del reeves girl on a billboard

[@rosssoutherland8118]

My dear old friend Walter Haynes R.I.P. wrote this song in traffic licking his finger and writing it in the dash of his car. Walt was steel guitarist for Patsy Cline,Little Jimmy Dickens & many more and got producer of the year for Satin sheets and Country Bumpkin. He was also VP of MCA records & produced many Country Giants. I was proud to be in a band with him for 9 years. We both played with Johnny Paycheck in 93. Man what a song this is! I miss you Walt!

[@DanielJoshuaRubin]

Thx for info. Incredible song. The comedy, pathos and absurdity of the truck driver - a noble, blue collar tough guy working hard for a living, turned into a helpless, drooling fool - is more relevant than ever. The guy's been played and doesn't really know what hit him. Now, he's been replaced by nerds who can code, who can create software to drive his truck. There's a darkness beneath these lyrics, an insidious malice that infects the soul of society like a virus. Today that character is jobless, or hanging on to his job by a thread as he's plied with porn, junk food and ads for gambling. Del Reeves dignifies the guy with sheer edge, humor. Layered, layered, important song. Water Haynes wrote a masterpiece here. A legit heartfelt satirical masterpiece. I think you can tie a direct line from this song to the Jan 6 attack on the capitol. Psyched to go check out rest of his work.

[@SS-sk3sh]

Did Walt know Big Jim Webb?

[@JeffW77]

Replying because of reference to Satin Sheets. I saw Marty Robbins in 1979. He and band were wearing tuxedos. Marty introduced his guitar player, Jack Pruitt and said his wife Jeannie Pruitt sang Satin Sheets. Much applause followed. Jack was a very dignified presence on stage. I was fortunate to meet Marty after the show.

[@rosssoutherland8118]

@@SS-sk3sh oh yes. Walt produced those Del Reeves records. I love all those older guys that played pedal steel. They’re true Hero’s. I spoke to Buddy Emmons about 5 years before Walt’s passing and he told me Walter gave him his break with Little Jimmy. What a gracious Mozart on the double neck Buddy was….

[@williammahoney2113]

Great song

[@evelyntenney8557]

I remember my dad singing to this song when I was a kid and I was only like seven years old I can remember it like it was yesterday when we would be traveling in the car it was just amazing to remember that

[@Johnny-xw7mf]

You can tell by listening to Dell we no longer have real Country Music today shine Dell shine wooooooo ❤Johnny From Alabama

[@MikeBlitzMag]

A perfect example of why 1965 remains the best year EVER for music. This single was out at the same time as everything from Leroy by Norma Tracey and The Birds And The Bees by Jewel Akens to El Pussy Cat by Mongo Santamaria and Susan Wayne's Think Summer. You can't beat that kind of rich diversity. And Franklin Delano Reeves always got the job done. Magnificent.

[@jonnyrox116]

This shit never gets old...great beat, great guitar, clever lyrics...near the big ole highway...doodle do do do!!

[@Real_american-x7d]

This was my grandpa jimmy’s favorite song a trucker in the 11th armor cav in Vietnam and a civilian trucker in the 1970s and early 80s he went to heaven in his rig in a canyon in Arizona in 83

[@Charlesheusel62]

Del Reeves made this an iconic Truck Drivers Gear jamming song. I wonder how many truck drivers had wrecks looking at that billboard in St. Louis, MO ? Naked Woman on the billboard!

[@GrossNational]

The girl wearing nothing but a smile and a towel in the picture on the billboard in the field near the big old highway. Doodle doo doo doo... The man's having an existential crisis while operating heavy equipment!

[@1956MercM260]

I miss this great music. Better times in many ways.

[@philgiesbrecht]

One of my ALL TIME FAVOURITES! ! ! !

[@atp1962]

Love Del Reeves music, good ole country boy from North Carolina, I think around Sparta, near the VA border.

[@MyRebel44]

He was one of the best

[@kande6916]

Del Reeves is the real deal and a true country ledgend!!!

[@daniel60297]

i like this music, from Madrid Spain

[@TheSicamousman]

A lot of folks don't realize that he was singing about the old Coppertone suntan lotion ads.

[@kenwaymore7871]

From "Second Fiddle To A Steel Guitar" (1965).

[@billrose1981]

Listen in 2024😊

[@JosephCunningham-q1c]

My favorite type of music I'm from Memphis TN the missippi delta country Shelby county west tennessee it's on the missippi I'm a musician too and a Christian man I'm german Jewish ✡️ man and part Cherokee and Irish American I'm Elvis presley first cousin grew up in Memphis TN all my life on the missippi river I live in California right now I want to go back their it's better than here

[@chiefslief1886]

👍🏻🇱🇺👍🏻beautiful music

[@BBslider001]

So good it almost hurts. Thanks for posting

[@dorrenclement7647]

love this song while workin on the railroad

[@ulfschmetz324]

Das ist doch mal ein alltime hit

[@stevensmith8666]

He was my great great double great grand triple poppy. And I was his what-I-said. ❤

[@chenzenzo]

Ain't nothing like Del Reeves to remind you you're still haulin' ass down the line. Keep on trucking buddies! That's a big ole ten four from you're old pal laughing.

[@dylanwilson716]

He is my great grand pop this is my granite Norris's brother

[@dman0042]

Fist Of InsanityHD No hes not

[@soulman4692]

The good old times !!!

[@natwhite1679]

Does somebody have outlaw by Red Foley and why has it been taken off KZbin. It's from the same T.V. show.

[@Amoeba744]

Great song its so chatchy.

[@SS-sk3sh]

Can anyone confirm or deny the name of the steel player is Big Jim Webb?

[@southerncross3638]

Excellent.

[@sammymartin2810]

Was that Webb perice in the red suit

[@Joe_Okey]

I just stumbled on to your question today. No, it is not Webb Pierce, he appeared later on during this movie near the end. Here is the full movie (Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar from 1965) kzbin.info/www/bejne/g33OgY2Ni5WUoJY

[@JC-cr5ty]

He is my grandson

[@maidenrulz73]

Jesse Crotts that would make you about 196 years old right?

[@JC-cr5ty]

I guess your right! I have no idea wrote this comment. Pretty funny though.

[@maidenrulz73]

Jesse Crotts lol

[@chiefslief1886]

⚘💓⚘👍👍🎶🎶🎶

[@toddmcmahan5582]

Elvis should have recorded that

[@ukrandr]

Who is the guy that introduces Del Reeves?

[@kenwaymore7871]

That would be Merle Kilgore.

[@ukrandr]

Thank you

[@HGates-hl4eq]

😊

[@samsenter6282]

He definitely was

[@dylanwilson716]

IM NOT LYING I MEAN IT

[@grantalbrecht7206]

1965 out by Fisher's

[@countrydj2]

He would have been 92 today, RIP.

[@keithmedovich6889]

No big long beard or body piercings. WTF ?

[@joecovert2214]

doodle du du du!!