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- Red Simpson (March 6, 1934 – January 8, 2016) was an American country singer-songwriter. He was best known for his trucker -themed songs such as the 1971 single "I'm a Truck". The song reached fourth on the U.S. and Canadian country charts. He began his career in 1966.
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Bio, news, discography and more about Red Simpson known as the Bard of Bakersfield and the Forgotten Man of the Bakersfield Sound.
Jan 8, 2016 · Joseph "Red" Simpson (March 6, 1934 – January 8, 2016) was an American country singer-songwriter best known for his trucker-themed songs. Red Simpson was raised in Bakersfield, California, the youngest of a dozen children. At age 14, he wrote his first song.
Jan 13, 2016 · Red Simpson, an architect of the twangy, hard-driving Bakersfield sound in country music who made a career out of truck-driving songs like the 1971 hit “I’m a Truck,” died on Jan. 8 in...
Dec 25, 2016 · Red Simpson was, first and foremost, a songwriter. Fellow hometown legends Buck Owens and Merle Haggard recorded a combined total of more than 40 Simpson originals, including the Top 10...
Jan 10, 2016 · Red Simpson, who came to prominence as a country singer and writer and was an architect of the genre’s noted Bakersfield Sound, died on Friday (8) at the age of 81.
Jan 9, 2016 · Red Simpson, an architect of the Bakersfield Sound with contemporaries Merle Haggard and Buck Owens and a champion of truck drivers, has died after suffering a heart attack in December. He was...
Red Simpson. Country singer who cornered the trucking song market in the 1960s. Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Active. 1960s - 2010s. Born. March 6, 1934 in Higley, AZ. Died.
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