Phantom is a song written by Tommy Faile and released as a single by Red Sovine in It was a minor hit, peaking at number nine on the Billboard Magazine Country chart.

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Phantom was a noise rock band formed in Atlanta, Georgia by Gary Held, John Forbes and Mac McNeilly. They existed for a brief amount of time and recorded one full-length album, titled A Sinister Alphabet, in History. Phantom was founded in and issued their Genres: Noise rock, garage punk, garage rock, .

Red Sovine Miscellaneous Phantom () I was out on the West Coast, trying to make a buck and things didn't work out; I was down on my luck Got tired a-roaming and bumming around so I started thumbing back East, toward my hometown. Made a lot of miles, the first two days and.

Phantom Phantom ; A Sinister Alphabet (Tupelo) ; Duh; Blowhard (Boner) ; With cover art and lettering by Edward Gorey (uncle of bassist Mac McNeilly, who left P to drum for Jesus Lizard) and production by Jon Langford (Mekons/Three Johns), all this trio — self-billed as the biggest band in Picayune, Mississippi — had to.

Phantom Lyrics: I was out on the West Coast, tryin' to make a buck / And things didn't work out, I was down on my luck / Got tired a-roamin' and bummin' around / .

Phantom Red Sovine released the song “Phantom ” in , almost a decade before CB truckin’ songs became super popular. It’s about a haunted wheeler. The song is a first-person narrative by a hitchhiker who’s trying to return home from the West Coast.

Aug 30,  · The truck’s name and subsequent song title, Phantom , was the other reason the lyrics caught my ear. For obvious reasons. It was ghost-y! But then the song’s storyline took a twist at the end and the truck’s driver, Big Joe, turns out to be a ghost who gives this hitchhiker a ride –and ends up being the reason for his free cup of coffee.

Jun 01,  · If you don't own anything by the late, great Red Sovine you are out of your mind. Songs about ghosts, trucks, and crippled kids. All recited in a way-too-heartfelt manner. Phantom is the story of a hitchiker named "Big Joe" who hitches a ride from a trucker. Turns out he was a GHOST! Tom Waits even covered this one once/5(14).