Wolf Creek Pass is an album

Album

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 by country

Country music

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 musician C. W. McCall

C. W. McCall

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, released in 1975 (see 1975 in music

1975 in music

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) on MGM Records

MGM Records

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. It was recorded after the success of a song included in the album, "Old Home Filler-up an' Keep on a-Truckin' Cafe", which was used in a popular television commercial that helped make McCall famous. McCall himself was the pseudonym

Pseudonym

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 of Bill Fries and was convened by Fries along with Chip Davis

Chip Davis

Louis F. "Chip" Davis, Jr. is the founder and leader of the music group Mannheim Steamroller.He also wrote the music for C.W. McCall, including the 1975 hit "Convoy".-Biography:...

 of Mannheim Steamroller

Mannheim Steamroller

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 fame. The album concentrated predominantly on themes related to trucking, with many of them based on events in Fries' life. The album also contained the eponymous

Eponym

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 song "Wolf Creek Pass

Wolf Creek Pass

Wolf Creek Pass is a high mountain pass on the Continental Divide, in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. It is the route through which U.S. Highway 160 passes from the San Luis Valley into southwest Colorado on its way to New Mexico and Arizona. The pass is notable as inspiration of a C. W....

", which helped popularize the actual mountain pass (located in Colorado) itself. The actual "Old Home Filler-up an' Keep on a-Truckin' Cafe" was located in Pisgah, Iowa

Pisgah, Iowa

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.

The full name of the album is Wolf Creek Pass, The Old Home Filler-up an' Keep on a-Truckin' Cafe (and Other Wild Places).

Track listing

1. "Wolf Creek Pass" (Bill Fries, Chip Davis) – 3:55
2. "Night Rider" (Fries, Davis) – 2:30
3. "Classified" (Fries, Davis) – 2:28
4. "Old 30" (Fries, Davis) – 2:20
5. "I've Trucked All Over This Land" (Fries, Davis) – 2:46
6. "Four Wheel Drive" (Fries, Davis) – 2:58
7. "Rocky Mountain September" (Fries, Davis) – 3:10
8. "Old Home Filler-up an' Keep on a-Truckin' Cafe" (Fries, Davis) – 2:45
9. "Sloan" (Fries, Davis) – 3:08
10. "Glenwood Canyon" (Fries, Davis) – 3:10

Personnel

• C. W. McCall - Vocals, Design
• Carol Rogers, Liz Westphalen (The Puffys) - Vocals
• Terry Waddell, Bill Berg
  Bill Berg (musician)
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   - Drums
• Curtis McPeak, Bobbie Thomas - Banjo
• Larry Morton, Ron Agnew - Guitar
• Chuck Sanders, Eric Hansen - Bass
• Ron Steele - 12-String, 6-String Electric
• Gregg Fox - 12-String
• Jackson Berkey - Keyboards
• Chip Davis - Producer, Arranger, Drums, Strings
• Don Sears - Producer, Engineer, Design
• Ron Ubel - Engineer
• Steve Kline - Photography

The title track

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 was covered by Australian singer Lester Coombs. Lyrics were changed to fit Australian geography.

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1975	Country Albums	4
1975	Pop Albums	143

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1974	"Old Home Filler-up an' Keep on a-Truckin' Cafe"	Country Singles	19
1974	"Old Home Filler-up an' Keep on a-Truckin' Cafe"	Pop Singles	54
1974	"Wolf Creek Pass"	Country Singles	12
1974	"Wolf Creek Pass"	Pop Singles	40
1975	"Classified"	Country Singles	13

External links

• NarrowGauge.org album information for Wolf Creek Pass