DAVE DUDLEY-THEN I'LL COME HOME
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Dave Dudley was born with the name David Darwin Pedruska on May 3, 1928, in Spencer, Wis. He was raised in Stevens Point, Wis., and played on semi-pro baseball teams until an arm injury forced an end to his athletic career in 1950. Moving toward a career in country music, he became a radio disc jockey, working at stations in Wisconsin, Iowa, Idaho and Minnesota and formed the Dave Dudley Trio in 1953. Dudley was sidelined for several months in 1960 after being struck by a car while loading equipment following a performance in Minneapolis.Dudley first hit the Billboard country singles chart in 1961 with "Maybe I Do" on Vee Records. He charted again a year later with "Under Cover of the Night" on the Jubilee label. But he's best remembered for his 1963 recording of "Six Days on the Road," which spent two weeks at No. 2 on the country charts. Written by Earl Greene and Earl Montgomery, the song was passed along to Dudley by Jimmy C. Newman. Although Dudley was initially reluctant to record the up-tempo song, "Six Days on the Road" helped him land a recording contract with Mercury Records.Building his career on truck driving songs, Dudley charted 41 singles on the Billboard country chart, including "Truck Drivin' Son-of-a-Gun," "There Ain't No Easy Run," "One More Mile," "Trucker's Prayer" and "Truck Driver's Waltz." He scored his only No. 1 hit with "The Pool Shark," a 1970 duet with Mercury labelmate Tom T. Hall. Dudley and Hall also charted a follow-up single, "Day Drinking." Dudley's chart success continued through the '70s on a variety of labels including Mercury, Rice and United Artists. His last charted single, "Rolaids, Doan's Pills and Preparation H," was released in 1980. He died on December 22, 2003.Through his music, Dudley helped create an image of the American trucker that influenced several films and TV shows from the '70s, including Smokey and the Bandit and Movin' On. With his booming voice and a twanging lead guitar, Dudley's recording of "Six Days on the Road" also had an impact on a new generation of musicians. The song was later recorded by Gram Parsons (both as a solo artist and with the Flying Burrito Brothers), Steve Earle, George Thorogood & the Destroyers and Sawyer Brown.
FREDDIE HART-AS LONG AS I LIVE
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Country music is full of rags-to-riches stories, but few took longer to unfold than Freddie Hart's -- his chart-topping hit "Easy Loving" arrived nearly 20 years into his recording career.Hart was born Fred Segrest on December 21, 1926, in Loachapoka, Alabama. He was one of 15 children from a poor sharecropper's family that struggled to provide enough food for its members, but shared a love of music and the Grand Ole Opry.Hart began playing guitar at the age of five, and joined the Civilian Conservation Corps at 12. He falsified his age to enlist in the Marines at the age of 14 and fought in the Pacific during World War II. He earned black belts in jujitsu and judo, and made his first public appearances singing at officers clubs.After leaving the military, he decided to pursue country music as a career and adopted the stage name "Freddie Hart." Wayne Raney and Lefty Frizzell helped him place his first songs and sign with Capitol Records in 1953. At his second Capitol session, he recorded an original song titled "Loose Talk" that Carl Smith covered and took to number one. Hart moved to Columbia Records in 1956 and appeared regularly on the Town Hall Party television program with Frizzell, Tex Ritter, Johnny Bond, and other country stars.Despite the exposure, Hart's recordings weren't selling very well at this stage, but his songs continued to be recorded by other artists. He finally began charting moderate hits in the late '50s and early '60s with songs such as "The Wall," "Chain Gang," and "The Key's in the Mailbox." He moved from label to label in the '60s and in 1970 he returned to Capitol Records. His first hits for the label were again minor at best, and Capitol dropped him from their roster. Then, in 1971, a DJ began playing "Easy Loving" from the album of the same name, and it climbed to number one, winning the Country Music Association Song of the Year award and crossing over to the pop Top 40.Hart followed up "Easy Loving" with an incredible string of hip, sexy love songs that raced to the highest rungs of the country chart. He was able to sustain the momentum well into the '70s, and rounded out the decade as one of its Top 20 country hitmakers. When Hart's chart performance declined toward the end of the '70s, he left Capitol for Sunbird and made several moderate hits. His final hit came in 1987, but he continued to perform into the 21st century, recording a gospel album in 1996 and making personal appearances in Branson, MO. Outside of music, Hart owned a trucking company and operated a school for children with disabilities, but country fans will always remember him for his phenomenal run of sweet and sexy country hits in the early and mid-'70s. ~ Greg Adams, All Music Guide
BOXCAR WILLIE-COUNTRY MUSIC NIGHTMARE
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Boxcar Willie was perhaps the most successful invented character in the history of country music. With his kitschy persona and stage act -- highlighted by his amazingly accurate impersonation of a train whistle -- Willie played into the stereotype of the lovable, good-natured hobo who spent his life riding the rails and singing songs. Since his popularity had more to do with his image than his music, it makes sense that he was massively successful in England, where he personified Americana. Willie's English success carried him over to American success in the early '80s, where he ironically was perceived as carrying the torch for traditional country, because he kept the stereotypes alive.Born Lecil Travis Martin, Boxcar Willie never worked on the railroads -- his father did. However, Willie loved the railroads and kept running away to ride the trains when he was a child. He also loved country music, particularly the songs of Jimmie Rodgers, Roy Acuff, and Ernest Tubb. As a teenager, Boxcar Willie would perform under his given name, eventually becoming a regular on the Big D Jamboree in Dallas, TX. In his early twenties, he served in the Air Force. After he left the service, he continued to sing in clubs and radio shows. In the late '50s, he began performing as Marty Martin, while working blue-collar jobs during the day. Marty Martin released an album, Marty Martin Sings Country Music and Stuff Like That, around 1958, but it was ignored.In the mid-'60s, Martin wrote a song called "Boxcar Willie," based on a hobo he saw on a train. Martin continued to struggle in his musical career until the mid-'70s. By that time, he had become a DJ in Corpus Christi, TX. In 1975, he decided to risk everything he had on one final chance at stardom. He moved to Nashville and developed the Boxcar Willie character, using his song as the foundation. Initially, Boxcar Willie wasn't very successful, but he had a lucky break in 1976 when he was called in to replace a sick George Jones at a Nashville club. During that performance, he was spotted by Drew Taylor, a Scottish booking agent. Taylor brought Boxcar Willie over to England for a tour, where he was enthusiastically received. Later that year, he released his first album, which was a moderate success in the U.K. Through the rest of the '70s, Willie toured Britain and every tour was more successful, culminating in a performance at the International Country Music Festival at Wembley in 1979. After his Wembley show was finished, he received a standing ovation -- the performance established Boxcar Willie as a star. His next album, King of the Road, became a huge success in England, reaching number five on the album charts; the record was helped immeasurably by its accompanying television advertisements, which sold the record through the mail.By the end of 1980, Willie had become the most successful country artist in England, and his American success had just begun. King of the Road was available through an American television advertisement. "Train Medley" was a minor hit on the country charts, and he was becoming a popular attraction on U.S. concert circuits. In 1981, he received a spot on the Country Music Hall of Fame's Walkway of the Stars and became a member of the Grand Ole Opry.Boxcar Willie enjoyed his time in the spotlight, becoming a regular on the television show Hee Haw in 1982 and turning out albums as fast as he could make them. "Bad News" became his only American country Top 40 hit in 1982. In 1985, he played a hobo in Sweet Dreams, a film about Patsy Cline. By the mid-'80s, his star had faded, but he remained a popular concert attraction, particularly in England, into the '90s. Boxcar Willie died in Branson, MO, on April 12, 1999, after a three-year battle with leukemia. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
103 Mulberry Street (The Feud)
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Follow David Raspberry as he delvers deep into one of the greatest family feuds of all time, and be introduced to newcomer Boo-wu-tu-tu-wa of Jamaica (man)
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