Truck Stop Chic

Truck Stop Chic An Ode To The Road
Timeless Badassery
Neon Icons & American Classics
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11/26/2025

Wildcat truckers in the 1970s were the renegades of the highway—independent drivers who hauled loads off the books, ran against union rules, and chased cash runs that big carriers wouldn’t touch. They lived by the CB, dodged weigh stations, stretched hours, and kept freight moving during fuel shortages and strikes. With diesel roaring and C.B. slang flying, they became roadside legends: half-cowboy, half-outlaw, rolling through the night in chrome rigs with no company boss to answer to. It was trucking at its roughest, loosest, and most wide-open. Follow another hero of the open road

11/25/2025

In 1975, The New York Times Magazine put David Allan Coe on the cover in his full “Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy” getup — rhinestones, Lone Ranger mask, and that fresh-out-of-prison edge. The piece cast him as country’s strangest rising outlaw, too wild for Nashville but impossible to ignore. It dug into his prison songs, his outsider swagger, and the mystique of a man hiding in plain sight, right as the outlaw movement was catching fire. Follow another outlaw legend

11/24/2025

Townes Van Zandt’s Pancho and Lefty is the song that became his calling card—his most iconic piece of writing, the one folks point to when they try to explain his genius in a single breath. It drifted between myth and melody so naturally that even Townes joked it got him out of more jams than a lawyer ever could. Follow another Texas legend

11/23/2025

“The Shootist,” released in 1976, was John Wayne’s final film, a fitting farewell built around a gunfighter dying on his own terms. Wayne played J.B. Books with a worn honesty, a man facing cancer and his fading era with the same iron steadiness he carried for decades. It felt less like a role and more like Wayne tipping his hat and riding off one last time. Follow another legend

11/22/2025

Evel Knievel lived in a long stare-down with death, treating it like just another ramp to clear. From the Caesar’s Palace crash to the Snake River Canyon rocket, he kept chasing bigger jumps and walking away busted but unbroken. Texas loved that kind of swagger, especially at the Houston Astrodome, where his ’71 and ’73 shows packed the place with fans who swore they saw a man outrun his own fate. Follow another legend!

11/20/2025

The Worldwide Texas Tour kicked off in 1976, and ZZ Top hauled a whole slice of Texas with them. The stage was shaped like the state, and they even brought along live longhorns, buffalo, and rattlesnakes behind plexiglass. It rolled through more than 100 shows and turned arenas into rowdy, dust-kicking roadhouses. Billy, Dusty, and Frank played sharp and heavy, taking Texas rock to Europe, the East Coast, and everywhere in between. By the time it wrapped in 1977, the tour had made ZZ Top one of the biggest live acts on the planet. Follow for more Texas legends (footage sourced and re-edited from SMU)

11/19/2025

Lowriders hit Houston in the early 80s carrying California style, but the Bayou City gave it its own twist. Candy paint, murals, and hydraulics mixed with Houston’s slab vibe—wire wheels, Vogues, and that deep Gulf Coast bass. Crews from the Northside to the East End turned Sunday cruises into rolling art shows, blending Chicano roots with Texas swagger. It wasn’t a copy of L.A.; it was Houston making the culture its own. Follow a true Texas legend!

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