Dave Dudley - The Original Traveling Man (1972) Vinyl LP • Truckers Country

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Vinyl plays nicely; a few light hairlines (play-graded). Cover has a few creases near edges; scuffing, surface impressions (front/back); sticker taped to top-left of front, top-right of back. Inner-sleeve is original (Mercury Ads). Spine is easy-to-read with wear and splits. Shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge and corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. (Hole-punch in top-right.)

Tracks:

1. Original Traveling Man
2. Bullshipers
3. My Body's At Home (But My Heart's On The Road)
4. Pullin' Double
5. 1953-Dear John-Honky-Tonk Blues
6. If It Feels Good Do It
7. You've Gotta Cry Girl
8. Rocky Top
9. Sometime In The Future
10. Singing Away
11. A Thing Called Love

About The Record:

The Original Traveling Man, by Dave Dudley, features the renowned Nashville A-Team session musicians, including Hargus Pig Robbins on piano and Pete Drake on steel guitar. It embodies the truck-driving country subgenre, with themes centered on the life of long-haul truckers, reflecting Dudley's signature style that helped pioneer the genre in the 1960s. Historically significant as one of over 70 albums Dudley recorded, it was released during his continued chart presence in the early 1970s, following his 1963 breakthrough hit Six Days on the Road, which popularized trucker anthems and secured his Mercury contract. The title track, Original Traveling Man, is a humorous self-portrait of the singer as the world's first world's worst wandering troubadour, blending Bakersfield sound influences with road-weary narratives. Dudley's concurrent top-10 singles Comin' Down (1971) and Fly Away Again (1972) highlighted his enduring popularity in country music during this period.