Dave Dudley

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達德利原名David Darwin Pudraska，1928年5月3日出生，一般都稱他為Dave Dudley－內(nèi)燃機世界的高僧。他成長于威斯康星洲的Stevens ，一開始是打棒球的。他的胳膊在一次半職業(yè)比賽中受傷，就終止了他棒球的發(fā)展。1950年秋，他到WTMT電臺去訪問一個朋友時，發(fā)現(xiàn)了一門新的行業(yè)。他在錄音棚中跟著一張唱片唱歌，結(jié)果使他成為晨間節(jié)目的主持人。主持的節(jié)目，在衣阿華州Charles市的Waterloo和St. Paul播出。他一直還和數(shù)支不同的樂隊合作，在數(shù)間夜總會中表演，最后總算在‘The Flame in Minnesota’節(jié)目中當(dāng)了節(jié)目主持人。
　　1960年12月3日他工作下班后，差點被汽車撞死。他利用保險公司賠給他的一萬四千美元，做起了唱片生意。他建立了自己‘Golden Wing’商標的唱片公司，壓了一張名為《Six Days On The Road》的唱片。這次投資獲得的利潤不小，唱片在1963年竄到了鄉(xiāng)村排行榜的第二位。這對Dudley的影響是，他成為卡車司機的代言人。到60年代末，Dudley已積累了9支排行榜前10位的單曲，其中有《Cowboy Boots》，《Truck Drivin’ Son-Of-A-Gun》，《What We’re Fighting For》等曲。
　　這位卡車王70年代出的第一張唱片《The Pool Shark》是他僅有的一支榜首單曲。這是Tom T. Hall作的曲，內(nèi)容是回憶他在西維京尼亞州那段經(jīng)常玩臺球的生活。歌曲中的敘述，借鑒了Paul Newman（保羅·紐曼）在電影‘The Hustler’中飾演的Fast Eddie（快手埃迪）這個人物。說的是一個玩貓膩的人遇上了高手，結(jié)果把襯衫都輸?shù)袅恕?br />　　Hall回憶說：“我為Dudley錄這首歌的小樣時正犯喉炎，嗓音嘶啞。他可能不知道我正犯病，還以為我為了表現(xiàn)人物性格故意那么唱的。所以他唱的時候有點學(xué)我樣，真的用黑手黨之類的語言來處理?！?br />　　一年后，Dudley出了他最后二支進入排行榜前10位的歌曲。1978年有一段時間，他又回到了電臺工作，這次是在納須維爾的WSM電臺。他每年8月份還要在威斯康星洲D(zhuǎn)udleyville他的房子里，舉辦每年一度的鄉(xiāng)村聯(lián)歡節(jié)
Dave Dudley (born David Darwin Pedruska, May 3, 1928, Spencer, WI) is the father of truck driving country music. With his 1963 song Six Days on the Road, he founded a new genre of country music — a variation of honky tonk and rock-inflected country that concentrated lyrically on the lifestyles of truck drivers. Dudley had a string of Top 15 singles that ran through the 60s, while he continued to have Top 40 hits well into the 70s, establishing himself as one of the most popular singers of his era.
At the age of 11, Dudleys father gave him a guitar, but he had his heart set on being a baseball player. Throughout his teenage years he played ball, becoming a member of the Gainesville Owls as a young adult. However, his career was cut short by an arm injury. Following his retirement from baseball, he became a DJ at a local Texas station, where he would sometimes play along with the songs on the air. The station owner encouraged to become a performer, and Dudley followed the advice.
Dudley moved to Idaho in the early 50s, where he formed the Dave Dudley Trio, which didnt have much success in its seven years together. In 1960, following the breakup of the trio, he moved to Minneapolis, where formed a group called the Country Gentlemen, which quickly built up a dedicated following. His career was thrown off track in December of 1960, when he was struck by a hit-and-run driver as he was packing his guitar into his car. After several months, he was recovered and managed to secure a record deal with Vee Records. His first single, Maybe I Do, was minor hit in the fall of 1961 and was followed by another minor hit, Under Cover of the Night, the following year on Jubilee Records.
In the summer of 1963, he had his breakthrough hit, Six Days on the Road, which was released on Golden Wing. The song became a massive success, peaking at number two on the country charts and making the pop Top 40. That same year, he signed with Mercury Records, releasing his first single for the label, Last Day in the Mines, by the end of the year. Throughout the 60s, he had a long string of truck driving singles, including Truck Drivin Son-of-a-Gun, Truckers Prayer, Anything Leaving Town Today, There Aint No Easy Run, and Two Six Packs Away. By the end of the decade, he was also making conservative, good-old-boy anthems as well.
During the early 70s, he had several hits — notably the 1971 Top Ten singles Comin Down and Fly Away Again — but by the beginning of the 80s, he was no longer a presence on the charts. His last hit single was 1980s Rolaids, Doans Pills and Preparation H. During the 80s and 90s, Dudley didnt record much, but he remained a popular concert draw. And truck drivers still loved him — the Teamsters Union awarded him an honorary, solid-gold membership card. Dudley died of a heart attack at his Wisconsin home on December 12, 2003.