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b. William Fries, 15 November 1928, Audubon, Iowa, USA. Fries loved country music as a child, but had a successful career in advertising in Omaha, culminating in a 1973 campaign for the Metz bread company that involved a truck-driver called C.W. McCall: 'It was just a name that came out of thin air,' says Fries. He had done the voice-over himself and developed the character on record with arranger Chip Davis (who later found fame of his own as the leader of Mannheim Steamroller ). McCall had a US country hit with 'The Old Home Filler-Up And Keep On A-Truckin' Cafe', and then reached the pop chart with a tale of brake failure on 'Wolf Creek Pass'. President Nixon had imposed a 55 miles per hour speed limit during an oil shortage, and CB radio, which had previously More... (Submit New C.W. McCall Lyrics) (Submit New C.W. McCall Lyrics) Review about C.W. McCall laughed til I cried | Reviewer: libbytownsend ------ About the song Wolf Creek Pass performed by C.W. McCall When I was in my teen years we lived in Guadalajara Mexico. There wasn't a lot of country music available, but a fellow american neighbor named Jerry gave us an 8track of trucker music which had this song on it. I loved this song played it all the time then someone took the tape. Today once again in Mexico I came across the lyrics and fell in love with the song all over again. I laughed and laughed and felt 15 all over again. It brought back great memories. Thank you, thank you, thank you. This is a true classic. silverton lyrics | Reviewer: Margaret S. Banks ------ About the album Black Bear Road performed by C.W. McCall just traveled in montrose & silverton and wanted to find the album. You could review the artist/band C.W. McCall in Biography page You could review C.W. McCall album by visiting Albums page and selecting an album You could review C.W. McCall song by clicking the song which you like  Download "C.W. McCall" Music | | ||||||||||
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