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Red Simpson's first album of truck songs is a classic, and a fresh, rousing, unpretentious look at the joy, adventure, and loneliness of the road. The title song, authored by Tommy Collins, is the best and most serious song here, with a lot of heart in the writing and in the performance by Simpson -- who speaks part of it with an honesty that a lot of actors would kill to capture in their work -- and it was a Top 40 country hit. Not everything here comes close to the complexity of that number -- there might to one too many songs about drivin' big ol' trucks wherever -- but numbers like "Nitro Express" and (natch) "Six Days on the Road" keep a good beat, and "Truck Driver's Blues," living up to its promise, is a slow honky-tonk number. Hearing this record again after a lot of years, one is sort of sorry that Red Simpson never got together with, say, Commander Cody on an album.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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℗ 1965 Capitol Records Nashville
Red Simpson, MainArtist - Ken Nelson, Producer - Tom Collins, Composer
℗ 1965 Capitol Records Nashville
Red Simpson, Composer, MainArtist - Ken Nelson, Producer
℗ 1965 Capitol Records Nashville
Red Simpson, MainArtist - Ken Nelson, Producer - John Green, Composer - Earl Green, Composer
℗ 1965 Capitol Records Nashville
B. Owens, Composer - Red Simpson, Composer, MainArtist - Ken Nelson, Producer
℗ 1965 Capitol Records Nashville
Red Simpson, MainArtist - Ken Nelson, Producer - Curtis Leach, Composer
℗ 1965 Capitol Records Nashville
B. Owens, Composer - Red Simpson, Composer, MainArtist - Ken Nelson, Producer
℗ 1965 Capitol Records Nashville
Red Simpson, MainArtist - Ted Daffan, Composer - Ken Nelson, Producer
℗ 1965 Capitol Records Nashville
Red Simpson, MainArtist - Ken Nelson, Producer - June Davis, Composer
℗ 1965 Capitol Records Nashville
Red Simpson, Composer, MainArtist - Ken Nelson, Producer - Buck Owens, Composer
℗ 1965 Capitol Records Nashville
Carl Montgomery, Composer - Red Simpson, MainArtist - Ken Nelson, Producer - Earl Green, Composer
℗ 1965 Capitol Records Nashville
Red Simpson, Composer, MainArtist - Ken Nelson, Producer
℗ 1965 Capitol Records Nashville
Album review
Red Simpson's first album of truck songs is a classic, and a fresh, rousing, unpretentious look at the joy, adventure, and loneliness of the road. The title song, authored by Tommy Collins, is the best and most serious song here, with a lot of heart in the writing and in the performance by Simpson -- who speaks part of it with an honesty that a lot of actors would kill to capture in their work -- and it was a Top 40 country hit. Not everything here comes close to the complexity of that number -- there might to one too many songs about drivin' big ol' trucks wherever -- but numbers like "Nitro Express" and (natch) "Six Days on the Road" keep a good beat, and "Truck Driver's Blues," living up to its promise, is a slow honky-tonk number. Hearing this record again after a lot of years, one is sort of sorry that Red Simpson never got together with, say, Commander Cody on an album.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:29:03
- Main artists: Red Simpson
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: EMI Music Nashville (ERN)
- Genre: Country
© 1966 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1966 Capitol Records Nashville
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