[pepsi_junkie]

believe it or not I just saw a video about this song and CW McCall is not a real person. He was really an ad exec who created the character for commercials played by actors (not as a singer but some blue collar parts salesman). For some reason he decided to become his character and release music.

basically he was an ad exec pretending to be a fictional character who was pretending to be a singer. and it worked.

[pepsi_junkie]

basically he was an ad exec pretending to be a fictional character who was pretending to be a singer trucker. and it worked.

fixed typo

[SamAdams76]

CW McCall is actually Bill Fries and he was an utter genius in advertising.

During the 1970s (before "Convoy"), Fries did an ad campaigns for bread companies, which are considered by some to be the greatest series of TV commercials in history.

Here are a few of them. Pure Americana.

Old Home Bread - Blizzard

Old Home Bread - Flirting with Mabel

Old Home Bread - Mabel and her Mom get taken to John Wayne movie

Here's a few he did for Kern's Bread, still featuring Mabel and Sloan the Dog.

[Hieronymus]

All that information best remain classified

Speaking of Classified, during the late 70’s and early 80’s, McCall’s Classified was a staple on our local radio station’s swap and shop. Good song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wmhOFvMiOM

[crusher]

Yup, and even more bizarre is that the character/band CW McCall (Chip Davis and Jackson Berkey) morphed into Mannheim Steamroller, the immensely popular instrumental ensemble that was Rush Limbaugh’s favorite. I think I have five of their vinyl albums. Yes, vinyl — I am old.

[Mean Daddy]

Yep. He worked with Chip Davis of Mannheim Steamroller fame. Bill Fries (CW McCall) did really well with his Old Home commercials in the Midwest. Rush played MS music on his show at Christmas time.