Friday Music

Texas singer and songwriter Townes Van Zandt recorded tracks for an album with a working title of Seven Come Eleven in 1972.  The recordings went unreleased for 20 years as a consequence of a dispute between his manager Kevin Eggers and record producer Jack Clement. 

Eggers either could not or refused to pay for the studio sessions so Clement erased the master tapes. However, before they were deleted Eggers snuck into the studio and recorded rough mixes of the songs - including this one - on to a cassette tape. 

Van Zandt biographer John Kruth has suggested that this song is a metaphor for the heroin barreling like a semi down the interstate of Van Zandt's veins and addresses the dangers that he and his pals constantly faced for a brief moment of drug-induced euphoria.   -Wikipedia 

Lots of talent on this stage to cover White Freightliner Blues…..