Paul Marhoefer's guest appearances

Paul Marhoefer

Overdrive Radio

Jason Lee

Aaron Tippin

Richard Wilson

Scott Darling

John Condren

Kevin Rutherford

Jack Roberts

Mike Ryan

Scott Jordan

Bryan Smith

Boo Ray

Jerry Reed

MICHAEL PERRY

Ed Miller

BJ Williams

OwlTail

Early on in this Overdrive Radio edition showcasing trucker-songwriter "Long Haul Paul" Marhoefer's new "Corn Belt Cafe" long-player, the Overdrive Extra contributor describes standing at the register of a roadside diner somewhere in Illinois on Labor Day in the early 1980s. "Right in front of the counter there was a worn spot in the linoleum," Marhoefer said, and "standing in the blackness of that worn spot in the linoleum ... was one of those moments where you’re surprised by a sense of bliss." It was as if Marhoefer "had entered the portal of some one-ness," he said, a sense of being a part of a living history, of a fashion. "That’s something you don’t talk about if you’re a straight-truck driver from Indiana," as Marhoefer was at the time, though the memory stuck with him through the years. So many of those old roadside diners are gone, as is so much else, and you get the sense listening to "Corn Belt Cafe" that Marhoefer feels keenly the loss, a pervasive sense that permeates much of the record. The disc was recorded almost entirely in live takes in-studio with a principal partner in Michael Ronstadt, on the cello. The pair were able to evoke an appropriately earthy feel throughout, and the record features contributions from songwriters other than Marhoefer, and a couple co-writes with trucking fellow travelers Ken “Shoestring” Waugh, who sadly passed away last year, and Alabama-based J.D. Haynes. All in all, "Corn Belt Cafe" is something of a first for Marhoefer, in that the record and it’s 12 tracks have a cohesiveness that’s maybe less apparent on some of his prior efforts, a throwback to an era in which the album was the ultimate product for any musical act. Take a run through several stand-out tracks, many informed by Marhoefer's long trucking past, in today's edition of Overdrive Radio. Find an embed of the full album in the post that houses this podcast at https://www.overdriveonline.com/15286999

Early on in this Overdrive Radio edition showcasing trucker-songwriter "Long Haul Paul" Marhoefer's new "Corn Belt Cafe" long-player, the Overdrive Extra contributor describes standing at the register of a roadside diner somewhere in Illinois on Labor Day in the early 1980s. "Right in front of the counter there was a worn spot in the linoleum," Marhoefer said, and "standing in the blackness of that worn spot in the linoleum ... was one of those moments where you’re surprised by a sense of bliss." It was as if Marhoefer "had entered the portal of some one-ness," he said, a sense of being a part of a living history, of a fashion. "That’s something you don’t talk about if you’re a straight-truck driver from Indiana," as Marhoefer was at the time, though the memory stuck with him through the years. So many of those old roadside diners are gone, as is so much else, and you get the sense listening to "Corn Belt Cafe" that Marhoefer feels keenly the loss, a pervasive sense that permeates much of the record. The disc was recorded almost entirely in live takes in-studio with a principal partner in Michael Ronstadt, on the cello. The pair were able to evoke an appropriately earthy feel throughout, and the record features contributions from songwriters other than Marhoefer, and a couple co-writes with trucking fellow travelers Ken “Shoestring” Waugh, who sadly passed away last year, and Alabama-based J.D. Haynes. All in all, "Corn Belt Cafe" is something of a first for Marhoefer, in that the record and it’s 12 tracks have a cohesiveness that’s maybe less apparent on some of his prior efforts, a throwback to an era in which the album was the ultimate product for any musical act. Take a run through several stand-out tracks, many informed by Marhoefer's long trucking past, in today's edition of Overdrive Radio. Find an embed of the full album in the post that houses this podcast at <a href="https://www.overdriveonline.com/15286999" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.overdriveonline.com/15286999</a>

With whorls of history: Paul Marhoefer's new record, 'Corn Belt Cafe'

Trucker and singer-songwriter Paul Marhoefer's new "Old Black Epiphone" record follows his participation in the 2015 Trucker Talent Search and his previous record, "Raw Cuts." Recorded in part near his Muncie, Ind., home base -- the other half at Muscle Shoals Music in Tuscumbia, Ala. -- the record tracks in themes of redemption for and reckoning with mistakes of the past. In Marhoefer's case, a lot of that past is trucking, of course. The interview here, intercut with tracks from the record, was recorded in October 2016 in Nashville, Tenn. Hear more about the Muscle Shoals sessions here: https://soundcloud.com/overdriveradio/live-from-muscle-shoals-truckersinger-songwriter-paul-marhoefer-cuts-old-black-epiphone-record

Trucker and singer-songwriter Paul Marhoefer's new "Old Black Epiphone" record follows his participation in the 2015 Trucker Talent Search and his previous record, "Raw Cuts." Recorded in part near his Muncie, Ind., home base -- the other half at Muscle Shoals Music in Tuscumbia, Ala. -- the record tracks in themes of redemption for and reckoning with mistakes of the past. In Marhoefer's case, a lot of that past is trucking, of course. The interview here, intercut with tracks from the record, was recorded in October 2016 in Nashville, Tenn. Hear more about the Muscle Shoals sessions here: <a href="https://soundcloud.com/overdriveradio/live-from-muscle-shoals-truckersinger-songwriter-paul-marhoefer-cuts-old-black-epiphone-record" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/overdriveradio/live-from-muscle-shoals-truckersinger-songwriter-paul-marhoefer-cuts-old-black-epiphone-record</a>

Paul Marhoefer's "Old Black Epiphone" record: Trucking, music, life