Merle, Willie, George Strait, Garth Brooks, Marty Robbins, Patsy Cline, Brooks and Dunn, John Anderson, John Conlee, Ernest Tubb, Alan Jackson, Bob Wills.
Great song. I was a kid living in the South, but my parents were Yankees. They didn't care about the Civil War. But a few of my "rebel" friends had pictures of Stonewall Jackson hanging over their beds.
Being a Civil War buff, I had James Longstreet and Winfield Scott Hancock on my wall! Here’s one of my favorites, more or less a “Truck Driving”’song , which I guess would be a sub genre of Country. We listened to a helluva lotta Trucking songs too when I was a kid. The 8 track in Dad’s ‘72 LTD played all kinds of Country! Later on, driving a Freightliner as an adult, most of these songs became old standbys. I don’t drive anymore, I like being at home much better, but the music is still part of my life.
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"Preserving the Constitution, fighting off the nibblers and chippers, even nibblers and chippers with good intentions, was once regarded by conservatives as the first duty of the citizen. It still is." � Wesley Pruden
Hell Simon, if we’re gonna bring “Truck Driving” songs into this, We’re need a new thread! Too many to think about right now! But here’s one of the best. When this song came on the hammer went down, and the speakers in that Old Freightliner rattled!
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"Preserving the Constitution, fighting off the nibblers and chippers, even nibblers and chippers with good intentions, was once regarded by conservatives as the first duty of the citizen. It still is." � Wesley Pruden
"Being a Civil War buff, I had James Longstreet and Winfield Scott Hancock on my wall!" -7mm
I went to college in Milledgeville Georgia in 1976. Milledgeville is Deep South, in fact, it was the capitol of Georgia during the Civil War, and Sherman was nice enough not to burn it down. I lived in a cool old apartment building, my neighbor was a 68 year old lady. I was helping her carry some packages inside one day, and I noticed an elegant framed portrait of General Longstreet above the mantel.
I said "Isn't that General Longstreet?" She said, "Yes, he was my grandfather." I said "Well he certainly was a great general." She replied "Yes, but he came up a little late at Gettysburg. I believe had he come up sooner, we would have won that battle."
She spoke about it as though it had just happened last week. As our fellow Southerner William Faulkner said, "In the South, the past isn't dead, it isn't even past."
Oh damn, “The Dawn Attack” orders again! Old Pete was made the scapegoat of the Confederacy at Gettysburg, mainly because of the accusations of Jubal Early and some other Rebel Generals, who were more interested in hiding their own shortcomings there. A couple of books here that I heartily recommend, but I gotta Hunt them Up. Give me a minute, I’ll get back to you. 7mm
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"Preserving the Constitution, fighting off the nibblers and chippers, even nibblers and chippers with good intentions, was once regarded by conservatives as the first duty of the citizen. It still is." � Wesley Pruden
These two books cover “Old Pete’s” actions at Gettysburg far better than I can do by posting. Lee and Longstreet at Gettysburg Runs in my mind that several historians offered a sizable bounty to find any criticism of Longstreet before Lee died. Nobody ever collected. 7mm
"Preserving the Constitution, fighting off the nibblers and chippers, even nibblers and chippers with good intentions, was once regarded by conservatives as the first duty of the citizen. It still is." � Wesley Pruden
Here’s the other book.Lee’s Tarnished Lieutenant I believe that if you read these books, you’ll have a whole new view of “Old Pete”. 7mm
"Preserving the Constitution, fighting off the nibblers and chippers, even nibblers and chippers with good intentions, was once regarded by conservatives as the first duty of the citizen. It still is." � Wesley Pruden
I was a gear jammer for 8 years. Tough job. Here's Six Days on the Road.
"I got me ten forward gears, and a Georgia overdrive I take them little white pills, and my eyes are open wide..."
Great one ! Sawyer Brown Band, who I absolutely can’t stand did a great cover of it.
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"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
Hell Simon, if we’re gonna bring “Truck Driving” songs into this, We’re need a new thread! Too many to think about right now! But here’s one of the best. When this song came on the hammer went down, and the speakers in that Old Freightliner rattled!
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Loved Joe Stampley & Moe Bandy too !
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"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
This one by the Statler Brothers at least deserves Honorable Mention:
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And here’s a great remake of it:
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"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
He Stopped Loving Her Today Don't Close Your Eyes Stand By Your Man Crazy Jolene Hey Good Lookin' Friends in Low Places I Walk the Line/Folsom Prison Blues Amarillo By Morning You Never Even Called Me By My Name
Too many to think about right now! 
