Podcast appearances and mentions of tony justice

In this Overdrive Radio edition, big news: We're releasing today our brand-new Partners in Business playbook for owner-operator business, start to finish. The 2025 reboot of the PIB program is a total revamp designed with the decidedly mobile professional trucker in mind. You can access it today at https://overdriveonline.com/pib For more than two decades, Overdrive's Partners in Business, coproduced with owner-op business services firm ATBS, has focused on training and continuing biz education. Today, you'll find a brand-new format for all of the content that last year made up the 100-plus-page manual -- and plenty in the way of new updates. For this year's release, PIB goes from a single-download format to a much more dynamic online content library, easily accessed on any smartphone, tablet or laptop or desktop computer. The reorganization collects valuable tactics and strategies for long-term profitability in eight categories, charting the journey of owners from start-up all the way through to retirement: 1. The “Starting Line” section details the choice of business structures, motivating factors for different individual owners, and plenty to think about in terms of business and goal planning, choosing a freight niche, a motor carrier to lease to, and/or how and why to take another route altogether. 2. The “Equipment and Maintenance” category pulls on Overdrive and ATBS resources along with the accumulated knowledge of so many of our industry-participant contributors over the decades to detail the ways to acquire the best equipment at the most-favorable terms, down and dirty PM and repair tactics, and much more. 3. The third, “Business Management” section offers a wealth of insight on tracking costs, revenue and profits; building those profit and loss statements; and paying yourself for better business health analysis and load planning, among many other subjects germane to both beginners at the start of an ownership career and seasoned veterans in need of a business refresh. These three sections contain more individual parts than the remaining five, and there's a reason for that. They represent the bedrock foundation on which owners throughout history have built their success. The remaining five sections in large part will be pretty self-explanatory when you see their titles, and all is aimed at a self-help assist for owners to, long-term, better enjoy the fruits of long labor put into the business. That last bit's a nod to the title of Part 2 of Overdrive Trucker of the Year Alan Kitzhaber's “plan for better business” authored for Overdrive and published right around the time we announced Kitzhaber's big win in January. He's looking ahead to being able to retire quite soon, actually, after more than three decades trucking, mostly as an owner-operator. He'll be parking his truck amongst the rest of you at MATS this year, and I'm honored to be able to help host him at the show. If you won't be there, keep tuned for much more from him and other longtime owners in our show coverage. Truth be told, all of us here at Overdrive lean on those among you who engage with us for ideas worth sharing, a lot of Partners in Business itself in fact made up of the accumulated wisdom of those in the readership who've shared their expertise with us over the decades. Here's huge appreciation for all of you. Run through the new PIB at https://overdriveonline.com/pib As mentioned in the podcast, here's the registration link for ATBS's live update scheduled for March 25 charting 2024 owner-op income performance: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3349075480558501214 And keep tuned for our MATS coverage later this week and certainly in the weeks to come here: https://www.overdriveonline.com/t/4372607 Also in the podcast: MATS-preview retreads from three interviews from the last several weeks with Jamie Hagen, Hotels4Truckers.com proprietor Dan Fuller, and trucker-songwriter Tony Justice.

This week's edition of Overdrive Radio starts with a brief part of "Truck Stop," earmarked by today's guest for a special place in his heart the last time we hosted him. That'd be trucker-songwriter Tony Justice, who back then in 2023 spoke to the inspiration the song took from Justice's mother's long work at a couple of different East Tennessee truck stops you'll hear him mention in today's podcast. Yet it's with a bit of heavy heart, here, that we get this edition rolling, given Sharon Justice passed in November last year. It's no small number of truck drivers -- and one trucking magazine editor at least -- that were touched by her life, that's sure, Tony Justice and his late father chief among them. "She felt like she was still taking care of dad," Justice said, noting how much Momma J, as she was known to so many, loved the work she did over the last nearly two decades of her life. "You wouldn't find a cleaner shower on the interstate, or a more warming smile to meet you when you walked into the door." Fellow trucker-songwriter Bill Weaver, Justice said, summed it up best once noting he didn't "know anyone who was called Momma by so many different people." Tony Justice is back on Overdrive Radio this week for a bit of preview of his big headlining concert upcoming next week Friday, March 28, at the end of the day at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky. Find more about MATS happenings via the collection at this link: https://www.overdriveonline.com/t/4372607 If you're unfamiliar with Tony Justice's music, know that for a decade and a half and more now it's been nothing if not steeped in his life over-the-road, joined in the journey by his wife and chief promoter, Misty Justice. For many years he trucked with Everhart Transportation out of Greeneville, Tennessee, among others prior, yet these days enjoys not having to deal with shippers and receivers so much behind the wheel of his own tour bus. And if you've not seen Tony Justice live, get ready for a spectacle at MATS, that's sure. He performs with a crack group of players, and it's always a great show. Dive into a conversation with Justice that touches on plans for the big show with Colt Ford at MATS March 28, the Justices' huge Large Cars & Guitars Truck Show event in East Tennessee in May (at a new location this year), and the legacy of Momma J, the late Sharon Justice.

This week, a toast to the year that was (and still is for a couple more days, anyway). We're counting down through 14 of the most-listened-to podcasts of the year, and to start off, part of a strong current of tactics aimed at building value for the business with customers, host Todd Dills shared an anecdote from a past Trucker of the Year, owner-operator Henry Albert. Looking to cement your value with a direct customer? (Or broker or your leasing carrier, for that matter ...) "Ask them what their toughest load to cover is. Ask them what nobody in their right mind ever wants to do for them? And, you know, there's a chance that you can. And if you can, you're going to have that guy for life." It was just a small part of No. 5 among the most-listened-to Overdrive Radio episodes of the year, our Partners in Business program roundtable moderated by Red Eye Radio's Eric Harley at the Mid-America Trucking Show: https://www.overdriveonline.com/overdrive-radio/podcast/15448522/owneroperator-business-evolution-roundtable-on-overdrive-radio That anecdote, a little piece of advice acted upon years ago by owner-operator Albert to success, slotted into a discussion of building value in a year that has been most certainly a struggle for many. The year will likely go down as one most can be proud simply to have survived with some profit to show for it, as my colleague Alex Lockie suggested in his own Year in Review look at some of the biggest stories of the year: https://www.overdriveonline.com/channel-19/article/15660631/if-you-survived-2023-give-em-hell-in-24-truckers-year-in-review There's more here in the highlight reel, too: **How one owner-operator set himself up to weather the storm of declining rates in 2023 with years, even decades of preparation, cost control, bedrock frugality in business and life and a rig well-maintained, long paid off: https://overdriveonline.com/15447251 **A little whip cream of reality on top of the May week that this year was the Roadcheck inspection blitz, with longtime independent “Mustang” Mike Crawford, when you fully expect the chicken houses not to be "locked up, nobody home"... Sometimes, luck is on your side: https://overdriveonline.com/15448049 **No small amount of music, including the modern trucking classics of one Tony Justice, as regular listeners also recently got another taste of: https://www.overdriveonline.com/overdrive-radio/podcast/15660911/2023-retread-tony-justices-best-of-the-best-with-greatest-shifts-record **Tales of learning the OTR work-life balance mismatch and building an operation to improve it long-term with direct customers on both ends of preferred freight lanes out of the home area to effectively achieve growth goals: https://www.overdriveonline.com/overdrive-radio/podcast/15540815/owneroperators-can-master-worklife-balance-in-trucking And plenty more. Note that there's a playlist that features the top 10 most-listened episodes as well as four honorable mentions just outside the top 10. Find it via this link: https://soundcloud.com/overdriveradio/sets/2023-in-review-the-top-10 Happy New Year! Here's wishing you a profitable 2024. And stay warm out there. ...

As we work toward counting down to the new year with our most-listened-to episodes of 2023, this special edition of Overdrive Radio episode separates one that stood out from the rest, our long talk with Tony Justice, who took listeners on a tour of his new record in August. Next week: A closer look with the American Transportation Research Institute at their big study on the prevalence of -- and countermeasures against -- predatory nonconsensual tow practices, whether after an accident or on the hook of one of the growing number of Parking Pirates. Justice has been a leading light amongst trucker-songwriters, and "Greatest Shifts" record features six new tracks, five originals plus a fantastic rendition of Jerry Reed's classic "Eastbound and Down," and 14 previously released highlights from four records -- "Apple Pie Moonshine," "Brothers of the Highway," "Stars Stripes and White Lines," and "18 Gears to Life." Those records comprise a decades' worth of music from Justice, excluding unfortunately his first trucking-themed record, "On the Road," for reasons he explains in this Overdrive Radio edition. Herein, Overdrive Radio host Todd Dills' recent conversation with Justice about the new material on the album and the background behind the production is interspersed with plenty opportunity to hear some of the music. ("On the Road" you can hear via this link: https://open.spotify.com/album/5gsluBHAVUqMjotVyxbvli?si=VJklYb17TVWsm9KFMnjt-A ) Among previously released material is a "dance remix" of Justice's “Last of the Cowboys” tune, first featured a couple of albums and a few years ago now. It's arguably his absolute greatest shift in terms of its general popularity out there, as he notes in the podcast. But in other ways, as he also notes, all of these tracks have a special meaning for him. Listen on for more of the previously released material, all of it remastered and sweetened in various ways, and plenty discussion of the new material. Find links to conversations with Justice about most of his prior records, too, via the links below: "18 Gears to Life": https://www.overdriveonline.com/overdrive-radio/podcast/15066892/tony-justices-18-gears-to-life-record-inside-the-music "Stars, Stripes and White Lines": https://www.overdriveonline.com/overdrive-radio/podcast/14892637/audio-tour-through-tony-justices-new-stars-stripes-and-white-lines-album "Brothers of the Highway": https://www.overdriveonline.com/overdrive-radio/podcast/14890756/podcast-tony-justices-brothers-of-the-highway-the-trucking-brotherhood-reinforced "Apple Pie Moonshine": https://www.overdriveonline.com/overdrive-radio/podcast/14885429/podcast-behind-the-new-tony-justice-record-more-song-samples-too

Trucker-songwriter leading light Tony Justice's new "Greatest Shifts" record features six new tracks, five originals plus a fantastic rendition of Jerry Reed's classic "Eastbound and Down," and 14 previously released highlights from four records -- "Apple Pie Moonshine," "Brothers of the Highway," "Stars Stripes and White Lines," and "18 Gears to Life." Those records comprise a decades' worth of music from Justice, excluding unfortunately his first trucking-themed record, "On the Road," for reasons he explains in this Overdrive Radio edition. Herein, Overdrive Radio host Todd Dills' recent conversation with Justice about the new material on the album and the background behind the production is interspersed with plenty opportunity to hear some of the new music. ("On the Road" you can hear via this link: https://open.spotify.com/album/5gsluBHAVUqMjotVyxbvli?si=VJklYb17TVWsm9KFMnjt-A ) Among previously released material is a "dance remix" of Justice's “Last of the Cowboys” tune, first featured a couple of albums and a few years ago now. It's arguably his greatest shift in terms of its general popularity out there, as he notes in the podcast. But in other ways, as he also notes, all of these tracks have a special meaning for him. Listen on for more, all of it remastered and sweetened in various ways. Find links to conversation with Justice about most of his prior records, too, via the links below: "18 Gears to Life": https://www.overdriveonline.com/overdrive-radio/podcast/15066892/tony-justices-18-gears-to-life-record-inside-the-music "Stars, Stripes and White Lines": https://www.overdriveonline.com/overdrive-radio/podcast/14892637/audio-tour-through-tony-justices-new-stars-stripes-and-white-lines-album "Brothers of the Highway": https://www.overdriveonline.com/overdrive-radio/podcast/14890756/podcast-tony-justices-brothers-of-the-highway-the-trucking-brotherhood-reinforced "Apple Pie Moonshine": https://www.overdriveonline.com/overdrive-radio/podcast/14885429/podcast-behind-the-new-tony-justice-record-more-song-samples-too

In this edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast, we'll drop into an interview Overdrive News Editor Matt Cole conducted with Arrive Logistics Chief Strategy Officer J-Ann Tio, about the broker-3PL's “We Deliver Flexibility” program. The trial run for the program is getting its footing as a connection engine between independent owner-operators and small fleets in Arrive's network and larger private fleets the company also does business with. The Arrive program, as Tio notes, hopes to alleviate issues on both sides of the coin, for owner-operators enduring the deflationary rates environment in the spot market and for private fleets needing safe and professional capacity. It could well be a way into new opportunities for owners both inside and out of Arrive's network, as Tio describes it, in fact -- a chance to develop new contracts for freight with large clients that might typically not have much of an interest doing direct business with smaller fleets. There's more in today's episode, though, too. If you've missed it as yet, hear our own "Long Haul Paul" Marhoefer's moving eulogy for Ken “Shoestring” Waugh, part of Overdrive's "Over the Road" collaboration with PRX's Radiotopia podcast network. And: Catch the latest from trucker-songwriter extraordinaire Tony Justice. Justice delivered a $33,000-plus check to the Susan G. Komen Foundation for breast cancer awareness and research this Monday in Nashville. After that presentation out front of the Country Music Hall of Fame, we sat with Justice and his wife, Misty, to hear about the haul raised by the well more than 100 owner-operators, small fleet owners, show vendors and more who participated in the first-ever Large Cars and Guitars truck show in Kodak, Tennessee, back in May. And there's a bonus in that conversation, too: Team Justice has big things planned for the new year, with a newly-custom-wrapped 2002 Prevost they've started using for their music work. And, no, contrary to any road rumors you may have heard, Justice hasn't yet hung up the keys the rig he pilots for Everhart Transportation out of Greeneville, Tennessee. Explore the Arrive Logistics "We Deliver Flexibility" effort via this link: https://www.overdriveonline.com/business/article/15294095/new-program-connecting-ownerops-private-fleets Hear more from past episodes in the Over the Road podcast series: https://www.overdriveonline.com/t/4405867

#Trucker #CountryMusic #Singer/Songwriter Tony Justice is on a mission to fight breast cancer. He is working with the Susan B. Komen Foundation and donating a portion of the proceeds of his hit War Paint off his new album 18 Gears to Life for breast cancer research. Learn more about what Tony is doing in this interview. #TonyJustice, #SusanBKomen, @TonyJusticeMusic, https://tonyjusticemusic.com/ https://www.komen.org/ https://tncradio.live/

For longtime Overdrive Radio listeners he will need no introduction whatsoever, but for the rest of you, the artist you'll hear straight away in this edition of the podcast is none other than Tony Justice. The Everhart Transportation driver, singer, songwriter and performer's recent history reaches back more than a decade now to the date of his first solo trucking-themed record, called "On the Road." This year, he's out with his fifth, "18 Gears to Life." While Justice was in Nashville recently for a video shoot for the "War Paint" single from the record, he sat down Overdrive for a freewheeling talk through a variety of tracks on the record, his first in four years. The studio work on it was interrupted by the COVID pandemic last year. The year before that, as you'll hear, Justice's wife, Misty, waged a war against breast cancer that has likewise taken a toll on the music efforts. At once, the emotion of the experience has inspired the pair forward in several ways. The new record is a great listen, it's no doubt. Production values were boosted by the ability to afford more studio than usual, Justice told us, with help from trucking sponsors like TBS Factoring Service, DPF Regeneration, Bull Snot products, and another that's perhaps the most important of all -- the real support of professional truckers all around the country who are Justice's biggest fans. Read more about the album and Justice's "War Paint" single, written for Misty: https://www.overdriveonline.com/overdrive-radio/article/15065019/overdrives-music-to-truck-by-back-with-tony-justice Hear more from Justice in our past podcasts featuring his music and more via our "Music to Truck By" collection here: https://soundcloud.com/overdriveradio/sets/music-to-truck-by-no-1

Trucker singer/songwrtier Tony Justice has become one of country music's most talked about independent artists, selling over 100,000 albums, gracing magazine covers, and earning over 10 MILLION YouTube views. In this interview on The Truckers Network Radio Show, Tony talks about his latest album 18 Gears to Life. Great interview - Great music! TNCRadio.LIVE Tony Justice Convoy for a Cure #truckers, #drivers, #TonyJustice, #CountryMusic

Wow what a show! Tony Justice and Jayne Denham on the show with Tony's new album, new, views, something to talk about and some good music. Win an On the road cap!

Born out of a love of dance music, a group of housemates adapted to the grim situation that 2020 presented and created an outlet where people could party from the safety of their homes, turning many living rooms into temporary dance floors every Friday night. Douglas Street’s live streams quickly became known for their eclectic track selection and curated line-ups providing opportunities to local DJs to showcase their talents while clubs remain dormant during 2020. Learn about how each person brought their skills, flavour and love to the project that has become a much-loved member of the Sydney music community. Listen to Douglas Street’s Buy Music Club playlist that features tracks across the electronic music spectrum, expect micro grooves, low key dance floor fillers, ambient works, hypnotic acid, four to the floor house and most surprisingly an appearance from all-American country artist Tony Justice?! You can find Douglas Street here Instagram: @douglas_street Facebook: @douglasstreetlive Youtube: https://tinyurl.com/7apdsc Soundcloud: www.soundcloud.com/douglasstreet Buy Music Club: https://tinyurl.com/3xbfex92

Tony Justice and Jeremy Jansen are guests on last week's episode of Bullhaulin BS! Chrome and Steel Radio Website: http://chromeandsteelradio.com/ Chrome and Steel YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9u2_9tPtLC0t4iIL8N94zA Chrome and Steel Radio is made possible by not only our listeners, but our sponsors as well. If you have time, please browse our partners below and check out there products and locations if they interest you! Thank you for your support of the Chrome and Steel Radio network. You keep us rollin'! DAVY CROCKETT TA TRAVEL CENTER (2018 Chrome and Steel Truck Stop of the Year): Drop by @DavyCrockettTravelCenter to grab a hot meal at the NEW IHOP or get a free large one pizza with any purchase of 125 gallon of diesel or more! They are located at exit 36 on I-81 and they have delicious pancakes!! Jack's Chrome Shop (JND15 to get 15% off your order) - https://jackschromeshop.com/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

So much can come from a song, and its connection to the work that its writer or performer does otherwise. The culture forged and re-forged by the connections between the individual performers who've taken part in Overdrive's Trucker Talent Search over the years, and hopefully those among you who have the opportunity to really make a similar connection with them through their work, well … for this podcaster's money, this effort since its very first year has always felt in a way perhaps the most meaningful work I've been involved in at Overdrive. We all hope it thrives for the foreseeable future, and that you're a part of it. Tune in on Overdrive's Facebook page -- http:;//facebook.com/OverdriveTrucking -- Friday, August 28, at 7 p.m. Central for the final performance from Talent finalists Freddy French, Paul Cullers and John Malayter, bookended by some extra entertainment from these trucking-music leading lights, both past Talent Search participants in a variety of ways themselves: our own contributing writer “Long Haul Paul” Marhoefer and the one and only Tony Justice.

NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — Independent musician and truck driver Tony Justice has been selected as the second person to be inducted into the inaugural class of the Howes Hall of Fame for 2020. “It is just a huge honor,” Justice said. “Something I never would have dreamed about or thought about. It brings a positive light on the industry that we have gathered that much support. It is a really big honor.” According to a press release from Howes, Justice has sold more than 100,000 albums in the past nine years — in addition to averaging more than 2,500 miles per week as a professional truck driver for the past 20 years. Justice said a lot of his inspiration for his music has come from being on the road. “I probably do 90 percent of my writing on the road, because I spend a lot of hours on the road,” Justice said. “You see a lot of good things and good people driving across America and crossing the Rocky Mountains. There is so much to see out there. There is a lot inspiration.” When Justice is not on the road, he is recording his music. He is currently working on his fifth album for the independent label he owns. He said trying to juggle trucking and music can be pretty challenging at times. “I've been writing songs and playing music since 1991. I enjoy the creativity side of it such as the writing and putting the stories out there of what we go through on the road,” he said. “We started putting music to it, and it was something I wanted to record. To watch it come to life is something I have really enjoyed, and the performing side of it is a lot of fun as well — those are the two highlights.” Justice has performed all over the country, including venues in South Dakota; Louisville, Kentucky; Las Vegas; Texas; Atlanta; and Charlotte, North Carolina. He said he also played clubs for nine years on the east coast. “We just felt like (Tony) was such an inspiration and ridiculously hard-working,” said Erika Howes, vice president of business development for Howes. “He makes music about the industry and he is hands-on with everything he does. “He cares about people and he interacts with his fans, and listens to their story. He is a really down-to-earth guy, especially with his fellow drivers. He entertains and encourages people. He is so proud to represent America's blue-collar working class,” she continued. “He embodies what we wanted to represent in the hall of fame.” Justice is a company driver for Everhart Transport Inc. out of Greenville, Tennessee. He said he has been fortunate that a lot of the company's customers are considered “necessities.” “His songs are about this industry and what we represent,” Howes said. “He is hands-on with his own label. It is such a unique story that we found to be really interesting and inspiring.” Justice has been around trucking his whole life. When he was growing up in eastern Kentucky, he said, his dad had three trucks. Justice and his siblings would service the trucks and wash them on the weekends. He said he can never remember a time where trucks were not a part of his life. “I am still driving full time,” he said. “I like to tell people, ‘I haven't quit my day job.' I'm still putting up with it because I enjoy doing it. I have a great support group at home.” Justice said that right now his biggest challenge is trying to take care of his mom, Sharon, and his wife, Misty. Misty had breast cancer last year but is currently in remission. “My mom lives with me, and my biggest challenge is that I don't bring anything (contagious) home,” Justice said. “I'm taking a lot of extra measures. We are used to going into stores and buying drinks or food, but now we have to get everything stocked in the truck and stay in my ‘bubble.' I have to distance myself from things I normally do. It is a change from normal.” The Howes Hall of Fame is part of the company's 100th anniversary. According to a press release, the Hall of Fame “serves as a platform for Howes to thank and acknowledge...

JT Peters hosts Tony Justice, a country music star, CDL driver & trucker political activist with Trucker Nation. Tony explains how Trucker Nation came to be from ELD or ME & where it’s going. He also discusses his story & music career. Learn more about Trucker Nation online (www.TruckerNation.org)   Truck Driver Power is the creator of America’s best mobile app for professional truck drivers! Find us online (http://www.truckdriverpower.com) or connect with us on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram @TruckDriverPowr.   Trucker Nation Website www.TruckerNation.org   Trucker Nation Twitter (@TruckerNation85) https://twitter.com/TruckerNation85   Tony Justice Twitter (@TheTonyJustice) https://twitter.com/TheTonyJustice Trucker Nation Facebook (@thetruckernation) https://www.facebook.com/thetruckernation/   Trucker Nation’s proposed changes to the Hours-Of-Service (HOS) regulations https://www.truckernation.org/hos-reform  Be sure to check out the document that describes the proposed changes, a video, sample log sheets, and more! They have tried to tailor the information to all different types of learners and in a way that truck drivers can understand!   Trucker Nation’s email address thetruckernation@gmail.com   Truck Driver Power’s Websitehttps://www.truckdriverpower.com   Truck Driver Power Mobile App Download Link http://tdp.life/Get_TDP

Friday 6PM et "TCGO is making a difference for trucking families battling grave situations" AskTheTrucker Live will have an update for you regarding the Truckers Christmas Group, On our last show, "Truckers coming to aid of fellow truckers during TCGO Christmas campaign" we discussed how trucking musicians, industry leaders for trucking charities, and other advocates such as Bill Weaver, Paul Marhoeffer, Taylor Barker, Mandi Jo Pinhierio, Jason Henley, Tony Justice, Ken Freeman, Keith Sampson, and more are working with TCGO to raise awareness and funds for the 2019 TCGO campaign.  This fundraising campaign literally "saves" the Christmas holiday for trucking families. Tonight we will talk about the families and their needs. These are trucking families battling grave situations folks. We also want to give a shout out to those sponsoring families and to all those who have donated to the Truckers Christmas Group, coming to the aid of their fellow truckers in need. Join Tom Kyrk and Donna Smith as they update on the progress and how YOU can help reach the $20,000.00 goal so all the nominated families can be aided.  Let's not turn any of these wonderful families away.   Take the $5.00 donation challenge today and donate here. It's safe, easy, and it will help more than you know. Call in number for the show 347-826-9170 to either listen in or be a part of the show.  

Truckers coming to aid of fellow truckers during TCGO Christmas campaign Saturday Nov 9th 6PM ET  Call in number 347-826-9170 It's that time again! The Truckers Christmas Group Org (TCGO), in its 12 year, is continuing its commitment to help as many trucking families in need during the holiday season as they possibly can.  This year has proven to be particularly challenging for many truckers and their families. Between layoffs, bankruptcies, illnesses, and other catastrophic occurrences, the need for funding is vital.  Learn more HERE   Watch the Christmas Video- How the Truckers Saved Christmas-combined effort by Bill Weaver Music and TCGO  Music copyright Bill Weaver Music-Video Copyright Truckers Christmas Group.Org This year, Trucking musicians, industry leaders for trucking charities, and other advocates such as Bill Weaver, Paul Marhoeffer, Taylor Barker, Mandi Jo Pinhierio, Jason Henley, Tony Justice, Ken Freeman, Keith Sampson, and more are working with TCGO to raise awareness and funds for the 2019 fundraising campaign. Press Release JOIN US TONIGHT Tom Kyrk, TCGO PR Coordinator, co-hosts the show. Learn how you can help our nations truckers.in their time of most dire need. Whether it be volunteering, sharing,a donation, sponsoring a family, or purchasing from the TCGO store, your commitment to help will be a blessing!.  MERRY CHRISTMAS!

There's a new record forthcoming for 2016 Trucker Talent Search winning singer-songwriter Jason Lee Wilson, due in the new year. It's dubbed, simply, "Tennessee," and it's title track is an appreciation of home for the East Tennessee resident. He performed it as part of a three-song set at The Caverns venue in Pelham, Tenn., current home of the Bluegrass Underground television program -- you can hear it, and hear more about just where the song and the album are coming from, in today's edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast. Also there, a talk with trucker/singer-songwriter Tony Justice about his recent performance in quite a nontraditional venue for many artists -- though not exactly for Justice himself: Bristol Motor Speedway, where he gave a post-race infield show for attendees of the Bandit Series big-rig-racing finale (congrats once again to Ricky "Rude" Proffitt for the season points championship). He also speaks to ongoing advocacy efforts of Trucker Nation, an organization he cofounded, and the difficulty he's had getting his crystal ball to work when it comes to the question of whether FMCSA Administrator Ray Martinez's impending departure as agency head holds any import for the hours of service changes Martinez played a large role in fast-tracking.

In this Overdrive Radio podcast edition, run through the performances by competing truckers Jason Henley, "Mississippi Ken" Freeman and the ultimate talent search winner, Taylor Barker, live from the Great American Trucking Show a week ago. Also: A warm-up three-song act by Paul Marhoefer and Tony Justice's homespun emcee-ing of the event, an ongoing anchor among the community of musicians who also happened to haul freight on the open road, or vice versa, as it were. Thirdly: Near the top, a brief talk with Pennsylvania-based owner-operator Mike Landis, also of the United States Transportation Alliance, about his view of the FMCSA's hours of service proposal, including a bit of clarification of how the rule views computation of the split-sleeper options it's proposing.

This episode, presented by CASE IH, features an Hours of Service rules announcement by U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao from the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky, and reaction from U.S. Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue. We also talk with Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association Vice President Louie Pugh, Land Line Now/Sirius XM Road Dog Trucking Radio host Mark Reddig, country singer/songwriter Tony Justice, Duck Dynasty's Mountain Man, Lynn Justesen from Arysta LifeScience and Tayla Lynn, the granddaughter of country music legend Loretta Lynn, live from the Ernest Tubb Record Shop in Nashville, Tennessee.

As it happened on Friday, Aug. 24, of the 2018 Great American Trucking Show in Dallas, this week's Overdrive Radio podcast takes you through the music and people who were a part of the fifth annual Overdrive/Red Eye Radio Trucker Talent Search: emcee Tony Justice, opener and past talent search competitor Paul Marhoefer, and this year's entrants Benford "B.J." Williams, James Nelson, and winner Mandi Jo Pinheiro.

Tony Justice emcee'd the 2018 Trucker Talent Search, which happened August 24 at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas. He also performed this track from his "Brothers of the Highway" record, written with his wife, Misty.

This track, from Tony Justice's "Apple Pie Moonshine" record, was one of two Tony Justice performed while emcee'ing the 2018 Trucker Talent Search at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas while the judges worked.

Rounding up sounds and some news from the grassroots influence campaign on lawmakers/protest against the ELD mandate in Washington, D.C. An interview after Day One with Tony Justice, and a bevy of responses on Overdrive Radio's podcast call-in line from around the country, among other news. A small group of demonstrators, meanwhile, as the podcast was wrapping up, were meeting with FMCSA officials at DOT headquarters.

A year in the making, Tony Justice’s new video is now available. Terry Scruton discusses that – and the importance of owning up to mistakes – with Jami Jones and Mark Schremmer of Land Line Magazine.

Two unaffiliated groups -- Tony Justice and company's ELD or Me, and the Texas-headquartered Operation Black and Blue -- share details for ELD mandate protests coalescing around a beginning date of October 3. Owner-operator Erick Engbarth, not involved in either effort, distills his anti-ELD rationale. Will you participate in protest efforts 10/3 through the rest of that week? Tell Overdrive why or why not via: 530-408-6423. With any message, let us know your name and base location.

In this special edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast, Overdrive Senior Editor Todd Dills walks you back to the 2017 Trucker Talent Search event at the Great American Trucking Show, for a run through the series of performances, from Bill Weaver introductory tune through competitors Michael Lochmiller, Terrance "Jake Brake Junkie" Mathis, and Richard Woods. Finally, host Tony Justice played two tracks from his "Stars, Stripes and White Lines" record, out earlier this summer.

Trucker singer-songwriter Tony Justice, host of the 2017 Trucker Talent Search competition at GAT, did a pro turn as judges tabulated the results and delivered beautiful renditions of two songs from his "Stars, Stripes and White Lines" record, including the title track and "Live, Laugh, Love and Dance," written with his wife, Misty.

Crime is fliipin' insane in ABQ right now. Also we discuss Tony Justice, and sign up your security cameras!

In this edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast, take an audio tour with Everhart Transportation driver and songwriter Tony Justice and his wife, Misty (cowriter on one track), through his new Stars, Stripes and White Lines record, out June 30 officially. Here the two talk with Overdrive Senior Editor Todd Dills about several of the stories behind the tracks on the record, likewise the “ELD or me” Facebook group the driver-songwriter started a month or two back to coalesce driver opposition to the ELD mandate toward an October demonstration in Washington, D.C. Sample several of the tracks from the record along the way ... Elvis was a truck driver, too, you know...

The annual Larry H. Martin Award is meant to honor the memory of Larry Martin, who opened 4 State Trucks, and is delivered to a trucker who goes above and beyond duty. In this audio, hear Martin's son and current co-owner Brice Martin, and near the end his brother Bryan, narrate the attributes of the trucker and singer-songwriter they delivered the annual recognition to this year -- East Tennessee-based Tony Justice.

Live from the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center in Dallas, Texas, trucker and singer-songwriter Tony Justice delivered this performance Aug. 26, 2016, to an appreciative crowd made up primarily of truckers attending the Great American Trucking Show. It included the live debut of his "Stars, Stripes and White Lines" patriotic anthem, planned for release with his next record. To hear samples from his last, the 2016-released "Brothers of the Highway," check out this Overdrive Radio interview with him: http://www.overdriveonline.com/podcast-tony-justices-brothers-of-the-highway-the-trucking-brotherhood-reinforced/

The Great American Trucking is under way today, and we can't remember a better beginning to it for me than this treat, served up to several of us, including my friends the Parkers and an untold number of hangers-on, those who just so happened to walk outside the Omni hotel here in Dallas to catch the spectacle you'll hear in this podcast, trucker/singer-songwriters Tony Justice and Bill Weaver running through originals and several crowd-pleasers in an impromptu, unplugged front-porch sound session.

In this edition of Overdrive Radio, singer-songwriter and ETI driver Tony Justice walks us through several tracks on his new album, "Brothers of the Highway," from the title track duet with country legend Aaron Tippin to the anthem "We Drive Trucks." Find out here, too, just what's in store for the next one. Read more about just what went into making the album via links to past coverage at this story: http://www.overdriveonline.com/tony-justice-aaron-tippin-brothers-of-the-highway-music-video-released/

Trucker-singer-songwriter Tony Justice's upcoming "Brothers of the Highway" record reached an important stop on its route toward the destination of its 2016 release. This week in Nashville, country legend and former trucker Aaron Tippin joined Justice and his producer, Nashville-based Jeff Silvey, at a modest-looking house on 18th Street in the Music Row section of town to lay down vocals for their collaboration on the record's title track, a song penned in part by Justice cowriter for many tracks on the album, songwriter Kim Williams, who wrote "Brothers" with Doug Johnson and Nicole Witt some time ago. Read more about the session via this link: http://overdriveonline.com/aaron-tippin-and-tony-justice-brothers-of-the-highway-from-nashville

Justice recently passed the 50,000-CD unit just a few years into establishing a distribution network with most major truck stop chains. He talks here about what the accomplishment means to him amid work on his third record, due in January.

As part of his role as emcee of the 2015 Trucker Talent Search competition -- featuring drivers Paul Marhoefer, Don Whatley and eventual winner Nate Moran -- trucking troubadour Tony played three tracks from his in-progress "Brothers of the Highway" record: "Broke down in the Hammer Lane," "We Drive Trucks," and "18 Wheels and Jesus." Catch a video production by Chris Fiffie of the last of those via this link: http://www.overdriveonline.com/music-video-18-wheels-and-jesus-by-tony-justice/

It was a big night Friday, Aug. 28, at the Great American Trucking Show for singer-songwriter and Everhart Transportation driver Tony Justice. Following two widely well-received albums of trucking songs (On the Road, Apple Pie Moonshine) and performances over the years at a variety of shows, Justice's first show on the big stage at GATS, opening for one of his musical heroes, John Anderson, was a special occasion indeed. Between his second and third songs, Justice asked all the drivers in the crowded house to stand. They clearly made up a sizable majority of attendees in the hall. "From one trucker to another I want to thank you guys for what you all do," Justice said. "I just want you guys and gals to know one thing. If it wasn't for you men and women who sacrifice your times with your family, your home and your friends to sit behind that wheel to keep this country rolling, none of this would be happening here in Dallas."

Tune in "Live" from the 2015 Great American Trucking Show as co-host Donna Smith, representing Trucking Social Media at GATS this year, brings us the highlights from the LANDSTAR "Fit for the Road" Health and Wellness Pavilion. Call-in guests include: Carolyn O'Byrne from Life Coach Service, TruckerPath: the popular mobile app for drivers. Also, Urgent Care Travel, Tough Tested, Trucking Solutions Group, Desiree Wood, Tony Justice and the list keeps growing! Saturday, August 29th: 2 PM Eastern Time.

2015 Overdrive/Red Eye Radio Trucker Talent Search finalist Don Whatley talks at length about his long trucking career and musical pursuits in this interview, conducted by Red Eye's Eric Harley. In the on-site theater at GATS in Dallas August 28, 3:30 p.m., Whatley as well as fellow finalists Nate Moran and Paul Marhoefer will perform before a panel of judges to determine the ultimate winner of the competition. Singer-songwriter and driver Tony Justice will emcee the event and also perform. Find more via http://www.overdriveonline.com/three-singing-truckers-head-to-dallas/

Paul Marhoefer, 55, of Indiana, talks at length about his musical influences and his long trucking career in this interview, conducted by Red Eye Radio's Eric Harley you'll find in the podcast below. In the on-site theater at GATS in Dallas August 28, 3:30 p.m., Marhoefer as well as fellow Trucker Talent Search finalists Nate Moran and Don Whatley will perform before a panel of judges to determine the ultimate winner of the Overdrive/Red Eye Radio Trucker Talent Search competition. Singer-songwriter and driver Tony Justice will emcee the event and also perform. Find more via http://www.overdriveonline.com/three-singing-truckers-head-to-dallas/

Take a tour with Overdrive's Todd Dills through performances by Trucker Talent Search emcee Tony Justice, contestants Brad James and Jennie Simpson, and the ultimate winner, Keith Sampson. The inaugural Trucker Talent Search finale was held on the Red Eye Radio stage outside the main entrance to the Great American Trucking Show floor Friday, Aug. 22, as the show was ending for the day.

Can’t make it to GATS this year? No problem, Truth About Trucking "Live" is bringing it to you! Among some of our scheduled callers tonight are singer songwriter and Emcee of the Overdrive-Red Eye Radio Trucker Talent Search, Tony Justice; Finalist of Overdrive-Red Eye Radio Trucker Talent Search, Brad James; Country recording artist and Highway Angel program spokesperson Lindsay Lawler; Overdrive’s 2014 Most Beautiful winner,Emily Weymouth and Kylla Leeburg, Deputy Director at Truckers Against Trafficking. Others expected to call in, sharing the GATS 2014 experience are: Tom Kyrk of the Trucking Solutions Group, Christina Schnese of Make It Happen USA, James Lamb of SBTC, Dr. Pamela Thomas for the Truckers Rolling Against Hep-C Campaign, and whoever gets pulled into the show as they walk by! Come join the conversation as Truth About Trucking "LIVE" takes you "inside" GATS 2014 with some of the biggest names in Trucking Social Media.

Red Eye Radio's Eric Harley interviewed Tony Justice recently about the Trucker Talent Search program at the Great American Trucking Show, as well as his recent efforts with his own music. Justice will host and perform as part of the GATS event.

Driver and songwriter Tony Justice walks Overdrive Senior Editor Todd Dills through the histories behind the stories in several tracks on his new "Apple Pie Moonshine" record, with several audio samples to boot. Happy listening!

Singer/Songwriter, Nascar enthusiast, and professional truck driver Tony Justice of Tony Justice Music joins us as he updates us on his exploding career in the music industry. Tony’s latest CD, On the Road is sold at all Major Truck Plazas:  Pilot/Fling J, T/A Petro, Wilco Hess, and Loves. Along with being featured in numerous magazines, he performed for the 2012 Hollywood Pre-Grammy Awards Party and engages in numerous radio guests appearances.  Tony continues his music career while professionaly driving, performing and signing autographs at most of the largest truck shows across the country. We will discuss his newest upcoming album, "Apple Pie Moonshine" and he will bring us up-to-date on his recent Nashville trip, as well as other factors within his musical career, such as sharing the story on the T/A Truck Stop's newest menu item: the "Justice Burger!" Be the 5th caller into the show, and WIN an autographed copy of Tony's "On The Road" CD. Come join the converstation!

Recent trucking news and discussions have focused on truck parking issues, driver safety, cdl training, truck driver pay and jobs. We open up the lines for our Trucking Open Forum to discuss anything trucking, where you decide the topic. Come join the conversation! Closing song: Peterbilt 379 by Tony Justice

Tony Justice is a second-generation truck driver and in 2002 was endorsed by NASCAR legends, Rusty Wallace and Roger Penski, of which his album "Rockin' Rusty" was recorded.  His most recent album, "On The Road" was recently released and is available at all Pilot Travel Centers nationwide, with the title track written by country superstar, Kenny Chesney and legendary songwriter, Kim Williams.  His song, "Bring Daddy Home" was written in support of the U.S. military service personnel and their families and has received radio play. Now, Tony Justice has been invited to perform at the 2012 Pre-Grammy Awards Party in Hollywood, California in February.  Tony joins us as our special guest to discuss his long, struggling road from professional truck driver to upcoming Nashville recording artist.