CW McCall / Bill Fries RIP

CW McCall who wrote and performed the original Convoy song which later became the 1976 film “Convoy” has died.

Me and my brother’s favourite film – our dad was a truck driver in our formative years and we loved American trucks. Convoy was a VHS birthday treat for us!
10-4 Over and out good buddy

CB radio, the forerunner of the Daily Mail comments section/Facebook, shouting into the void 😉

The film was quite amusing in an “over there but not here” sort of way.

That’s sad news. Growing up I somehow got given a tape copy of the Best of CW McCall album. Probably partly explains my continuing love of Americana-based music. Really quite liked a few of the tracks.

Try this (may be an acquired taste, but still made me chuckle though its been a few decades since I last heard it!): https://youtu.be/subOvOK9whM

A super-memorable song and film. RIP.