blues came from? I've
...
Hi!
What a pleasant surprise to find an old-time music fan here at GMU!
Lee Highway Blues was written and recorded by G.B. Grayson and Henry
Whitter from Laurel Bloomery, Tennessee, in the late 20's. Reissues were
available from Old Homestead Records, Box 100, Brighton, MI 48116 (still
around?)
They were the source of many great songs that have since become standardss
like Handsome Molly and Tom Dooley. Many years ago I had the honor of
spending time and learning fiddle from a great fiddler from White Top,
Virginia, Albert Hash, who, as a youngster, played fiddle with Henry
Whitter after GB died (but thats a whole other story!)
If you're interested in old-time music events going on around here,
e-mail me and we can trade ideas.
Audrey Molsky
amo...@osf1.gmu.edu
Jonathan B. Horen
> Robert Roxby wrote:
>>> I would appreciate pointers to songs with pick-up truck themes,
>>> or even that mention pick-up trucks in the lyrics. I would
>>> think that there were a lot of these, but the only one I have
>>> so far is Pick-up Man, by Joe Diffy.
Back in the early/mid-70s a fine c&w group named Commander Cody and
his Lost Planet Airmen put out a great album of songs with truck
themes, entitled: "Hot Licks, Cold Steel, and Truckers' Favorites".
I had a copy, and loved it -- their rendition of "Six Days on the Road"
is excellent, and on a par with Taj Mahal's 1969 recording of it on his
"Giant Step/Old Folks at Home" album.
Other great cuts include: "Lookin' at the World Through a Windshield"
and "Momma Hated Diesels".
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