Download Instrumental    Jason is from Spencer, Wisconsin.. I have no idea where that is (other than Wisconsin), but the man wants backup tracks to a song called “Six Days on the Road”.  It’s a song almost anyone can sing… and that’s right up my alley.

The funny thing is…. the artist who had a huge hit with this song in 1963 was Dave Dudley – also from Spencer, Wisconsin.  Could this be the reason Jason is so anxious to get these backups?  None of my business.  Dudley built a career out of truck-driving songs even though he had never set foot inside a semi.  His songs included “One More Mile”, “Trucker’s Prayer” and “Truck Driver’s Waltz”.  His musical influence was behind the Burt Reynolds movie Smokey and the Bandit  and had an impact on a whole new generation of musicians.  His last single, released in 1980, was “Rolaids, Doan’s Pills, and Preparation H” (think about it).

The melody to this tune is a little repetitive, but it’s the words that make the song.  My favorite verse includes the lines: “I could have a lot of women but I’m not like some other guys/ I could find one to hold me tight, but I could never make believe it’s right”.  Imagine that – a trucker who doesn’t have the morals of an alley cat.  Refreshing…

[It’s on the Country List]