Phantom 309
by Red Sovine
- Artist
- Red Sovine
- First released
- 1967
- Duration
About this song
Tommy Faile's spoken-word trucker ghost story, a 1967 Starday single for Red Sovine that reached No. 9 on the Billboard country chart; a hitchhiker gets a ride from a driver who died years earlier.
Song themes
Performance tips
- It is mostly spoken: narrate it slowly like a late-night radio ghost story.
- Save the reveal at the end and let it land in silence.
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