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Slim Jacobs
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KingCountryI@aol.com (Noah Tall)
2008-03-19 18:37:45 UTC
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I was just listening to "That's Truckdrivin' an instrumental on
Starday credited to Slim Jacobs. Anybody know anything about it ?

It sounds very UN-Starday like to me, almost too good . The guitarist
seems to be the same guy who played on all Dave Dudley's early stuff,
the steel guitarist sounds like Curley Chalker, and the twin fiddles
sound too good for Starday too, and sound like they came from Hank
Thompson's band.

Anyone have any info on the song, the artist, or the musicians.

Thanks in advance for any info.
Tom Kan PA
2008-03-21 12:24:24 UTC
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On Mar 19, 2:37 pm, "***@aol.com (Noah Tall)"
<***@aol.com> wrote:
Anyone have any info on the song, the artist, or the musicians.
Post by ***@aol.com (Noah Tall)
Thanks in advance for any info.
"That's Truck Drivin'" backed with "From Morning Thru Night"
was originally released on the Edisto label by Howard "Slim" Jacobs.

A 1965 issue, by Slim Jacobs on Starday (723).
It has "That's Truck Drivin'" backed this time with
another trucker's lament, "Give Me 40 Acres (To Turn This Rig
Around)."
KingCountryI@aol.com (Noah Tall)
2008-03-21 14:22:39 UTC
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Post by Tom Kan PA
"That's Truck Drivin'" backed with "From Morning Thru Night"
was originally released on the Edisto label by Howard "Slim" Jacobs.
A 1965 issue, by Slim Jacobs on Starday (723).
It has "That's Truck Drivin'" backed this time with
another trucker's lament, "Give Me 40 Acres (To Turn This Rig
Around)."<
Yeah thanks, I saw that when I did my search , BUT ... I was hoping to
find something out about him because the record is quite good, which
is unusual for the budget LP I have it on, and the Starday pedigree.

Bottom line, it doesn't fit or sound like a Starday record from that
Era, and as the post show IT ISN'T ! : ) It's a reissue from
"Edisto", which is why when I read that, I was wondering if anyone
knows anything about it.

There used to be someone familiar with Dave Dudley and his early
recordings who posted around here, and as I said I recognize the
guitarist as the same guy who played on all Dudley's early stuff ala
"Six Days On The Road" .

Add to that, I'd bet it's Curly Chalker on steel, and the twin fiddles
sound amazing for a 1960's independent, which leads me to believe
there might be some connection to Hank Thompson, which is why I posted
about it.

It can't have that much "history" all over it, and not have a story.
There's DEFINITELY more than meets the eye to that recording. Whether
or not we'll ever uncover it is another matter, but I'm obviously a
country music historian, and as soon as I heard the song, I was
immediately curious. Hence my post asking about it. : )

Thanks for your time and attempt at helping .

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