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Truck Driving Country

Truck driving country is an offshoot of honky tonk, country-rock, and Bakersfield country. It's hard-driving music, with a beat straight out of country-rock and sentiments from honky tonk. Often, the songs are about driving trucks or heartbreak. The music reached a larger audience in the late '70s, when the CB phenomenon swept pop culture and when the films Convoy and Smokey and the Bandit popularized truck driving country.

Truck Driving Country Album Highlights

RCA Country Legends
Jerry Reed RCA Country Legends
The Complete Capitol Hits of Faron Young
Faron Young The Complete Capitol Hits of Faron Young
The Essential Bluegrass Album
Osborne Brothers / Mac Wiseman The Essential Bluegrass Album
The Singer -- The Songwriter: 1949-1960
Don Gibson The Singer -- The Songwriter: 1949-1960
Early Dot Recordings, Vol. 3
Mac Wiseman Early Dot Recordings, Vol. 3
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Dave Dudley
Dave Dudley 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Dave Dudley
Cry from the Cross
Ralph Stanley Cry from the Cross
Saturday Night
Ralph Stanley Saturday Night
Man of Constant Sorrow
Ralph Stanley / Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys Man of Constant Sorrow
Clinch Mountain Gospel
Ralph Stanley Clinch Mountain Gospel
Pancho & Lefty
Willie Nelson / Merle Haggard Pancho & Lefty
Drag 'Em off the Interstate, Sock It to Em: The Hits of Dick Curless
Dick Curless Drag 'Em off the Interstate, Sock It to Em: The Hits of Dick Curless
Honky Tonks Truckers and Tears: 1964-1980
Red Sovine Honky Tonks Truckers and Tears: 1964-1980
Truck Drivin' Son-Of-A-Gun
Dave Dudley Truck Drivin' Son-Of-A-Gun
Travelin' with Dave Dudley
Dave Dudley Travelin' with Dave Dudley
Songs About the Working Man
Dave Dudley Songs About the Working Man
Del, Doc & Mac
Del McCoury / Doc Watson / Mac Wiseman Del, Doc & Mac
Poor Rambler
Ralph Stanley Poor Rambler
Hills of Home
Ralph Stanley Hills of Home
Songs My Mother Taught Me & More: Clawhammer Style Banjo
Ralph Stanley Songs My Mother Taught Me & More: Clawhammer Style Banjo
The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer
Red Simpson The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer
The Best of: Essential Original Masters 25 Classics
Mac Wiseman The Best of: Essential Original Masters 25 Classics
Mac Wiseman Sings Gordon Lightfoot
Mac Wiseman Mac Wiseman Sings Gordon Lightfoot
The Essential Masters
The Stanley Brothers The Essential Masters
Truck Drivin' Son of a Gun: The Mercury Hit Singles 1963-1973
Dave Dudley Truck Drivin' Son of a Gun: The Mercury Hit Singles 1963-1973
Six Days on the Road [Simitar]
Dave Dudley Six Days on the Road [Simitar]
Talk of the Town
Dave Dudley Talk of the Town
I'm a Truck
Red Simpson I'm a Truck
Roll, Truck, Roll
Red Simpson Roll, Truck, Roll
Tombstone Every Mile
Dick Curless Tombstone Every Mile
Hard, Hard Traveling Man [Bear Family]
Dick Curless Hard, Hard Traveling Man [Bear Family]
The Long Lonesome Road
Dick Curless The Long Lonesome Road
Comin' on Country
Dick Curless Comin' on Country
Golden Hits
Red Sovine Golden Hits
The Best of Red Sovine [Teevee]
Red Sovine The Best of Red Sovine [Teevee]
Greatest Hits
Red Sovine Greatest Hits
The One and Only Red Sovine
Red Sovine The One and Only Red Sovine
Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight: Juke Joint Johnny
Red Sovine Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight: Juke Joint Johnny
I'm the Man: A Starday Singles Anthology 1960-71
Red Sovine I'm the Man: A Starday Singles Anthology 1960-71
The Man Behind the Badge/Roll, Truck, Roll
Red Simpson The Man Behind the Badge/Roll, Truck, Roll
Hello, I'm Red Simpson
Red Simpson Hello, I'm Red Simpson
The Man Behind the Badge
Red Simpson The Man Behind the Badge
C. W. McCall's Greatest Hits
C.W. McCall C. W. McCall's Greatest Hits
The Truckin' Sessions
Dale Watson The Truckin' Sessions
Listening to the Music
Zephaniah OHora Listening to the Music
Anthology
Razzy Bailey Anthology
The Ultimate Moe & Joe
Moe Bandy & Joe Stampley The Ultimate Moe & Joe
Truck Drivin' Man
Terry Fell Truck Drivin' Man
Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics
Various Artists Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics
Truck Driver's Boogie: Big Rig Hits Vol. 1: 1939-1969
Various Artists Truck Driver's Boogie: Big Rig Hits Vol. 1: 1939-1969
Cut N Shoot
Gurf Morlix Cut N Shoot
Truck Drivin' Fool
Red Simpson Truck Drivin' Fool
Capitol Collectors Series
Red Simpson Capitol Collectors Series
Stupefyin' Jones
The Sovines Stupefyin' Jones
Roses for Mama
C.W. McCall Roses for Mama
Wilderness
C.W. McCall Wilderness
Black Bear Road
C.W. McCall Black Bear Road
The Truckin' Sessions, Vol. 2
Dale Watson The Truckin' Sessions, Vol. 2
King of Dieselbilly: Classic Kirchen
Bill Kirchen King of Dieselbilly: Classic Kirchen
Counterfeit Blues
Corb Lund Counterfeit Blues
Classic Bluegrass from Smithsonian Folkways
Various Artists Classic Bluegrass from Smithsonian Folkways
The Best of Jim Nesbitt [Lost Gold]
Jim Nesbitt The Best of Jim Nesbitt [Lost Gold]
Driving Beverly Hills
Mark Portmann Driving Beverly Hills
Wheels & Tears
Kay Adams Wheels & Tears
The Only Classic Country Collection You'll Ever Need
Various Artists The Only Classic Country Collection You'll Ever Need
The Golden Age of American Rock 'N' Roll: Special Country Edition
Various Artists The Golden Age of American Rock 'N' Roll: Special Country Edition
Honky Tonk Heroes: Did We Have a Party
Billy Brown Honky Tonk Heroes: Did We Have a Party
Where There Walks a Logger There Walks a Man/A Logger's Reward
Buzz Martin Where There Walks a Logger There Walks a Man/A Logger's Reward
This Highway
Zephaniah OHora / The 18 Wheelers This Highway
Rig Rock Deluxe: A Musical Salute to the American Truck Drivers
Various Artists Rig Rock Deluxe: A Musical Salute to the American Truck Drivers
Texas Bohemia, Vol. 2: The Texas Bohemian-Moravian-German Bands
Various Artists Texas Bohemia, Vol. 2: The Texas Bohemian-Moravian-German Bands
Appalachian Stomp: More Bluegrass Classics
Various Artists Appalachian Stomp: More Bluegrass Classics
Deep Inside a Cop's Mind
S.W.A.T. Deep Inside a Cop's Mind
Trucker's Jukebox
Various Artists Trucker's Jukebox
High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass
Original Soundtrack High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass
Comin' in Loaded!
The Sovines Comin' in Loaded!
Crazy Heart [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
Original Soundtrack Crazy Heart [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music: 1955
Various Artists Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music: 1955