Dick Curless

Dick Curless (March 17, 1932 – May 25, 1995) was an American-Canadian country music singer and guitarist known for his extensive vocal range, trademark eye patch, and songs about life on the road. Rising to fame with the 1965 hit "A Tombstone Every Mile," Curless built a loyal following with his blend of truck-driving country, folk ballads, and gospel music.

Biography Curless was born in Fort Fairfield, Maine, United States, and moved with his family to Massachusetts at the age of eight. He began his music career in 1948 in Ware, Massachusetts, where he hosted a radio show and toured with a local band called the Trail Blazers.

Discography Albums Year Album US Country Label 1959 Songs of the Open Country — Tiffany 1961 Singing Just for Fun — 1962 I Love to Tell the Story — 1965 Tombstone Every Mile 12 Capitol Hymns — 1966 The Soul of Dick Curless — Tower Travelin' Man — At Home with Dick Curless — A Devil Like Me Needs an Angel Like You (w/ Kay Adams) 16 1967 All of Me Belongs to You — Ramblin' Country — 1968 The Long Lonesome Road 43 The Wild Side of Town — 1970 Hard, Hard Traveling Man — Capitol 1971 Doggin' It 42 Comin' On Country 43 1972 Stonin' Around — 1973 Live at the Wheeling Truck Driver's Jamboree 37 The Last Blues Song — 1974 End of the Road — Hilltop 1987 Welcome to My World — Rocade (Norway) 1990 It's Just a Matter of Time — Rocade (Norway), Stetson (UK) 1995 Traveling Through — Rounder

Singles Year Single Chart positions Album US Country CAN Country - 1965 "A Tombstone Every Mile" 5 — A Tombstone Every Mile "Six Times a Day (The Trains Came Down)" 12 — "'Tater Raisin' Man" 42 — Travelin' Man 1966 "Travelin' Man" 44 — "Highway Man" — — single only "A Devil Like Me Needs an Angel Like You" (w/ Kay Adams) — — A Devil Like Me Needs an Angel Like You "The Baron" 63 — All of Me Belongs to You 1967 "All of Me Belongs to You" 28 — "House of Memories" 72 — "Big Foot" 70 — Ramblin' Country 1968 "Bury the Bottle with Me" 55 — The Long Lonesome Road "I Ain't Got Nobody" 34 — "All I Need Is You" — — single only 1969 "The Wild Side of Town" — — The Wild Side of Town 1970 "Big Wheel Cannonball" 27 18 Hard, Hard Traveling Man "Hard, Hard Traveling Man" 31 — "Drag 'Em Off the Interstate, Sock It to 'Em, J.P. Blues" 29 — 1971 "Juke Box Man" 41 — Doggin' It "Loser's Cocktail" 36 — Comin' On Country "Snap Your Fingers" 40 — 1972 "January, April and Me" 34 — Stonin' Around "Stonin' Around" 31 35 "She Called Me Baby" 55 — 1973 "Chick Inspector (That's Where My Money Goes)" 54 — Live at the Wheeling Truck Driver's Jamboree "China Nights (Shina No Yoru)" 80 — Stonin' Around "The Last Blues Song" 65 — The Last Blues Song 1974 "Swingin' Preacher" — — "Brand New Bed of Roses" — — single only