Trucker is a rock band that was formed in 1995 and is based in

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, United States. In 2000, Trucker was interviewed and performed on the nationally televised show

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; which was an hour-long program created by

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and broadcast during primetime on the

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. Trucker performed alongside

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and the

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during the episode which aired April 24, 2000. In 2010, Trucker won the first phase of the Sennheiser HearIAm music campaign and received a prize package (valued at nearly $20,000) that included a performance slot at Montreal's

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; with a record crowd of over 50,000.

Accomplishments

*Winner of the first phase of the Sennheiser HearIAm Campaign(2010) *Single "One Good Saturday" featured on the emerging artist segment of Coast to Coast AM (2009) *Members Todd Johnson and Josh Basnett selected as NBC’s

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finalists (2008) *Album "Post Rock Motel" placed on Grammy Pre-ballot (2007) *Single “Make Peace” selected for MTV documentary (2007) *Winner of the first annual Deadwood Derby unsigned band competition (2006) *Todd Johnson selected by

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to attend the David Fishof R’n’R Fantasy Camp (2003) *Named a top 50 qualifier for the

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New Music Award two years in a row by the

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and the

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(2002 and 2003) *Selected by CMJ as a Regional Semi-Finalist for the Next Great Band Competition (2002) *Awarded B.E.A.M. Grant from Jim Beam as an up-and-coming artist to watch (2000) *Performed on nationally televised USA Network show Farmclub (2000)

Band members

Current

* Todd Johnson (Olathe, KS) – lead vocals and rhythm guitar (1995–present) * Thomas Barletta (Canton, CT) – drums (1995–2012) * Greg Barry (Quincy, IL) – bass guitar (2005–2012) * Josh Basnett (Tulsa, OK) – lead guitar and backing vocals (2005–2012) * Hank Rishcar (Quincy, IL) – lead keyboard and backing vocals (2007–2012) * Kevin Powell (Lawrence, KS) – backing keyboard, backing vocals and auxiliary percussion (2005–2012)

Former

*Wayne Rasmuss – bass guitar (1997–2003)

Discography

Albums

*''Go Out'' (2000) *''Nothing To See Here'' (2003) *''Feeling Better Today'' (2006) *''Post Rock Motel'' (2006) *''Hello Amero'' (2008) *''New Single Fridays'' (2010) *''al fine'' (2012)

Singles

*"Better to Be" (1996) *"Chosen by God" (2003) *"The Neighbor Song" (2003) *"New Single Fridays" (2009–2010) *"Grow Away" (December 2009) *"Crumpled Happy" (January 2010) *"Such a Girl" (February 2010) *"And It's Late" (March 2010) *"Endlessly" (April 2010) *"In the Mourning" (May 2010) *"Doscha" (June 2010) *"Super Double Agent" (July 2010) *"Bloodied and Drugged" (August 2010)

References

# Farmclub article
Lawrence Journal-World article
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The Pitch article
/ref> #Sennheiser announces Trucker as the winning band for the first phase of their HearIAm music campaign
# Osheaga article
The Montreal Gazette article
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video of performance
/ref> #Coast to Coast AM
/ref> #Lawrence.com archive of Deadwood Derby
/ref> #Lawrence Journal-World article
/ref> #Press release for Coca-Cola New Music Award
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External links

Official Trucker website
Rock music groups from Kansas Musical groups established in 1995