doubleclutchinweasel Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/country-trucker-titan-c-w-mccall-bill-fries-passes-away/ Ride easy, C.W. 1 Quote "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Oooooooooooo hell I hadn’t heard very interesting artist hard to believe hardnose trucking tunes to Roses for Mama hard for me to listen to that one thanks for letting us know… bob 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h67st Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Back in the 70's when "Convoy" came out I must have run the needle thru more than one copy of it! A real talented guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 I just started driving when that song came out first CB radio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleclutchinweasel Posted April 12 Author Share Posted April 12 My favorite was "Wolf Creek Pass". "...and that chromium-plated, fully-illuminated, genuine accessory shift knob came right off in his hand. I said, 'You wanna screw that thing back on, Earl?'..." 2 Quote "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayseed Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 4 minutes ago, doubleclutchinweasel said: My favorite was "Wolf Creek Pass". Mine Too.. Quote "Be who you are and say what you feel...Because those that matter...don't mind...And those that mind....don't matter." - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 isnt that the tune where they clean off top layer of chickens under a low bridge,,,,,thats just hilarious i laugh my ass off every time i hear that line...bob 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67RModel Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 For some reason I always thought C.W. McCall was an alias or stage name of Chip Davis. I realize now that Chip Davis composed all his songs. Early in his career, Chip was working for and advertisement agency in Omaha, Nebraska writing jingles. C.W. McCall was a fictitious character for Metz's Bakery in the Omaha area. The ads featuring C.W. got so popular there Chip had the idea to compose songs featuring C.W. McCall for the radio and record label.......the rest they say is history. C.W. McCall's real name is William Dale Fries Jr. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleclutchinweasel Posted April 12 Author Share Posted April 12 9 minutes ago, 67RModel said: For some reason I always thought C.W. McCall was an alias or stage name of Chip Davis. I realize now that Chip Davis composed all his songs. Early in his career, Chip was working for and advertisement agency in Omaha, Nebraska writing jingles. C.W. McCall was a fictitious character for Metz's Bakery in the Omaha area. The ads featuring C.W. got so popular there Chip had the idea to compose songs featuring C.W. McCall for the radio and record label.......the rest they say is history. C.W. McCall's real name is William Dale Fries Jr. You are all over that, '67! And I believe his real name was pronounced like "Frees" instead of "Frys". Great write-up. Quote "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleclutchinweasel Posted April 12 Author Share Posted April 12 22 minutes ago, mowerman said: isnt that the tune where they clean off top layer of chickens under a low bridge,,,,,thats just hilarious i laugh my ass off every time i hear that line...bob Yip. That's the one. Me an' Earl was haulin' chickens On a flatbed out of Wiggins And we'd spent all night on the uphill side Of 37 miles of hell Called Wolf Creek Pass Which is up on the Great Divide We was settin' there suckin' toothpicks An' drinkin' Nehis and onion soup mix And I says, "Earl, let's mail a card to mother And then send them chickens on down to the other side Yeah, let's give 'em a ride" Wolf Creek Pass, way up on the Great Divide Truckin' on down the other side Well, Earl put down his bottle Mashed his foot down on the throttle And then a couple'a boobs With a thousand cubes In a 1948 Peterbilt screamed to life We woke up the chickens We roared up offa that shoulder Sprayin' pine cones, rocks, and boulders And put four hundred head Of them Rhode Island Reds And a couple a' burnt-out roosters on the line Look out below 'Cause here we go Wolf Creek Pass, way up on the Great Divide Truckin' on down the other side Well, we commenced a-truckin' And them hens commenced a-cluckin' And then Earl took out a match And scratched his pants And lit up the unused half of a dollar cigar and took a puff Says "My, ain't this pretty up here" I says, "Earl, this hill can spill us You better slow down or you gonna kill us Just make one mistake And it's the pearly gates For them 85 crates Of USDA-approved cluckers You wanna hit second?" Wolf Creek Pass, way up on the Great Divide Truckin' on down the other side Well, Earl grabbed on the shifter And he stabbed her into fifth gear And then the chromium plated Fully illuminated Genuine accessory shift knob Come right off in his hand I says, "You wanna screw that thing back on, Earl?" He was tryin' to thread it on there When the fire fell off a' his cigar And dropped on down Sorta rolled around And then lit in the cuff of Earl's pants And burned a hole in his sock Yeah, sorta set him right on fire I looked on outta the window And I started countin' phone poles Goin' by at the rate of four to the seventh power Well I put two and two together And added 12 and carried five And come up with 22 thousand Telephone poles an hour I looked at Earl and his eyes was wide His lip was curled, and his leg was fried And his hand was froze to the wheel Like a tongue to a sled in the middle of a blizzard I says, Earl, "I'm not the type to complain But the time has come for me to explain That if you don't apply some brake real soon They're gonna have to pick us up With a stick and a spoon" Well, Earl reared back And cocked his leg Stepped down as hard as he could on the brake And the pedal went clear to the floor And stayed right there on the floor And he says it was sorta like steppin' on a plum Well, from there on down It just wasn't real pretty It was hairpin county And switchback city One of 'em looked like a can full'a worms Another one looked like malaria germs Right in the middle of the whole damn show Was a real nice tunnel Now wouldn't you know Sign says clearance to the 12-foot line But the chickens was stacked to 13-nine Well we shot that tunnel at a hundred-and-ten Like gas through a funnel and eggs through a hen We took that top row of chickens off Slicker than scum off a Louisiana swamp Went down and around and around and down We run outta ground at the edge of town Bashed into the side of a feed store In downtown Pagosa Springs Wolf Creek Pass, way up on the Great Divide Truckin' on down the other side Wolf Creek Pass, way up on the Great Divide Truckin' on down the other side Source: Musixmatch Songwriters: Davis / Fries 1 Quote "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 (edited) Lol thanks for that that was the next thing I was going to ask about the head on the cigar falling off yes that’s the one excellent driving tune… if I recall he also did a novelty tune about an old pick up truck for sale … bob Edited April 12 by mowerman Misspelled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 37 miles of uphill that’s what it seems like when you got to 237 and 40,000 pounds… bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleclutchinweasel Posted April 12 Author Share Posted April 12 1 hour ago, mowerman said: Lol thanks for that that was the next thing I was going to ask about the head on the cigar falling off yes that’s the one excellent driving tune… if I recall he also did a novelty tune about an old pick up truck for sale … bob I remember listening to that song when I was young. And it seemed like, when it was over, you were worn out! Felt like you went on the ride with him. Painted a great picture with his words. They flat wore the "Convoy" song out! It was crazy how often that was on the air. Between "CW McCall" and "Cledus Maggard & the Citizen's Band", they sold more CB radios for the manufacturers than all the advertising they ever paid for. And, of course, there was Red Sovine. I was watching a rerun of an "Archer" episode ("Midnight Ron") where Archer and Ron ran into a group of cross-dressing truckers. He referred to one of them as "CW McCallgirl". Made me laugh..an obvious tip of the hat to The Man. 1 Quote "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleclutchinweasel Posted April 12 Author Share Posted April 12 Another of my favorites was the Willis Brothers' "Give me Forty Acres". 2 Quote "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Classified lol it sounded like the record was running at 78 instead of 45 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleclutchinweasel Posted April 12 Author Share Posted April 12 6 minutes ago, mowerman said: Classified lol it sounded like the record was running at 78 instead of 45 That's a long story, Harold! 1 Quote "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 5 hours ago, doubleclutchinweasel said: Another of my favorites was the Willis Brothers' "Give me Forty Acres". I always said that was my wife's theme song when we were running team together.. When that "R" position on the shift knob was required I would hear "Brocky help!!" And is is also from Georgia!! 1 Quote Brocky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70mackMB Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 9 hours ago, doubleclutchinweasel said: C.W. McCall was a fictitious character for Metz's Bakery in the Omaha area. l saw recently that W. D. Fries wrote a jingle for "(Old) Home Town Bread". Which became the song "The old home fill'er up and keep on trucking cafe" .....Hippy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayseed Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 1 hour ago, 70mackMB said: l saw recently that W. D. Fries wrote a jingle for "(Old) Home Town Bread". Which became the song "The old home fill'er up and keep on trucking cafe" .....Hippy He also did the Voice over for the Ads too. 2 Quote "Be who you are and say what you feel...Because those that matter...don't mind...And those that mind....don't matter." - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Woooooooooow!!!!’ Those were badass ads ….Coolest commercials I’ve ever seen in my life both rigs were amazing thanks for posting I am still shaking ha ha sure I don’t see anything like that anymore…. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 (edited) I wonder if you guys remember the old Hendries ice cream ad it also featured an R model Mack with a tanker guy also had a dog with him long long time ago …. Bob Edited April 13 by mowerman Misspelled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 70mackMB Posted April 13 Popular Post Share Posted April 13 21 hours ago, Hayseed said: He also did the Voice over for the Ads too. This is the song l was taking about...... .....Hippy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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