Genre: Rock. When he walks in the restaurant and mentions her name, the staff and regulars confirm that Marge perished in that very accident. Please add comment via email, twitter or at soundcloud. Album: Nighthawks at the Diner / Original Release Date: 1975. Posts: 1,243 Big Joe and Phantom 309 Jul 1, 2011 19:16:45 GMT -6 . Red Sovine released the song “Phantom 309” in 1967, almost a decade before CB truckin’ songs became super popular. After three days, at a crossroad in the pouring rain, he flags down a tractor-trailer driven by a guy named “Big Joe.” Chords: C, Em, C#, F, G, Gdim, Fdim, A, E, Am, Fm, Gm. Song Duration: 6 min 28 sec. 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The lyrics are spoken, rather than sung. The song tells of a hitchhiker (the singer, in first person) trying to return home from the West Coast. Big Joe And Phantom 309 Tom Waits. This version was covered by Archers of Loaf on 1995's Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits. BIG JOE AND PHANTOM 309 Laatste aanpassing op 18/09/2012. Well, Joe lost control, went into a skid And gave his life to save that bunch-a kids And there at that crossroads, was the end of the line For Big Joe and phantom 309 But, every now and then, some hiker'll come by And like you, Big Joe'll give 'em a ride Here, have another cup and forget about the dime Keep it as a souvenir, from Big Joe and Phantom 309! In the movie Trailer Park Boys: Don't Legalize It, "Phantom 309" is the background music to the intro scene at Ray's funeral. Facebook; Twitter; Tumblr; LinkedIn; MySpace; Email; Go to. Filed under Uncategorized. Big Joe and Phantom 309 Lyrics See, I just happened to be back on the East Coast a few years back I was trying to make me a buck like everybody else I'll be damned if times didn't get hard “Phantom 309” or “Big Joe … and Phantom 309”, a song written by Tommy Faile, was recorded by Red Sovine for Starday Records, in April 1967, at Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN With the production of Tommy Hill, the song was released in May 1967, on October 21, 1967, reached # 9 on the US Hot Country Songs charts, and stayed a total of 16 weeks on the charts. Top Tom Waits Lyrics Army Ants Take Me Home Step Right Up All The World Is Green Danny Says Home I'll Never Be When You Ain't Got Nobody Please Call Me Baby All The Time Big In Japan. Please support artists by buying their music, or using services which guarantee artists a revenue - listen responsibly. We do not have any tags for Big Joe and Phantom 309 lyrics. It was a minor hit, peaking at number nine on the Billboard Magazine Country chart. Select Post; Deselect Post; Link to Post; Member. - Yalp Big Joe and Phantom 309 - NIGHTHAWKS AT THE DINER [034] Keep your cool, Waitsheads, Song by Song is still here and still committed, we’re just starting with the original Red Sovine track before heading into Waits’s cover of Big Joe’s story. Strange goings-on on the road are dealt with by our ghostbusters Sam, Martin and Andrea, as Red and Tom in turn are picked up by the spirit of a kindly truck-driving spook, who teaches us not to be afraid of the afterlife, as it’ll happily front you the cost of a cup of coffee should you require. Hoist That Rag Lyrics; Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen) Lyrics; Come on Up to the House Lyrics; Downtown Train Lyrics; Martha Lyrics; SongMeanings is a place for discussion and discovery. Arriving at a truck stop, she advises him to tell the wait staff that Large Marge sent him, and drives away cackling. Op zijn album I Didn't Jump The Fence. 1,097,225 Lyrics; 110,886 Artists; 1,737,493 … Just about every trucker on the roads knew of Big Joe and Phantom 309. In 1981, the Dutch song 'Stille Willie' ('Silent William') by the B.B. It’s about a haunted 18-wheeler, and the story behind one of its verses is quite true, to the point that town residents worked to erect a monument in honor of the real-life hero in September, 2014. "Phantom 309" is a song written by Tommy Faile and released as a single by Red Sovine in 1967. The song also reoccurs (continuing where it left off in the intro) later in the film when Bubbles contemplates leaving Ricky and Julian to live in the school bus his parents left him in their will. They would all listen as he talked about his boy back home called Teddy Bear. Phantom 309, Phantom 309, Red Sovine, (1967) After driving through the night, Big Joe drops the hitchhiker off at a truck stop, gives him a dime for a cup of coffee, then disappears out of sight. Well you know times get hard and well I got down on my luck and I got tired of just roamin’ and bummin’ around, so I started thumbin’ my way back to my ol’ hometown. The waiter tells the hiker that he was not the first; the ghost of Big Joe had been known to pick up other hitchhikers over the years. Johnny Cash's song "Like The 309", posthumously released in 2006's American V: A Hundred Highways, pays tribute to the original. Other artists who have recorded "Phantom 309" include Dave Dudley, Del Reeves, Ferlin Husky, and Boxcar Willie. Play song with guitar, piano, bass, ukulele. Yes the little boy he left behind in this old world along with his wife that he called Momma Teddy Bear had to support themselves because Big Joe was called home that day when the Phantom 309 went into a skid!!! Log in to add a tag. Repeat: C/Em/F/G/ - C/Em/F/G/C / C Em F G I was out on the West Coast, tryin' to make a buck C Em F G And things didn't work out, I was down on my luck C Em F G Got tired a-roamin' and bummi The song was covered with slightly reworked lyrics by Tom Waits in July 1975 at Record Plant Studios in Los Angeles and released in October on his third album, the pseudo-live double-LP Nighthawks at the Diner, under the title “Big Joe and Phantom 309”. Big Joe And Phantom 309. Band (Bill Bradley Band) tells the same story. - Yalp More information Tom Waits - Big Joe and Phantom 309 - YouTube Red Sovine released the song “Phantom 309” in 1967, almost a decade before CB truckin’ songs became unavoidable. It was a minor hit, peaking at number nine on the Billboard Magazine Country chart. Quote. The lyrics are spoken, rather than sung. Andere originals van artiest: 1954 HOW DO … Big Joe and Phantom 309. While in J-ROCs trailer filming a "greasy film" Ray drinks a whole quart of liquor and rolls backwards into the shot where Bubbles is introducing himself in Trailer Park Girls Gone Wild, where J-ROC calls Ray a ""Phantom 309" lookin' mah-f**ker. "Phantom 309" is a song written by Tommy Faile and released as a single by Red Sovine in 1967. Chords: . Well you see, I happend to be back on the east coast a few years back, trying to make me a buck, like everybody else. Playlist Share. Apr 19, 2017 - Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. Listen to Big Joe And Phantom 309 by Tom Waits, 2,066 Shazams, featuring on Tom Waits: Next Steps Apple Music playlist. We think your Song by Song experience will be enhanced by hearing, in full, the songs featured in the show, which you can get hold of from your favourite record shop or online platform. Stream Big Joe And Phantom 309, Nighthawks At The Diner, Tom Waits [034] by Song by Song from desktop or your mobile device Previous Thread; Next Thread; Please make a selection first; new « Prev; 1; Next » casper Senior Member. Covers: 1967: Ferlin Husky [als Phantom 309] 1967: Boxcar Willie [idem] 1967: Del Reeves [idem] 1967: Dave Dudley [idem] 1975: Tom Waits [op Nighthawks At The Diner] Gerelateerde items. Stan Ridgway's 1986 UK top 5 hit "Camouflage", about a ghostly marine, was inspired in part by this song. Log into the Spotify web player to hear these tracks. (To establish mood for the studio audience, Waits refers to the studio as "Raphael's Silver Cloud Lounge" on the album's first track). But in doing so, he had lost control of his truck and crashed; he had died in the wreck. Share Thread. The song was referenced beforehand in the show as well, during Episode 6 of Season 5, "Don't Cross the Sh*t Line." Artiest: Red Sovine Auteur: Tommy Faile Label: Starday Jaar: 1967. Big Joe and Phantom 309 chords by Tom Waits. Once inside, the hitchhiker tells of Big Joe's generosity and the waiter tells him he had been the beneficiary of a "ghost driver" (a variant of the vanishing hitchhiker/truck driver urban legend). The song is a first-person narrative by a hitchhiker who’s trying to return home from the West Coast. Give Gift; Back to Top; Post by casper on Jul 1, 2011 19:16:45 … Keep your cool, Waitsheads, Song by Song is still here and still committed, we’re just starting with the original Red Sovine track before heading into Waits’s cover of Big Joe’s story. The singer, in first person ) trying to return home from West. Home from the West Coast Waits Nighthawks at the Diner / Original Release Date 1975. And mentions her name, the Dutch song 'Stille Willie ' ( William! 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