10 Swingin'-est Tour Buses EVER

The earliest Tour Buses for musicians were the tent revivals in the South. 
Those familiar with the details of the period know that there were various good reasons these folks needed to get out of town quickly and efficiently. 

“I want to take a ride in
 the car Hank Williams died in”

Wow. Just-Wow.

Elvis drove his own. 

He was a truck driver from way back,

and he kept odd hours anyway.

Um... couldn’t find anything on this Isetta, but, in trying to, I found this about Webb Pierce:

        "The strangest record Webb Pierce  made in his attempt to regain chart dominance was a 1956 attempt to merge two trends, one the maudlin child snuff ballad, a musical genre that has thrived in country music since its earliest days,  and that peculiar trend-- the "wop song", which are tunes done in a strange stereotyped Italian accent similar to that of Chico Marx..."

Information courtesy of The HoundBlog, http://thehoundblog.blogspot.com/2010_09_01_archive.html 

I don’t know the story on this. But I want to.

Willie Nelson's bus. Highway Roadkill is a constant concern. 

From the smell of things, this ‘un hit a skunk. 

Roll up for the mystery tour... will this EVER be released on DVD?

My fave. 12 of these caravanned the US in 1939 to spread the message. 
I’m unclear on WHAT message, exactly, but this is the baddest thing on wheels, EVER!!!! Contemporaneous youtube here