For a lot of years , when I was on the road , I used to listen to Charlie Douglas I loved listening to his stories and they kept me awake many a night when I was traveling .❤
1975 I was listening to this at 6:30am on the radio on my way to work,,,,,,,,,I had to pull into a parking lot because I couldn’t see for laughing so hard I had tears in my eyes. 2020 I’m 64 yrs old now and it still make laugh hard! Don’t get no better!
R I p Charlie thanks for all the years on the road gang 🙏 there will never be another one like Mr Charlie some one please bring that kind of stuff on radio 📻 wonderful job charlie
Charlie Douglas was the pioneer of trucking radio. He and Dave Nemo and "The Road Gang" Kept truck drivers awake for many a mile at night, me being one of them. These stories are timeless as well as priceless. God bless you Charlie! Thanks for all the good times!!
Charlie Douglas...I used to listen to The Road Gang on WWL when I was growing up...this was a man who knew how to put a smile on someone's face...God Bless You,Charlie...and thanks.
Used to wake up in the night listening to 700 WLW in Cincinnati and hear Dale Sommers ("The Truckin' Bozo") play these classics. Thanks for putting these up for everyone to hear some classic materials.
I was thinking about old Charlie and the Charlie Douglas Road Gang one time, and I remembered some music that he played at the end of his show but I could not remember what it was. I was wishing I could hear that music again and remember old Charlie. Well I don’t know how it happened but somehow on UA-cam I ran across Glenn Miller’s “In the Mood”. I just said it out loud, “That’s it!”, and it was. If I remember correctly, he also used to play the fiddle music at the end of the Charlie Daniels song The South‘s Gonna Do It Again at the end of his show. The Charlie Douglas Road Gang. Certainly a favorite memory of mine.
Growing up in Michigan..I picked up the Road Gang from WWL...late night radio was the best back in the day..I used to love the weather reports from all over the nation..good old days!😀
Charlie had the "gift" as some do for telling stories like this. In my mind I can see it all happening and that is what made them so great! God Bless Him!
Glad you enjoyed it. It was from the LP, I found it at a Goodwill store back in August. The day before I found the album I bought one of those Ion USB turntables that you can convert vinyl to audio files so decided to buy the record and put some of the tracks on UA-cam.
Sorry to report that Charlie Douglas passed away on Thanksgiving. Got to know him well, during my time as a trucker radio host, and while working at WSM.
There was a story about a man who used wild mushrooms for a dinner party and thought he had poisoned his dog and had his guest stomachs pumped and later found out that old spot had been hit by a car. Any truckers listening to all night trucking radio have probably heard it and I can't. remember who did it.
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No One could tell a story like Charlie Douglas. No One else can fill these shoes.
Spent many nights with Charlie Douglas, Dave Nemo and Big John Parker keeping me company and entertaining me on the radio. Ahhh, those were the days!
For a lot of years , when I was on the road , I used to listen to Charlie Douglas
I loved listening to his stories and they kept me awake many a night when I was traveling .❤
1975 I was listening to this at 6:30am on the radio on my way to work,,,,,,,,,I had to pull into a parking lot because I couldn’t see for laughing so hard I had tears in my eyes. 2020 I’m 64 yrs old now and it still make laugh hard! Don’t get no better!
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I live in South Carolina and I can remember hearing Charlie Douglas on some radio station when I was a kid.
R I p Charlie thanks for all the years on the road gang 🙏 there will never be another one like Mr Charlie some one please bring that kind of stuff on radio 📻 wonderful job charlie
old Charlie has kept me awake thru many of miles driving at night
Charlie Douglas was the pioneer of trucking radio. He and Dave Nemo and "The Road Gang" Kept truck drivers awake for many a mile at night, me being one of them. These stories are timeless as well as priceless. God bless you Charlie! Thanks for all the good times!!
These stories are timeless 😜👍. Wish I'd have kept all the old tapes I used to have.
Charlie Douglas...I used to listen to The Road Gang on WWL when I was growing up...this was a man who knew how to put a smile on someone's face...God Bless You,Charlie...and thanks.
Used to wake up in the night listening to 700 WLW in Cincinnati and hear Dale Sommers ("The Truckin' Bozo") play these classics. Thanks for putting these up for everyone to hear some classic materials.
I was thinking about old Charlie and the Charlie Douglas Road Gang one time, and I remembered some music that he played at the end of his show but I could not remember what it was. I was wishing I could hear that music again and remember old Charlie. Well I don’t know how it happened but somehow on UA-cam I ran across Glenn Miller’s “In the Mood”. I just said it out loud, “That’s it!”, and it was.
If I remember correctly, he also used to play the fiddle music at the end of the Charlie Daniels song The South‘s Gonna Do It Again at the end of his show.
The Charlie Douglas Road Gang. Certainly a favorite memory of mine.
Growing up in Michigan..I picked up the Road Gang from WWL...late night radio was the best back in the day..I used to love the weather reports from all over the nation..good old days!😀
I HAD heard this before on truckin' Bozo. Laughed as hard this time as I did back then. Just LOVE this kind of clean humor
There will never be another "Charlie Douglas"
Charlie had the "gift" as some do for telling stories like this. In my mind I can see it all happening and that is what made them so great! God Bless Him!
Laughin' so hard I'm cryin'!
I’m from long county ludowici ga
I could only HOPE to tell stories like this.
Thanks for posting this, haven't heard it since I was a kid
Great clean comedy. .....me and damit Ray.....
Love this
Glad you enjoyed it. It was from the LP, I found it at a Goodwill store back in August. The day before I found the album I bought one of those Ion USB turntables that you can convert vinyl to audio files so decided to buy the record and put some of the tracks on UA-cam.
Thanks for posting this. Hadn't heard it in a while.
You're welcome!
Thanks for replying. I'll have to add the talking outhouse story soon.
Again thanks for posting this. Love it!
Sorry to report that Charlie Douglas passed away on Thanksgiving. Got to know him well, during my time as a trucker radio host, and while working at WSM.
I used to hear these stories on the Truckin' Bozo show, and bought the tape a number of years ago. (It's around here somewhere...)
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There was a story about a man who used wild mushrooms for a dinner party and thought he had poisoned his dog and had his guest stomachs pumped and later found out that old spot had been hit by a car. Any truckers listening to all night trucking radio have probably heard it and I can't. remember who did it.
Windy Bagwell
That was Texas Bob Murphy that told that story
Lester Hall ,,, The story of the Mushrooms was Cowboy Bob Murphey from nacogdoches, texas
His comedy style reminds me of Jerry clower
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I can't click thumbs up this time I'm not going to be # 666
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