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Dick Curless: Hard, Hard Traveling Man (4-CD Deluxe Box Set)

4-CD box set (LP-format) with 48-page book, 97 tracks. Playing time approx. 246 mns.

Dick Curless is best known for his mega-hit A Tombstone Every Mile, along with a string of trucker anthems and road songs, recorded since 1950 - 1973. This boxed set continues where Volume 1 (Standard, Event, Tiffany, Allagash, Tower; BCD 15882) ended with Curless' first session for Capitol in 1970, continuing until his final recordings for the label in 1973. Although less commercially successful, Curless left many surprisingly powerful recordings in the Capitol vaults, including his classic 1972 'live' album, recorded before an enthusiastic Trucker's Convention in Wheeling, West Virginia.

Perhaps the highlight of this collection is a full disc of previously unreleased solo vocal/guitar recordings made in a Nashville home-studio in 1988. Intended only for use by his family, these astonishing tracks reveal Dick Curless' full power as a singer and songwriter. Together with Volume 1, this collection offers the most extensive look at Maine's main contribution to country music. The accompanying book contains many previously unpublished photos and new interviews by Hank Davis offering insight into the personal side of this American Original.

Article properties: Dick Curless: Hard, Hard Traveling Man (4-CD Deluxe Box Set)

  • Interpret: Dick Curless

  • Album titlle: Hard, Hard Traveling Man (4-CD Deluxe Box Set)

  • Genre Country

  • Label Bear Family Records

  • Edition 2 Deluxe Edition
  • Artikelart Box set

  • EAN: 4000127161710

  • weight in Kg 1.2
Curless, Dick - Hard, Hard Traveling Man (4-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 1
01 A Pinch O' Powder Dick Curless
02 Big Wheel Cannonball Dick Curless
03 I Miss A Lot Of Trains Dick Curless
04 Six Days On The Road Dick Curless
05 A Tombstone Every Mile Dick Curless
06 Carter Boys Dick Curless
07 Hard, Hard Traveling Man Dick Curless
08 Long Lonesome Highway Dick Curless
09 Drop Some Silver In The Jukebox Dick Curless
10 Truck Stop Dick Curless
11 Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad Dick Curless
12 Winter's Comin' On Again Dick Curless
13 Golden Girl Dick Curless
14 Drag 'em Off The Interstate, Sock It To 'em, Dick Curless
15 Please Buy My Flowers Dick Curless
16 Juke Box Man Dick Curless
17 Leaving It All Behind Dick Curless
18 Rocky Top Dick Curless
19 Juke Box Man Dick Curless
20 Watermelon Man Dick Curless
21 The Lonesome Road Dick Curless
22 Coastline Charlie Dick Curless
23 Waiting For A Train Dick Curless
24 Homing Pigeon Dick Curless
25 Come Sundown Dick Curless
26 Snap Your Fingers Dick Curless
27 Swingin' Preacher Dick Curless
Curless, Dick - Hard, Hard Traveling Man (4-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 2
01 Woman, Don't Try To Sing My Song Dick Curless
02 I Gave Up Getting Over You Today Dick Curless
03 Loser's Cocktail Dick Curless
04 Old Ramblin' Alabama Me Dick Curless
05 Sweeter Than The Honey Dick Curless
06 Hot Springs Dick Curless
07 Bully Of The Town Dick Curless
08 Darby's Castle Dick Curless
09 I'll Be A Hero Dick Curless
10 Wait A Little Longer Dick Curless
11 Stonin' Around Dick Curless
12 Lay Your Hands On Me (And Heal Me) Dick Curless
13 January, April And Me Dick Curless
14 Travelin' Light Dick Curless
15 You've Really Got A Hold On Me Dick Curless
16 China Nights (Shina No Yoru) Dick Curless
17 The Best Is Yet To Come Dick Curless
18 (Drinkin' Beer And) Singing A Country Song Dick Curless
19 Chick Inspector (That's Where My Money Goes) Dick Curless
20 She Called Me Baby Dick Curless
21 For The Life Of Me Dick Curless
22 Old Bob Burton Dick Curless
23 The Last Blues Song Dick Curless
24 Born In Country Music Dick Curless
25 Room Full Of Roses Dick Curless
26 Been There People Dick Curless
27 Country Music Man Dick Curless
28 Lazy Bones Dick Curless
Curless, Dick - Hard, Hard Traveling Man (4-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 3
01 Swingin' Preacher Dick Curless
02 Country Soul Dick Curless
03 Get On Board My Wagon Dick Curless
04 Intro Dick Curless
05 Chick Inspector (That's Where My Money Goes) Dick Curless
06 Intro Dick Curless
07 Truck Stop Dick Curless
08 Intro Dick Curless
09 I've Come Awful Close Dick Curless
10 Intro Dick Curless
11 The Lonesome Road Dick Curless
12 Intro Dick Curless
13 15 Gears And 14 Wheels Dick Curless
14 Drag 'em Off The Interstate, Sock It To 'em, Dick Curless
15 Big Wheel Cannonball Dick Curless
16 Intro Dick Curless
17 Sixty Minute Man Dick Curless
18 Intro Dick Curless
19 Evil Hearted Me Dick Curless
20 (I'm Gonna Move To) The Outkirts Of Town Dick Curless
21 Interruption Dick Curless
22 (I'm Gonna Move To) The Outskirts Of Town Dick Curless
23 Intro Dick Curless
24 (Drinkin' Beer And) Singing A Country Song Dick Curless
Curless, Dick - Hard, Hard Traveling Man (4-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 4
01 Cottage In The Pines Dick Curless
02 Down By The Riverside Dick Curless
03 Heart Talk Dick Curless
04 My Side Of The Night Dick Curless
05 Then I'll Get Over You Dick Curless
06 Cupid's Arrow Dick Curless
07 When Dad Was Around Dick Curless
08 Rocky Mountain Queen Dick Curless
09 So Little And Lovely Dick Curless
10 Memories, An Old Picture And A Ring Dick Curless
11 His Mountain Dick Curless
12 Nobody Dick Curless
13 Steel Rails Dick Curless
14 Steel Rails Dick Curless
15 In The Middle Of A Tear Drop Dick Curless
16 Changin' Times Dick Curless
17 Remember Me Dick Curless
18 Remember Me Dick Curless
DICK CURLESS Hard, Hard Traveling Man When Dick Curless became an overnight sensation in... more
"Dick Curless"

DICK CURLESS

Hard, Hard Traveling Man

When Dick Curless became an overnight sensation in 1965, 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 100 previous recordings that yielded paydirt when Curless finally aligned his efforts to the public's taste.

The first 20 years of Dick Curless' career, including the earliest recordings by 'The Tumbleweed Kid,' are presented in detail in Bear Family's 5 CD boxed set (BCD 15882). This second box picks up where the first ended, and continues to the last of Curless' recordings for Capitol Records in 1973. 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 15882, we have more latitude to reflect on the man himself, and his music. Curless' voice has always drawn attention. It was clear early on that he was more than just a country singer. For one thing, he was from Maine. That meant no country drawl; none of that familiar twang associated with country music. His voice, itself, was an invitation to critics who loved a challenge. "Think of Ray Price with a lot more soul," observed reviewer Matt Nozzolio. "Imagine Johnny Cash with Merle Haggard's control and range," suggested Jon Johnson. There were elements of truth in both comparisons, and others as well. In fact, the more deeply one dug into Curless' recorded work, the more obvious it became that this singer was not just a one-trick pony.

The music on this set begins in January, 1970, after Curless' recording contract had been transferred from Tower Records, the now-defunct subsidiary, to Capitol, the parent company. The search was on, indeed had been on since 1966, to repeat the magic of Curless' unexpected hit from a year earlier. Like most hit records, the process seemed effortless while it was happening. It was only after the dust had settled that the real work began - to recapture the success of A Tombstone Every Mile.

STUCK IN A TRUCK

In the five years between Curless' mega-hit and the final Tower session in 1969, it had become clear that Dick Curless was an artist trapped by a formula. He was almost universally perceived as a 'truck drivin', travelin' man.' That was his home territory, his road to success, and his most reliable payday.

In the movies, they call it type casting. Most artists caught up in such a force enjoy a love-hate relationship with their image, as well as the producers who enforce it. Curless was no different, and for good reason. Every session he did in 1970, and there were seven of them, contained at least one song with a direct reference to the road, trucks, or traveling. Though he might have sleepwalked his way through such material, Curless continued to comport himself like a professional, inspiring even the most mundane material with dignity. At the least, he knew that hit records were the lifeblood of his career. At this point, Curless was not writing or adapting his own material, so his revenue was confined to record sales and personal appearances. Both of those required having your name on the charts, and the best - or, at least, surest - way to the charts was by posing, yet again, as the hard traveling man, weary of the interstates and truckstops, yet slick in their ways.

And so Dick Curless continued to record in a familiar style. In turn, the public continued to do their part and buy his singles. Big Wheel Cannonball, from the first 1970 session, hit the charts and stayed there for 11 weeks, peaking at #27. Curless' next single (Hard, Hard Traveling Man), recorded three months later, also found the midrange of the charts (#31) and stayed there for 10 weeks. And, like clockwork, the very next record (Drag 'Em Off The Interstate, Sock It To 'Em, J.P. Blues) landed at #29 and stayed charted for 9 weeks. The pattern continued with his next single, Juke Box Man, recorded in November, 1970. It, too, stayed on the charts for 9 weeks, peaking at #41.

The pattern of middling success continued into the following year as well. 1971 began with Curless' next single Loser's Cocktail hitting the charts at #36 and staying around for 9 weeks. (The same session produced I Gave Up Getting Over You Today, a perfectly conventional piece of 1970s country music that anybody, without Curless' special gifts, might have recorded.) On the following day (February 4, 1971), Curless again indulged the ordinary with Old Ramblin' Alabama Me, yet on the very next track in the session (Sweeter Than Honey) turned his attention to material with a strong bluesy edge. Unfortunately, the material was released as album filler. Next, it was the old Joe Henderson R&B tune from 1962 Snap Your Fingers, charting at #40 and staying around for 10 weeks. (While the results may have been moderately successful for Curless, they were nothing compared to Randy Travis several years). The year continued with two more chart singles, January, April And Me hitting its peak at #34 and lasting for 11 weeks, and the easy going, but ultimately trite Stonin' Around, reaching #31 with a 9 week chart run.

By the end of 1971, the pattern of Curless' career had become pretty clear. He was a name everyone remembered from his one big hit. He still sold records in respectable but limited quantities to a core audience, and he still made a living on the road. But he was no longer a major artist. He had become a niche performer, guaranteed a certain degree of success, but unlikely to exceed it. 

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Tracklist
Curless, Dick - Hard, Hard Traveling Man (4-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 1
01 A Pinch O' Powder
02 Big Wheel Cannonball
03 I Miss A Lot Of Trains
04 Six Days On The Road
05 A Tombstone Every Mile
06 Carter Boys
07 Hard, Hard Traveling Man
08 Long Lonesome Highway
09 Drop Some Silver In The Jukebox
10 Truck Stop
11 Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad
12 Winter's Comin' On Again
13 Golden Girl
14 Drag 'em Off The Interstate, Sock It To 'em,
15 Please Buy My Flowers
16 Juke Box Man
17 Leaving It All Behind
18 Rocky Top
19 Juke Box Man
20 Watermelon Man
21 The Lonesome Road
22 Coastline Charlie
23 Waiting For A Train
24 Homing Pigeon
25 Come Sundown
26 Snap Your Fingers
27 Swingin' Preacher
Curless, Dick - Hard, Hard Traveling Man (4-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 2
01 Woman, Don't Try To Sing My Song
02 I Gave Up Getting Over You Today
03 Loser's Cocktail
04 Old Ramblin' Alabama Me
05 Sweeter Than The Honey
06 Hot Springs
07 Bully Of The Town
08 Darby's Castle
09 I'll Be A Hero
10 Wait A Little Longer
11 Stonin' Around
12 Lay Your Hands On Me (And Heal Me)
13 January, April And Me
14 Travelin' Light
15 You've Really Got A Hold On Me
16 China Nights (Shina No Yoru)
17 The Best Is Yet To Come
18 (Drinkin' Beer And) Singing A Country Song
19 Chick Inspector (That's Where My Money Goes)
20 She Called Me Baby
21 For The Life Of Me
22 Old Bob Burton
23 The Last Blues Song
24 Born In Country Music
25 Room Full Of Roses
26 Been There People
27 Country Music Man
28 Lazy Bones
Curless, Dick - Hard, Hard Traveling Man (4-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 3
01 Swingin' Preacher
02 Country Soul
03 Get On Board My Wagon
04 Intro
05 Chick Inspector (That's Where My Money Goes)
06 Intro
07 Truck Stop
08 Intro
09 I've Come Awful Close
10 Intro
11 The Lonesome Road
12 Intro
13 15 Gears And 14 Wheels
14 Drag 'em Off The Interstate, Sock It To 'em,
15 Big Wheel Cannonball
16 Intro
17 Sixty Minute Man
18 Intro
19 Evil Hearted Me
20 (I'm Gonna Move To) The Outkirts Of Town
21 Interruption
22 (I'm Gonna Move To) The Outskirts Of Town
23 Intro
24 (Drinkin' Beer And) Singing A Country Song
Curless, Dick - Hard, Hard Traveling Man (4-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 4
01 Cottage In The Pines
02 Down By The Riverside
03 Heart Talk
04 My Side Of The Night
05 Then I'll Get Over You
06 Cupid's Arrow
07 When Dad Was Around
08 Rocky Mountain Queen
09 So Little And Lovely
10 Memories, An Old Picture And A Ring
11 His Mountain
12 Nobody
13 Steel Rails
14 Steel Rails
15 In The Middle Of A Tear Drop
16 Changin' Times
17 Remember Me
18 Remember Me