This song was not written by Haggard/Howard. It was written by Ted Daffan and first recorded by Cliff Bruner in 1939. Haggard wrote a song of the same title many years later.
According to the Encyclopedia of Folk, Country and Western Music, Ted Daffan's "Truck Driver's Blues" was the biggest country record of 1939. It is noted to be the first truck driver song.
This song was not written by Haggard/Howard. It was written by Ted Daffan and first recorded by Cliff Bruner in 1939. Haggard wrote a song of the same title many years later.
According to the Encyclopedia of Folk, Country and Western Music, Ted Daffan's "Truck Driver's Blues" was the biggest country record of 1939. It is noted to be the first truck driver song.