Six Days On The Road (Original version)

[Donny Hinson]

Most old-timers will remember this song from the early '60s. It was a big hit for Dave Dudley in 1963, and it opened the door for a lot of popular, truck-driver songs for almost the next decade. But 2 years before Dudley's release, this version (with lots of pedal steel) came out :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gh24vNz4x6U

Steel work sounds a lot like early Pete Drake, but I suppose it could have been someone else copying his style.

[Fred Treece]

Paul Franklin agrees with you, it was Pete Drake.
viewtopic.php?p=1600933

[Lee Baucum]

One of the comments posted: "Change the playback speed on here to 1.25 and you’ve got a fast hillbilly bopper!"

That's the truth!

Thanks for posting the video, Donny.

[Jack Hanson]

I am of the opinion that Taj Mahal's version trumps 'em all. Featuring the incomparable Jesse Ed Davis.

[Dan Kelly]

Hey Jack, you mean this version?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WaHXscnbUw

[Gary Spaeth]

lloyd on panther hall concert is great.

[Jack Hanson]

Hey Jack, you mean this version?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WaHXscnbUw

Yep, that's it.

[Dave Magram]

This is my favorite version, with Al Perkins tearing it up on his Fender PSG...

1971 The Flying Burrito Brothers Six Days on the Road
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTSS1Sx04lo

- Dave

[Rick Campbell]

I guess I'm really old school, but for me Dave Dudley defined Six Days On The Road with that unique beat and his deep, rich voice.

RC

[Jack Hanson]

lloyd on panther hall concert is great.

Agree 100%. Almost as good as it gets; a bona fide classic.

[Will Houston]

One of those country crossovers that I always loved, summer of 63.

[Donny Hinson]

Sorry guys, that song just came up when i was browsing YT. Thanks for the link to the 15 year old thread, though. I either never noticed it, or forgot that version had been brought up before.