The folk hero era of the long-haul truck driver in the mid-1970s pretty much peaked with C.W. McCall's Convoy if you ask me. Truckers were occupational heroes, anti-cop freewheelers, and more ...

Wynn Stewart wasn’t a substantial charting success, but his talent was definitely recognized. In fact, the likes of Buck Owens and Merle Haggard have claimed him as one of their biggest inspirations.

The following story was originally penned in 2016 by the most enthusiastic among trucking-culture enthusiasts, former "American Trucker" television series host and producer Robb Mariani, about a ...

The 1970s gave us some of the greatest artists in country music history. Artists like Guy Clark and John Prine released their debuts. Then, there were those who rose to fame during the decade ...

Pickup trucks are inescapable in America, and not just on our roads. Country music, the most distinctly American genre of them all, is as well-worn by mud tires as the parking lot at your local ...

In the 1970s, the country music charts were filled with artists who first found fame during the previous decade(s): to name a few, Glen Campbell, Dolly Parton and Elvis Presley. But there were also a ...

Clearly, I just don’t know my romances well enough, but there’s just something sad, like the unhappy ending to a sad movie, about the idea of Dave Barton and that 1958 Chevy pickup truck. For Barton, ...