Country band from
Maschen,
germany. Their
song Arizona, Arizona was the highest-ranking
non-american song in the
US country music charts up to today.
They are
playing for over
20 years now an
therefore have released a
bunch of
albums,
singles,
best-ofs,
trucker-song compilations etc., so don't
blame me for not putting up a
discography here. I
know at least 3
compilations that are not
listed on http://www.truck-stop.de/.
Major
hits include
Arizona, Arizona,
Ich möcht' so gern Dave Dudley hörn,
Easy Rider,
Der wilde, wilde Westen,
Sie haben mir den Truck geknackt and many more.
If you can
speak german you can
figure out
easily that their
lyrics are -as
most country lyrics- mostly senseless, as i'd like to demonstrate with a
roughly translated
sample from
Der wilde, wilde Westen:
The wild, wild west
begins right behind Hamburg
at a studio in Maschen
beside the highway
here you can hear
fiddle, banjo, steel guitar
here they are in a good mood
the cowboys from the Waterkant
with their Nashville sound.
Waterkant is a slang term for the coast of the north sea and the Elbe up to Hamburg, it means coastline.
I can't believe its not
irony, but i like it anyways. I once
attended a
Truck Stop live show at their home town, Maschen, and they just
rocked the house. Ever seen
middle-aged sales persons dressed like wannabe
cowboys dancing on the table?
Important:The song
Papa, ich will Trucker werden so wie Du (
Daddy, i want to be a trucker just like you) is a
urban legend and has never been
recorded nor
performed by
Truck Stop.