Old Woolie and The Rusty Blades Trucker Speed

This is a Fred Eaglesmith song.

[@rangerlobo5402]

Kickin real tune. 62yrs old an been draggin a skateboard most of those. Back in paper days I used to halfway joke that I lived on caffiene, nicotine, and ephedrine just to make my next load. Drivin today definitely aint the same, the soul is gone. Thanks for the reminder.

[@samhall7509]

Thanks, glad you like it. I'm guessing a "skateboard" is a flatbed trailer?

[@isaacnewlin7645]

@@samhall7509 yep

[@user-tn2xp2tm8m]

1:36 😅

[@DiamonDave1361]

..started in '87, still out here.. at 62 years old, those days of "the white lines"(& not the ones on the highway😂) are long gone.. drivin' 36-40 ours straight, catchin' n ass-whippin' in a "spring-ride" cabover.. great song brother..

[@samhall7509]

Thanks man.

[@AlbertoGonzalez-tc2ju]

All respect amigo ✌🏽

[@MattKearns-zi4rc]

That's a classic I thought you'd be there at the end of the line

[@user-lr1gi3ex8q]

😊 AWESOME song and great beat thank you for sharing this first song i here in 2024 ❤it

[@kgilliagorilla2761]

I listened to Commander Cody truck driver music a lot going back and forth to Shakey town.

[@allenfowlerjr1639]

Omg I love it I got off the road in 99 after 9 years pretty much running the west coast I never heard this awesome song

[@samhall7509]

Thanks man.

[@tonyfrancesco3701]

This song has the best line I have EVER heard in a country song , I was so lonesome I make Hank Williams look like a party of five . First time I heard it I was stoned , laughed my ass off

[@samhall7509]

Fred Eaglesmith has many great lines in his songs. You should check him out.

[@villainjohnnoel8075]

Hi from France, i drove interstate (longhaul) back when i lived in Australia. We had different names for them shakers, briquettes,rocket fuel, beans (hence a feed of beens). Looking back it's a miracale i'm still alive,what with the deadlines,the lack of sleep,back then those old bangers used to really move along. We had clutch pedals,gearsticks,and we were lucky (i'm 62) we had the "old timers" that used to kick our arse just before we were going to make a mistake or if you did stuff-up they'd make you re-do it properly.......give advice to a young inexpérienced driver nowadays..... Great song by the way.

[@samhall7509]

Thanks.

[@anthonychapman6531]

Cool take on Fred Eaglesmith

[@samhall7509]

Thanks.

[@oldtrucker672]

Been there. My theme song from the 1970's. Wild horses running across the road in front of me in New Mexico at at 3 AM.

[@kgilliagorilla2761]

And antelope heards standing at the side of the highway. At 3:30 am.

[@oldtrucker672]

@@kgilliagorilla2761 Susanville south to Reno, deer every night, all night long! Only those are real.

[@kgilliagorilla2761]

@@oldtrucker672 30 or 40 antelope at the side of the road will wake ya up. I drove the Feather River a few times to get over the hill when 80 was closed. Never went to Susanville. I never saw wild horses. Snakes, tarantulas, armadillos, turtles, yes. I’ve seen trucks torn up bad from hitting deer. All the Canadian trucks had grill guards back then.

[@oldtrucker672]

@@kgilliagorilla2761 Early one morning I left the landing with my load of logs and a half mile out two bear cubs came tumbling down the high bank side of the road. They didn't seem to notice the stopped truck, maybe 50 feet away. So they started playing around with each other for a half a minute until they stood perfectly still, just staring at me. Suddenly they just bolted down the bank, and I continued on my way to the mill feeling like I had a pretty special little nature experience. You just don't see things like that every day. Even herds of Antelope. I never saw them in a group like you did.

[@toddbankes3019]

Good song. Love B model pic!!

[@l.a.raustadt518]

Oh yeah my shifting hand is twitching! Left foot double clutching with this sweet tune! 🚛

[@samhall7509]

Thanks man.

[@jdkerrmusic]

In the late 90's I had a route from SD to El Centro and Edwards AFB - strange how life works, but I can positively relate to the lyrics in this song.

[@johnstecz9169]

Sounds like my early days of my trucking career,sure does suck now

[@lesliegibbons6917]

Didn't say a word about Dr Bells.Guess he never had the good stuff

[@richfields5238]

You got that right bro

[@MollyBirkimer]

I like it a lot

[@jerrykinnin7941]

Use to ride with Dad back when. Fresno to Boston 72hrs unload reload back to Fresno in another 3 days 3rounds a month with a week off.

[@jimmy_jamesjams_a_lot4171]

Sometimes I feel like my wheels ain’t touching the ground.

[@frankcorral4981]

Thats the line that had me nodding my head and saying "yup". 👍✌

[@ac-bh8pj]

This song rules! I have a radio show on KTPC-LP in Venice CA. 99.1fm. This is definitely on the next show. Thank you! Keep on keepin' it real. I wanna feel like my wheels ain't touchin' the ground RIGHT NOW, - lex talionis

[@samhall7509]

Thanks man, I really appreciate the klnd words. When is your show on and can I stream your station? Old Woolie and The Rusty Blades consists of myself, I play all instruments and do all vocals.

[@ac-bh8pj]

@@samhall7509 - Wow, how cool you replied! We're going to start to put the station on some streaming thing. Right now we're just a low power FM station that can only be heard on a radio. We're a bunch of Luddites. But I'll give you a big shoutout as well as Fred Eaglesmith. Your version rocks, though. THANK YOU!! - lex t

[@samhall7509]

@@ac-bh8pj Thanks again man. appreciate it and I'm sure Fred does too.

[@nickhadoulis3659]

Bad Ass True Song! I love it.

[@samhall7509]

Thanks.

[@oligorman999]

I like your channel is the best in the world 🌎🌎🌎

[@samhall7509]

Thanks man.

[@craigdouglasmartens7037]

Fantastic! Most enjoyable👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@samhall7509]

Thanks man.

[@danielgreen.6616]

Man wollie what a great tune!!! I was a truck driver for 2 yrs ran from east coast to west coast picking up fresh lettuce from California to Springfield Ohio. Man it was lonely!! I wrote a song called my 18 wheeler a tribute to all the truck drivers by Dan Green. It's on KZbin. Man you can really wale out a song I would be honored to jam with you some time love your style!!

[@samhall7509]

Thanks again, I really appreciate the kind words.

[@jb6319]

​@@samhall7509 you could have been honest instead of taking the credit

[@samhall7509]

Huh? Taking the credit for what? What are you talking about?@@jb6319

[@krishnakumarc9202]

Super trucking song

[@samhall7509]

Thanks.

[@geraldinebrock1311]

Awesome song

[@samhall7509]

Thanks.

[@OldJoeF]

An appeal to the heavens

[@chadcrawfordsongs5708]

2006 Mack 8 speed flying down the road not even knowing if wheels touching the ground lol great 👍

[@MattKearns-zi4rc]

Got the experience the paper log book in the montford Lane man what an adventure cabover no air ride you want air conditioning roll down your window dodging scales play I got a couple of thousand miles days

[@just-incase3483]

Fred eaglesmith sings it better, slower pace and it’s a heartbreaking song for sure!

[@samhall7509]

For sure man. Hey, he wrote it, he knows how it's supposed to sound right? My approach to covering songs is to do them differently than the original rather than a direct copy trying to sound like the original. That method has served me well so far.

[@patrickwatrin5093]

@@samhall7509 plus I feel like it's a better way to show your honor and respect for the original one by putting your own spin on it, cuz you keep integrity a part of the thing. You are covering it cuz it's good, you ain't masquerading as Fred eaglesmith. I tell my daughters that the more times a song has been covered the better it is in musicians eyes

[@samhall7509]

Very well said Patrick, thank you. I've played in several bands over the years where the object was to sound as close to the record as possible. Yeah, they were fun to a point but it stifles creativity.@@patrickwatrin5093

[@samhall7509]

Whoops, I hit reply too quickly. I'm done with bands now, it's a young man's game lugging gear, setting up, tearing down, late nights in bars, drunks, etc. I'm just gonna keep making these recordings, playing all instruments myself and enjoying doing it any way I like. None of these songs were planned to sound the way they do, it just happened. Thanks again.@@patrickwatrin5093

[@patrickwatrin5093]

@@samhall7509 no, thank you for your kind words. Keep on keeping on... like your wheels ain't touching the ground!

[@WE-The-People-July-4]

,👍👍👍🇺🇸

[@MattKearns-zi4rc]

Ontario 76 weekend layover back row I know more but I'm not telling

[@joelaichner3025]

Quality

[@PhilipGaby-ez7eq]

Oz car

[@igtgw]

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