C.W. McCall - Greatest Hits

C.W. McCall | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 21, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mercury Nashville
• ASIN: B000001FE3
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,234 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Media Type: CD
Artist: MCCALL,C.W.
Title: GREATEST HITS
Street Release Date: 09/21/1993
Domestic
Genre: COUNTRY

Customer Reviews

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars C.W. McCall [Bill Fries] started as pitchman, May 21, 2000

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Stephen Joseph (SPRINGFIELD, MO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: C.W. McCall - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

Before there ever was "Convoy," there was the "Old Home Filler Up and Keep on Truck'n Cafe," featuring the original C.W.McCall, an actor on several TV commercials for Metz Baking Company, the Iowa based maker of Old Home Bread. Bill Fries, who was to later "become" C.W. McCall, worked as an advertising agency executive and did C.W.'s voice-over on the commercials. I met the original actors who played C.W and the "truck stop waitress Mavis" in the early 70's at a mall appearance in South Dakota.

Here are some of the words in one of those commercials:

(C.W. is driving an Old Home bread truck)

Down I-29 we was cuttin' the fog/ Just me and old Sloan, old was my dog/ We had ten on the floor with a stereo, lay'n a strip/ Well I spied a sign that said "Eat Gas Now"/ So I decided to whip in and get some chow/ At the Old Home Filler Up and Keep on truck'n Cafe

Part of another ...

Well I went inside, she said what'll it be?/ I said "a cup of your best and a number three"/ And I came back with a quart of hot 'C' and a bone for Sloan ...

In another ad:

Well, I popped the clutch, gave tranny a spin/ Took the BeeBee town ramp and slid on in/ To the Old Home Filler up and Keep on Truck'n Cafe/

C.W. started a "thing" going with Mavis when he asked her one night to go to a movie with him. The response:

Well now that sounds like a whole lotta fun/ But we's gonna have to wait until the dishes was done/ And was it all right with me if she brought along her mother as a chaperone. I said, Why not ...

It winds up that "The four of us went to see a picture show ... took 'em to a drive-in theater over by Pisga to see "True Grit./ Saw the late late show, Old Sloan hit the sack/ And along about two o'clock I hauled 'em all back/ To the Old Home Filler Up and Keep on Truck'n Cafe

When Bill Fries became C.W. McCall and recorded "Old Home Filler Up and Keep On Truck'n Cafe", his singing career was launched.

Then "Convoy" sent him into orbit.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars More than just "Convoy", June 23, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: C.W. McCall - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

This guy could narrate anything and I'd buy it. Basically, I'm an office-bound New Yorker, and this CD takes me to places I'm not likely to see. I listened to it five times in a row when I received the package. Story songs, serious songs, funny songs, you name it. This would be fantastic to listen to on your next road trip. Life is short; enjoy some Americana while you can. 10-4, see you on the flip flop good buddy.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wolf Creek Pass, May 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: C.W. McCall - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

Just returned from our vacation to visit some relatives and drove over Wolf Creek twice. It hasn't changed from when I was a little girl, snowed on us going over and the DOT was blowing up a bolder on the way back. We tried to find this CD in Pagosa Springs but didn't have any luck. I told my HD that Amazon.com would have it and, sure enough, you do. I owned this CD years ago when it first came out, seems like it was on an 8 track. Good to hear it again, Wolf Creek, The Silverton and Black Bear Road are my favorites. I guess it helps when you've been there, done that.