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