ABOUT

Dubbed a "modern day Bob Dylan," Long Haul Paul was born and raised in Muncie, Indiana. His father was the CEO of the twelfth largest meat packing company in the United States. While working summers in the family business as a "pump boy," fueling, washing, and parking trucks for the company fleet, Paul, "just kinda fell in love with trucks." Much to his parents disappointment, he dropped out of college, eventually choosing the life of a long haul trucker.

      Late in his life, during a recording pilgrimage to FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, which was sponsored by his daughter Audrey, Long Haul Paul met session legend and producer Travis Wammack, who would come to dub the gear jammer "a modern day Bob Dylan." A collaboration ensued, which would yield a record deal for the grizzled 57 year old with the truck stop label Laughing Hyena Records.

     

 

Notable Mentions - 

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"Long Haul Paul's album, Bessemer to Birmingham has been distributed nationwide in chain truck stops. Several of his songs have been featured on The All Nighter Show with Marcia Campbell, 650 WSM, Nashville, Tennessee.

“Long Haul” Paul Marhoefer didn’t get his nickname by accident. He’s spent a lot more of his life driving trucks across America than recording music. But all those years of rolling down the highways have given him tons of stories about life on the road and the people who live it. And fortunately for the rest of us, he’s got a hell of a gift for telling tales that feel not just real but relevant, even to people who’ve never come closer to a big rig than listening to “Convoy.” Framed by a raw-but-righteous mix of folk, country, and rock ‘n’ roll, that gift makes Long Haul Paul one of 2023’s most resonant troubadours—the kind of real-deal working-class hero Springsteen can only dream of being.”

 

Jim Allen

Culture Sonar

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"Long Haul Paul" Marhoefer is the authentic voice of the American highway. A trucker for nearly 40 years, he trades the dashboard for the fretboard to deliver "diesel-soaked" folk and Americana that hits harder than an 18-wheeler. With a storytelling style often compared to a blue-collar Bob Dylan, his music captures the dark beauty and grit of life on the road. From the viral hit "Thirty Weight Coffee" to the haunting "You Were a Good Hand," Paul's songs aren't just tunes— they are true stories from a life spent chasing the white line”.

 

Mid America Trucking Show 

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