Shake Hands With Danger

Jim Stringer... Shake Hands With Danger (1979, .mp3 audio 02:27). "...In the 11 years I spent at Centron (that is, before I was granted parole) I worked on hundreds of films and wrote hundreds of snippets of music, including the title track for 'Shake Hands with Danger', a safety film produced for Caterpillar Tractor Co. in 1979. The vocalist is Charles Oldfather, one time Dean of the University of Kansas Law School. I auditioned dozens of country singers... and Charles just had that right touch. Some folks have compared him to Johnny Cash... personally, I think he sounds nothing like the man in black, but I know that if Charlie were alive to hear these comments, he'd grin from ear to ear. The lyrics were written by John Clifford, who with director Herk Harvey, created the cult horror film, 'Carnival of Souls.'
The download above is the theme songs, though this version doesn't appear in the movie, but rather it was on an accompanying cassette which was sold at showings. Our initial order of cassettes for Caterpillar was 12,500 and when those were gone, we duplicated another 12,500, and then a third order for 5000 was placed, though quite a few of those stayed on the shelf." Also... the original Safety Film 'Shake Hands With Danger' at A/V Geeks (Flash Video 23:22).