
It's official: Chris Sprague is the new king of truck-drivin' music. His claim to this crown rests not on my word, though. Instead, his status as the top dog of trucker music was proclaimed by the legendary Red Simpson at Sprague's recent show at Trout's, which is probably the last remaining true honky-tonk bar in Bakersfield. Simpson, the artist behind such anthems as Nitro Express, I'm A Truck, and Truck Drivin' Fool among many other great tunes, has more than enough experience with truck-drivin' music to render his statement definitive. In [...]