Duane Cliatt News Today

Owner-operator Duane Cliatt, based in Nashville, has been selected as one of 10 semi-finalists in the Overdrive-Red Eye Radio Trucker Talent Search competition. He submitted a cover of Radiohead’s 1990s hit, “Creep,” which he says is a song he feels a lot of people, especially truckers on the road, identify with. Cliatt has been singing since he was 7 years old and has been writing songs just about as long, though he says he got more serious about songwriting at 15 years old. Jud...

Tennessee-based driver John Malayter won the 2020 Overdrive-Red Eye Radios Trucker Talent Search. In his finals competition, he performed a song he wrote about missing home, “Take Me Back to Tennessee,” which he penned before he began truck driving.Todd DillsTen singing drivers have made it to the semi-finals of the Overdrive-Red Eye Radio Trucker Talent Search, now in its eighth year. Their video entries offer a glimpse of the voices and instrumental skills of the competitors. Overdr...