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"Convoy" CW McCall (Dedication to the Truckers of Canada & USA)
YouTube.com ^ | 22 Jan 2022 | CW McCall

Posted on 01/23/2022 1:28:53 PM PST by ghost.of.patton



JD Rucker, TLD: Miles of Truckers: Canadian “Freedom Convoy” Tries to Save Our Supply Chain From Medical-Tyranny-Induced Collapse

Video of the Day:

Convoy [1978]
"Convoy" [1978]



For fun, make these #1 on iTunes:

Convoy [1978]
AppleMusic: The Best Of C.W. McCall, "Convoy" [1978]


Convoy [1978]
iTunes: Convoy (Uncut) [1978]


TOPICS:
KEYWORDS: convoy; covid19; mandate; vaccine
A Salute to the Truckers of Canada & USA.
1 posted on 01/23/2022 1:28:53 PM PST by ghost.of.patton
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To: ghost.of.patton

Breaker Breaker, one-nine! How ‘bout ya, front door? Any word on that smokey by mile marker 20?


2 posted on 01/23/2022 1:32:12 PM PST by ArtDodger
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To: ghost.of.patton

How’s the truck convoy going in Canada and is there one on tap for the US?


3 posted on 01/23/2022 1:32:36 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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To: ghost.of.patton

Let them truckers roll, 10-4!


4 posted on 01/23/2022 1:34:16 PM PST by cdcdawg (Everyone who disagrees with me is a Qtard blogger!!!!)
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To: ArtDodger

I enjoyed those days!

My CB handle was “The Midnight Rider”


5 posted on 01/23/2022 1:42:57 PM PST by Bobalu (Lord, keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth...)
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To: ghost.of.patton
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.

6 posted on 01/23/2022 1:52:19 PM PST by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: ghost.of.patton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqYTX7parRw


7 posted on 01/23/2022 1:54:12 PM PST by Kartographer (“We Mutually Pledge To Each Other Our Lives, Our Fortunes And Our Sacred Honor”)
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To: ghost.of.patton
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

8 posted on 01/23/2022 1:54:14 PM PST by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: Kartographer

Thank you for fixing the link, and fyi the song 1975 ...the movie 1978.


9 posted on 01/23/2022 2:03:50 PM PST by ghost.of.patton (May God have mercy on my enemies, because I sure as hell wont. ~GSP)
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To: ghost.of.patton

CBer 1: Breaker 1-9. How about a 10-36?(what time is it?)

CBer 2: Buddy I ain’t gonna give you a 10-36. ‘Cause then we are going ratchet jaw (chat) and you are gonna ask my handle (name) and my Home 20 (place I live). Then you will find out I have an 18 year old daughter and you are gonna ask if you can date her and eventually she will say you want to wed her.
But Buddy, I ain’t never gonna let my daughter marry a man who can’t afford a watch!
CBer 1: Come back
CBer 2: off air


10 posted on 01/23/2022 2:12:23 PM PST by ArtDodger
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To: pepsi_junkie
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.

11 posted on 01/23/2022 2:18:50 PM PST by SamAdams76 (I am 33 days away from outliving John Hughes)
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To: pepsi_junkie

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


12 posted on 01/23/2022 2:20:17 PM PST by Hieronymus
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To: SamAdams76

These ads ran heavily in the Midwest. I can still recite some of them from memory too many years later.

“And a bone for Sloan.”


13 posted on 01/23/2022 2:22:47 PM PST by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: pepsi_junkie

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.


14 posted on 01/23/2022 3:06:11 PM PST by crusher (GREEN: Globaloney for the Gullible)
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To: ghost.of.patton

It was the dark of the moon on the fifth of June, and a Kenworth pullin’ logs; A cab-over “Pete” with a refer box, and a “Jimmy” haulin’ hawgs!


15 posted on 01/23/2022 4:12:05 PM PST by Tucker39 ("It is impossible so to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." George Washington )
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To: ghost.of.patton

Brand new version just for this event. :)

https://rumble.com/vt51fe-we-gotta-covid-convoy-god-bless-our-canadian-truckers.html


16 posted on 01/23/2022 4:30:09 PM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: pepsi_junkie

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.


17 posted on 01/23/2022 5:13:40 PM PST by Mean Daddy (Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
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To: ghost.of.patton

Ginger Congo (wife) was telling me that Chip Davis of the Mannheim Steamrollers was C W McCall, but after looking it up I found out that Chip Davis collaborated with Bill Fries on the song but Bill Fries sang Convoy.


18 posted on 01/23/2022 5:34:17 PM PST by Doctor Congo
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