Rubber Duck is an album by country musician C. W. McCall, released on Polydor Records in 1976 (see 1976 in music). It is his fourth album, released the same year as Wilderness, but concentrating on the themes the McCall character was popular for – trucking, as opposed to the various depictions of nature that could be found in Wilderness. Among others, the album contains the song "'Round the World with the Rubber Duck", a sequel to McCall's earlier wildly popular hit "Convoy", with many humorous and absurd elements added. "Audubon" is a quasi-autobiographical song, while "Ratchetjaw" is a take on trucker slang, with a multitude of CB-related terminology included in the lyrics.
As with most works credited to C. W. McCall, all of the songwriting on the album is credited to Bill Fries (a former advertising executive who adopted the C. W. McCall persona) as lyricist and vocalist, and Chip Davis, who wrote the music.
Track listing
"'Round the World with the Rubber Duck" (Bill Fries, Chip Davis) – 4:08
"Audubon" (Fries, Davis) – 3:41
"Super Slab Showdown" (Fries, Davis) "Windshield Wipers in the Rain" (Fries, Davis) – 3:41 "Sing Silent Night" (Fries, Davis) "Ratchetjaw" (Fries, Davis) – 2:38 "Nishnabotna" (Fries, Davis) "Two-Way Lovin'" (Fries, Davis) "Camp Bird Mine" (Fries, Davis) – 3:36 "Niobrara" (Fries, Davis)
Personnel
C. W. McCall – Vocals, Design
Milt Bailey, Christopher Cable, Mike Hirsch, Ruth Horn, Gary Morris, Mel Olsen, Jan Sheldrick, Jerry Smithers, Dick Solowicz, Sarah Westphalen – Vocals Chip Davis – Vocals, Drums, Indian Whittle, Producer, Arranger Bill Berg, Don Simmons, Terry Wadell – Drums Joan Allen, Jackson Berkey – Keyboards Jimmy Johnson, Chuck Sanders – Bass Eric Hansen – Bass, Harmonica Ron Cooley, Ron Steele – 12-String Guitar, Electric Guitar Larry Morton – Electric Guitar Stu Basore – Steel Guitar Bobbie Thomas – Banjo Mortimer Alpert, Irene Berudt, Myrtle Bowman, Dorothy Brown, Hugh Brown, Miriam Dufflemeyer, Jinni Eldred, Lucinda Gladics, James Hammond, Joe Landes, Beth McCollum, Barbara Potter, Merton Shatzkin, Alex Sokol, Phillip Wachowski – Strings
Additional personnel
Don Sears – Producer, Engineer, Design, Photography
John Boyd, Ron Ubel – Engineers
Charts
Album – Billboard (North America)
Singles – Billboard (North America)