Dave Dudley
              The Pool Shark

               
        ( As of this date I do not have the titles of releases Roy worked with Dave Dudley)
               
      Dave Dudley (born David Darwin Pedruska, May 3, 1928, Spencer, WI) is
       the father of truck-driving country music. With his 1963 song "Six Days on
       the Road," he founded a new genre of country music -- a variation of honky
       tonk and rock-inflected country that concentrated lyrically on the lifestyles
       of truck drivers. Dudley had a string of Top 15 singles that ran through the
       '60s, while he continued to have Top 40 hits well into the '70s, establishing
       himself as one of the most popular singers of his era.
      In the summer of 1963, he had his breakthrough hit, "Six Days on the Road,"
       which was released on Golden Wing. The song became a massive success,
       peaking at number two on the country charts and making the pop Top 40.
       That same year, he signed with Mercury Records, releasing his first single
       for the label, "Last Day in the Mines," by the end of the year. Throughout the
       '60s, he had a long string of truck driving singles, including "Truck Drivin'
       Son-of-A-Gun," "Trucker's Prayer," "Anything Leaving Town Today, "There
       Ain't No Easy Run," and "Two Six Packs Away." By the end of the decade,
       he was also making conservative, good-old-boy anthems, as well.

       During the early '70s, he had several hits -- notably the 1971 Top Ten
       singles "Comin' Down" and "Fly Away Again" -- but by the beginning of the
       '80s, he was no longer a presence on the charts. His last hit single was
       1980's "Rolaids, Doan's Pills and Preparation H." During the '80s and '90s,
       Dudley didn't record much, but he remained a popular concert draw. And
       truck drivers still loved him -- the Teamsters Union awarded him an
       honorary, solid gold membership card. -- Stephen Thomas Erlewine,
       All-Music Guide