Thursday, February 10, 2022

Friends of Jesus

 

This song came up in my youtube suggestions. I don't know if it's because of the goings-on in Canada these days or if it's because I have been listening to a TON of Johnny Cash lately. Is that him? Not the main speaker, the other one. I could look it up, but I'd rather ask you. 






The song tells the tale of truckers in the early 1970's joining together in convoys to allow them to drive faster...I think. There's all kinds of slang, come on. I know "pigpen" is someone hauling livestock and the bears are the Highway Patrol. This part is my favorite: 



Well, we shot the line and we went for broke

With a thousand screamin' trucks

An' eleven long-haired Friends a' Jesus

In a chartreuse micra-bus



My people, long-haired hippie friends of Jesus! 

Ooh, it's good to see you guys, riding along the road, just going, here, there, everywhere.


Do you remember the Jesus People? I am too young to remember the movement personally, but I believe my life is a product of it. It was a move of the Holy Spirit in the dark days of our country, in some ways similar to today. A bunch of unlikely kids dropped out of dropping out and came to the Lord. Beautiful! They're still among us, some of them. 


Jesus People




28 comments:

  1. The current truck movement is interesting.

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    1. It's been really surprising to me. I thought Canadians were very calm, quiet, and polite. Who knew they had this in them?

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  2. I answer to your question, I am not sure if it is Johnny Cash. If it is, he has a cold. I thing the picture on the cover looks like John Denver.

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    1. thanks, quietspirit. Sounds like him to me, but I think it is not,

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  3. I don't remember the Jesus people but I remember this song.

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  4. Yes I remember the Jesus people in the 60's and 70's on the California Coast. That's when Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa started and Pastor Chuck Smith would baptize 100's of teenagers in the pacific ocean. Good times.

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    1. It is so incredible to think of those times.

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  5. Sandi: I remember the Jesus people, very different.
    It is Johnny Cash singing with a Bill Fries (CW McCall).
    This is a fun post Sandi.

    Catherine

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  6. CW McCall real name is William Fries, and I assume he is singing the song he wrote. it isn't Johnny Cash. And I do remember the Jesus People. They were a little younger than me, but not that much. This was interesting and fun. I pray for our truckers today. May they stay safe and strong.

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    1. Yes! God protect them. One of the bridges on the news is a bridge we used to cross all the time going into Canada when I was a kid. It is surreal to see this happening!

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  7. I remember this song. I don't think it's Johnny Cash in it, but he really does sound similar. I've heard of the Jesus People but they were a little before me.
    Fun Song, and fitting for the news today!

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  8. I heard about the Jesus people when we first married in '80. Our elderly neighbor told us that a church in the city, an AG evangelical church would be a favorite church they would attend, the Jesus people would bring their pets to church too, pretty neat. I remember when I was in school hearing the term...Jesus freak. Hm. Kind of neat too if you think about it. I remember one of the waitresses at my dad's restaurant was dating a guy who loved Jesus so my dad said she turned into a Jesus freak, I remember the Jesus sticker on the front of her purse. A few years later my dad told my mom over the phone (they were separated) that he could ring my neck because what I was into...hahaha I too had become a Jesus person. Still am, maybe a little more serious and not so gullible of movements but still sold out to the Lord! : )...A few years later? My dad was listening to Keith Green music in my little condo, he turned into a Jesus person too. Many plot twists in his life along the way. Another blog. xo Great entry Sandi. (And I do remember the cb craze and that song, my dad loved it!)

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    1. Jesus is contagious. 😃

      Do you remember the song "Jesus Freak" by DC Talk? You made me think of it.

      Thanks for stopping by!

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    2. Yes! I remember that song...Neat song! And I too was thinking of that same song too as I typed, very neat! : )

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  9. Well...we were in the middle of the Jesus Movement with Calvary Chapel in Southern California. Convoy has nothing to do with the Canadians. Maybe it was a revolt against the 55 mile an hour mandate across the nation to save gas, supposedly. To reduce gas consumption and touted to reduce fatal accidents.

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    1. 💕 You are one of the Jesus People! And here we are now.

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  10. I remember this song. It was very popular over here.

    God bless.

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    1. Funny. British people singing about an American trucking convoy... 😃

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  11. I too remember this song.

    It seems there are a lot of convoys in many countries at the moment.

    All the best Jan

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    1. It gives me hope that all is not lost. It seems WW3 is being fought in the hearts of men.

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  12. It doesn't sound like Johnny Cash to me, but he sounds familiar, like he was the singer of popular song in the early 60's, when I was in high school.

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