When Dick Curless became an overnight sensation in , he had already invested 15 years of hard work in the music business. All but lost in the hype and hoopla surrounding his hit record A Tombstone Every Mile were the formative years and nearly previous recordings that yielded paydirt when Curless finally aligned his efforts to the public's taste. This second box picks up where the first ended, and continues to the last of Curless' recordings for Capitol Records in It ends with an unexpected collection of home recordings that will be a revelation to Curless' fans, and a calling card for those who barely knew or understood his music. With the facts of Dick Curless' life and career provided on BCD , we have more latitude to reflect on the man himself, and his music.
Academic journal article Journal of American Folklore. Archie Green's contributions to the serious study of country music, as well as his pioneering work in documenting the folklore of working people, provide an important foundation for this paper, which explores the history and function of a particular truck driving song-"A Tombstone Every Mile"-in a particular region New England-and more specifically, Maine , and its heritage as a local folk item, a symbol of the region's teamster heritage, and a source of regional identity and pride. Money was scarce, and I learned I could get free CDs of new music-and some spending money-by writing reviews for the local paper in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Around this time, my band began touring extensively throughout the eastern United States and in Europe. As we reached out for advice from older musicians in our tiny and un-hip section of the country, it seemed our community of working musicians on the New Hampshire seacoast only went back as far as the folk revival. And so it felt, to me and to my peers, as though our corner of the world was one that had largely been without music for much of its long history. My studies since then have shown this to be embarrassingly false, but this was the overriding feeling within my community at the time.
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Archives RSS. Over the years I've had the pleasure to meet and play with some of my guitar heroes. It's been a trip meeting all these guys, but over the years I've noticed a disconnect.