Many of these recordings featured his singing piano star. Truck drivers blues by cliff bruner and his boys samples, covers. Bruner s music combined elements of traditional string band music, improvisation, blues, folk, and popular melodies of the times. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from cliff bruners texas wanderers at the discogs marketplace. Cliff bruner and his texas wanderers cliff bruner and his. Cliff bruner and his boys music, videos, stats, and photos. Theron eugene ted daffan september 21, 1912 october 6, 1996 was an american country musician noted for composing the seminal truck drivers blues and two much covered country anthems of unrequited love, born to lose and im a fool to care. Check out truck drivers blues by cliff bruner on amazon music. Other early rarities reflect varied styles and moods. Thanks to michel ruppli, not only for his books which i use daily, but also for a large amount of rare and unpublished data from his giant archive.
Scotts medicine show, a traveling caravan hawking a cureall called liquidine tonic. Bruners music combined elements of traditional string band music, improvisation, blues, folk, and popular melodies of the times. Their sales guaranteed him the attention of record. Sorry to say we dont have anything here for you to read about cliff bruner and his texas wanderers. In accordance with the directives of government and health authorities, we have temporarily suspended operations. Complete song listing of cliff bruner on cliff bruner songs list covid19. It is mostly 50s, 60s country that you and your parents and or grand parents weaned us on. The medicine show provided him with early employment, as it did for many other early country stars. Aug 25, 2000 cliff bruner covered one sweet letter from you, thats what i like bout the south, river, stay way from my door, you can depend on me and other songs. Bruner is particularly noted for his recording of ted daffans composition truck driver s blues the first trucker song ever committed to disc.
Explore releases from cliff bruners texas wanderers at discogs. Boyd, interviewer, oral memoirs of cliff bruner, 8141991. Cliff bruner violinist and bandleader who made texas swing. Many of these recordings featured future singer piano star, moon mullican, on vocals. Truck driver s blues, a shuffling weeper from 1939 by cliff bruner and his boys, was the first big hit, reportedly selling more than 100,000 copies. Cliff bruner and his boys truck drivers blues im tired of you. Explore releases from cliff bruner s texas wanderers at discogs. And i think it puts a lot of beauty into a tune jean a. Thats either because we havent got it finished or we havent found anything yet. Photos of american truck drivers from the 1930s and 1940s. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your. Since the first recording of truck driver blues in 1939 by cliff bruner, trucker music has grown in popularity around the world especially in north america, europe, and australia. Born in houston, tx, in 1915, bruner was performing professionally and wandering around texas in search of gigs by the late 1920s.
Mar 25, 2016 the first original song about truck driving appeared in 1939 when cliff bruner and his boys recorded ted daffans truck drivers blues, a song explicitly marketed to roadside cafe owners who were installing jukeboxes in record numbers to serve truckers and other motorists. Because the bandleader of his personal tx wanderers, bruner carved out a location in nation music background by concentrating on a brand. Bruners big band disbanded in the 1950s, however, he continued to play music, and his trio appeared in the 1984 sally field movie places in the heart. Cliff bruner clifton lafayette bruner, april 25, 1915 august 25, 2000 was a fiddler and bandleader of the western swing era of the 1930s. Cliff bruner originally did unfaithful one, out of business, it makes no difference now, ill keep on loving you and other songs. Bruner is particularly noted for his recording of ted daffans composition truck drivers blues the first trucker song ever committed to disc. In accordance with the directives of government and health authorities, we. Truck drivers blues by cliff bruner on amazon music. Perhaps his most famous hit was truck drivers blues, the first truck driving. This one takes a historical approach, beginning with the original trucker lament, western swing bandleader cliff bruner s truck driver s blues from 1939. Country western classic is a page dedicated to the country music we grew up on. And so we just learned then to just improvise, and still sticking with the melody, wed doctor it up a little bit. The singers provide an alphabetical list of recording artists who have cut trucking songs. Sep 28, 2000 cliff bruner violinist and bandleader who made texas swing.
Released on truck drivers blues 1939 popular covers by cliff bruner originally by ladds black aces released on i wish i could shimmy like my sister kate 1938. Clifton lafayette bruner april 25, 1915 august 25, 2000, known professionally as cliff bruner, was a fiddler and bandleader of the western swing era of the 1930s and 1940s. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from cliff bruner and his boys. Thanks to all my friends country music fans in czech republic vladimir pikora, michal gololobov, milos holecek, tony foglar, rene pavlik and petr vitous. In the late 30s, during the classic era of western swing, cliff bruner was one of the fiddlers who helped to create and develop that music by fusing country and jazz sounds. Bruners music combined elements of traditional string band music, improvisation, blues, folk. Ride, ride, ride on into town, theres a honky tonk gal a waitin ive got troubles to drown. Albums include theme time radio hour with your host bob dylan, season 3, swingbillies, and the smithsonian collection of classic country music. Bruners western swing big band disbanded in the 1950s after tv overtook radio and started the decline of texas dance hall music.
It was first recorded by cliff bruner and his group the texas wanderers in 1939, with moon. Cliff bruner the texas wanderer truck driver s blues, recognized as the first record about trucking. It was first recorded by cliff bruner and his group the texas wanderers in 1939, with moon mullican on vocal and piano. Bruners music combined elements of traditional string band music, improvisation, blues, read more. Sep 16, 2019 in the past due 30s, through the classic era of western golf swing, cliff bruner was among the fiddlers who helped to generate and develop that music by fusing country and jazz sounds. Unlike starday records classic 1960s lps with their wonderfully cheesy covers, this one takes a historical approach, beginning with the original trucker lament, western swing bandleader cliff bruner s truck driver s blues from 1939. The medicine show provided him with early employment, as it did for. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from cliff bruner s texas wanderers at the discogs marketplace. Apr 29, 2008 merle haggard song with pictures and video. Music profile for cliff bruner, born 25 april 1915. Many of these recordings featured his singing piano star, moon mullican, on vocals. He claims it started as far back as 1939 with cliff bruner s original recording of truck driver s blues and continues today.
Aug 25, 2000 bruner is particularly noted for his recording of ted daffans composition truck driver s blues the first trucker song ever committed to disc. Clifton lafayette bruner april 25, 1915 august 25, 2000, known professionally as cliff bruner, was a fiddler and bandleader of the early western swing era of the 1930s and 1940s. Truck drivers blues by cliff bruner and his boys discover this songs samples, covers and remixes on whosampled. Check out truck driver s blues by cliff bruner on amazon music. The song was recorded by cliff bruner and his boys in 1939 with moon mullican on lean vocals. Mar 19, 2017 country western classic is a page dedicated to the country music we grew up on. Truck driver s blues lyrics and chords these country classic song lyrics are the property of the respective artist, authors and labels, they are intended solely for educational purposes and private study only. If you have any information you can share with us such as news or magazine articles, books, song folios, photos, etc. Not only did bruner introduce such enduring classics as it makes no difference now, ill keep on loving you, and truck drivers blues, he also is one of the. Much of these recordings featured future singer piano star. Perhaps his most famous hit was truck drivers blues, the first truck driving song. Perhaps his most famous hit was truck driver blues the very first truck driving song. Trucking music virtual truck routes truckin country. Fiddler cliff bruner s texas wanderers were one of the most important and exciting bands in texas swing history, a group that stirred countless others and bridged the gap between the western swing sound of the 30s and the honkytonk sound of the 40s.
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