Dave Dudley - Truck Drivin' Son Of A Gun CD - Import

 Unappreciated voice.
Dave Dudley never received the recognition he deserved for being a great vocalist. His fame as a singer of truck-driving ballads was great but he was a wonderful vocalist of all types of songs. This album shows off his great voice on a variety of songs.
Submitted by dpetermann (Billings, MT, USA) 
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 A Truck Drivin' Son of a Gun of a compilation
This compilation on Westside/Demon Music Group in the UK is by far the best overview of his talent available on CD, even if it doesn't contain "Six Days On The Road." The reason why is that this is a compilation of his top 40 country chart hits on Mercury in which the original hit recording of "Six Days On The Road" was not released on, in fact, it was on Dave's Golden Wing label and when the followup hit, Cowboy Boots came out, he changed the name of his label to Golden Ring because Mercury had a Wing label being used as their budget priced imprint. The version of "Six Days" he recorded for Mercury is a re-recording, available on CD on the Millennium Collection, and not the hit version, which can be found on Time-Life and Rhino country compilations. But the songs on here are the cream of the crop of his Mercury years including the classic title song, "Last Day In The Mines," "Mad," the Kris Kristofferson penned "Vietnam Blues," "Trucker's Prayer," "Keep On Truckin'," and his only #1 country chart hit, the Tom T. Hall penned "The Pool Shark." Purchase this CD for a near definitive overview of Dave Dudley in his truck drivin' prime and enjoy the "Truck Drivin' Son of a Gun" once again.
Submitted by cbsolson (Bemidji, Minnesota USA) 
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 Just Billiant
I am Johnny Cash fan and I thought he was the greatest country singer I've ever heard. I then it came across Dave Dudley, what a performer he is absolutely brilliant. I can't get enough of him. The only thing I'm really sad about is the man has passed away, but at least his music lives on.
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