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"'''Truck Drivin' Man'''" is a "[[honky tonk]] strut" written by [[Ed King|Edward King]] and [[Ronnie Van Zant]] and recorded by American [[southern rock]] band [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] in 1973 as a demo song.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=American By Birth... (Southern by the Grace of God) |title-link=Lynyrd Skynyrd (album) |first=Andy |last=McKaie |first2=John |last2=Swenson |first3=Ron |last3=O'Brien |others=[[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] |date=1991 |page=53 |type=liner notes booklet |publisher=[[MCA Records]] |id=MCAD3-10390 |location=Universal City, California}}</ref> It was released posthumously as the sixth track (or first track on side 2) on the 1987 compilation album ''[[Legend (Lynyrd Skynyrd album)|Legend]]''. The song was subsequently released on other compilation albums, including the 1991 ''[[Lynyrd Skynyrd (album)|Lynyrd Skynyrd]]'' [[box set]].
"'''Truck Drivin' Man'''" is a "[[honky tonk]] strut" written by [[Ed King|Edward King]] and [[Ronnie Van Zant]] and recorded by American [[southern rock]] band [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] in 1973 as a demo song.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=American By Birth... (Southern by the Grace of God) |title-link=Lynyrd Skynyrd (album) |first=Andy |last=McKaie |first2=John |last2=Swenson |first3=Ron |last3=O'Brien |others=[[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] |date=1991 |page=53 |type=liner notes booklet |publisher=[[MCA Records]] |id=MCAD3-10390 |location=Universal City, California}}</ref> It was released posthumously as the sixth track (or first track on side 2) on the 1987 compilation album ''[[Legend (Lynyrd Skynyrd album)|Legend]]''. The song was subsequently released on other compilation albums, including the 1991 ''[[Lynyrd Skynyrd (album)|Lynyrd Skynyrd]]'' [[box set]].


"Truck Drivin' Man" spent seven weeks on [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard''<nowiki/>'s]] [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|Album Rock Tracks]],<ref>{{Cite journal |date=Nov 7, 1987 |title=Album Rock Tracks |journal=Billboard |volume=99 |issue=45 |pages=15 |via=ProQuest}}</ref> peaking at number 12.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=Oct 17, 1987 |title=Album Rock Tracks |journal=Billboard |location=New York |volume=99 |issue=42 |pages=15 |via=ProQuest}}</ref>


== Personnel ==
== Personnel ==

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For the country song written by Terry Fell, see Truck Drivin' Man.
"Truck Drivin' Man"
Song by Lynyrd Skynyrd
from the album Legend
ReleasedOctober 5, 1987
Recorded1973
StudioStudio One, Doraville, Georgia
GenreBoogie rock
Length5:16
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)Edward King and Ronnie Van Zant
Producer(s)Al Kooper

"Truck Drivin' Man" is a "honky tonk strut" written by Edward King and Ronnie Van Zant and recorded by American southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1973 as a demo song.[1] It was released posthumously as the sixth track (or first track on side 2) on the 1987 compilation album Legend. The song was subsequently released on other compilation albums, including the 1991 Lynyrd Skynyrd box set.


"Truck Drivin' Man" spent seven weeks on Billboard's Album Rock Tracks,[2] peaking at number 12.[3]

Personnel

Lynyrd Skynyrd

References

  1. ^ McKaie, Andy; Swenson, John; O'Brien, Ron (1991). American By Birth... (Southern by the Grace of God) (liner notes booklet). Lynyrd Skynyrd. Universal City, California: MCA Records. p. 53. MCAD3-10390.
  2. ^ "Album Rock Tracks". Billboard. 99 (45): 15. Nov 7, 1987 – via ProQuest.
  3. ^ "Album Rock Tracks". Billboard. 99 (42). New York: 15. Oct 17, 1987 – via ProQuest.


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