Ted daffan biography

American singer-songwriter

Musical artist

Theron Eugene "Ted" Daffan (September 21, 1912^[1] – October 6, 1996)^[2] was an American country musician noted for composing the seminal "Truck Driver's Blues" and two much covered country anthems of unrequited love, "Born to Lose" and "I'm a Fool to Care".

Early years

Daffan was born in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, United States.^[1] He lived in Texas in the 1930s,^[1] working in an instrument repair shop in Houston.

Music career

In the 1930s, Western Swing bandleader Milton Brown convinced Daffan to start performing. Soon after he scored his first success as a songwriter with "Truck Drivers' Blues", one of the first truck-driving songs, a motif which would come to dominate country music for decades.^[1]

"Truck Drivers' Blues"

Daffan wrote "Truck Drivers' Blues" after he stopped at a roadside diner, and noticed that every time a trucker p Ted daffan born to lose lyrics!