Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Musical Interlude: Convoy (1976)

The mid-70's brought citizens band (CB) radios into the public consciousness. It spawned movies, a Saturday morning cartoon (1977's C. B. Bears), and a 1-hit wonder by C. W. McCall (real name: William Fries).

McCall's "Convoy" was used, I think, in the movie of the same name.

This clip is culled from an episode of VH1's 8 Track Flashback toward the end of that series' run, hosted by actress Suzanne Somers (ex-Three's Company, She's The Sheriff), and the performance itself, as credited, is from The Mike Douglas Show:


Update, 1/24/22: Here's another clip, this one taken from Hee Haw. McCall is clearly lip-synching here, backed by series regulars Lulu Roman, Gailard Sartain, Junior Samples (back to camera), Lisa Todd, George Lindsey, and Grandpa Jones. Looks like ol' Grandpa wanted to be someplace else.

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