Dave Dudley

小简介
达德利原名David Darwin Pudraska，1928年5月3日出生，一般都称他为Dave Dudley－内燃机世界的高僧。他成长于威斯康星洲的Stevens ，一开始是打棒球的。他的胳膊在一次半职业比赛中受伤，就终止了他棒球的发展。1950年秋，他到WTMT电台去访问一个朋友时，发现了一门新的行业。他在录音棚中跟着一张唱片唱歌，结果使他成为晨间节目的主持人。主持的节目，在衣阿华州Charles市的Waterloo和St. Paul播出。他一直还和数支不同的乐队合作，在数间夜总会中表演，最后总算在‘The Flame in Minnesota’节目中当了节目主持人。
　　1960年12月3日他工作下班后，差点被汽车撞死。他利用保险公司赔给他的一万四千美元，做起了唱片生意。他建立了自己‘Golden Wing’商标的唱片公司，压了一张名为《Six Days On The Road》的唱片。这次投资获得的利润不小，唱片在1963年窜到了乡村排行榜的第二位。这对Dudley的影响是，他成为卡车司机的代言人。到60年代末，Dudley已积累了9支排行榜前10位的单曲，其中有《Cowboy Boots》，《Truck Drivin’ Son-Of-A-Gun》，《What We’re Fighting For》等曲。
　　这位卡车王70年代出的第一张唱片《The Pool Shark》是他仅有的一支榜首单曲。这是Tom T. Hall作的曲，内容是回忆他在西维京尼亚州那段经常玩台球的生活。歌曲中的叙述，借鉴了Paul Newman（保罗·纽曼）在电影‘The Hustler’中饰演的Fast Eddie（快手埃迪）这个人物。说的是一个玩猫腻的人遇上了高手，结果把衬衫都输掉了。
　　Hall回忆说：“我为Dudley录这首歌的小样时正犯喉炎，嗓音嘶哑。他可能不知道我正犯病，还以为我为了表现人物性格故意那么唱的。所以他唱的时候有点学我样，真的用黑手党之类的语言来处理。”
　　一年后，Dudley出了他最后二支进入排行榜前10位的歌曲。1978年有一段时间，他又回到了电台工作，这次是在纳须维尔的WSM电台。他每年8月份还要在威斯康星洲Dudleyville他的房子里，举办每年一度的乡村联欢节
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.