Diesel On My Tail

[@jackleake4016]

From one trucker to another this is the song of all time

[@davidletourneau2572]

look for a bever on my lap you will like it to

[@lisanelson302]

my uncle wrote the lyrics to this song. He passed away when I was five but I still have his songs, my mom his memory.

[@jennifursun3303]

wish i could have told him thanks. was this a real life experience do you know

[@lisanelson302]

jennifur sun it was actually based off an experience my mom and dad had in their way back to Tennessee from California. My Mom told Jim about the experience and it gave him the idea for this song.

[@unseen6455]

Old country better than new country that's for sure

[@rmx77]

TheJanka51 well todays country sells albums while the other music makes very little. i prefer lots of old stuff myself even though i am 28 i appreciate the fine old music

[@killerjoy10]

TheJanka51 Ten-4

[@deborahmuntz4149]

Nothing better than the smell of deisel

[@johndeerenanjohndeereman]

Unseen yes very true

[@wulfmountainpath3719]

Yep

[@jodiharris4930]

My dad used to play this in our little Merc Comet going down the highway. Good memories!

[@lonniebeavers7794]

Haven't heard this in over 50 years . Thanks !!

[@DrOlds7298]

Dedicated to all the Prius drivers......:D :D

[@DTittle]

This happens far too often unfortunately. Almost 8 years ago a goofy woman drove out in front me in a mini-van and I was in a loaded coal truck. I was only 50-60 yards away when she jumped out in the road. I was getting ready to slam her van and saw two kids probably from 8-10 in age in the back. I took the woods. Totaled the truck,slung coal every where and ended up having to be cut out of the cab. For my efforts I ended up with a severe concussion,broken left collar bone,broken right wrist,4 cracked ribs and over 50 stitches in several cuts to my face and head. What a day.

[@yanssi3]

+Donald TittleJr u did the right thing donald kudos bro!!!

[@kathyfisher5449]

+Donald TittleJr Never cut off a truck. Ever. When I see that I see red. They can't stop on a dime and I am so sorry to hear you were injured. Let a truck in... as soon as he can he will be back out of your way! Further if you are stuck in bad weather follow a trucker they know the road like the back of their hand. Kudos to you for your choice of path.

[@DTittle]

Kathy Fisher I appreciate the kind words. I guess it all goes back to they way I was raised. I was brought up to believe that to give your life to save another/others is what you're supposed to do. I've never known any other way of thinking. I credit my parents (even though they divorced when I was 6 both still remained fully involved my life) but also my maternal grandmother (1910-1991) who told me of my family ancestry. Irish,Scots-Irish,Cherokee and Welsh. To her and her generation as with her parents and their parents generations honor above all else was their way of thinking. My granny always said,"God hates a coward". She didn't say that to instill fear but to show me that standing up for what's right,defending those who can't defend themselves and telling the truth no matter what is the only way to live. Period. I've always tried to remember that. Take care. God bless.

[@kathyfisher5449]

God Bless you too. I have driven across Canada 5 times from Van to Ont and I truly appreciated the truckers on a number of occasions including where to have dinner - you know the best stops! :) (Once through the US also and if I got confused I asked a trucker). :)

[@Patriot1776]

+D Tittle1964 God Bless You! You DID THE RIGHT THING!!! I am THANKFUL you managed to survive with only getting busted up real bad and not 'buried under 20 tons of steel' like in the Jimmy Martin son 'Widowmaker'.

[@neilprocter]

The Plainsong album In Search of Amelia Earhart is one of my all time favourites, and it includes a brilliant fast-picked version of this.

[@jeffreysimpkins6123]

Everything from socks to jeeps and tanks have been behind a truck 7 times before they reached the final destination.

[@rwaitt14153]

I dedicate this song to all those Prius drivers out there. They may be cute and innovative on city streets but get those damn things off the open interstate and they are a disaster. They do not have the power to keep up with 75 mph Wyoming I-80 traffic. Though they are getting better. Still dumb to take a hybrid on a cross country trip though. Buy a nice turbo-diesel if you want to be efficient. We truckers run them for a reason.

[@fadingbeleifs]

Randall Waitt it's not just about efficiency... It's about sheer power and longevity

[@TV-8-301]

Why Teslas are better -- They can overtake you instantly!

[@tankingbeast1132]

I always think of my old 1999 toyota rav4 when I play this but now I have a 2010 with a v6 its not the same

[@oldermusiclover]

LOVE LOVE that dobro and fiddle

[@joannehines7954]

my awd dad done a lifetime lorry driving,he saved many lives by taking avoiding action due others mistakes,and it wasn't lorries he had to take this! many lorry drivers lost their lives,cars ploughed into them when they were roping and sheeting,my dad was an awd hand driver on R&W FEBRYS,His mate johnnie Cunningham had a ERF LV ARTIC,fibre glass cab,he has to take evasive action due to a car drivers mistake,his lorry jack knifed,the trailer hit the cab with such impact the cab disintergrated,the driver drown in his own blood due to a punctured lung, rest in peace johnnie and all the other lorry drivers that lost their lives! shame on those that slag trucks and truckers off!god bless trucks and truckers amen!

[@oldermusiclover]

trying to find out who played fiddle on this tune and soo love that dobro player

[@bradleyselk9642]

The inspiration for Dual.

[@davidclark2128]

This is the perfect song for Duel!

[@michaelbaker8319]

You guys should see the video where they put this song over it if you haven’t already! 👍

[@larryburton9369]

Thank you so much for this video 📸 great one 😊

[@PilgrimPiper]

Tyler Childers brought me here. Good stuff

[@richardwilson3400]

This should be the fourwheelers anthem cause it sure is the way those idiot's drive around us

[@jennifursun3303]

true but I have to say I had a trucker almost run me over on day going back to my old home town. passed him on a turn off, but must have hit him on a bad day . he tail gated me half way up the grade, and thankfully he could not keep up his speed and I could have way up the grade.wont tell you what I wanted to do to the guy. have know several truckers and they are nice guys but this one was a ,,,,,,

[@rwaitt14153]

@@jennifursun3303 Understandable. Some people are just grumpy jerks who want things their own way. But I have to say that Richard is right. In a truck you will have a dozen people a day, at least, swinging out ahead of you on the interstate going unsafely below the speed limit. You don't notice it too much in a car. But in a less maneuverable truck and the required split-second observation/reasoning/decision/action being a life or death thing, you get a bit peeved. It is legitimately infuriating. I could understand if they were pulling a boat or a camp trailer or something but they aren't. It is just normal cars that have no business being that slow as they merge onto (it is typically merging on, not off) Eisenhower's great interstate superslab. It is, quite frankly, being negligent in a way that could get someone killed. Most likely the truck driver because that's the unspoken part of the job. To yank the wheel off the road and take one for the team if trouble strikes. Sorry for the rant. I just want people to be more mindful. A bit of stepping back and reflection on what they could do better in the future (for all parties) wouldn't hurt either. Anyways, stay safe out there and don't be afraid to mash the skinny pedal when called for. Treat the freeway onramp like a pass on 1/4 mile track in a dragster. Open it up and merge with authority. It is not only the safest way to do it but it's also fun!

[@joannehines7954]

my dads long since passed away, he always wished he could have gone out for a run with the American truckers!

[@subzero0148]

I like this song

[@sue598]

My cousins. While living in Carfax, Virginia my Mom when send me over the Mountain to their house to get Buttermilk. I loved their Mom and I thought their Sister Stella was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen at that time. It was great having these two in our lives.

[@jennifursun3303]

love the Dobro on this song

[@danielkennedy1524]

GREAT song and pickin!!!!!

[@godisgreatjesusislord2278]

Such a good song

[@bettyboop19502010]

Always loved Flatt and Scruggs used to see them on the Beverly hillbillies on CBS they were a great duo

[@shobudsteeler]

Lloyd Green did play steel on this album, and some of the dobro licks in the turn-around remind me of Lloyd's machine-gun fast right hand technique. I believe it is him on this song.

[@shobudsteeler]

+jennifur sun It seems that I was wrong and it wasn't Lloyd Green on dobro on this session. Here is all the info of the session musicians that I was able to find: Jim McReynolds - tenor vocal/guitar Jesse McReynolds - lead vocal/mandolin Bobby Thompson - 5str dobro Lloyd Green - steel Roy Huskey - bass Buddy Harman - drums Larry Butler - piano Recorded: May/1967, Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville

[@jennifursun3303]

+shobudsteeler thanks interesting that a fiddle player isn't mentioned i swear i hear one but LOVE that dorbo

[@jennifursun3303]

+shobudsteeler Buddy Harmon seems to have been i great demand

[@jennifursun3303]

+shobudsteeler just found out that the fiddle player may have been 21 year old jim Buchanan

[@oldermusiclover]

@@shobudsteeler understand Bobby ALSO PLAYED FIDDLE

[@DerwoodPFreen]

Usually a CA plate pulling a bonehead move.

[@pyrogunner]

It's always the small cars that like to cut the big ones off or meet us left of center.

[@charlessmyth2917]

This song makes me smile when I'm driving my turbo desiel VW Jetta makes 90 mph easy she pours on the coal alright ..

[@rwaitt14153]

When this song was recorded the hottest compact available was a Corvair Monza and the industry standard were those old-style truck brakes with the blue button that didn't really do anything and a wigwag (the "kiss your ass goodbye" flag"). Roads were pretty scary way back when.

[@hobowalker1]

So close I can almost steal his license plate.

[@oldermusiclover]

I had one that was scared the H...out of me he was having a bad day and took it out on me

[@JoeRailfan]

Might be Norman Blake on the Dobro. Check out "You Won't Fall In Love" by the Dixieland Drifters (Norman's old band) on KZbin--he plays Dobro on that one too, in a very similar style.

[@radioactive9430]

i also do this and i have a detroit diesel

[@theoutsider4066]

So much better than the so-called 'country' of today.

[@baldy194859]

they don't get much better then Jim and Jesse !

[@thomashughes4859]

R.I.P. Jessie ... 🎸

[@caderamsey8878]

This has The movie Duel Made In 1979 Written all over it.

[@jamisonramsburg896]

71 actually, but yes it just bleeds Duel

[@oldermusiclover]

found out this was based on a true story of sorts

[@ravenshotlist]

snowman to bandit cutting afterburner going supersonic mach 3 boom boom

[@oldermusiclover]

Bobby Thomson on fiddle?

[@anitava11]

Tyler Childers brought me here

[@pinebluffs2724]

How’s that

[@oldermusiclover]

i hear a fiddle player does anyone know who it was

[@bobozard1105]

MY FIRST ATTEMPT AT TRYING TO MAKE MUSIC

[@baldy194859]

Volkswagen / pregnant rollerskate ! lol

[@SteelguitarLane]

Yes, but Jim and Jesse and the Virginia Boys never had a Dobro in the band, so I'm guessing that's a session man on Dobro

[@dillonburt2823]

Tyler Childers brought me here.

[@pinebluffs2724]

How’s that

[@jennifursun3303]

just saw something that i want to ask truckers about. it was a semi-tanker style truck that went by my sis-in-love and myself up here in the Bay Area. he had spokes of metal sticking out of the hub of the front tires, they looked like the ones they use in Ben Hur on the chariots to stab the horses and trip up the wheels i can't figure out how in Gods name they could be legal to use. Please let me know about this

[@S33N_S3]

they for looks,they go over the dirty bolts so it looks better me and my papa had some on our 2007 peterbilt 379 700 hp cummins twin turbo but we took em off because they kept falling off amd we put normal chrome caps on it

[@jennifursun3303]

@@S33N_S3 thanks they look dangerous to me

[@SteelguitarLane]

I'm wondering who's the Dobro picker? I'm guessing Jernigan. I've never heard Rugg, Green or Emmons play like that

[@oldie1946]

This is not the hit version. It had a steel guitar where this version has a dobro.This is more than likely from the 1979 session where they recorded it for CHM records at Sound Stage Studio Nashville. In this session no one was playing a steel but Lloyd Green was playing dobro.

[@BCShimDaddy]

i never vote liberal.

[@cahcah3194]

Ga overdrive on old 48 md