Rig Rock Deluxe: A Musical Salute To American Truck Drivers

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 3, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Upstart / Umgd
• ASIN: B000003NPE
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #149,045 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Truck Driving Man - Don Walser

2. Will There Be Big Rigs In Heaven - Buck Owens & His Buckaroos

3. Nitro Express - Red Simpson & Junior Brown

4. Miss Marie & The Bedford Blaze - Marty Stuart

5. Truckstop Girl - Kelly Willis

6. Mother Trucker - Shaver

7. Lookin' At The World Through A Windshield - Son Volt

8. Diesel, Diesel, Diesel - Del Reeves & Jim Lauderdale

9. Wagon Of Clay - Cheri Knight

10. White Freight Liner Blues - Steve Earle

11. Highway Junkie - The Yayhoos

12. Semi-Truck - Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun

13. Mama Was A Rock (Daddy Was A Rolling Stone) - Kay Adams & BR5-49

14. I'm Coming Home - Nick Lowe & The Impossible Birds

15. Truck Drivin' Man (Give It All I Can) - Bottle Rockets

16. Six Days On The Road - Rig Rock Deluxe

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best cd I bought all year!, November 27, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Rig Rock Deluxe: A Musical Salute To American Truck Drivers (Audio CD)

On the advice of Bill Kirchen, I bought this cd at a gig in April. Yee Haw! From start to finish, an honest to goodness romp through the world of trukin'. The absence of cheesy country pop is a welcome change you'll enjoy. Try the first two songs for a traditional sound, then get ready for some toe tapping hooks in "Diesel, Diesel, Diesel" or "Semi Truck". If you need a pick me up from the perfectly sad "Miss Marie and the Bedford Blaze", try "I'm Coming Home" or "Truck Driving Man" for some hot guitar to put you in the mood to wave at passing semi trucks just to hear their horn blow in the distance.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hot Licks, Cold Steel, and Trucker's Favorites, November 8, 2000

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This review is from: Rig Rock Deluxe: A Musical Salute To American Truck Drivers (Audio CD)

One way to escape the cheesy pop that passes for today's country music is to listen to some truck drivin' tunes that speak to the blue collar roots of real country music. This fine collection contains a number of classics updated by contemporary artists as well as tunes by the original artists. Highlights of this CD are Junior Brown's collaboration with the great Red Simpson on Red's classic "Nitro Express" which is as good as their collaboration on "Semi-Crazy" from the album by the same name. The Yayhoos update the genre with their raucous take on "Highway Junkie" while Bill Kirchen gears it up on "Semi-Truck." The songs by the women seem weaker to me because truck driving tunes just sound better when sung by a man. These songs tend to fall into the I'm-left-all-alone-while-my-man-is-on-the-road category like Kay Adams "Mama Was a Rock."

But that's a minor quibble. Get yourself this collection of truck driving CDs for your next long road trip; it'll make the hours on the freeway fly by.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AMAZON.COM Has The Greatest Truckdrivin CD Of All-Time!!, December 9, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Rig Rock Deluxe: A Musical Salute To American Truck Drivers (Audio CD)

This album is the best thing that has ever happened to truckdrivers since coffee and rest stops. Rig Rock Deluxe captures the feelings, plights of courage, and comradere of the unsung american hero- The Truckdriver. This album explores issues of the "absent husband syndrome" in a jammin song by Kay Adams and BRS-59, and existential spiritual questions that we all ponder as we trek across the open road, "Will There Be Big Rigs in Heaven" by Buck Owens and His Buckaroos. A great must hear album. Makes a great gift for anyone who has driven over eight hours to get somewhere. Check it out!