May 28, 2021
Milton Raphael, a company driver for Shelba D. Johnson Trucking, has been selected as one of 10 semi-finalists in the
Overdrive-Red Eye Radio Trucker Talent Search competition. He submitted his song, “A Little More Time,” which he says he wrote a few years ago “because I never seem to have enough time. There never seems to be enough sunshine on my sundial, or sand in my hourglass.”
Raphael, 72, says he didn’t pick up a guitar until his mid-40s, but “as soon as I learned how to play three chords, I said, ‘well, doggone, I’m going to try putting that to music,’” he says.
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.
Judges will pick three finalists for the Trucker Talent Search competition. They will compete for the top spot by performing another song. Overdrive will air their final competition this summer in an evening streaming event, which will conclude with naming the winner.
He submitted his song, “Just a Lie,” which he says he wanted to write to give people “something we can all tap our foot and nod our heads to.” More here.
Paul Hill, a company driver for TNB Quality Carriers, has been selected as one of 10 semi-finalists in the Overdrive-Red Eye Radio Trucker Talent Search competition.