Red Simpson

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Truckin' Trees For Christmas 00:00 Tools
Roll Truck Roll 00:00 Tools
Six Days On The Road 00:00 Tools
The Highway Patrol 00:00 Tools
Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves 00:00 Tools
Hello, I'm A Truck 00:00 Tools
Truck Drivin' Man 00:00 Tools
I'm a Truck 00:00 Tools
Nitro Express 00:00 Tools
Roll, Truck, Roll 00:00 Tools
Truck Driver's Blues 00:00 Tools
Highway Man 00:00 Tools
Give Me Forty Acres 02:37 Tools
Motivatin' Man 00:00 Tools
Runaway Truck 00:00 Tools
Big Mack 00:00 Tools
Happy Go Lucky Truck Driver 00:00 Tools
Santa's Comin' In A Big Ol' Truck 00:00 Tools
Jeannie With The Light Brown Cadillac 00:00 Tools
Born To Be A Trucker 00:00 Tools
Johnny Law 00:00 Tools
Truck Drivin' Fool 00:00 Tools
My Baby's Waitin' 00:00 Tools
Sleeper, Five-By-Two 00:00 Tools
Jackknife 02:43 Tools
Truck Daddy 00:00 Tools
A Tombstone Every Mile 00:00 Tools
Out On The Road For Christmas 00:00 Tools
Bad Man Highway Patrol 02:37 Tools
Old Sam 00:00 Tools
Blue Blue Christmas (For This Truck Drivin' Man) 00:00 Tools
Sheriff Sam 00:00 Tools
Workin' For The Highway Patrol 00:00 Tools
I'll Be Goin' Home To Momma 00:00 Tools
25 Years On Patrol 00:00 Tools
Awful Lot To Learn About Truck Drivin' 00:00 Tools
Take Me Home 00:00 Tools
Piggyback Blues 00:00 Tools
Rules Of The Road 00:00 Tools
Sidewalk Patrol 00:00 Tools
County Sheriff 00:00 Tools
Mini-Skirt Minnie 00:00 Tools
Beaver On My Lap, Bear On My Tail 00:00 Tools
The Old Christmas Truck 00:00 Tools
Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer 00:00 Tools
Christmas Wheels 00:00 Tools
Black Smoke a Blowin' Over 18 Wheels (That's Home Sweet Home) 00:00 Tools
Dad Will Be Home For Christmas 00:00 Tools
You're Under Arrest 00:00 Tools
Gone Home For Christmas 00:00 Tools
I Burn Up The Roads That I Drive On 00:00 Tools
Black Smoke A Blowin' Over 18 Wheels 02:23 Tools
Highway Patrol 00:00 Tools
Little Toy Trucks 00:00 Tools
Toys For Tots 00:00 Tools
My Name Is Simpson 00:00 Tools
California Turn-Arounds 00:00 Tools
(Mary, Oh Mary) I'm Turnin' In My Star 00:00 Tools
The City Police 00:00 Tools
Roll Truck, Roll 00:00 Tools
Endless Black Ribbon 02:52 Tools
don't fall asleep at the wheel 00:00 Tools
Highwayman 00:00 Tools
I Got A Beaver On My Lap & A Bear On My Tail 00:00 Tools
City Police 00:00 Tools
I Got a Beaver On My Lap 00:00 Tools
Drivin' My Life Away 00:00 Tools
Eighteen Wheels a Hummin' Home Sweet Home 00:00 Tools
Under Arrest 00:00 Tools
Truck Drivin' Son of a Gun 00:00 Tools
Me and Ole C.B. 00:00 Tools
Lookin' At the World Through a Windshield 00:00 Tools
Gimme Me 40 Acres (To Turn This Rig Around) 00:00 Tools
Movin' On 00:00 Tools
I'll Have Another Cup of Coffee (Then I'll Go) 00:00 Tools
Motivation Man 00:00 Tools
Diesel Smoke 02:40 Tools
Jack Knife 00:00 Tools
(Mary, Oh Mary) I'm Turning in My Star 00:00 Tools
Looking at the World Through a Windshield 00:00 Tools
Diesel Smoke Dangerous Curves 00:00 Tools
Where Love Used To Be 00:00 Tools
Truckin Trees for Christmas 00:00 Tools
Party Girl 00:00 Tools
Truck Driver's Heaven 00:00 Tools
Rock Truck Roll 00:00 Tools
Awful Lot To Learn About Truck 00:00 Tools
Hello, I’m a Truck 00:00 Tools
Dolly Blues 00:00 Tools
Dream on Texas Ladies 00:00 Tools
Sweet Love 00:00 Tools
Motivatin' Man (Explicit) 00:00 Tools
Big Bank Robbery 00:00 Tools
I'm Turning In My Star 03:06 Tools
I’m a Truck 00:00 Tools
I'm a Truck - Alternative Version 00:00 Tools
It Ain't Even Halloween 00:00 Tools
The Flying Saucer Man And The Truck Driver 00:00 Tools
Dippy Daddle Love 00:00 Tools
I'm Turnin' In My Star 00:00 Tools
trucking trees for christmas 00:00 Tools
Lady of the Road 00:00 Tools
Truck Drivin’ Man 00:00 Tools
Good Old Truckin' Girl 00:00 Tools
Motivatin’ Man 00:00 Tools
George For A Day 00:00 Tools
I've Just Lost You 00:00 Tools
Nitro Express (w/Junior Brown) 00:00 Tools
Gas, Food And Lodging 00:00 Tools
Truck Driver’s Blues 00:00 Tools
Truckin' Man 00:00 Tools
Give Me Forty Acres (To Turn This Rig Around) 00:00 Tools
One Day With My Baby 00:00 Tools
Dreams Are Made For Fools 00:00 Tools
Just Kept On Truckin' 00:00 Tools
Black Smoke a-Blowin' Over 18 Wheels (That's Home Sweet Home) 00:00 Tools
Bill Woods from Bakersfield 00:00 Tools
Bull-Shippers 00:00 Tools
Drugstore Truck Driver 00:00 Tools
Sam's Place 00:00 Tools
Yip Yip 00:00 Tools
Don’t Fall Asleep At the Wheel 00:00 Tools
Sleeper Five by Two 00:00 Tools
Different Breed Of Cowboy / Roll Truck, Roll / Six Days On The Road 00:00 Tools
My Baby’s Waitin’ 00:00 Tools
I Fell in Love with You 00:00 Tools
Those Forgotten Trains 00:00 Tools
Big Bank Robbery, Part 2 00:00 Tools
Ukulele Bailey 00:00 Tools
Honky Tonk Women 00:00 Tools
He Reminds Me a Whole Lot of Me 00:00 Tools
I'm A Pretty Good Man 00:00 Tools
You're All Over My Mind 00:00 Tools
It's My Last Night In Town 02:50 Tools
Rolltruck Roll 00:00 Tools
I´m A Truck 00:00 Tools
I Just Cry A Little 00:00 Tools
Jericho Jones 00:00 Tools
Jacknife 00:00 Tools
Longest Run 00:00 Tools
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Joseph "Red" Simpson (March 6, 1934 – January 8, 2016) was an American country singer-songwriter best known for his trucker-themed songs. Red Simpson was raised in Bakersfield, California, the youngest of a dozen children. At age 14, he wrote his first song. Simpson was working at the Wagon Wheel in Lamont when Fuzzy Owen saw him and arranged for Simpson to work at his Clover Club as a piano player. He then got a job replacing Buck Owens at the Blackboard Club on weekends. Simpson was influenced by Owens, Merle Haggard and Bill Woods, who asked Red if he would write a song about driving trucks. (By the time Simpson handed him four truck songs, however, Woods had stopped recording.) Simpson began writing songs with Owens in 1962, including the Top Ten hit "Gonna Have Love." In 1965, Capitol records producer Ken Nelson was looking for someone to record some songs about trucking. His first choice was Haggard, who wasn't interested, but Simpson readily agreed. His first, Tommy Collins' "Roll, Truck, Roll," became a Top 40 country hit and Simpson recorded an album of the same name. That year he offered up two more trucking songs, both of which made it to the Top 50 or beyond. As a songwriter, he scored his first number one hit with "Sam's Place," recorded by Buck Owens. After that, Simpson decided to become a full-time writer. He returned to performing in 1971 with his Top Five hit "I'm a Truck," which had been written by postman Bob Staunton. In 1972, he debuted on the Grand Ole Opry and had two more "truck" hits for Capitol. In 1976, Simpson signed to Warner Brothers and released "Truck Driver's Heaven." The following year, he teamed up with Lorraine Walden for a series of duets that included "Truck Driver Man and Wife." In 1979, Simpson appeared for the last time on the charts with "The Flying Saucer Man and the Truck Driver." Haggard recorded his song "Lucky Old Colorado" in 1988. Later that year Simpson was diagnosed with skin cancer and underwent surgery, but he fully recovered and continued his writing and performing career. In the 1995, Red re-entered the studio to record a pair of duets with Junior Brown — "Semi Crazy" and "Nitro Express". Simpson performed frequently in the Bakersfield area, including a regular Monday night gig at Trout's in Oildale. Simpson's most recent release is "Hey, Bin Laden". He was also working on a project with Windsor Music tentatively entitled The Bard of Bakersfield. Simpson also appeared alongside Bakersfield business owner Gene Thome on his ode to Simpson, Haggard, and Owens "It's a Bakersfield Thing" released in early 2015. He died on January 8, 2016, at a hospital in Bakersfield. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.