Ted daffan biography

          Biography.

        1. Theron Eugene "Ted" Daffan was an American country musician noted for composing the seminal "Truck Driver's Blues" and two much covered country anthems of unrequited love, "Born to Lose" and "I'm a Fool to Care".
        2. Theron Eugene "Ted" Daffan (September 21, – October 6, ) was an American country musician noted for composing the seminal "Truck Driver's Blues" and.
        3. A songwriter and guitarist in the western swing tradition, Ted Daffan emerged out of a dust-soaked s Texas to craft enduring songs that mined the classic.
        4. Ted Daffan pioneered in the electrification of instruments and was an active figure in the Houston-area country-dance-band scene of the s.

          5. Theron Eugene "Ted" Daffan (September 21, – October 6, ) was an American country musician noted for composing the seminal "Truck Driver's Blues" and.!

          Ted Daffan

          American singer-songwriter

          Musical artist

          Theron Eugene "Ted" Daffan (September 21, 1912[1] – October 6, 1996)[2] was an American country musician noted for composing the seminal "Truck Driver's Blues" and two much covered country anthems of unrequited love, "Born to Lose" and "I'm a Fool to Care".

          Early years

          Daffan was born in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, United States.[1] He lived in Texas in the 1930s,[1] working in an instrument repair shop in Houston.

          Music career

          In the 1930s, Western Swing bandleader Milton Brown convinced Daffan to start performing.

          Soon after he scored his first success as a songwriter with "Truck Drivers' Blues", one of the first truck-driving songs, a motif which would come to dominate country music for decades.[1]

          "Truck Drivers' Blues"

          Daffan wrote "Truck Drivers' Blues" after he stopped at a roadside diner, and noticed that every time a trucker parked his rig and