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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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! 😂
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.
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'
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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)
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.
@@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.
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 ‼️
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
"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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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?
@@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.
@@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.
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.
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
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
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.
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. 😂
Lol, this was a great reaction 😊 I was born in 71, and grew up with having a CB in the car. At the age of seven I use the name that I heard my dad say to my mom... I was sexy lady, until my dad found out LOL. Back then, I didn't know anything about what it meant. if you want another fun song to check out, do Ray Stevens The Streak 😅😂😂
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
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"?
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...
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.
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.
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"
This movie had the biggest influence on my life than any other movie. I saw this in the cinema as a kid, and I wanted to be a trucker ever since. Been a trucker for over 30 years now.
When we were in our 20's a friend and I (Orphan Annie now 70) were traveling an interstate in the middle of the night, talking with a group of truckers (using illegal radar detectors at that time) who slipped us into "the rocking chair" and (before regulators were installed in the trucking industry) we were flying well over 100 in her Cougar!
CW McCall is also the force behind some of the best Christmas music you can hear, Mannheim Steamroller. They did Convoy at their concert last holiday season.
My grandparents were very much into the cb scene back in the day. In fact, my parents met at a cb party. I can't remember my parent's handles, but my grandparents were Calamity and Mushroom. My grandma's best friend was Moneybags! It seemed like such a fun atmosphere.
My dad did 20 years Air Force but his dream was to be a truck driver. He did that until he died. A very sweet trucker song is Teddy Bear by Red Sovine. I believe that's right. It's truly what most truck drivers would do if given the chance.
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.
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 :)
As a truck driver, I will admit yes this could be one of our anthems, but to be honest trucking life today has two theme songs in my opinion, posed by Jackson Browne, running on empty and shaky town! And yes, convoy was a movie starring Kris Kristofferson I hope you review it on your movie reaction channel.
My mom had a CB, back in the 70’s it helped truckers get from one destinations to the other, having people to talk with. I don’t remember my mom’s handle. But the truckers would tell us about crashes, so you could take a different route. I do remember they turn it on, and say, Breaker 1-9. This was checking to see if the radio signals was reaching out and working. Good movie all star cast. I’ll have to find it so I could watch it after all these years. Love the Hat! WHO-DEY!!
I retired from driving in '06...love them old trucker tunes. You might like Red Sovine's "Teddy Bear" "Giddy up Go" "Little Joe" and "Pantom 309"...all great stories if you want to do a truckers theme
You've heard of Mannheim Steamroller? This is the song that started it all. Chip Davis composed this song (that's him playing the drums) and used the profits to form the American Gramaphone record label where he released the Mannheim Steamroller Fresh Aire albums. The Mannheim Steamroller Christmas albums came a few years later.
Citizen band (CB) radios were very popular. Most of my high school buddies had one; mine was a small, walkie-talkie style, hand-held version. Great to have that in Alaskan winters.
As a driver myself I can tell you this is our anthem. Yes we still have CB radio’s and use them. The movie was called Convoy and look it up because there are 2 versions of this song. One before the movie came out and this one.
I really like your reactions. CB, an abbreviation for `Citizens' Band,' is a range of radio frequencies which the general public is allowed to use to send messages to each other. It is used especially by truck drivers and other drivers who use radio sets in their vehicles.
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.
Great reaction guys. There is a song that has trucking in it but a different take that it was heart pulling when it came out. It is sung by Red Sovine and the title of the song is called, Teddy Bear. Check it out.
We had CB's in 73 when we travelled from my dad's duty station in Ft Lewis Washington to Willow Grove, PA. We had 2 cars, one with a trailer, so we communicated between the cars with the CBs. We listened to the truckers but I don't recall talking to them. But you knew what was coming up on the highway because of their chatter. On the way back 3 years later to Denver, we had 3 cars with my sister and I driving one (we were of driving age by then). We still had the CBs which helped my sister and I with the anxiety of our first continental drive. My handle was Purple Viking (my favorite color at the time and my only known ancestry of the time - Scandinavian).
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
The original recording by CW McCall is better than the movie version on here, you really should listen to it too. ❤
Just ain't the same without those eleven long-haired Friends Of Jesus in a chartreuse micro bus.
@@micahhawkins-bs9gfTestify!
Yeah listen to the radio version much better
Wrong version! Original is much better ☹️
Wrong version..
Need a re-do.
Dude, even us kids had cb's at home back in the 70's.
TRUE👍 It was an earlier social media.❤
Truth.
My handle was bloodhound
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.
My handle was Cracker Jack! Cause I was sweet and full of surprises lol
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.
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
Teddy Bear use to always make my mom tear up. She loved that song. 1:25
I cannot understate how massive trucker lingo and CB radio was in the 70s
Yep, largely instigated by "Smokey and the Bandit!"
@@sallyphillips9175 Nope. The language was around from the 1950's, WAY before S&B.
That's a big 10-4.
First there is another completely different version which was even better.
And don't ever call a trucker "good buddy"!
@@maggynewtown3500🤣🤣 for sure!
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.
Yep. Thanks to my favorite television show being “Battlestar Galactica” when we got our CB Radio I chose the handle “Captain Apollo.” 🤣
“America’s 1st Social Media Network”.
Never thought of it that way; but, you are so right.
“10-4, good buddy.”
Funny you should mention that, my cb handle and my online identity are the same (Starknight).
@@david.j9.rabbithole808 Breaker One-Nine Apollo, this here's Original Sin, what's your 20? :)
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.
Spent 25 years as a driver it's our trucker anthem
CW McCall's "Wolf Creek Pass" is worth a listen and a laugh.
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.
that explains the Breaker 1-9 in the song Teddy Bear by Red Sovine
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
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! 😂
@@ctsgurl2003 Oh no, not maps ! Everyone is supposed to be addicted to GPS. LOL
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.
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'
That's what I was going to share. The song came 1st and then the movie. The song was changed to fit the movie 😊
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.
The original is so much better!
agree@@kellys9873
I definitely missed the Microbus lyric
This is NOT the original radio version of the song . Look for one of the videos with C.W.
Agree, you can hear the background dialogue much better on the radio version.
@@svechappe6075 The backup singers were mixed way too loud in this version.
Yes!
I thought it sounded different
I caught that too. Do not like this version. Original was better.
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.
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.
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
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.
That's right, the long-haired friends of Jesus!
Yeah, I noticed it was different to the original song. I didn't remember the movie had a different version.
Yeah, they made the song into a movie, and rewrote it in the process.
Good point. I kept waiting for certain lines and thought I’d just missed them. 😢
Yeah, the original wasna through and through comedy song - the movie though is quite serious - and this is the song from the movie.
Ahh the 70s trucker craze. My childhood memories.
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.
And, lest we forget, Sovine also wrote "Big Joe and Phantom 309". My favorite cover is by Tom Waits:
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I have been regularly listening to '"teddy Bear" since the late 70's
I see you "Teddy Bear" and match you with "Little Joe"
@@JohnMiller-zn9pf I'll throw in "Giddyup Go".
For comedy CB/trucker songs listen to Cledus Maggard. "White Knight" (short and long version) "Jaw Jackin" and a few others.
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)
No, the movie is from the SONG "Convoy"...
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.
I agree, and it's true the original is way better, and Wolf Creek Pass is my favorite song by him.
I love Wolf Creek Pass
@@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.
I agree, the Original is better!
Love Wolf Creek Pass. There are alot of gems in the lyrics and the delivery is gold.
You could even talk to the truckers that were within a mile or two using a radio shack walkie-talkie.
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 ‼️
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.
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.
Sandman? Did you live in Michigan? I knew someone named Sandman.
@@NathanLundholm nah, I grew up in Indiana. Didn't start driving til I moved to West Virginia.
Just another recommendation to do the movie. You guys will absolutely love it
What movie?
Convoy
@@DianeJohnson86 It's either that or someone spent a lot of money on this music video 🙂
Brilliant movie.
@@Pete856 LOL too true! Fun movie :)
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.
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
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.
Teddy Bear was sad
@@janetbaker645 But the end shows the true brotherhood when dozens show up to give him a ride...😍
Don't forget "Willin'"
@@Furball-8994 yea, but it was still sad….
I've got a tape with all these on somewhere Teddy Bear still chokes me up a little
I perfer the radio version but this will do just fine!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Fun Country songs list, You should add "The Corrvette Song" Fun song with a twist.
Man, I remember the trucker craze back in the day. Lol...The movie " Convoy " was great.
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.
BJ and the Bear
"They're not following me, I'm just in front" - Rubber Duck
Cool.@@johnirving5949
Great TV show.@@michaelzilkowsky2936
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!
I haven't heard this version. I guess this is from the movie. The one I know is from '75.
Yes it is, and not as good as the original.
Thank you! I thought I was imagining things.
This is not the real version of Convoy. I don't know what this is.
So true. The original is so much better. CW changed it to match the movie. Movie should have matched the song.
This is the movie version.
This was awesome, but If you want a Really Fun song check out "Hard To Be Humble" by Mac Davis. (From the 70's)
They already did
no they didn't have recommended it to them several times and it hasn't been done on their channel yet@@TonyM1961
They should try Mac's "Hooked on Music."
@@TonyM1961 - it's not there, must've gotten blocked.
@@stevefriery9086 or "Don't Get Hooked On Me"
"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.
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.
Cool!
They put you in the rocking chair. ;-)
Now you have to watch the movie "Convoy". You'll love the Rubber Duckie. Pig pen is Pauly from Rocky.
Fun movie. White Line Fever is pretty good too.
Wasn't Jerry Reed Rubber Duckie? That was a FUN movie.
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.
@@paulwagner688 Kris Kristofferson was. Jerry Reed was Smokey and the Bandit.
@@paulwagner688 no Kris Kristofferson was. the rubber duck quack quack 🎉
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.
Pro-Mannheim Steamroller! 🙂
I have known that Mannheim Steamroller fact for a long time and my brain still can't quite grasp it.
@@FloraWest LOL! I know, right? 😄 I still have Fresh Aire 1-7. Super creative stuff!
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.
Roses for Mama, Phantom 309 and Vietnam Deck of Cards are also great songs by Red Sovine
Teddy Bear
Met my wife over the CB radio that was back in 1986 and we're still going strong
A fun song from the 70s
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.
Red Sovine. Great call!
For sure. My grandfather was a trucker, and I cry every time I hear any of his songs. "Phantom 309" is a favorite, too
yup Amber will deffo blow her water works
Yes yes Phantom 309 please
Add Gitty Up Go by Red Sovine
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!
White Knight by Cletus Maggard
30.000 Pounds of Bananas by Harry Chapin - especially the version from his Greatest Stories Live album.
Be warned to have tissues handy if you do "Teddy Bear".
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?
"Mama Hated Diesels"!
There is another version of this song you should try to find. Lyrics are different but just as good.
The original is much better.
@@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.
@@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.
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.
Mine was ridgerunner
For some good trucker stuff check out jaxon Allen and/or his podcast steady at the wheel. God clean trucker and farming content
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
sheesh
Big 10-4 Woodstock, you got Starknight, come back.
Y'all should check out "Convoy" the movie
It's a fine documentary 🙃
This is from the movie, not the original song
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
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.
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. 😂
Yeah, he created the character of C.W. McCall during a bread selling campaign. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._W._McCall
Check out Riverside Slide!
Everyone who was a country fan back in the 70’s had this single.
Nobody had this single. did you listen?
As a trucker for 47 years, that was a time when we did watch over each other, today, not so much..
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.
Lol, this was a great reaction 😊 I was born in 71, and grew up with having a CB in the car. At the age of seven I use the name that I heard my dad say to my mom... I was sexy lady, until my dad found out LOL. Back then, I didn't know anything about what it meant. if you want another fun song to check out, do Ray Stevens The Streak 😅😂😂
Love these old songs. Always a story behind the song.
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
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"?
And Kris Kristofferson was in the movie.
You should be Coach J
C. W. McCall (a/k/a William Dale Fries Jr.) was also mayor of Ouray, Colorado from 1987 through 1992.
Every time i hear it brings tear to my eyes because of him & my step dad was a trucker owner Tbone my mom gave him in Tx. Amarillo
When I was in trucking school both of my instructors were actual truckers in the 70s. The stories they told us were legendary 👌👌👍👍✌✌
Have you guys done "Amos Moses" by Jerry Reed? Such a fun song. He also did "When You're Hot You're Hot"
Yes, they did Amos Moses. I requested When You're Hot, You're Hot a while ago but no response.
Yeah , they did Amos Moses that's the one that Amber keeps referring to as Gator .
Amos Moses
My dad had an 8-track player when I was a young child. I remember listening to this song on it with him.
My dad taught us to respect truckers, they bring us everything we need.
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...
Yes! 30,000 lbs of bananas is awesome! You will love that song!
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.
10 videos into your channel and I have a new favorite. I love the open mindedness of you both! Thanks for the entertainment and the memories.
I'm 51 and I remember as a kid going with my mom and cousins to the movie to watch this movie
Great song to go with a great movie!
Fun movie. He died last year.
You'd like the Dukes of Hazzard. Suggest Good 'ol Boys by Waylon Jennings.
I second this!
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
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 😮
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.
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"
This song is so good 😂😂 The movie is even better! Your CB handle should be Meatloaf 😊
Meatloaf is their dogs name. Maybe that's what your after.
It should not be meatloaf, because that was the song singer from that it was a singer. His name is staging was Meat Loaf.😊
@@terrys5843I know it’s the dogs name, that’s why I said it( a joke) 🤦🏻♀️
This movie had the biggest influence on my life than any other movie. I saw this in the cinema as a kid, and I wanted to be a trucker ever since.
Been a trucker for over 30 years now.
When we were in our 20's a friend and I (Orphan Annie now 70) were traveling an interstate in the middle of the night, talking with a group of truckers (using illegal radar detectors at that time) who slipped us into "the rocking chair" and (before regulators were installed in the trucking industry) we were flying well over 100 in her Cougar!
I USE TO TALKING TO TRUCKERS ALL THE TIME ❤❤I STILL HAVE MY C.B. RADIO
Now that you've met C. W. McCall, you've got to check out "Classified" "Wolf Creek Pass" and "CJ 5."
I second wolf creek pass!
Don't forget "The Old Home Fill 'er Up and Keep On Trucking Cafe"
CW McCall is also the force behind some of the best Christmas music you can hear, Mannheim Steamroller. They did Convoy at their concert last holiday season.
My grandparents were very much into the cb scene back in the day. In fact, my parents met at a cb party. I can't remember my parent's handles, but my grandparents were Calamity and Mushroom. My grandma's best friend was Moneybags! It seemed like such a fun atmosphere.
My dad did 20 years Air Force but his dream was to be a truck driver. He did that until he died. A very sweet trucker song is Teddy Bear by Red Sovine. I believe that's right.
It's truly what most truck drivers would do if given the chance.
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.
Loved the radio version. My dad was a trucker in the 70's had the handle "Lil' Sizzler"
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 :)
Yes we still use them today
As a truck driver, I will admit yes this could be one of our anthems, but to be honest trucking life today has two theme songs in my opinion, posed by Jackson Browne, running on empty and shaky town! And yes, convoy was a movie starring Kris Kristofferson I hope you review it on your movie reaction channel.
Last of the cowboys by Tony Justice is a great trucker song
"Give me 40 yards and I'll turn this truck around" is another great song and the girl on the Billboard next to the big 'O highway. 🛣
My mom had a CB, back in the 70’s it helped truckers get from one destinations to the other, having people to talk with. I don’t remember my mom’s handle. But the truckers would tell us about crashes, so you could take a different route. I do remember they turn it on, and say, Breaker 1-9. This was checking to see if the radio signals was reaching out and working. Good movie all star cast. I’ll have to find it so I could watch it after all these years. Love the Hat! WHO-DEY!!
I was the Arkansas Rebel back in those days. It was so cool because we all had each others back.
Oh man!!! I know this song so well! My daddy was a CB enthusiast and he loved this song!!! I was just a little girl. I'm 55 now.
I retired from driving in '06...love them old trucker tunes. You might like Red Sovine's "Teddy Bear" "Giddy up Go" "Little Joe" and "Pantom 309"...all great stories if you want to do a truckers theme
You've heard of Mannheim Steamroller? This is the song that started it all. Chip Davis composed this song (that's him playing the drums) and used the profits to form the American Gramaphone record label where he released the Mannheim Steamroller Fresh Aire albums. The Mannheim Steamroller Christmas albums came a few years later.
Toccata was one of my favorite songs from that album!
@@BarredCoast0 Big fan of 'Mere Image' myself ^^
“Gimme 40 acres” is my anthem as a truck driver.
But another good truck driver song is “Giddy Up Go”
I like this song even more now since I have been a over the road truck driver 26 years now
This song was in calibration with Chip Davis of Mannheim Steamroller (that GREAT Christmas music!) What a fun time!
This is the movie version of the song you should go back and listen to the Single
I just realized there are two versions. This isn’t the AM radio hit.
Trucker here, 28 yrs. Trucking hasn’t been like that in a long time!
Citizen band (CB) radios were very popular. Most of my high school buddies had one; mine was a small, walkie-talkie style, hand-held version. Great to have that in Alaskan winters.
Keeps you up to date with all the fender benders, Tijuana taxis and all those bears out there a flip floppin
As a driver myself I can tell you this is our anthem. Yes we still have CB radio’s and use them. The movie was called Convoy and look it up because there are 2 versions of this song. One before the movie came out and this one.
I really like your reactions.
CB, an abbreviation for `Citizens' Band,' is a range of radio frequencies which the general public is allowed to use to send messages to each other. It is used especially by truck drivers and other drivers who use radio sets in their vehicles.
I was a trucker in the 70s and 80s we all loved this!
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.
My C.B. "handle" is "Lightning Rod". Has been since i was a kid.
Great reaction guys. There is a song that has trucking in it but a different take that it was heart pulling when it came out. It is sung by Red Sovine and the title of the song is called, Teddy Bear. Check it out.
Red Sovine: Phantom 309 is another good one.
We had CB's in 73 when we travelled from my dad's duty station in Ft Lewis Washington to Willow Grove, PA. We had 2 cars, one with a trailer, so we communicated between the cars with the CBs. We listened to the truckers but I don't recall talking to them. But you knew what was coming up on the highway because of their chatter. On the way back 3 years later to Denver, we had 3 cars with my sister and I driving one (we were of driving age by then). We still had the CBs which helped my sister and I with the anxiety of our first continental drive. My handle was Purple Viking (my favorite color at the time and my only known ancestry of the time - Scandinavian).
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