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Artist:	CURLESS, DICK
Title:	The Long Lonesome Road
Label:	OMNI RECORDING COMPANY (AUSTRALIA)
Format:	CD
Price:	$20.00
Catalog #:	OMNI 152CD

"Known as 'The Baron of Country Music,' Dick Curless was a commanding vocal and physical presence. Possessed of a magnificent rumbling baritone, standing an imposing 6' 3" and eye-patched (due to genuine health problems) Curless battled drug and alcohol addictions for much of his life yet left a compelling catalog of music. The 1968 LP The Long Lonesome Road is perhaps his greatest album and is presented here in its entirety (including the bleakly autographical hit 'Bury the Bottle with Me') with 19 astounding extra cuts. They range from Curless' chilling trucker anthem 'A Tombstone Every Mile,' the stark 'Foggy Foggy Dew' to rollicking barroom laments like 'Loser's Cocktail' and the haunting anti-war ode 'Old Bob Burton.' Remastered from the original master tapes and presented with exclusive liner notes and rare photos. Twenty-nine track CD. All original recordings. Many tracks first time on CD."

Artist:	CURLESS, DICK
Title:	Tombstone Every Mile
Label:	SUNDAZED
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	SC 9001CD

"Sundazed is ecstatic about launching our new series -- a thorough re-examination of the patron saints of vintage country-cool. Kicking off this ongoing series are five diesel-fueled classics of the genre, taken directly from the glistening Capitol/Tower Records original analog masters. All five albums are first-time releases on compact disc, mid-line priced, and feature exact reproductions of the original album artwork, plus updated liners from noted country music author Rich Kienzle. The influence of these albums -- on contemporary artists as revered as Bill Kirchen, Hank Williams III and Dale Watson or relative newcomers such as Deke Dickerson, Laura Cantrell and Lazy Cowgirls' frontman Pat Todd -- cannot be underestimated." "Maine native Dick Curless had long recorded for regional labels when songwriter Dan Fulkerson approached him with A Tombstone Every Mile, the tale of a real-life stretch of Maine highway often lethal to truckers. Released nationally in 1965."

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