Owner-operator Duane Cliatt, based in Nashville, has been selected as one of 10 semi-finalists in the
Overdrive-Red Eye Radio Trucker Talent Search competition. He submitted a cover of Radiohead’s 1990s hit, “Creep,” which he says is a song he feels a lot of people, especially truckers on the road, identify with.
Cliatt has been singing since he was 7 years old and has been writing songs just about as long, though he says he got more serious about songwriting at 15 years old.
Judges will pick three finalists for the Trucker Talent Search competition. They will compete for the top spot by performing another song. Overdrive will air their final competition this summer in an evening streaming event, which will conclude with naming the winner.
Tennessee-based driver John Malayter won the 2020
Overdrive-Red Eye Radio s Trucker Talent Search. In his finals competition, he performed a song he wrote about missing home, “Take Me Back to Tennessee,” which he penned before he began truck driving.Todd DillsTen singing drivers have made it to the semi-finals of the
Overdrive-Red Eye Radio Trucker Talent Search, now in its eighth year.
Their video entries offer a glimpse of the voices and instrumental skills of the competitors.
Overdrive will publish brief profiles of the 10 this month before announcing the three finalists.
Those three will compete for the top spot by performing another song.