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  • Опубліковано 13 гру 2024
  • A tale of a hitchhiker who hops a ride from a trucker who turns out to be the ghost of a man who died years ago giving his life to save a school bus full of children from a horrible collision with his rig.
    Dedicated to Red Sovine. Born Woodrow Wilson Sovine ( July 17,1918 - April 4 1980)

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  • @mr.roaddogwade7107
    @mr.roaddogwade7107 2 роки тому +897

    I’m a retired long hauler. These songs mean more than most know. God bless Truckers. 🤠🇺🇸

    • @tracycorley2229
      @tracycorley2229 2 роки тому +14

      God bless all the truckers, without y'all we wouldn't have everything we take for granted....food, clothes, etc. Thank you & may God bless you as you drive every mile in all kinds of weathe❣️

    • @mr.roaddogwade7107
      @mr.roaddogwade7107 2 роки тому +4

      @@tracycorley2229 ❤️🤠🇺🇸

    • @brendabence5199
      @brendabence5199 2 роки тому +8

      God Bless our Truckers

    • @brendabence5199
      @brendabence5199 2 роки тому +8

      God Bless Our Truckers ! ❤

    • @oldermusiclover
      @oldermusiclover 2 роки тому +6

      amen lost one who was my first instant friend many years ago his fully loaded tanker trucker some how flipped and blew up. never got over the fact that he burned to death. I've been told he would not have felt any thing but somewhere In the back of my mind I wonder

  • @johndunaway4507
    @johndunaway4507 2 роки тому +701

    Truck drivers are the backbone of this country and should be respected for what they do !

    • @oldermusiclover
      @oldermusiclover 2 роки тому +10

      amen

    • @Halloumiwaffle85
      @Halloumiwaffle85 2 роки тому +15

      But unfortunately we don’t get the respect we are due and despite that we still lug whatever to wherever for whoever week in week out. Everywhere but home 👋🏻.

    • @annettehart2223
      @annettehart2223 2 роки тому +12

      Damm straight and they deserve RESPECT nothing but

    • @vtatro73
      @vtatro73 2 роки тому +8

      Thank you

    • @gregadams2040
      @gregadams2040 2 роки тому +7

      Yes indeed respect for the Truckers I had 26 year's under My belt before I retired

  • @phillipwoods1319
    @phillipwoods1319 4 роки тому +2826

    For my daddy, Big Bill Woods, who had a massive heart attack behind the wheel in midday traffic but managed to pull the truck over before he passed. Dad, you are my hero

    • @geoffreyharbinson2488
      @geoffreyharbinson2488 4 роки тому +190

      God Bless a driver that uses his last bit of life to save others

    • @jorgecallico9177
      @jorgecallico9177 4 роки тому +62

      Great song.
      The story is about the virtues of sacrifice. It's almost a biblical them.
      I recall an old WWII movie. Think Robert Mitchum was lead actor. At the end the a Japanese pilot was about to bomb the shit out of Mitchum's young family but suddenly a Catholic priest fires up the truck on a suicide run. The Japanese gunner destroys the priest and his truck then flies off. Thinking that his work is done.
      And with the enemy gone Mitchum takes his family to safety.

    • @sarahsmith7257
      @sarahsmith7257 4 роки тому +48

      So sorry to hear about your dad god bless him. And love you from Scotland.

    • @randya.666
      @randya.666 4 роки тому +32

      ❤🤗🙌 my prayers are with you and your family

    • @brendaritchie6210
      @brendaritchie6210 4 роки тому +26

      Sorry for your loss!! God was with him .

  • @davidcarr7436
    @davidcarr7436 Рік тому +52

    The first truck I ever drove was B model Mack. That was 47 years ago, and I retired from driving, not too long ago. To all brothers on the road; past, present, and future, safe miles and many smiles.

  • @whitneyeanes7825
    @whitneyeanes7825 4 роки тому +402

    I'm 48, learned all the trucker songs since I was 2 years old. My daddy drove a semi since I was born, he passed away in 2007. His name was Joe. This song means alot to me, like Teddy Bear, and many many more. TRUCKERS LIVES MATTER! ~ Whitney Eanes, Va

  • @carterwaite91
    @carterwaite91 7 років тому +161

    Don't ever let this be removed. This is a childhood favourite that will forever put chills down my spine. Red deserves to be known.

    • @jennymoser9750
      @jennymoser9750 Рік тому

      Chills. Exactly.

    • @vitdolinski6494
      @vitdolinski6494 11 місяців тому

      Red died in 1980 I was born in 1992 but I find this song great at my 32.

    • @russellhobart3089
      @russellhobart3089 11 місяців тому +1

      A childhood favorite? I don't member hearing it. Don't anything about barney either, but then I had a dad who didn't believe in wasting time.

  • @deeharris2345
    @deeharris2345 4 роки тому +751

    Breaker 19 anyone got there ears on .
    I just wanted to know if anyone still listening to this song after all these years.

  • @303bourbonguy2
    @303bourbonguy2 Рік тому +98

    3rd generation driver myself. Grew up with these songs. Grandfather drove for 38 years, dad for 47 and 10 for me

    • @TheSubygirl
      @TheSubygirl Рік тому +5

      Thank you
      ~ grateful daughter of a log truck driver.

    • @greglewis1146
      @greglewis1146 Рік тому +2

      25+ me

    • @Whykickamoocow
      @Whykickamoocow Рік тому +1

      Nan drove, so did dad. Both are in our National Transport Hall of Fame. I got my HR licence near a year to the day of holding my Nan's hand as she passed away. Hardest day of my life. Just wanted to say hi, hope your days are free of worry friend

  • @pauldodd2086
    @pauldodd2086 Рік тому +58

    My dad and brother were both long haul truckers. They deserve all of the respect that we have. They make America work.

  • @ericgaudet5488
    @ericgaudet5488 Рік тому +32

    Red Sovine is one of the best song writer and story tellers of this type of Music for All time he the G.O.A.T.

  • @JudyCrowell-u6g
    @JudyCrowell-u6g Рік тому +44

    My Dad was a truck driver for over 40 years. He. Loved his job and being a truck driver. He drove coast to coast and state to state. He was always gone. Then he got sick and had a pulmonary heartache and passed away. But I loved my dad and respected his job. I love you dad your gone but not forgotten. ❤

    • @Sidney-k8l
      @Sidney-k8l 7 днів тому

      Ben driving these big trucks since 70. Use to listen to this music while driving. Still doing it almost 55 yrs. Love the job and the music. Truckers are the back bone of the nation.

  • @willvonach5271
    @willvonach5271 4 роки тому +264

    Heroes get remembered but legends never die. This man is a legend

    • @joseveliz5076
      @joseveliz5076 2 роки тому +3

      Triple amen

    • @arctrooperecho2654
      @arctrooperecho2654 2 роки тому +4

      Legends never Die, They're just Retold

    • @franceliakarle_1
      @franceliakarle_1 2 роки тому +1

      Hello will how are you doing today?

    • @itsasupraonyt
      @itsasupraonyt Рік тому

      you are creccet

    • @daveweed2765
      @daveweed2765 Рік тому

      But you fo realize the folks that sing about truck drivers never drove a truck, right? Honestly I don't think too much of drivers today. I started driving in '86 and in the seventies learned how to twin stick in a bad ass Freight shaker that you literally had to climb into the sleeper. Still know how to twin stick and climbed doghouse into a sleeper. Walking were a luxury and I hate condo's. And... I will cut my own through before I would ever drive an automatic. I own many times over a 78 K100 big bunk flat top with a now 18 speed tranny. Can't put a 6×4 Spicer in in a cabover. Not enough room. But if it had a hood I would damn sure have a hole cut out. My truck originally had a 365 Kitty Cat in front of a 15 speed. Still got the deep reduction switch for looks though on the dash. The only difference is I can split the bottom and top ends instead of just the top. So hard to keep the truck original now. The steering wheel is a hard plastic Beige thee spoke. That is even special order. Even the high low switch has to be special ordered. Always park where the lot lizards are on "partyrow" 'cause all the curb sniffer drivers can't walk that far. Right?
      Before anyone ever goes out and rescues an older truck think insurance. A 78 K100 is just a 78 K100 no matter how much money you dump into it. You can fight Swift's insurance company if you wanna try but you won't win if your truck is totalled out by them. Insurance is a tax write off. So insurance it. I have dumped probably estimating 700 thousand dollars in this truck to keep it like new not to mention 100 thousand on a 15 thousand dollar purchase. I pay extra insurance.
      I probably love my truck as much as I love my wife. My wife is 50 and my truck looks brand new. Thank God I am old because it's getting harder and harder to keep her looking like new. But she's like me. The interior is the original KW high end diamond tuck even the doghouse. Harder and harder to find upholstered to keep it original nowdays.

  • @leemorton1734
    @leemorton1734 7 років тому +296

    these songs I carry them with me all through these years. I'm 50 yrs old and each time I hear them they still send chills up and down my spine.

    • @bognerba
      @bognerba 5 років тому +3

      I'm 45 and my dad was a long haul truck driver. He had this album and i remember listening to it as a young child; original vinyl on a turntable, I believe. Could of been 8 track too, I guess. Anyway, I relate to what you said cuz I remember them so clearly. Just introduced my 12 year old daughter to them.

    • @jeffstewart418
      @jeffstewart418 4 роки тому +1

      The terms- Large Car/ pick'em uptruck, redideo(radio) hammer down/ Monfort Lane and pickle parks will always be apart of you- and although you may not know it- but asphalt is in your blood- I'll be 67 and had to quit '85 and it still seems like yesterday.

    • @jessieb8682
      @jessieb8682 4 роки тому +1

      I know what you're saying.

    • @samarasims1733
      @samarasims1733 3 роки тому +1

      Same

    • @starfighter1043
      @starfighter1043 3 роки тому +2

      It's 2021 and I'm here cuz my old man told me to listen to some red sovine and this and teddy bear were rhe first 2 songs I listened to....we need to keep the word about artists and songs like these, this doesn't get to the young folks and they tend to forget and repeat history....we need more music like this to bring empathy back to the human being were sooooo cold now a days its absurd were going into a depression as I type this and it's because we've lost touch w people like this over the years....

  • @LINDATHRALL-pb8zu
    @LINDATHRALL-pb8zu Рік тому +22

    RED SOVINE IS THE BEST STORY TELLER I LOVE TO LISTEN TO

  • @mybizz8542
    @mybizz8542 2 роки тому +18

    I drove over the road for 43 years, still kickin'' & missing that Way of Life! Never was a Job for me, just came natural. These songs will never grow old, just us old drivers! 75 and still alive! ( Still got my CDL!)

    • @pptmstrMagiC
      @pptmstrMagiC Рік тому +2

      Hats off to you sir, may you live a long, happy, and healthy life..
      Enjoy your retirement, sir, you earned it.
      Best regards from a 33yo dispatcher that will jump in a fire for his 53ft dry van drivers rolling in my fleet..
      God knows that we need more OG drivers knowing how to drive stick shift as they are becoming extremely rare.

  • @JmanOregon
    @JmanOregon Рік тому +12

    I have listen to Red all my life. My step dad was a trucker.

  • @clintdenman3037
    @clintdenman3037 5 років тому +106

    I have been a driver for 25years now and i can honestly say a lot of weird things happen on the hwy but it's songs like this that tell people how much heat true truckers have...

    • @modeladenny1218
      @modeladenny1218 3 роки тому +1

      It still amazes me the things we saw out on those highways. For me I-80, I-74, I- 55 mostly. The cross roads of America.
      Model T was there

    • @jimemily6305
      @jimemily6305 2 роки тому +1

      @@modeladenny1218 hi

    • @franceliakarle_1
      @franceliakarle_1 2 роки тому +1

      Hello Clint how are you doing today?

  • @nicolenicole001
    @nicolenicole001 4 роки тому +670

    Am I the only one listening to this in 2020?...lol I love driving the big rigs!! ❤️

  • @anonymousinc6330
    @anonymousinc6330 11 місяців тому +94

    This was based on a true story. Pete Trudelle, Jan 29, 1963. Turned the wheel to avoid a school bus with kids on board.

  • @davycoak2475
    @davycoak2475 2 роки тому +14

    Was a trucker across nth America for many years..I often listen to this song..along with my coffee and this song it got me though the night.

  • @bloodxrayne
    @bloodxrayne 7 років тому +844

    I know the daughter of the truck driver that saved those kids..she was just tellin me the story because I asked her why she had a pin of a dime on her badge. She told me the whole story. She told me to listen to the song Phantom 309, because it was about her father. So I came to listen to the song myself. And I almost cried. When you really know the story from someone related to the one in the song, it hits real deep. God bless you “Big Joe” for saving those children in the cost of your own life. ♥️ may you rest in peace 🌹

  • @ExiledPiasa
    @ExiledPiasa Рік тому +6

    My dad ran trucks for over 20yrs. His prettiest rig was an R model Mack, white with a slight blue hue. Me and the neighborhood kids loved her sound. Dads still kicking, and still one of heroes. God bless you Phantom 309

  • @stellalondon4335
    @stellalondon4335 4 роки тому +114

    No, Your not the only one listening to these songs in 2020. I love these songs. My oldest son drives a rig. He stays out a week at a time.

  • @ford9339
    @ford9339 2 роки тому +41

    when i was about 10 , me and my mom were driving down the highway and we came over a hill and traffic was stopped . a 18 wheeler was next to us doing 65mph atleast and as soon as he seen the cars were stopped , he hit the exit that was on his right. there was no doubt that he was going to flip when he swerved onto that exit and he knew it was going to when he swerved. the truck flipped as soon as the exit curved and i swear the truck was still sliding when i saw the door fly open and the driver climbing out. it amazed me and i knew that that man saved alot of lives when he took that exit and he did it knowing that it was no gonna go well for him. he was a hero in my eyes.

  • @hootinouts
    @hootinouts 2 роки тому +23

    This man wrote the best ballads ever. I never grow tired of this song.

  • @poppadewforgotten9095
    @poppadewforgotten9095 8 років тому +60

    God blessed us with all the truckers,because of them we get to have oranges in the winter. Because of them people get to eat many varities of food year round. God bless all you extraordinary TRUCKERS!!!!!!!!!!

  • @pammaes1327
    @pammaes1327 8 років тому +570

    I grew up on red sovine, Loretta lynn, Tanya tucker, dolly parton, Brenda lee, Eddie rabbit, Merle haggard, ... and so many more amazing musical artists. ..

    • @mikaylanoble2097
      @mikaylanoble2097 5 років тому +14

      Same and I'm only 23. I was raised right.

    • @bluestarlighting29
      @bluestarlighting29 5 років тому +6

      Pam Maes My younger days , with my dad was trucker driver back then, 1970s truck strikes. Was lots hard times back then, love classic hit songs of truck songs and Country Music sound. Be oldest child , listen to Cb radio. Lots great memories lots great country music artists, when got see Fan Fair back 1989 lots country music artists at Booth. To me was like dream come true. All years listening on radio stations, most back then some go off air my midnight hours , then Trucker show after hours. Nice remember classic hits songs. Loretta Lynn Birthday coming up April 14 1932. Still writing songs. Today but slower. And Dolly Pardon well got Nascar Racing make up of Dolly Pardon Photo. So beautiful. In Bristol, Tennessee . Did got see Tanya Tucker free show one day , all classic hits songs. Got see Eddie Rabbits in concert now he pass away, Merle Haggard he past away but his music live on Forever. And Tammy Wynette die 1998 in April sure 5 or 6 but lay lay her rest on my birthday April 9 th. Nice keep County music in your heart Forever.

    • @RickSrFlood
      @RickSrFlood 5 років тому +4

      you have a good ear for music Pam.....I named my only daughter after Tanya Tucker in 1980, when Tanya was tearing up the airwaves. Also 2 other trucker songs are "18 Wheels" and "Roll On"...

    • @chrissym3869
      @chrissym3869 5 років тому +4

      continued from ur list. Conway Twitty, Waylon Jennings, im 49 my 2 sons are 29 & 25, they borh listen to alot of these singers.

    • @herbbowler2461
      @herbbowler2461 4 роки тому +5

      Red came from an era when you could turn on the radio and listen real music.
      AND RED SOVINE WAS ONE OF THE GREATS !!
      I hardly turn a radio on anymore.
      THERE IS NOTHING TO LISTEN TO !!

  • @dannyblack3814
    @dannyblack3814 3 роки тому +38

    Love this song , reminds me of my Dad. He drove trucks for more than 40 years. God Bless Our Truck Drivers .The ones have gone on and the ones still here.

  • @robertmattox9550
    @robertmattox9550 Рік тому +16

    Dad drove for 18 years he died when I was 10 years old i am 68 years old now I still miss him and cry when I hear this every time

  • @ralphe2839
    @ralphe2839 2 роки тому +107

    Red sovine was a legend. Love this song.

  • @johnland6965
    @johnland6965 4 роки тому +259

    Trucking is a hard life god bless r truckers

    • @semiprofessional8470
      @semiprofessional8470 4 роки тому +8

      Thank you.

    • @MrBaconpb
      @MrBaconpb 4 роки тому +5

      Thank you! It's definitely a lifestyle that can affect you in a negative way if you are not careful with everything you do. I've gained 70 pounds in three years because I have not been careful. Time to change the way I do everything!

    • @subsonic9038
      @subsonic9038 4 роки тому +7

      Yes god bless all truck drivers

    • @sunshine_water5139
      @sunshine_water5139 4 роки тому +6

      Yes sir, God bless our Truck Drivers!

    • @scottm-nc9451
      @scottm-nc9451 4 роки тому +8

      Amen and thanks, hardest part to me is being away from momma and the kids.
      Thankful momma understands it's in my blood, pop was a driver too. (R.I.P. pop, love and miss ya dearly even after 15yrs)

  • @CoopsterJr
    @CoopsterJr 8 місяців тому +8

    OMG, so nice to see/hear some good older tunes. I have this disc. I'm 55, my dad has always instilled this music in our family, thank God. Great Dad and truck driver. Love you Dad!!

  • @ronremy7620
    @ronremy7620 8 років тому +467

    Hey guys, I'm a fellow driver, just wanted to say I love and respect all of my brethren,good luck and be safe, Amen.

  • @sirdabs1634
    @sirdabs1634 Рік тому +72

    ❤❤ Who’s listening to this in 2023 ❤ Real childhood memories here❤❤

    • @nealandersen4867
      @nealandersen4867 6 місяців тому +2

      24 now

    • @jonb9633
      @jonb9633 5 місяців тому +2

      I'm here in 2024 if it counts.

    • @sirdabs1634
      @sirdabs1634 5 місяців тому +1

      @@jonb9633 always lol

    • @leeannereichmuth9939
      @leeannereichmuth9939 5 місяців тому +2

      I'm here July 7, 2024😊

    • @larissa-je8dc
      @larissa-je8dc 5 місяців тому +1

      @@leeannereichmuth9939July 12th 2024 😂 had to show my son the song

  • @denniscall6132
    @denniscall6132 8 місяців тому +16

    Brings back memories of young me and my grandfather. 70's we would travel up and down the state of California playing these trucker songs.

    • @JanWoods-d3p
      @JanWoods-d3p 7 місяців тому +3

      Me too,that was the good old days when you felt free ❗️👍

  • @boneyard1434
    @boneyard1434 Рік тому +5

    I have never been a truck driver but I sure do appreciate all you truck drivers for what you do. I don’t know how you handle all the traffic. Thank you and God bless you all !

  • @rhondaallenthomas7465
    @rhondaallenthomas7465 4 роки тому +18

    I grew up listening to alot of trucker songs. I was raised with alot of truckers. My Uncle and 3 oldest brother are still making a living truck driving. God watch over them.

  • @dlmullins9054
    @dlmullins9054 6 місяців тому +8

    I am an old man who was a kid when this came out. Red Sovine sure made some great story telling songs. Thanks! Subscribed.

  • @lookatchu6523
    @lookatchu6523 2 роки тому +8

    I am glad you are hear listening to some real music about real folks. I grew up on this music as my dad was a truck driver that could drive everything from long haul, log truck, and local. I love this music and like most of you that are here, I miss my dad who taught me to be a man and appreciate what we have. Miss you dad.

  • @LorettaKelley-dw8yn
    @LorettaKelley-dw8yn Рік тому +2

    My was never a driver but he loved these trucking songs. Red Sovine was his favorite. This song brought back memories of my dad.

  • @micabe7380
    @micabe7380 2 роки тому +29

    I drove long haul for the U.S. Army 1976, 1977 and 1978 while I was a soldier. I listened to all of his songs plus many others. This brings back so many memories. Always puts a smile on my face!

    • @franceliakarle_1
      @franceliakarle_1 2 роки тому +1

      Hello 😊how are you doing today?

    • @micabe7380
      @micabe7380 2 роки тому +1

      @@franceliakarle_1 Doing good today like usual. How about you?

    • @franceliakarle_1
      @franceliakarle_1 2 роки тому

      @@micabe7380 I’m ok thanks for asking, hope all is well with you?

    • @micabe7380
      @micabe7380 2 роки тому +1

      @@franceliakarle_1 What part of the world do you call home?

    • @franceliakarle_1
      @franceliakarle_1 2 роки тому +1

      @@micabe7380 I’m from Florida what about you?

  • @jerryrhymes6354
    @jerryrhymes6354 Рік тому +13

    This brings back memories I've driven a 359 pet for a lot of miles and I'm 67 and tried it the trucks aren't the same people aren't the same for in my time as we had family at home but also we had family out one the road and that's what made truckers that cared

  • @joycephillips8126
    @joycephillips8126 5 років тому +100

    God Bless all truck drivers they keep the economy rolling at a great personal family loss to them with all the time spent on the road

    • @joeveliz2670
      @joeveliz2670 4 роки тому

      TRIPLE amen

    • @scottm.franklinnc7942
      @scottm.franklinnc7942 4 роки тому

      Amen to that ... I drove for 5 yrs and missed a lot with my son growing up
      Got held up,shot in the back but at least I was there to watch him and a little later his sister grow up👍

    • @jimemily6305
      @jimemily6305 2 роки тому

      Hello

    • @jimemily6305
      @jimemily6305 2 роки тому

      Hello how are you doing. ????.

  • @helenschwartz2546
    @helenschwartz2546 3 місяці тому +2

    my husband is a retired truck driver. when i hear this it makes me think about the times he was on the road making a living for his family. i want to thank the truck drivers out there bring in the loads and wish them safe travels. big thank you for all you do.

  • @erichb4021
    @erichb4021 Рік тому +2

    Great video and love the song! Couldn't help noticing but the 2nd Truck in this video the GMC was my Dad,s the Late Chas, Brown. He pulled for Transamerica Freightline,s! And many other various Trucking companies throughout his career he quite driving Truck OTR at 79. He did 20 years serving our country in the USMC.1941-1962.
    Happy 103rd, birthday Dad, 🙋🏻‍♂️
    🎂
    🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

  • @kstormgeistgem461
    @kstormgeistgem461 4 роки тому +48

    back when the ghost stories could sneak up on ya, give ya a chill but at the same time, make ya feel warm inside.
    miss those old story tellers.
    ~2020

  • @timothyspumphrey1186
    @timothyspumphrey1186 2 роки тому +6

    Red Solvine and Tom T Hall are the story tellers i have listen to for years and the words in there songs have told the story's of thousands of peoples lives . I am so glad we have had people to sing these songs its sad we won't have these kind of singers in our future the times have changed so much . Thanks Red and Tom !! Sing these songs in heaven to the Truck drivers and there family from our past and every time i hear them i will play them in honor to you two. God bless.

  • @rgtug1
    @rgtug1 Рік тому +12

    This song gets me every time. You can see it in your mind while he's telling the story.

  • @wellwater8927
    @wellwater8927 3 роки тому +4

    I lay in my sleeper of my W900L and after 33 years of living out here on the road. I listen to this song that I have listen to as a young man. I say to myself where did all the years and miles go . Hopefully my spirit will keep rolling down the highways and back roads of this great country we call America after I'm gone . God Bless America and all the Truck Drivers of our great country.

  • @lee_bracey
    @lee_bracey 2 місяці тому +1

    First time hearing this since childhood. My dad was a truck driver. He passed about 5 years ago. I used to listen to these songs in his truck with him. I didn't enjoy it when I was young but would love to take one more ride with him anywhere. This song stirred a lot of emotion and memories.

  • @katywrightgallery6523
    @katywrightgallery6523 4 роки тому +18

    I used to drive a 79 passenger Crown Coach school bus. This song brings me to tears every time.

  • @lincolnschweizer3166
    @lincolnschweizer3166 2 роки тому +6

    I'm a retirement truck driver! So was dad,my oldest son, 3 of my uncles and now my grand daughter, ilove you all. And I love you Kat! You made it possible for me to make it for 45 (or so) years. I will miss you and dad till I get to my last stop!

  • @alexhayer8407
    @alexhayer8407 8 років тому +400

    this gets me every time. lost my dad to a semi crash, some drunk driver in a jacked pickup cut him off, he swirved to avoid the truck, he lost control and slammed into a pine tree, the kingpin on the flatbed trailer he was hauling broke, the trailer went through the cab, killing him instantly, I was at the convince store across the street from my house watching the news as it came on, just a mangled mess, I didn't know it was him til they said his name. I broke down right there in the middle of the store.

    • @JordansMom769
      @JordansMom769 6 років тому +22

      I am so sorry for your loss 😢😢😢

    • @kylemorice4870
      @kylemorice4870 5 років тому +13

      So sorry for your loss may he rest in peace.

    • @christysamples1422
      @christysamples1422 5 років тому +18

      My dad drove a truck for 45 years,all he knew from cabbage town Georgia ,he was carrying 80 thousand lbs had a massive heartattack while behind the wheel he went off the road in Covington ga,I love these truckers and everything thing they do

    • @cassrailroad5358
      @cassrailroad5358 5 років тому +6

      So sorry for your loss

    • @andrewking9761
      @andrewking9761 5 років тому +9

      Alex Hayer From Queensland Australia I lost my brother 12 years ago he fell asleep during the night driving an 8 wheel Scania paper truck veered to the left woke up and overcorrected and flipped the truck he suffocated with seat belt still fastened couldn't get it off with the truck on it's side. I knew there was something wrong when my mother called me at work. Sorry about your father I'd say you'll meet up with him on the other side.

  • @jonathanmerica5015
    @jonathanmerica5015 Рік тому +17

    The first time I heard this it gave me chills. It still gives me chills today.

  • @eddiemuise4791
    @eddiemuise4791 2 роки тому +1

    I love this Trucking music so much as a hitchhiker through seven different countries that's not a joke and a lot of Truckers my dad was a trucker now this what I enjoy cuz I'm stuck in bed with peripheral neuropathy a couple beers some pizza and some good Tunes God bless you all

  • @connor2861
    @connor2861 2 роки тому +3

    My papaw was a truck driver his handle was "Victor 7" his call sign when he was in the Army he was on the road for a better part of 15 years so I have the upmost respect for truckers and what they do and as a send off for all you truckers out there and a reference from teddy bear by Mr Sovine "May God ride with you 10-4 and goodbye" keep your rubber squealing and those rigs wheeling y'all are the backbone of this nation God bless you all !!!

  • @redirishrose9857
    @redirishrose9857 4 роки тому +5

    Proud of you.I started driving a big rig in 1982 helped paved the way for all women. The thought I should be at home barefoot an pregnant. I already had a daughter an grand daughter. If you love you can do the work. Only a Texas wind storm stopped me.My life was spared but my driving was over an I miss it so.Have a F150 in the drive way. And A Song written about my career. Only need someone to put it on the air.Drivers are getting the praise now like never before. The Red Irish Rose

  • @creenation6609
    @creenation6609 4 роки тому +24

    Every Truckers song!!..
    May it get them through the long hours, miles & Loneliness on the road!!..
    Thanks for all of your hard work & Dedication too get us the Resources we need!! 🦅

  • @jerryvaldez6488
    @jerryvaldez6488 2 роки тому +2

    My dad was truck driver I'm 58 years old and still love to drive truck but the stories has told me can put chills on your back but to all your future truck drivers or shall I say drivers may you have a safe and a blessed run

  • @Joey-ni9ce
    @Joey-ni9ce Рік тому +5

    My dad, too, was also called big Joe. And he loved his check driving with a passion. These drivers don't getoo much respect on the road. my dad also would listen to a lot of these old country songs.
    I really miss my dad.😢 He would always find a way to make Ppl laugh

  • @stevenreitenbaugh
    @stevenreitenbaugh Рік тому +4

    For my Dad a great truck driver who loved this song. MY Dad is a driver for God now.

  • @victorjeffers1993
    @victorjeffers1993 4 роки тому +12

    Red Sovine never be another story teller as good as he was ! R.I.P Red

  • @terryhawkins5585
    @terryhawkins5585 Рік тому +8

    EVERY TIME I HEAR THIS SONG I CAN'T HELP GETTING CHILLS UP AND DOWN MY SPINE

  • @charlesrobinson5709
    @charlesrobinson5709 2 роки тому +2

    My son is 2, I hope one day to be A HERO to my Son that is everything in me. I hadn’t planned on having any children, I was A late bloomer, lol, I’m 45 with A 4 year old Beautiful Daughter, They are the light of my life,

  • @nettiestandiford7060
    @nettiestandiford7060 10 місяців тому +2

    Everytime i listen to Phantom 309 start crying. What a great song.

  • @angelaramirez9602
    @angelaramirez9602 10 років тому +55

    old school ..RED SOVINE... love his songs

  • @michelleshoffner1384
    @michelleshoffner1384 9 років тому +135

    I'm only 29, and I absolutely adore this mans voice.

    • @davidmcintire2424
      @davidmcintire2424 4 роки тому +4

      Michelle Shoffner I grew up on him and Several of the “Old Timers”.....👍🏻🇺🇸👍🏻🇺🇸👍🏻🇺🇸

    • @jeremiahsmith5400
      @jeremiahsmith5400 4 роки тому +3

      Same here

    • @ArdavanKhoshkhoo
      @ArdavanKhoshkhoo 2 роки тому

      I'm only 16 and i absolutely adore this mans voice

    • @randybyers4885
      @randybyers4885 2 роки тому

      I always said he sounded like a Minister

  • @dvlexotics2177
    @dvlexotics2177 3 роки тому +5

    I dove rig for 28 years and trucker songs are what kept me going. Those long nights full of crossroads and 357's if your an old timer you know what both them are.

  • @blakeherrin1315
    @blakeherrin1315 2 роки тому

    My papa god bless him is still with me he is a trucker and a pastor he is a great role model for me and he showed me all of these and I just got hooked on these songs

  • @copee2960
    @copee2960 3 роки тому +2

    First time...my father who drove haulage all his life after a couple of years in the British MN.....he would of loved this....Love from the UK.

  • @gayle-annrumsby1243
    @gayle-annrumsby1243 6 років тому +6

    My grandfather passed away of a heart attack while he was waiting to be weighed. Used to ride with him all the time. He'd let me use the CB radio and talk to his friends. RIP and massive respect to all truck drivers.

    • @joeveliz2670
      @joeveliz2670 4 роки тому

      I had 2 strokes about a year and a half . Then a heat stroke about 2 months ago my heart stopped twice and I'm still waiting to get back in my truck 65 years young

  • @pam3906
    @pam3906 Рік тому +4

    Love this. Lost my husband in 2021 driving a big rig hauling gas and diesel.

  • @keithfaulk1354
    @keithfaulk1354 2 роки тому +4

    God bless America !! The old days are gone !! At least we have our memories !!

  • @kimberlyyount8901
    @kimberlyyount8901 Рік тому +4

    I come from a truck driving family & even married one...theyve retired now & lost my dad not too long ago...proud to be a truckers daughter

    • @Davidholton-cd3sk
      @Davidholton-cd3sk Рік тому

      Hello how are you? So sorry for the infringe on your privacy. Beautiful song

  • @blackbeauty1950
    @blackbeauty1950 4 роки тому +8

    My dad is the best trucker I have ever ridden with I love when we are in the truck and we listen to C.W.McCall red sovine and Jerry Reed

    • @modeladenny1218
      @modeladenny1218 3 роки тому

      Kin yer daddy back up a set of doubles on a dirt road in the snow at midnight in heavy traffic during a tornado?
      Me neither!♥️

  • @captaingreen561
    @captaingreen561 3 роки тому +3

    My Father (a truck driver most of his life) loved this song. It makes me think of you whenever I hear it.

  • @sarahepperson9605
    @sarahepperson9605 4 роки тому +8

    I grew up loving and riding in big riggs with my brother in law he was one of the best men in my life later on I married a trucker and he himself put his own life at risk to save another, the other driver lived as did my husband I'm proud to be a truckers wife and I have to admit every single time he's on the road I pray guardian angels surround his rig. Every time I hear this song it gives me chills and makes me cry for the big guy

  • @laurakellyl
    @laurakellyl 4 роки тому +4

    Drove truck for 25 years then had to come off the road to help raise my grandchildren. Truckin to this day is my second love family being my first love. Big Red got me thru many long nights. The snow, ice, rain and freezing fog were no match for his songs. Made all my runs on time and safely due largely to his songs. Few other artists compare to him. Just my opinion. Drivers keep the shinny side up and drink a cup joe for me. I miss all of you! Stay safe.

  • @karenolsen6828
    @karenolsen6828 Місяць тому

    Im not a trucker but have always listen to these songs. They mean alot to me. I appreciate truckers 100%

  • @sarathompkins7940
    @sarathompkins7940 Місяць тому +1

    Listening in 2024 in memory of my dad. Go 1:04 d bless the truckers and the sacrifices they make

  • @DavidGriffiths-l1z
    @DavidGriffiths-l1z Рік тому +3

    I grew up hearing this song and when I was 14 my foster dad and his son inlaw taught me how to drive truck and that is what I ended up doing when I got older my CB handle was Peacemaker I'm 66 now and I really miss it!😢

  • @karenhughston9545
    @karenhughston9545 9 років тому +10

    My dad loved Red's music. I grew up listening to his wonderful songs.

  • @paulganderson7432
    @paulganderson7432 3 роки тому +10

    I just retired after 40 years behind the wheel of many types of trucks,mostly semi,s. I miss the friends i met along the way.
    I hope you find comfort in knowing your dad loved you and worked hard for his family. Take Care.
    Paul Anderson

    • @modeladenny1218
      @modeladenny1218 3 роки тому

      I missed all the dock workers, truckers, and CB buddies when I retired.

    • @jimemily6305
      @jimemily6305 2 роки тому

      Hello how are you

  • @trentfree1678
    @trentfree1678 3 роки тому +2

    Yes 54 years old still listen to all Red Sovines songs I'm a retired trucker though

  • @JD-nq7ji
    @JD-nq7ji 4 роки тому +11

    Red, was one of the best story tellers in the history of country music as far as I'm concerned!

  • @phillipwoods1319
    @phillipwoods1319 5 років тому +30

    My dad taught me about this music 40+ years ago, he hauled heavy equipment, between him and his brothers, there wasn't a machine they couldn't haul or run. Rest easy dad, Big Bill Woods, and all the Woods' brothers, George, John, Ritchie, Jimmy, Bobby and Ronnie, miss all of you

  • @robertkirkpatrick4935
    @robertkirkpatrick4935 3 роки тому +8

    This reminds me about my grandpa. He was a family man. He would give the shirt off his back for people. Hearing this song during makes mt eyes tear up. Even though hes been gone since 97 it still hurts. He was the cornerstone of my start on life

  • @deeharris9635
    @deeharris9635 3 роки тому +27

    That's right CB buddy's I still like this song in 2021.
    It's a fav.

    • @Lynn-MarieParkin
      @Lynn-MarieParkin 3 роки тому +1

      I was on CB Many years ago White Owl From west Yorkshire UK saying a big Hi!

    • @paulcollins9222
      @paulcollins9222 3 роки тому

      Hello

    • @modeladenny1218
      @modeladenny1218 3 роки тому

      Model T from central Illinois and surroundings.

  • @firefly6042
    @firefly6042 Рік тому +1

    Love these old songs. My Dad has the LP 24 great truck driving songs.

  • @deborahw6860
    @deborahw6860 3 роки тому +7

    This song reminds me of my Brother n Law Jerry who went straight into a concrete embankment to above a drive who pulled out in front of him a station wagon full of kids .. took 3 hours to get him out of the Truck !! We almost lost him but Jerry pulled through !! Thanks to the Drs in South bend Indiana

  • @wallywadd
    @wallywadd 5 років тому +4

    MAKES me cry Everytime I hear this song. From the very first time as a teen to today.
    Meant a LOT to me when I was driving trucks cross country.
    Helped me always look for the good in people. And help when I can.

  • @katrinaowens1794
    @katrinaowens1794 8 років тому +11

    I love all of his songs, and just dawned on me that he passed away on my six birthday. I am glad my parents were always playing his songs.

  • @josephdavis4975
    @josephdavis4975 3 роки тому +2

    My Daddy was not a Trucker but he stayed in touch with many.
    Daddy was a steel mill worker who cooked for the workers.
    When he would happen to be home he and I (sunshine) would spend time on the CB talking with Great men and some women for hour's. A great memory thanks for it Trucker's and Dad!!!

  • @sarathompkins7940
    @sarathompkins7940 16 днів тому

    My daddy drove from the time he was 16 to almost 60. The memories i have of riding in his cab over from the time i was 3 and listening to tunes such as this. Teucker code has changed iver the years but yes, i believe the spirits of the good truckers live on. Either thru songs or other teuckers sharing thier memories. God bless truckers ❤

  • @tracywagner5189
    @tracywagner5189 4 роки тому +16

    My daddy was a truck driver, he passed away when l was 16, l'm 54 now and my daddy in law is a trucker, for 33 yrs!! God bless the truckers, and all the hard workin people!!❤❤❤🙂

  • @pineislandpeter
    @pineislandpeter 10 років тому +20

    Still the best version of this great trucking song, my favourite. been in my collection back in the U K ,OOOH I recon 30 years, play it regularly driving my" BIG RIG" around London ,a London Cab .God. Bless you Red Sovine . PetertheManc

  • @douglasbrunt2675
    @douglasbrunt2675 2 роки тому +15

    Prayers and a BIG thank you! To all truckers that bring the loads to towns.

    • @franceliakarle_1
      @franceliakarle_1 2 роки тому +1

      Hello Douglas how are you doing today?

    • @douglasbrunt2675
      @douglasbrunt2675 2 роки тому +1

      @@franceliakarle_1 good, trying to cope with current conditions in our USA.
      Hope this finds you well

    • @franceliakarle_1
      @franceliakarle_1 2 роки тому +1

      @@douglasbrunt2675 yes it’s, hope all is well with you?

  • @thomastronetti7719
    @thomastronetti7719 2 місяці тому

    Found Red Sovine through my Dad, John Tronetti. Watching Convoy with him as a kid. This song and "Giddy up, Go" gives me a lump in my throat every time. Love you Dad

  • @thomasstork3585
    @thomasstork3585 Рік тому +2

    Been driving for 22 years, I don't think I ever heard a better story than this out of any truck stop or from the other end of the radio

  • @PlanTonto
    @PlanTonto 9 років тому +19

    I drove cross country from Virginia to California in a Uhaul. Bad move story for another day. I put in 1,000 miles a day. I would rarely stop. One night flipping through the radio stations around 2am this song came on and tripped me out.....LOL