I had the privilege of actually talking to CW McCall and his wife face-to-face while they were traveling down Interstate 25 near Glorieta, New Mexico. He identified himself as the "Original Rubber Duck" and of course I challenged him on it. I lived in Pecos, New Mexico, where the inspiration for the line "Peddlin Down Past Pecos-Town" in one of his later songs came from. He autographed two iron-ons for me, one of that said CONVOY with an animation and one with a toilet seat and a 10 code in it. My mother framed them, and I have them framed to this day. I later ran into him at Pecos River Campground run by my parents' friends Carl and Jill. He plopped his hat (the one you see him wear in this clip) on my head and Carl took some pictures of us. I never knew what became of the pictures. The badges on the hat said Chicken Inspector as I recall. He explained how he did the bread commercials and that is where CW McCall was invented. As I recall his real name was Frye. The one thing i vividly recall, he was as real and down to earth as he appeared in any video clip, and the CB lingo was exactly how he talked in person. The only thing that made him a little different was the fact he had a hit song, otherwise he was the working middle-class. I was a senior at Pecos Independent Schools when this happened. I went on to eventually have a career as an air traffic controller, when my gift for gab and comfort zone with the air waves was due in part to my ability to communicate on the radio from being a CB radio hobbyist during that era. Meeting CW McCall at the height of his popularity was probably comparable to meeting Elvis or the Beatles.
Thank you so much for sharing this video. There are so few videos of CW Mccall live, the interview part is the best, it is always nice to see an artist when he isn't singing. Thanks again
yeah, fairly cringe-worthy banter now in 2020, but the freq counter had Nixie tubes, so it gets a pass! one of my favourite childhood songs from back in the day, however!
*I wonder whether this was Season 1* of _Pop Goes the Country_? Don't remember hearing the Statlers in the overture. Bill Fries bringing up some laboratory instruments for TV performance of: *CONVOY / C.W. McCALL* *ROUND THE WORLD WITH THE RUBBER DUCK / C.W. McCALL* Both Songs by William D. Fries Jr. and Bernard F. Davis Jr. - American Gramaphone, SESAC wasn't a particular surprise for the era. My dream films about the Rubber Duck would be new scripts in line with the original song stories plus a new one co-written with the Leylands taking place after the survivors of the Atlantic crossing leave Japan, ideally co-produced by GMI Entertainment and released by Universal Pictures; the first: "Convoy: The 100,000-Mile Truck Drive, Part I," would begin in industrial Los Angeles near the San Pedro city limit before the Duck (ideal castmember: Aaron Tippin) picks up a 54' Thermo-King® reefer full of foodstuffs bound for New York City.
2021 Rules forever I'm c.w. McCall and all the country singer s they play on Bob f.m. forever promise to god. Steve fike s Steve Perry of journey and all the rock n roll singer s they play on Kool 108 forever promise to god. C.w. McCall king of country he created it. Country Rules forever I'll listen to country till I die promise to god 🙏. Country Rules forever. This is big Mac any body got there ears on 😁😁😁😁😁👍
First Time I remember hearing this song was on Oldies 1090 the Oldies Station that was in Kitchener and the D.J. explained the trucker's lingo from this song
The handle is PIG PEN...Not Big Pen's.....And for your second question...It is Jerry Reed and Chet Adkins...I can name most of the stars on the opening credits...Marty Robbins, Jerry Reed, Chet Adkins, Barbera Mandrel,but the man and woman at the beginning and the guy playin guitar setting on the stool escapes me...And of course The Statler Brothers singing the theme.
Great song and video! I bet if this was are played everywhere again including out on the west coast, stupid things like political correctness would go out the window and never come back!
#ugottalisten2b4udie #CWMcCall #CONVOY so keep the bugs off your glass & the bears off your... tail. We'll catch you on the flip-flop. We gonna roll this truckin' convoy 'Cross the USA
My Uncle Steve was gay and he said that one time in a men's restroom in Tulsa, Uncle Steve said that CW paid him 158 dollars to urinate on his behind, it was kind of gross but damn, that's a lot of money!
I had the privilege of actually talking to CW McCall and his wife face-to-face while they were traveling down Interstate 25 near Glorieta, New Mexico. He identified himself as the "Original Rubber Duck" and of course I challenged him on it. I lived in Pecos, New Mexico, where the inspiration for the line "Peddlin Down Past Pecos-Town" in one of his later songs came from. He autographed two iron-ons for me, one of that said CONVOY with an animation and one with a toilet seat and a 10 code in it. My mother framed them, and I have them framed to this day. I later ran into him at Pecos River Campground run by my parents' friends Carl and Jill. He plopped his hat (the one you see him wear in this clip) on my head and Carl took some pictures of us. I never knew what became of the pictures. The badges on the hat said Chicken Inspector as I recall. He explained how he did the bread commercials and that is where CW McCall was invented. As I recall his real name was Frye. The one thing i vividly recall, he was as real and down to earth as he appeared in any video clip, and the CB lingo was exactly how he talked in person. The only thing that made him a little different was the fact he had a hit song, otherwise he was the working middle-class. I was a senior at Pecos Independent Schools when this happened. I went on to eventually have a career as an air traffic controller, when my gift for gab and comfort zone with the air waves was due in part to my ability to communicate on the radio from being a CB radio hobbyist during that era. Meeting CW McCall at the height of his popularity was probably comparable to meeting Elvis or the Beatles.
RIP CW over and out
RIP CW McCall
R. I. P. C. W. & Ralph Emery.
Terrific song writer. So talented. Convoy really took off. C.W. McCall will be greatly missed.
The 70's CB radio craze.
RIP C.W. McCall
Thank you so much for sharing this video. There are so few videos of CW Mccall live, the interview part is the best, it is always nice to see an artist when he isn't singing. Thanks again
Interesting props.. An Oscilloscope, a frequency counter, what looks like an old radio shack police scanner, a CB mic.. but no CB..
One of the other videos he was talking into the back of a mic... LOL
yeah, fairly cringe-worthy banter now in 2020, but the freq counter had Nixie tubes, so it gets a pass!
one of my favourite childhood songs from back in the day, however!
If it weren't for the fact that that was CB equipment, I'd swear that was something you'd see in Rampart on the old tv show Emergency.
*I wonder whether this was Season 1* of _Pop Goes the Country_? Don't remember hearing the Statlers in the overture. Bill Fries bringing up some laboratory instruments for TV performance of:
*CONVOY / C.W. McCALL*
*ROUND THE WORLD WITH THE RUBBER DUCK / C.W. McCALL*
Both Songs by William D. Fries Jr. and Bernard F. Davis Jr. - American Gramaphone, SESAC
wasn't a particular surprise for the era. My dream films about the Rubber Duck would be new scripts in line with the original song stories plus a new one co-written with the Leylands taking place after the survivors of the Atlantic crossing leave Japan, ideally co-produced by GMI Entertainment and released by Universal Pictures; the first: "Convoy: The 100,000-Mile Truck Drive, Part I," would begin in industrial Los Angeles near the San Pedro city limit before the Duck (ideal castmember: Aaron Tippin) picks up a 54' Thermo-King® reefer full of foodstuffs bound for New York City.
RIP Ralph Emory and now CW.
La mejor música del mundo
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
2021 Rules forever I'm c.w. McCall and all the country singer s they play on Bob f.m. forever promise to god. Steve fike s Steve Perry of journey and all the rock n roll singer s they play on Kool 108 forever promise to god. C.w. McCall king of country he created it. Country Rules forever I'll listen to country till I die promise to god 🙏. Country Rules forever. This is big Mac any body got there ears on 😁😁😁😁😁👍
Sing me a good old country song ❤
G. O. A. T. 🐐🚛🚚🚒🚌🚎🚓🚓🚓🤠
Yeah, I used to work for the Statlers up until they retired as their monitor engineer, so I knew that....Glad you did too!!
Love ❤️
They should have shown more of the interview.
First Time I remember hearing this song was on Oldies 1090 the Oldies Station that was in Kitchener and the D.J. explained the trucker's lingo from this song
Hooray !!!
C.W., come down here from your rig, lol. Where the cheese flows like a wine. Conway, bring it on son!
I'm 24 years old, old soul feel like I'm 70. This is real music.
This is a great trucker song
@Donny Sites
You know it.
Donny Sites Remember the 70s? Everybody had cb's, this song, the movie, great times!
That's the Statler Brothers singing the opening theme for the show.
RIP CW
Ultimate
🥰
The handle is PIG PEN...Not Big Pen's.....And for your second question...It is Jerry Reed and Chet Adkins...I can name most of the stars on the opening credits...Marty Robbins, Jerry Reed, Chet Adkins, Barbera Mandrel,but the man and woman at the beginning and the guy playin guitar setting on the stool escapes me...And of course The Statler Brothers singing the theme.
Sonny James is the guy on the Guitar
The man and the woman at the beginning is Danny Davis of the Nashville Brass and Connie Smith.
atkins
and there two l's in mandrell
@@nascarfan88ta Yep The Southern Gentleman from Alabama.
I Don't think ive ever see n this song live.
You still haven't.
dbkparm some of the worst lip sync I've ever seen, lol... Still though, love this song 41 years after it's release... When I was only 10!
What is CW McCall adjusting on the machine to his left?
my heeerooooo
What’s with the oscilloscope? LOL
I love CW even though he lip synced this song here.
(Pay no attention to the guitar there)
I wonder IF this song MIGHT have been where the idea of that Smoky and The Bandit movie came from.
I have always wondered that
Probably. Also, let's not forget that the Kris Kristofferson movie "Convoy" was based on this song.
Rap originally came from country...
Great song and video! I bet if this was are played everywhere again including out on the west coast, stupid things like political correctness would go out the window and never come back!
sounds like the statler brothers singing the theme song
It was.
"And eleven long haired Friends of Jesus
In a Chartreuse microbus." Brilliant. 2018?
That was a Volkswagen bus full of hippies
CW always had his ears on 10-4
C.W. McCall with a lot of police equipment.
That sure was a hot young Barbara Mandrell in the beginning 💕😛
Play convoy
Fucking incredible
That's because it was The Statler Brothers.
Video is gone.
Kearns bread!!!
this is better then that watch me whip bull sh*t and i want to remake the movie and get it Right.
good deal.
1976 ?? Remember this ,. When BS didn't exist. Now ?? 😴😴😴😴😴
RIP CW
#ugottalisten2b4udie #CWMcCall #CONVOY
so keep the bugs off your glass & the bears off your...
tail. We'll catch you on the flip-flop.
We gonna roll this truckin' convoy
'Cross the USA
Thats not a CB thats a bunch of test gear!!!!!
i don't think these are the original lyrics hehe, great though
Since the whole thing was lip-synched, I would suppose they actually are the original lyrics.
PensalemStudios exactly as released... Still have my 45 from 1976.
Country rap ? ...Nashville style. ....I thought rap came from the south Bronx ? ...this was 76...go figure....
My Uncle Steve was gay and he said that one time in a men's restroom in Tulsa, Uncle Steve said that CW paid him 158 dollars to urinate on his behind, it was kind of gross but damn, that's a lot of money!
Fuck off with your fake story. Cw is not a creep or a pervert I bet you just made the story up because you are mad at a successful musican.
@Kz104 Stunts
Haw haw!! You wet your panties over such a minor thing, damn go take your medicine, thanks for the laugh, haw haw!!
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