Show more Show more Charlie Douglas-The Planting Bugle Brent Popham 99K views 14 years ago Mix - Charlie Douglas - Chester Baker Wendy. He also left us some memorable comedy bits such as my favorite, “The Talking Outhouse”. Me And Dammit Ray (LP, Album)Sunshine Country Records: SC-11830: US: 1976: Recommendations. From the 'Me And Dammit Ray Long Time Friends' album. to do any freelance work, because Malory orders the gang to gather at HQ at 7 a.m. 3 in Picayune, Mississippi, with further information as it becomes available.Ĭharlie Douglas leaves behind a legion of fans, and for me, memories of long overnights on the road with the Road Gang blasting out of the AM, long before we had satellite. He is survived by his wife and three children.Ī memorial is planned for Saturday, Dec. He retired from radio a year later to work full-time for CDX, the countyr music distribution business he established ith business partner Paul Lovelace in 1991. He was inducted into the Country Music DJ Hall of Fame in 1994. San Antonio Dallas and Houston, among other markets Gillette: Didn't know they made sushi with dried clams. Lana: Raaaaay Gillette: Yeah, she's laying it on pretty thick. Douglas moved frequently and worked in Asheville, N.C. Lana: Dammit Ray Lana: Ray, we are Code Zulu Malory: Code Zulu She knows better than that. He first became a program director in 1956 at KOCY Oklahoma City. He will live on in the memories of all who rode through the night with this great friend of the truck driver” – Dave Nemo, SirusXM Personality and Douglas protege' Douglas began his radio career in 1953 at KLIC Monroe La. “Trucking radio lost the man who invented the genre. The show continued for 13 years spawning dozens of wannabes and imitators but Douglas was and remains one of a kind.ĭouglas left the show and New Orleans in 1984 moving to Nashville to announce for the Grand Ol Opry and work for WSM. In a time before cell phones, the Road Gang was a vital link for truckers to keep in touch with friends and family. He was 78.ĭouglas, whose real name was Doug China, first brought the “Road Gang” to WWL in 1971. Charlie Douglas, father of overnight trucking radio, dead at 78 Charlie Douglas, whose “Road Gang” overnight truckers radio show on WWL870 kept many a trucker awake and smiling over the miles in the early 70’s, died at his home in Picayune Mississippi on Thanksgiving day.
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