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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 on 5 October 1987 as the sixth track (or first track on side 2) on the 1987 compilation album ''[[Legend (Lynyrd Skynyrd album)|Legend]]''. "Truck Drivin' Man" was also released as a single in November, 1987, on the B-side of "When You Got Good Friends".<ref>{{cite AV media | people = [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] (artist); [[Al Kooper]] (producer) |date=November 1987 |title=Truck Drivin' Man |type=Vinyl |location=Doraville, Georgia |publisher=Duchess Music Corporation/[[MCA Records|MCA]] and Get Loose Music, Inc./[[Broadcast Music, Inc.|BMI]] |id=MCA-53206}}</ref> The song was subsequently included on [[Skynyrd's Innyrds]] in 1989 and in 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 on 5 October 1987 as the sixth track (or first track on side 2) on the 1987 compilation album ''[[Legend (Lynyrd Skynyrd album)|Legend]]''. "Truck Drivin' Man" was also released as a single in November, 1987, on the B-side of "When You Got Good Friends".<ref>{{cite AV media | people = [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] (artist); [[Al Kooper]] (producer) |date=November 1987 |title=Truck Drivin' Man |type=Vinyl |location=Universal City, CA |publisher=Duchess Music Corporation/[[MCA Records|MCA]] and Get Loose Music, Inc./[[Broadcast Music, Inc.|BMI]] |id=MCA-53206}}</ref> The song was subsequently included on [[Skynyrd's Innyrds]] in 1989 and in the 1991 ''[[Lynyrd Skynyrd (album)|Lynyrd Skynyrd]]'' [[box set]].





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"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 on 5 October 1987 as the sixth track (or first track on side 2) on the 1987 compilation album Legend. "Truck Drivin' Man" was also released as a single in November, 1987, on the B-side of "When You Got Good Friends".[2] The song was subsequently included on Skynyrd's Innyrds in 1989 and in the 1991 Lynyrd Skynyrd box set.


"Truck Drivin' Man" spent seven weeks on Billboard's Album Rock Tracks,[3] peaking at number 12.[4]

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. ^ Lynyrd Skynyrd (artist); Al Kooper (producer) (November 1987). Truck Drivin' Man (Vinyl). Universal City, CA: Duchess Music Corporation/MCA and Get Loose Music, Inc./BMI. MCA-53206.
  3. ^ "Album Rock Tracks". Billboard. 99 (45): 15. Nov 7, 1987 – via ProQuest.
  4. ^ "Album Rock Tracks". Billboard. 99 (42). New York: 15. Oct 17, 1987 – via ProQuest.