About Dave Dudley
Dave Dudley was an American country music singer best known for his truck-driving country anthems of the 1960s and 1970s and his somewhat-slurred bass. His signature song was "Six Days on the Road", and he is also remembered for "Vietnam Blues", "Truck Drivin' Son-of-a-Gun", and "Me and Ol' C.B.". His other recordings include a duet with Tom T. Hall, "Day Drinking", and his own top-10 hit, "Fireball Rolled a Seven", supposedly based on the career and death of Edward Glenn "Fireball" Roberts. Dave Dudley (May 3, 1928 – December 22, 2003) was an American country music singer best known for his truck-driving country anthems of the 1960s and 1970s and his somewhat-slurred bass. His father, then a local tavern owner, gave Dudley his first guitar at the age of 11. By May 1952, they had recorded their first single, “Nashville Blues” backed with “You Don't Care,” a 78 rpm disc released on Pfau Records of Milwaukee, Dudley continued playing tavern residencies and gradually built a local following.
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