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		May 24th, 2000 ~ For Memorial Day, the first road holiday of the year, we speak with Red Simpson, who despite his not-quite-ready-for-the-Teamsters credentials (the only truck he'd driven was for Good Humor) was recruited by Capitol Records to sing trucking songs in the mid-60s. He went onto record great road songs like "The Highway Patrol" and "I'm a Truck." Listen To Hour 1 Listen To Hour 2 Share This

Hour One		Hour Two		Helpful Links
Key to the Highway Dinah Washington Back to the Blues, Roulette Key to the Highway Clifton Chenier Bon Ton Roulet, Arhoolie Travelin' Mood Snooks Eaglin The Complete Imperial Recordings, Capitol Hitch Hike Marvin Gaye The Master, Motown Truckin' Duke Ellington Duke Ellington and His Orchestra 1935-36, Classics Everybody's Truckin Modern Mountaineers Heroes of Country Music Vol.1, Rhino Instrumental: Truckin' Pickin' on the Grateful Dead Pickin' on the Grateful Dead, CMH Truck Stop Mills Brothers Cab Driver, Ranwood Motivatin' Man Red Simpson Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer, Razor & Tie INTERVIEW: Red Simpson Listen 40 Miles of Bad Road Duane Eddy Hot Rods and Custom Classics, Rhino State Trooper Bruce Springsteen Nebraska, Sony Instrumental: Feelin' Bad Blues Ry Cooder Music by Ry Cooder, Warner Going Down the Road Feeling Bad Woody Guthrie This Land is Your Land, Folkways Travelin' This Lonesome Road Bill Monroe 16 Gems, Sony Don't Let the Devil Ride Joe May Men of Gospel, Peacock Race with the Devil Gene Vincent Hot Rods and Custom Classics, Rhino Ride Into the Sun Luna Slide, Elektra		Open Bed: Born to be Wild The Moog Cookbook Ye Old Space Bande, Restless Folksongs for Our Time: Oh Dat Freeway System Stan Freberg Tip of the Freeberg, Rhino Action Packed Ronnie Dee Hot Rods and Custom Classics, Rhino Daddy Had a Buick Robert Earl Keen A Bigger Piece of the Sky, Pontiac Blues Sonny Boy Williamson Hot Rods and Custom Classics, Rhino Brand New Cadillac Vince Taylor & His Playboys Loud, Fast & Out of Control, Rhino Voodoo Cadillac Southern Culture on the Skids Dirt Track Date, Geffen Instrumental: Chicken Strut The Meters Funkify Your Life, Rhino INTERVIEW: Super Chikan Listen Fried Chicken Rufus Thomas The Hi Records R&B Years, Hi Eat that Chicken Charles Mingus Mingus Ah Um, Columbia Travelin' Blues Lefty Frizzell Look What Thoughts Will Do, Columbia All I Want Joni Mitchell Blue, Geffen Travelin' Light Billie Holiday Songs of Lost Love, Verve Long Road to Travel Lonnie Johnson American Roots Collection, Folkways King of the Road Wes Montgomery & Jimmy Smith The Further Adventures, Verve Travel the Road of Love Jimmy Rushing Rushing Lullabies, Sony

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