Yep.... there was no cbs then...or even tapes ...just AM and maybe FM playing country and once in a while Dave Dudley. I sure miss them ol trips down the ratty high way in that ol shake an bake screamin jimmy........all I got now is some young chippy nurse trying to give me a sponge bath in my damn wheel chair...................at the ol age home....get yer dam hands off my pecker there .............
Yeahhh, or a 1954 GMC stub nose N54 series with a 671 jimmy 10 speed, dual straight stacks, no mufflers and a big oil cooler on one side and a big air breather on the other side just a screaming and roaring and pouring black smoke till you whacked her down a notch. A broomstick stuck between the seat and the gas pedal for 'cruise control'....pulling a Sea Land silver box or an Akers/McLean container to the next port to 'make the ship' for bonus pay. Screw the statees, the feds and the locals.
Looking for someone with guitar-pickin' skills to teach me this song. The studio version has an electric and acoustic guitar part; looking for help with both!
@supr75 the truck i always i pictured in this song,was a late 1950s DiamondT,with a 220 cummins with a 6" straight pipe and a 10 speed road ranger,pulling a Trailmobile dry van,
when he says passed jimmy in a white. That is my grandfather he interveiwed him because he was a truck driver his whole life. he passed away 8 years ago and i sill miss him. everytime i here this song i cry. I LOVE YOU GRANDADDY<3 I MISS YOU!
All the real old school drivers who know what GEORGIA OVERDRIVE is need to check out Speedball Tucker from Jim Croce it is here on u tubeI just found it and it has become a new favorite for me. RIP Dave and Jim 1943-09/20/1973
@366arcticcat Alright, what is it? My guess is it is either the split air shift 2 speed axle, or some kind of long-acting amphetamine pill, just like that "second driver" he has in his cigarette pack mentioned in "Freightliner Fever".
my dads been a trucker for over 40 years and because of that hes missed alot of my sports games and important things but i understand the hard worker he is and how hard he works to put food on the table.
I have had the pleasure of drinking a few beers with Dave Dudley just a few years prior to his passing. He lived in my area of Danbury WI. Real gentleman and a great all around fella! RIP DD
I write "90 Days On The Road" ---"i'm the only guy who drived from Honolulu to Boisie, Idaho, the island traqffic was hairy but man, the ocean passage was slow" Song did not get airtime it deserve. another verce go: "Well the KKK is checkin' on down the line, seems they don't like some ol' buddies o' mine", "but I aint gettin uptight, hey I got the Rockies in site, 90 dasys on the road and i'm gonna m akme it home tonite
When I started trucking on July 3, 1974, this song had already been around quite a while. I was one of the songs that got me interested in trucking. I started out as an owner-operator leased to a household goods carrier. It was a hard way to get started but that's the road a lot of guys took in those days. I drove three million miles without a chargable accident on a public street or highway (however, I tear up a few things on private property). Be safe out there!
Dudley's were our neighbors in the '60s, and my mom was on the background vocals of the single, which is a little funkier than this one. But of course, this one's great!
A true piece of musical history. At the time a typical indepent with ICC lane made average of 1.50 to 2.00 a mile and coffee was just about .10 at any Truckstop.
Com[are that to today. Coffee 1.25 to 1.75 and freight rates for independents on average of 1.58. Wannabe O/O's .81to .98cpm.
For those who don't know, a Georgia Overdrive is a downhill section of freeway. Old day truckers would only have a high gear that would only let them go so fast without over-reving their engine, but if they had a downhill they would put the truck in neutral and let themselves fly.
@81broncoman , it was a brownlite aux drive sort of like a two speed axle it was geared so high you had to have a downhill run for it to be able to improve the speed.
@81broncoman I remember those days all to well. O'l freight shaker with 250 cummins and yes a 10 speed fuller trans. The trailers were outside braced and if wind caught that you were going no where fast.
I used to listen to one of Dave's song "There ain't no easy run" on Youtube but I can't find it anymore, it was obviously removed from here. Does anyone knows where one can find it?
Worked at CRown Steel in Ohio. We made Ford Sleepers, Singles , Whites, Crew cabs, Military Cabs. Didn't have to worry about my welds. Dave Dudley was at the Corral Club in Monterey years back standing at the bar having a beer. He was looking forlorn and I thought "What's wrong with this guy"? Then he got on stage and let loose with a good show. BTW, there are many pathetic drivers on the road that don't have a clue how to accommodate truckers. Bumper sticker--BIG RIGS GO FIRST--BACK OFF
Saw Dave up in Duluth MN when 6 Days was still on the charts and also towards the end of his career at an USAF NCO club in Germany. Both shows were great, you could tell he loved his job, fans and country. A Class Act!
ole Dave Dudley is gone now but will always be remembered in every truck stop in the country. thanks for truck stops. they are a bit of American history that keeps these things living on. god bless and keep trucking America
Dave Dudley was a fat pot bellied gap toothed oversexed truck driver who used to pay dirty truckstop prostitutes ten bucks to suck his cock each and every day of his lonely pathetic life.
@travrosky I guess either it takes that kind of guy to do the job or that's what the job does to ya. The Great American Outlaw! Ya ever hear of it? Takes all kinds, don't it? I hafta admit I'm a little concerned by your interest in the mechanics of his sex life... As for "lonely" - the cameraderie of truck drivers is legendary and as for "pathetic" - no trucks no bucks (for the whole goddam USA). Think before ya spout, son.
God that comment brings back good memories. I hauled gravel back in the 60's. We were hauling 12 yards with a measly 6-71 Detroit and a 10 speed. Today the've got 500 Hp plus!
@charliesitzes1973: He was; he was a serious major league baseball pitching prospect as a teenager, until he blew out his arm. He was also fiercly patriotic. A great man, and great performer.
Please, can you send to my mail anpouch@seznam.cz song
There ain't no easy run by Dave Dudley? If you want to send some song from me (and if I got this song), type something. Thank you very much, František Dobrota.
Jimmy is also another name for the two cycle diesel engines that GMC produced for years that tach'd in the thousands instead of the hundreds in 4 strokes, don't see them much any more (as well as the fire comin out of a red hot stack because of the turbo chargers that came out in the 60's). When I bought my first one, I spent more time under it than in it (fixing it)...lonely and dangerous work but I loved it. My wives hated it.
my dad was a trucker for 30 years and this was one of the few trucker songs he liked...the bragging ones he didn't care for but Dave and Red Simpson and Sovine he taught me to dig...miss you Dad.
The "White Freightliner" patent was owned by Consolidated Freightways and they licenced White Motor Company to build this truck to their specdifications. In the early seventies Freightliner went on their own and were bought by Daimler Benz along with Chrysler Corporation. Chrysler was sold but Freightliner remains owned wholly by the Germans. Freightliner also owns Detroit Diesel Engine Corporation.They bought it from Roger Penske for around $450.00 million.
a jimmy is a two stroke detroit diesel engine, hence the lyrics I just past a jimmy in a white,which also came in a v6 and where originaly designed as a marine engine
@barrajoe62 Sorry buddy but you're wrong. A jimmy among truckers is a GMC Semi & ALL diesels are two stroke! BTW, how would one know what engine is in a truck they pass on a Highway?
@TruckDriverRich Are you sure about that?? I've always understood they're all two strokes. They compress the fuel/air mixture so much they don't need spark plugs to ignite it, just the glow plugs & thats why they're so powerful. I even googled it in reference to the last comment & everything that came up was two stroke diesels..........
@flyboymd82 You are confusing engine strokes with ignition. The stroke refers to the number of times the piston moves up and down before the engine fires. On a two stroke every time the piston hits top dead center there is an ignition, on a four stroke you have intake, compress ignition, power then exhaust. You are correct that diesel's do not have spark plugs, this is the part that deals with ignition :-)
@TruckDriverRich Yeah I stand corrected. I've been doing research online about it. Wow, I've always thought they were all two strokes. I learn something new everyday! I knew the difference between 2 & 4 strokes, I always thought all diesels were two stroke due to the ginormous compression ratio's which ignite the fuel.........thinking there was no need for a compression stroke.........
Trucker-speak for coasting down a hill or more often a mountain with the transmission disengaged. 18-wheelers can only go so fast, and the engines slow them down when coasting, so to go faster they take the engine out of gear. Runaway truck ramps were built for people who do this.
ICC stood for the Interstate Commerce Commission which was abolished in 1995.
The infamous ICC # required to haul regulated commodities became the MC #. (motor carrier).
@JoabAnias Georgia overdrive is just pushing the clutch in. The engine does not hold the truck back, unless it is equipped with a engine brake (Jake Brake, Mack Dynatard, etc) Guys used Georgia Overdrive to keep from over riv'ing the engine. To many RPM's and the engine will start having problems. Trucks are not like cars, when you are fully loaded and traveling downhill, the weight of the load will keep pushing you faster :-(
@barkingchihuahua He said "A jimmy and a white". A jimmy is a GMC semi. They used to make semi trucks. A white is also a semi manufacturer that is no longer in business. They both used detroit diesel V8 engines & were know for being able to speed.
My Dad was a truck-driver for many years. He couldn't hold a job for longer than 6 months. He stole, took bennies, bathed infrequently, picked up hitchhikers, spoke profanely, ignored his children, received hundreds of speeding tickets and knocked up god-only-knows-how-many truck-stop waitresses.
I remember my dad had a 8track player in his 1972 chevy carryall .....All he played this music--I hated so much but NOW i'm older....I LOVE IT...Wow, dad was rite
@martel732 are you kidding me? Daves voice makes this song!. And the flying burritos redid this in '71? Thats one year after this song came out. Talk about reaching for some fame.
Клип переносит слушателя в волшебную эпоху кантри 50-70-80 гг. прошлого века. Супер исполнитель и супер песня !!! Так и хочется одеть ковбойские сапоги и отправиться в путь ))
У меня их несколько. Одни вроде бы итальянские (им уже 8 лет не помню какая фирма) другие вообще самодельные (брал в Таиланде там вообще на заказ можно сделать под себя) и две пары брал в магазине ANN&ANN Shoes в Бангкоке. Из Москвы
A Jimmy AND a White. The White Company used to own Frieghtliner. They used to be called White Freightliners. A "Jimmy" is a nickname for a GMC. They also usedto make big trucks.
Now you've had your big truck history lesson my friend!
@bigexodus The white Co. used to distribute Freightliner trucks iunder the White Freightliner name. GMC for years was its own truck company. When this song was written Vovlo trucks was non-existant. Volvo in 1981 bought the assests to the White Truck Co, but did not not buy either Autocar or Western Star both of which White owned. Volvo bought GMC heavy trucks in 87 and merged it with White vceating the White-GMC. So, all that has no effect on the trucks in this song. White was White,GMC was GMC
@barrajoe62 Did you read what I wrote? The White Co used to distribute Freightliner trucks, That means they sold them at their dealerships. The last sentence, White was White, not owned by anyone else at that time. So, tell me what I got wrong and you got right?
@findcoolvids I agree. The song represents a unique time in American history. Trucks were cool and songs about trucks and truckers were cool. Movies about rucks and truckers were popular too. It's the romantic side of it that folks see, not the dirty, tiring, dangerous job behind the scenes they don't. Back then truck drivers didn't wear shorts and sandals or drive automatic transmission trucks. You wore boots and jeans and shifted gears while double clutching! Then it was a job for a real man.
@rockinredneck57 di you know that i came throug arizona the southern route at 92 mph all the way and didn't get a ticket. with a 19 speed tranny and 411 rears.
and a full 350 cummings turning 2450 rpm now there a history lesson lol.
@contractor46 Wouldn't surprise me a bit! I've heard tell of guys in rigs out West pushing 130 top end. Not that I'd want to try that! If you hadn't been pilled, it probably would have scared you to death!
@birdsbluegrass: The ICC (Interstate Commerce Comission) was a federal agency that regulated interstate trucking. They used to stop truckers, weigh their loads, and check their log books (to make sure they stopped for required rests). In the 1970s, ICC regultions and higher fuel costs were squeezing their incomes, delaying runs, etc. C.W. McCall's "Convoy" song was about an imaginary revolt against ICC oppression of independent truckers. Reagan eliminated the ICC in the 1980s.
@ih8hqs Yes, but Dave was refering to a truck brand name, not the engine in this song! Unless he was singing about a Mack, then it's the same. Even if he had passed a White with a Jimmy engine, he couldn't have known! Great song though! Timeless classic.
CANADA? Keep your anti Union comments North of the border with all your unwelcome cold blasts!
WE ARE RED BLOODED AMERICANS!
The fool does not really know his history.
Yes the Russians helped the Unions long before WW2. It was decided long long ago that American Unions would function independent of the Russian Unions...
AFLCIO has nothing to do with the Socialists except that the word Union is used... That is the extent of that.....
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No, I am a red blooded American, and I hate Unions AND Democrats. Unions are nothing but an advocacy group for idiots that drop out of high school and need more money.
dude democrats are total idiots but republicans are too...our leaders keep us divided against ourselves that way...they are all liars dont trust any of them...
Ahhh, the days of legal, pharma-grade speed. Another way soccer-moms and right wing nannies have destroyed this country.
grrrstick 5 days ago
maybe it 1:02 into the song. . .but no doubt it's fart
davidasleep01 1 month ago
Is that a fart at 1:03 into the song
davidasleep01 1 month ago
Yep.... there was no cbs then...or even tapes ...just AM and maybe FM playing country and once in a while Dave Dudley. I sure miss them ol trips down the ratty high way in that ol shake an bake screamin jimmy........all I got now is some young chippy nurse trying to give me a sponge bath in my damn wheel chair...................at the ol age home....get yer dam hands off my pecker there .............
TherealDeltaEcho 1 month ago
Yeahhh, or a 1954 GMC stub nose N54 series with a 671 jimmy 10 speed, dual straight stacks, no mufflers and a big oil cooler on one side and a big air breather on the other side just a screaming and roaring and pouring black smoke till you whacked her down a notch. A broomstick stuck between the seat and the gas pedal for 'cruise control'....pulling a Sea Land silver box or an Akers/McLean container to the next port to 'make the ship' for bonus pay. Screw the statees, the feds and the locals.
TherealDeltaEcho 1 month ago
Anybody remember a song from the mid 70's with the line "ha ha ha ridin' down the superhighway"?
Kram6298 2 months ago
Looking for someone with guitar-pickin' skills to teach me this song. The studio version has an electric and acoustic guitar part; looking for help with both!
onnyang 2 months ago
wanted to share this to Facebook but window doesn't open
snobear41 2 months ago in playlist Black smoke & 18 wheels
love this. i used to be a diesel mechanic.
supr75 2 months ago
@supr75 the truck i always i pictured in this song,was a late 1950s DiamondT,with a 220 cummins with a 6" straight pipe and a 10 speed road ranger,pulling a Trailmobile dry van,
dalekrueger 2 months ago
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guitarStern 3 months ago
This is great classic country music, Dave Dudley was a great truck driver singer, along with Red Sovine, and others. Great music...
themaucks1 3 months ago 17
Georiga overdrive = mexican overdrive kick her out of gear and and let her rip and hope you can find a gear.
Bad news in the old Mack thermodine
1XLINEMAN 3 months ago
My father used to be a truck driver The memmories this song brings...
flyseventeenthirtytw 3 months ago
Love this song! I agree with clintonearlwalker that the last stanza of the song is the best!
ilovemusic82454 3 months ago
Fantastic song..well performed by Dave Dudley this song was made for him..he obviously enjoys performing it!! Great Work!!
arno799 4 months ago in playlist yuvgyb
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when he says passed jimmy in a white. That is my grandfather he interveiwed him because he was a truck driver his whole life. he passed away 8 years ago and i sill miss him. everytime i here this song i cry. I LOVE YOU GRANDADDY<3 I MISS YOU!
ktnm16 4 months ago
All the real old school drivers who know what GEORGIA OVERDRIVE is need to check out Speedball Tucker from Jim Croce it is here on u tubeI just found it and it has become a new favorite for me. RIP Dave and Jim 1943-09/20/1973
luvtotruck 4 months ago
@luvtotruck Jim croces song is a boring song!
porn1978 3 months ago
Oh haaaaaail ya!,
MojaveGreenXXX 4 months ago
This guy is cool as fuck
1populist 4 months ago
I think I've discovered where Junior Bown got his vocal trainging.
putter069 4 months ago
its called going down the hill take her out a gear and let,r roll buddy
pauldrake2511 4 months ago
No body does it better.....
kudlow39 5 months ago
Awesome, classic old school country!
Afterworkinhours 5 months ago 2
To my ex husband. One of the best truckers on the road.
coolmamac 5 months ago
i bet barely anybody that commented on this video knows what a Georgia overdrive is
366arcticcat 5 months ago
@366arcticcat Alright, what is it? My guess is it is either the split air shift 2 speed axle, or some kind of long-acting amphetamine pill, just like that "second driver" he has in his cigarette pack mentioned in "Freightliner Fever".
TheEldoradoKid 4 months ago
This is classic "traveling music."
encrypter46 5 months ago
@savagechevy, the line is "10 forward gears and a Georgia overdrive". Not a George overdrive.
rockinredneck57 5 months ago
@rockinredneck57
it is also commonly known as George overdrive. Dave sings george overdrive
berneyvonk1 4 months ago
my dads been a trucker for over 40 years and because of that hes missed alot of my sports games and important things but i understand the hard worker he is and how hard he works to put food on the table.
366arcticcat 5 months ago
4 people wont get home tonight!
SleeperInTheShadow 5 months ago 2
" I got 10 foward gears and a george overdrive" love it
savagechevyman 5 months ago
Fantastic!! I remember this song from when I was a kid. This was REAL country music. BSP
BeatleSongPlayer 6 months ago
Love the lead guitar style. Very unique
lcar4000 6 months ago
4 people just can't handle the road
wanderer711 6 months ago
I have had the pleasure of drinking a few beers with Dave Dudley just a few years prior to his passing. He lived in my area of Danbury WI. Real gentleman and a great all around fella! RIP DD
MrBrik64 6 months ago
I write "90 Days On The Road" ---"i'm the only guy who drived from Honolulu to Boisie, Idaho, the island traqffic was hairy but man, the ocean passage was slow" Song did not get airtime it deserve. another verce go: "Well the KKK is checkin' on down the line, seems they don't like some ol' buddies o' mine", "but I aint gettin uptight, hey I got the Rockies in site, 90 dasys on the road and i'm gonna m akme it home tonite
BrokenneckYgor 6 months ago
love it... onya billy, good memories....... that's me!!! Byeee!!!
nuts351 6 months ago
The ultimate trucker!
flashbell 7 months ago
miss u dad
ttowntyphoon 7 months ago
Great arrangement.
tuskedbeast 8 months ago
My Dad drove a Tractor Trailer long distance for 35 years in the 60s, 70s, 80s. This was one of his favourites. RIP Dad and thanks for the memories.
shtfly 8 months ago 2
"Keep on Truckin' until you reach the top,
Keep those wheels turnin'
Don't ever let 'em stop.
-- Dave Dudly song "Keep on Truckin'
imjustpassinthru 8 months ago
When I started trucking on July 3, 1974, this song had already been around quite a while. I was one of the songs that got me interested in trucking. I started out as an owner-operator leased to a household goods carrier. It was a hard way to get started but that's the road a lot of guys took in those days. I drove three million miles without a chargable accident on a public street or highway (however, I tear up a few things on private property). Be safe out there!
imjustpassinthru 8 months ago
I remember when it took all night to get over the grapevine
215jami 8 months ago
Dudley's were our neighbors in the '60s, and my mom was on the background vocals of the single, which is a little funkier than this one. But of course, this one's great!
sandbergp 9 months ago
Whoa!!! great music!!
EdwarDixie 10 months ago
Had the great pleasure of having a few beers with Mr. Dudley as he lived not far from my home town. Class act and a great guy! (Danbury Wisconsin)
MrBrik64 10 months ago
If anyone has the Dave Dudley song COWBOY YOU'RE AMERICA please let me know
no3no1fan 10 months ago
The greatest tucking song of all time!
MrCubanacan 10 months ago
French version by Claude François.
DAUROIS1 10 months ago
This song is one of the reasons I'm a truck driver. Even now since i no longer driver OTR and am home every night still gets the juices flowing!
tim52160 11 months ago
A true piece of musical history. At the time a typical indepent with ICC lane made average of 1.50 to 2.00 a mile and coffee was just about .10 at any Truckstop.
Com[are that to today. Coffee 1.25 to 1.75 and freight rates for independents on average of 1.58. Wannabe O/O's .81to .98cpm.
Thanks President Carter!!!!
OriginalBurton 11 months ago
Ah ! those were them days..
We ate grits and momma worked all day, to clothe us , at the mine. Papa had done her wrong and we lived in a shack in the bayou, on route 66.....
andylowings 11 months ago
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andylowings 11 months ago
love ya pop...will never forget ya mate..
hokieking 11 months ago
Now this is what I call REAL Country Music! YEEHAAW! How come I NEVER heard of this Country Music SInger before? Was he ANy Popular?
kalmanizer 1 year ago
Oh man......This kicks ass!
1976crp 1 year ago
his best---bravo---wonder if he's still living?
micmoable 1 year ago
@micmoable : nope... he passed away in the early 2000s. think 2002 or 2003, aged mid 70s.
lordsinclair1975 1 year ago
@lordsinclair1975 thanks for info- He had a different approach to a song
micmoable 1 year ago
"Well, I pulled out of Pittsburg, a rollin' down that Eastern Seaboard."
To this day, every long trip starts with a rendition of those lyrics.
SonOfIronHorse 1 year ago
Actually it's Brown-Lipe not brownlite. They were a division of Spicer.
rorschach1911 1 year ago
For those who don't know, a Georgia Overdrive is a downhill section of freeway. Old day truckers would only have a high gear that would only let them go so fast without over-reving their engine, but if they had a downhill they would put the truck in neutral and let themselves fly.
81broncoman 1 year ago 22
@81broncoman Hey thanks for explaining that, I always wondered if that was a kind of transmission or what.
tmertube 1 year ago
@81broncoman , it was a brownlite aux drive sort of like a two speed axle it was geared so high you had to have a downhill run for it to be able to improve the speed.
fa14745 1 year ago
@81broncoman I remember those days all to well. O'l freight shaker with 250 cummins and yes a 10 speed fuller trans. The trailers were outside braced and if wind caught that you were going no where fast.
southern4362 3 weeks ago
This guy could make a corpse smile
raiphdude7 1 year ago
taking little white pills and my eyes are open wide priceless!!!
crb2011 1 year ago
I used to listen to one of Dave's song "There ain't no easy run" on Youtube but I can't find it anymore, it was obviously removed from here. Does anyone knows where one can find it?
TheRavalito 1 year ago
this is god damned american music fellas
georgiaswamper 1 year ago
Worked at CRown Steel in Ohio. We made Ford Sleepers, Singles , Whites, Crew cabs, Military Cabs. Didn't have to worry about my welds. Dave Dudley was at the Corral Club in Monterey years back standing at the bar having a beer. He was looking forlorn and I thought "What's wrong with this guy"? Then he got on stage and let loose with a good show. BTW, there are many pathetic drivers on the road that don't have a clue how to accommodate truckers. Bumper sticker--BIG RIGS GO FIRST--BACK OFF
classiccntry 1 year ago
"6 Days" and "Movin' on". the two greatest trucker songs of all.
mickeba1 1 year ago
@mickeba1 What about Phantom 309? :-)
Factnotfictionpeople 1 year ago
@Factnotfictionpeople I've never heard that one. I will look for it.
mickeba1 1 year ago
Saw Dave up in Duluth MN when 6 Days was still on the charts and also towards the end of his career at an USAF NCO club in Germany. Both shows were great, you could tell he loved his job, fans and country. A Class Act!
bob02vw 1 year ago
he song the song better than sowyer brown . sowyer brown slawdderd it
TheRobert2254 1 year ago
ole Dave Dudley is gone now but will always be remembered in every truck stop in the country. thanks for truck stops. they are a bit of American history that keeps these things living on. god bless and keep trucking America
39tommyboy 1 year ago
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Dave Dudley was a fat pot bellied gap toothed oversexed truck driver who used to pay dirty truckstop prostitutes ten bucks to suck his cock each and every day of his lonely pathetic life.
travrosky 1 year ago
@travrosky I guess either it takes that kind of guy to do the job or that's what the job does to ya. The Great American Outlaw! Ya ever hear of it? Takes all kinds, don't it? I hafta admit I'm a little concerned by your interest in the mechanics of his sex life... As for "lonely" - the cameraderie of truck drivers is legendary and as for "pathetic" - no trucks no bucks (for the whole goddam USA). Think before ya spout, son.
EblockShorty 1 year ago
@travrosky
bet he would whoop u
TexWhatever3 1 year ago
Friggin' great tune - great performance!
BladeLawrence 1 year ago
ололо! чувак жжот!
klawaliliput 1 year ago
Thanks for the info johncduff. I have always wondered about the ICC and how it pertained to the song. Now I know.
1957boz 1 year ago
Well my rig's a little old,
But that don't mean she's slow.
There's a flame from her stack,
And the smoke's rolling black as coal.
My hometown's coming in sight,
If you think I'm happy your right.--The greatest stanza in a song in the history of music in my opinion.
clintonearlwalker 1 year ago 42
This guy and this song is gold., I cant hear it to much
Realisticalcynic 1 year ago
the truck i always imangened in this song being driven by the singer was a late 50s diamond T with a 220 cummins with a 10 speed roadranger
dalekrueger 1 year ago
@dalekrueger
God that comment brings back good memories. I hauled gravel back in the 60's. We were hauling 12 yards with a measly 6-71 Detroit and a 10 speed. Today the've got 500 Hp plus!
TheHonestMann 1 year ago 2
@dalekrueger the reason i said a 220 cummin is because they were naturally asparitaed,
dalekrueger 1 year ago
@dalekrueger I learned to drive a rig in a '58 Diamond T ,Cummin powered & 10spd
Opium323 9 months ago
@Opium323 our fire dept had a diamond T like that for a tanker truck,traded it for a IH with a L10 cummins
dalekrueger 9 months ago
I´ve got Dave!
Niinimaeki 1 year ago
what is" jimmy in white"
9erner 1 year ago
@9erner - It's a Jimmy and a White. He just ran the words together.
dheurt1 1 year ago
@dheurt1 thx:)
9erner 1 year ago
polska power!
clusterboi 1 year ago
The best version
RickMakesGoodVideos 1 year ago
R.I.P dad (eddy bullen) drove trucks all his life just wish we had sorted our differences out before you passed :( x x
scousedeano1 1 year ago
I wonder how that click-clack sound was made.
promagnum 1 year ago
This guy was so convincing, it seems as if he just came in off the road and sang about his trip. He looks like a bad ass S.O.B.
Gaspipenicklioni 1 year ago
Awesome Song RIP Dave Dudley
charliesitzes1973 1 year ago 2
@charliesitzes1973: He was; he was a serious major league baseball pitching prospect as a teenager, until he blew out his arm. He was also fiercly patriotic. A great man, and great performer.
johncduff 1 year ago
Please, can you send to my mail anpouch@seznam.cz song
There ain't no easy run by Dave Dudley? If you want to send some song from me (and if I got this song), type something. Thank you very much, František Dobrota.
chotovice 1 year ago
what a ppreformer.
99sco 1 year ago
Jimmy is also another name for the two cycle diesel engines that GMC produced for years that tach'd in the thousands instead of the hundreds in 4 strokes, don't see them much any more (as well as the fire comin out of a red hot stack because of the turbo chargers that came out in the 60's). When I bought my first one, I spent more time under it than in it (fixing it)...lonely and dangerous work but I loved it. My wives hated it.
timsricochet 1 year ago
my dad was a trucker for 30 years and this was one of the few trucker songs he liked...the bragging ones he didn't care for but Dave and Red Simpson and Sovine he taught me to dig...miss you Dad.
JackGrider 1 year ago 31
for face book
246810arthur 1 year ago
notbad
246810arthur 1 year ago
Great Song!
TruckerPaul22 1 year ago
I discovered GA overdrive in 1977. When I did I almost shit my pants on I-20 Alabama
Driver2392 1 year ago
The "White Freightliner" patent was owned by Consolidated Freightways and they licenced White Motor Company to build this truck to their specdifications. In the early seventies Freightliner went on their own and were bought by Daimler Benz along with Chrysler Corporation. Chrysler was sold but Freightliner remains owned wholly by the Germans. Freightliner also owns Detroit Diesel Engine Corporation.They bought it from Roger Penske for around $450.00 million.
raginroadrunner 1 year ago
One of the most perfect records ever made. Love it!
MikeBlitzMag 1 year ago
i luv this guys music
willieraye 1 year ago
also white agreed to sell consolidated freightways trucks through there dealerships they didn't own freightliner
barrajoe62 1 year ago
a jimmy is a two stroke detroit diesel engine, hence the lyrics I just past a jimmy in a white,which also came in a v6 and where originaly designed as a marine engine
barrajoe62 1 year ago
@barrajoe62 Sorry buddy but you're wrong. A jimmy among truckers is a GMC Semi & ALL diesels are two stroke! BTW, how would one know what engine is in a truck they pass on a Highway?
flyboymd82 1 year ago
@flyboymd82 Sorry, not all diesel engines are two strokes. Detroit Diesel's are but Cummins, Cat and Mack Maxidynes are four stokes.
TruckDriverRich 1 year ago
@TruckDriverRich Are you sure about that?? I've always understood they're all two strokes. They compress the fuel/air mixture so much they don't need spark plugs to ignite it, just the glow plugs & thats why they're so powerful. I even googled it in reference to the last comment & everything that came up was two stroke diesels..........
flyboymd82 1 year ago
@flyboymd82 You are confusing engine strokes with ignition. The stroke refers to the number of times the piston moves up and down before the engine fires. On a two stroke every time the piston hits top dead center there is an ignition, on a four stroke you have intake, compress ignition, power then exhaust. You are correct that diesel's do not have spark plugs, this is the part that deals with ignition :-)
TruckDriverRich 1 year ago
@TruckDriverRich Yeah I stand corrected. I've been doing research online about it. Wow, I've always thought they were all two strokes. I learn something new everyday! I knew the difference between 2 & 4 strokes, I always thought all diesels were two stroke due to the ginormous compression ratio's which ignite the fuel.........thinking there was no need for a compression stroke.........
I'm right about the "Jimmys" though right?? LOL!
flyboymd82 1 year ago
i love dave's ballsy sound. johnny cash ain't in dave's league for real big balls gut busting country
rorygg1 1 year ago
"Georgia overdrive"
Trucker-speak for coasting down a hill or more often a mountain with the transmission disengaged. 18-wheelers can only go so fast, and the engines slow them down when coasting, so to go faster they take the engine out of gear. Runaway truck ramps were built for people who do this.
ICC stood for the Interstate Commerce Commission which was abolished in 1995.
The infamous ICC # required to haul regulated commodities became the MC #. (motor carrier).
JoabAnias 1 year ago
@JoabAnias Georgia overdrive is just pushing the clutch in. The engine does not hold the truck back, unless it is equipped with a engine brake (Jake Brake, Mack Dynatard, etc) Guys used Georgia Overdrive to keep from over riv'ing the engine. To many RPM's and the engine will start having problems. Trucks are not like cars, when you are fully loaded and traveling downhill, the weight of the load will keep pushing you faster :-(
TruckDriverRich 1 year ago
check out Townes Van Zandt's White Freightliner Blues
EddyTroxler 1 year ago
What's a "jimmy in white"? Tx.
barkingchihuahua 1 year ago
@barkingchihuahua He said "A jimmy and a white". A jimmy is a GMC semi. They used to make semi trucks. A white is also a semi manufacturer that is no longer in business. They both used detroit diesel V8 engines & were know for being able to speed.
flyboymd82 1 year ago
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barrajoe62 1 year ago
one of my all time favorite voices
MrOutlawCountry 1 year ago
My Dad was a truck-driver for many years. He couldn't hold a job for longer than 6 months. He stole, took bennies, bathed infrequently, picked up hitchhikers, spoke profanely, ignored his children, received hundreds of speeding tickets and knocked up god-only-knows-how-many truck-stop waitresses.
TubeRuleEnforcer 1 year ago
heard this when mom work as a waitress in ashland va about 1966
crockettslate 1 year ago
Fuck yeah
docwondernuts 1 year ago
i hitch hiked clear across the country twice...so i'm not a trucker but i'm a friend of the truckers, caught many a ride from a trucker...
nathenism 1 year ago
I remember my dad had a 8track player in his 1972 chevy carryall .....All he played this music--I hated so much but NOW i'm older....I LOVE IT...Wow, dad was rite
chrisfdny1 1 year ago
actually the original version came out in 63
wsoxfan25 1 year ago
Best version.
kaos3124 1 year ago
One of the best trucking songs ever written. Dave Dudley definately hit a home run with this recording.
1957boz 1 year ago
Thank you to the truckers who keep this country going !1 They deserve the best !!!
DET832 1 year ago
My Husband is 3 weeks on the Road and i miss him !!! This Song is for all Truckers !Good Trip !
chipmunk775 1 year ago
One of the best " Country " songs made..... Ever
5litreho 1 year ago
taj mahal just killed this song. best version.
edf81 1 year ago
Not as cool as Flying Burrito Brothers
martel732 1 year ago
@martel732 are you kidding me? Daves voice makes this song!. And the flying burritos redid this in '71? Thats one year after this song came out. Talk about reaching for some fame.
LikeTheTruck 1 year ago
Клип переносит слушателя в волшебную эпоху кантри 50-70-80 гг. прошлого века. Супер исполнитель и супер песня !!! Так и хочется одеть ковбойские сапоги и отправиться в путь ))
SuperCanion 1 year ago
@SuperCanion скорее сесть в трак и отправиться в путь. Хотя говорят в сапогах удобно нажимать на педаль - надеюсь скоро узнаю
khunboris 1 year ago
@khunboris Я почти год вожу авто, правда легковое в ковбойсктх сапогах-супер! И ходить очень удобно. Главное купить американские )
SuperCanion 1 year ago
@SuperCanion а я уже лет 10... да удобно и ходить тоже.
теперь хочу узнать в них как водится трак
khunboris 1 year ago
@khunboris А какие сапоги какой фирмы Вы носите, уважаемый? И откуда сами ? я из Москвы ))
SuperCanion 1 year ago
У меня их несколько. Одни вроде бы итальянские (им уже 8 лет не помню какая фирма) другие вообще самодельные (брал в Таиланде там вообще на заказ можно сделать под себя) и две пары брал в магазине ANN&ANN Shoes в Бангкоке. Из Москвы
khunboris 1 year ago
if you drive 100 miles an hour and dont crash while someone crashes at 60 mph, i would have to say stupidity kills.
northernchicken 1 year ago
Dave was a family friend, and he was so nice-I was a bit scared of him when I was real little... and I regret not wanting to get to know him more!!
ladylemonds 1 year ago 3
Is that an Elvis shirt he has on?
ep1970 1 year ago
"just passed a jimmy in a white, i bin passing everything in sight " i love this shit man !!!!!!!!
uteboy350 1 year ago 2
A Jimmy AND a White. The White Company used to own Frieghtliner. They used to be called White Freightliners. A "Jimmy" is a nickname for a GMC. They also usedto make big trucks.
Now you've had your big truck history lesson my friend!
rockinredneck57 1 year ago 34
@rockinredneck57 Incorrect my friend. WhiteGMC was the former name of Volvo trucks. I own 2 of them :)
bigexodus 1 year ago
@bigexodus The white Co. used to distribute Freightliner trucks iunder the White Freightliner name. GMC for years was its own truck company. When this song was written Vovlo trucks was non-existant. Volvo in 1981 bought the assests to the White Truck Co, but did not not buy either Autocar or Western Star both of which White owned. Volvo bought GMC heavy trucks in 87 and merged it with White vceating the White-GMC. So, all that has no effect on the trucks in this song. White was White,GMC was GMC
rockinredneck57 1 year ago
@rockinredneck57 get it right white agreed to sell freightliner trucks in there dealerships
barrajoe62 1 year ago
@rockinredneck57 get it right white agreed to sell freightliner trucks in there dealerships white trucks where owned by the white brothers
barrajoe62 1 year ago
@barrajoe62 Did you read what I wrote? The White Co used to distribute Freightliner trucks, That means they sold them at their dealerships. The last sentence, White was White, not owned by anyone else at that time. So, tell me what I got wrong and you got right?
rockinredneck57 1 year ago
@rockinredneck57 and i thought all along he was singin... 'jimmy in white'... ha!
see what i know? i do know, though, that i love this song and the tradition of what it represents.. :)
findcoolvids 1 year ago
@findcoolvids I agree. The song represents a unique time in American history. Trucks were cool and songs about trucks and truckers were cool. Movies about rucks and truckers were popular too. It's the romantic side of it that folks see, not the dirty, tiring, dangerous job behind the scenes they don't. Back then truck drivers didn't wear shorts and sandals or drive automatic transmission trucks. You wore boots and jeans and shifted gears while double clutching! Then it was a job for a real man.
rockinredneck57 1 year ago
@rockinredneck57 di you know that i came throug arizona the southern route at 92 mph all the way and didn't get a ticket. with a 19 speed tranny and 411 rears.
and a full 350 cummings turning 2450 rpm now there a history lesson lol.
ps i was pilled to the max :)
contractor46 1 year ago
@contractor46 Wouldn't surprise me a bit! I've heard tell of guys in rigs out West pushing 130 top end. Not that I'd want to try that! If you hadn't been pilled, it probably would have scared you to death!
rockinredneck57 1 year ago
@rockinredneck57 okay that is cool
SuperDave915 1 year ago
@rockinredneck57 So, what is ICC...just wondering...
birdsbluegrass 1 year ago
@birdsbluegrass: The ICC (Interstate Commerce Comission) was a federal agency that regulated interstate trucking. They used to stop truckers, weigh their loads, and check their log books (to make sure they stopped for required rests). In the 1970s, ICC regultions and higher fuel costs were squeezing their incomes, delaying runs, etc. C.W. McCall's "Convoy" song was about an imaginary revolt against ICC oppression of independent truckers. Reagan eliminated the ICC in the 1980s.
johncduff 1 year ago
@birdsbluegrass - Interstate Commerce Commission
dheurt1 1 year ago
@rockinredneck57 jimmy's were also known as detriot deisels,the 2 stroke ones
ih8hqs 1 year ago
@ih8hqs Yes, but Dave was refering to a truck brand name, not the engine in this song! Unless he was singing about a Mack, then it's the same. Even if he had passed a White with a Jimmy engine, he couldn't have known! Great song though! Timeless classic.
rockinredneck57 1 year ago
@rockinredneck57 Thank you, man for the explanation. The song is really great, but I'm not an American, the lyrics was not very clear for me.
MarchHare1977 1 year ago
good shit
sshack18 1 year ago
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withease9 2 years ago 5
Go for it!
FeldwebelWolfenstool 2 years ago
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@withease9 get your dumb gook ass out of this country. that's what you should. This is a white man's country and your not welcome
PatriotsFanX9 1 year ago
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withease9 1 year ago
CANADA? Keep your anti Union comments North of the border with all your unwelcome cold blasts!
WE ARE RED BLOODED AMERICANS!
The fool does not really know his history.
Yes the Russians helped the Unions long before WW2. It was decided long long ago that American Unions would function independent of the Russian Unions...
AFLCIO has nothing to do with the Socialists except that the word Union is used... That is the extent of that.....
trailboyus66 2 years ago
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No, I am a red blooded American, and I hate Unions AND Democrats. Unions are nothing but an advocacy group for idiots that drop out of high school and need more money.
CleanAndWhite 2 years ago
dude democrats are total idiots but republicans are too...our leaders keep us divided against ourselves that way...they are all liars dont trust any of them...
nathenism 1 year ago 3