Miles Down the Road and Im Gonna Be Home Again Lyrics
| "Six Days on the Road" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by Dave Dudley | ||||
| from the anthology Songs Nigh the Working Man | ||||
| Released | May 1963 (U.S.) | |||
| Recorded | March 1963 Kay Bank Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota | |||
| Genre | Country, truck-driving country | |||
| Length | 2:24 | |||
| Label | Aureate Wing 3020 | |||
| Songwriter(southward) | Earl Green and Carl Montgomery | |||
| Producer(s) | Shelby Singleton | |||
| Dave Dudley singles chronology | ||||
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"Six Days on the Road" is an American song written by Earl Dark-green and Musculus Shoals Sound Studio songwriter Carl Montgomery, made famous by country music vocaliser Dave Dudley. The song was initially recorded by Paul Davis (not the same as the better known vocalizer-songwriter, full name Paul Lavon Davis) and released in 1961 on the Message label. In 1963, the vocal became a major hitting when released by Dudley, peaking at #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs nautical chart and swell the Top forty (#32) on the Hot 100, leading to it existence hailed as the definitive celebration of the American truck driver.[one] [2]
In 1997, more 30 years after Dudley'south version charted, country music band Sawyer Brown took the song back to the Hot Country Songs nautical chart, reaching #xiii.
Dave Dudley version [edit]
According to country music historian Neb Malone, "Six Days on the Road" was not the start truck driving song; Malone credits "Truck Driver's Dejection" past Cliff Bruner, released in 1940, with that distinction. "Nor is it necessarily the best," said Malone, citing songs such every bit "Truck Drivin' Man" by Terry Roughshod and "White Line Fever" by Merle Haggard and the Strangers as songs that "would certainly rival it".[ii]
Nonetheless, "Six Days", Malone continued, "fix off a faddy for such songs" that continued for many years. "The trucking songs coincided with country music's growing identification equally working human'due south music in the 1960s," he said.[two] Many country music artists and bands—including Alabama, Dick Curless, Merle Haggard, Kathy Mattea, Ronnie Milsap, The Howboy Catts, Jerry Reed, Del Reeves, Dan Seals, Reddish Simpson, Red Sovine, Joe Stampley, C.W. McCall, Steve Earle, among many others—recorded successful truck driving songs during the next 25 years. Several of those artists—Dudley included—became almost exclusively associated with songs nigh truck drivers and life on the road.
Dudley "strikingly captures the sense of boredom, danger and swaggering masculinity that often accompanies long-distance truck driving. His manlike interpretation, with its rock-and-roll overtones, is perfect for the song."[ii]
Allmusic writer Bill Dahl, called "Six Days" the "ultimate overworked rig driver'southward lament;"[1] indeed, the song'southward lyrics bemoan highway patrolmen, scale weigh-ins and loneliness for the narrator'due south girlfriend, and speak of using "petty white pills" to proceed him awake. Like Malone, Dahl also cited Dudley's voice as perfect for the song, every bit "his bottomless pipes were certainly the ultimate vehicle for its delivery, reeking of too much turbid java and also many non-filtered cigarettes."[1]
Dudley's version was as well played during the STS-iii mission as a wake-up phone call.[3]
Chart performance [edit]
Released in mid-May 1963, "Half-dozen Days on the Road" became Dudley'south first major hit, reaching #ii on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart that summertime. The record spent 21 weeks on this chart, and it too became a minor hit on Height 40 radio stations, peaking at #32 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was as well listed at #xiii on their easy listening survey.
Many truck-driving themed hits followed for Dudley, including "Terminal Day in the Mines," "Truck Drivin' Son-of-a-Gun" and "Truck Commuter'southward Prayer."
| Nautical chart (1963) | Pinnacle position |
|---|---|
| Usa Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] | 2 |
| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[5] | 13 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[6] | 32 |
Sawyer Brownish version [edit]
| "Half-dozen Days on the Route" | ||||
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| Unmarried by Sawyer Brown | ||||
| from the album Half dozen Days on the Route | ||||
| Released | 1997 | |||
| Genre | Land rock, stone and scroll, rockabilly | |||
| Length | 2:53 | |||
| Label | Curb | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Earl Greenish and Carl Montgomery | |||
| Producer(south) | Mark Miller, Mac McAnally | |||
| Sawyer Brown singles chronology | ||||
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Sawyer Chocolate-brown included the vocal on their 1997 album Six Days on the Road. Their version peaked at #thirteen on the land charts that year. They inverse the line "I'm taking piffling white pills" to "I'thousand passing lilliputian white lines", thus omitting the drug reference.
Nautical chart performance [edit]
| Chart (1997) | Summit position |
|---|---|
| Canada State Tracks (RPM)[vii] | 9 |
| US Bubbles Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[8] | 17 |
| Us Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[ix] | thirteen |
Year-end charts [edit]
| Chart (1997) | Position |
|---|---|
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[x] | 87 |
Other versions [edit]
Others who have recorded "Six Days" include Charley Pride, Del Reeves, George Jones, Red Simpson, Nev Nicholls, Ferlin Croaking, Boxcar Willie, Wolfman Jack, Motorpsycho, Red Sovine, Jim Croce, George Thorogood, the Flying Burrito Brothers, who are shown performing the song live in the picture Gimme Shelter, also as Gram Parsons and the Fallen Angels, blues guitarist Popa Chubby (for his 2008 anthology Fell State), New Riders of the Royal Sage and Tom Petty's band Mudcrutch. According to Dahl, ane of the best versions was a blues-rocking rendition recorded in 1969 by Taj Mahal.[1]
"Six Tons of Toys" [edit]
Dudley recorded a re-written Christmas version entitled "Six Tons of Toys" on his 1982 album Trucker'southward Christmas.[11] This was covered by Paul Brandt on his 1997 album A Paul Brandt Christmas: Shall I Play for You?.
References [edit]
- ^ a b c d [i] Dahl, Neb, "Six Days on the Road" at Allmusic
- ^ a b c d Malone, Nib, "The Smithsonian Drove of Classic Country Music" ((booklet included with The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Country Music 8-volume set). Smithsonian Institution, 1981).
- ^ Fries, Colin (June 25, 2007). "Chronology of Wakeup Calls" (PDF). NASA. Retrieved November i, 2018.
- ^ "Dave Dudley Nautical chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ "Dave Dudley Nautical chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
- ^ "Dave Dudley Nautical chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
- ^ "Height RPM State Tracks: Issue 3228." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. June 9, 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ^ "Sawyer Brown Chart History (Bubbling Nether Hot 100)". Billboard.
- ^ "Sawyer Brown Nautical chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1997". RPM. Dec 15, 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ^ "Trucker's Christmas". Allmusic . Retrieved 2008-12-08 .
Further reading [edit]
- Whitburn, Joel, "Meridian Country Songs: 1944-2005," 2006.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Days_on_the_Road
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