# There's always room in the Convoy! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 6, 2010, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-always-room-in-the-convoy/542172 "2010-06-06T15:30:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-always-room-in-the-convoy/542172/21 "2010-06-08T18:31:02Z")
> [@installLSC](#): > > Let’s not forget [“Classified”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWClsaKmo5Y). If you ever grew up in a small town this song rings incredibly true. Not to hijack, but following that link reminded me of Jim Stafford’s “Wildwood Weed,” which led me to some video of Stafford playing “Malagueña,” which led to Charo playing “Malagueña,” which led to Charo playing “Bolero,” “Caliente,” and “Recuerdos de la Alhambra.” Like Wikipedia, YouTube leads to some awesome… convoys. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-always-room-in-the-convoy/542172/22 "2010-06-08T19:14:22Z")
> [@Nametag](#): > > Not to hijack, but following that link reminded me of Jim Stafford’s “Wildwood Weed,” which led me to some video of Stafford playing “Malagueña,” which led to Charo playing “Malagueña,” which led to Charo playing “Bolero,” “Caliente,” and “Recuerdos de la Alhambra.” > > Like Wikipedia, YouTube leads to some awesome… convoys. Have you heard Roy Clark play Malagueña? Wowzers. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-always-room-in-the-convoy/542172/23 "2010-06-08T19:20:21Z")
Y’all make twelve\* cotton-pickers I’ve caught tonight From the front door of that White Knight. - I really, really wish I’d have seen this thread when there were only twelve replies. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-always-room-in-the-convoy/542172/24 "2010-06-08T19:21:45Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Y’all make twelve\* cotton-pickers I’ve caught tonight > Runnin’ front door to that White Knight. > > - I really, really wish I’d have seen this thread when there were only twelve replies. Forty miles over the speed limit, you boys gonna be here awhile… ---
**Author:** ![mo50](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@mo50](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mo50)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-always-room-in-the-convoy/542172/25 "2010-06-08T19:50:42Z")
Do truckers still use CBs & speak in that lingo? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-always-room-in-the-convoy/542172/26 "2010-06-08T19:58:19Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > I remember the CB radio boom in the 70s. Bears and/or Smokey = cops, picture taker = cop w/radar. That’d be a Kojak with a Kodak, good buddy. > [@](#): > > _There was another trucker song with CB radio stuff, think it was called White Knight_ [Don’t recall it myself](http://www.lyricsdownload.com/maggard-cletus-white-knight-lyrics.html). > [@Juliana](#): > > Did anyone else here ever use a CB just for fun? I had [one of these](http://cool386.tripod.com/tandy/TRS79.JPG) when we lived near the I-84/I-684 interchange. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-always-room-in-the-convoy/542172/27 "2010-06-09T04:47:37Z")
> [@Juliana](#): > > Have you heard Roy Clark play Malagueña? Wowzers. Yes, I ran across him right after Stafford. I prefer Charo. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-always-room-in-the-convoy/542172/28 "2010-06-09T05:03:02Z")
Moving from MPSIMS to CS, where I suspect additional intervention will ensue. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-always-room-in-the-convoy/542172/29 "2010-06-09T05:46:19Z")
I shortened the quote from the song in the OP. I realize this is a little late, but the rule here is that if you quote from a song, please don’t use more than about one verse and link to the rest. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-always-room-in-the-convoy/542172/30 "2010-06-09T06:13:12Z")
> [@RhapsodyInBlue](#): > > And the Red Sovine [tearjerker](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY4BV14OZzQ) I keep reading this as Red Sonja, which made the song on You Tube a trifle surreal. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-always-room-in-the-convoy/542172/31 "2010-06-09T12:43:55Z")
I think The Onion sums it up best: “Carter to Congress: ‘Give me a 10-20, good buddy.’” My folks always had the kitchen radio tuned to country music (WMZQ) so I had to listen to that song many a morning at breakfast. Now finish your Billy Beer and Let’s whip inflation! ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-always-room-in-the-convoy/542172/32 "2010-06-09T16:04:32Z")
> [@winterhawk11](#): > > Nice to see so many McCall fans! I’ve been a fan since the 70s and Convoy. > > Another fun fact: Bill Fries used to be the mayor of Ouray, Colorado. While watching some of the YouTube videos, I read that Mr. Fries is still living there. He’s 82. Time marches on. I’ve many happy memories of listening to CW McCall LPs with my dad. His CB handle was “Starduster”; mine was “R2D2.” ---
**Author:** ![Sigmundex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@Sigmundex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmundex)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-always-room-in-the-convoy/542172/33 "2010-06-09T17:08:57Z")
Ah, good memories. Born in '67, and my dad owned a cb shop back in the 70’s, where he sold and repaired them. He started a CB club at the local high school and we’d have their meetings in the big room in the basement of the store. I sure miss those days. My 8-year-old son, now, is a Smokey and the Bandit fanatic, and it’s been funny to watch it with him and hear the lingo again. By the way, my handle was ‘Small Change’, my dad was ‘Chief Joseph’, and mom was ‘Whispering Wind’, which I always used to tease her about, with a little sophomoric humor. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-always-room-in-the-convoy/542172/34 "2010-06-09T18:12:43Z")
> [@RhapsodyInBlue](#): > > And the Red Sovine [tearjerker](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY4BV14OZzQ): > > _The old CB was blarin’ away on channel 1-9 > When there came > A little boy’s voice on the radio line > And he said > Breaker 1-9 > Is anyone there > Come on back truckers > And talk to Teddy Bear_ These days, truckers would think that’s an FBI sting. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-always-room-in-the-convoy/542172/35 "2010-06-09T18:20:18Z")
[QUOTE=Hypno-Toad] Now finish your Billy Beer and Let’s whip inflation! [/QUOTE] Billy Beer, wow I remember a CB promotion with a give away of Revell models of Billy Carter’s pickup truck named **Redneck Power**. The 70s were twisted.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-always-room-in-the-convoy/542172/36 "2010-06-09T18:40:23Z")
> [@mo50](#): > > Do truckers still use CBs & speak in that lingo? Yes, they do. The boyfriend bought a van at state surplus and it came with one. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-always-room-in-the-convoy/542172/37 "2010-06-09T18:58:03Z")
> [@Icerigger](#): > > Billy Beer, wow I remember a CB promotion with a give away of Revell models of Billy Carter’s pickup truck named **Redneck Power**. The 70s were twisted.🙂 I built that model! 😃 Man, am I having flashbacks (and feeling old). “Convoy” was the first 45 which I bought (I was 11, I think). I still have it (as well as “Teddy Bear”), though both are in sorry shape. My dad had a CB radio in the car, which was mostly used in the name of speeding when we were on vacation. I was allowed to talk on it occasionally (my handle, which is sort of mortifying now, was “Frankfurter”). ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-always-room-in-the-convoy/542172/38 "2010-06-09T19:10:14Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > That was my favourite song when I was nine. 🙂 Me, too. I first remember listening to it on a jukebox when I was 8 years old. For some reason I was with my father at lunch in a cafeteria–it’s one of the few times in my life that I remember being alone with him before my parents divorced a few months later. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-always-room-in-the-convoy/542172/39 "2010-06-09T20:01:41Z")
Does anyone remember the appearance on Johnny Carson? If I remember correctly CW McCall did the ‘song’ from a cb in a jeep parked on stage. My memory is of him with the door open, one foot inside the jeep, talking into microphone [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-always-room-in-the-convoy/542172.md?page=1)