A Tombstone Every Mile [Bear Family] (1996)

About this title: For a man who was regarded as a cult artist for most of his career, Dick Curless was certainly able to surround himself with the cream of the crop when it came to producers and sidemen, among whom are listed Buck Owens, Tommy Collins, James Burton, Ralph Mooney, Harold Bradley, Pete Drake, David Duke (not that one), and a slew of others. Tombstone Every Mile, the name of Curless' first bona fide hit in 1964, is a Bear Family collection that compiles 191 tracks over seven CDs. It is an exhaustive collection of everything Curless recorded for Tower, Event, Alagash, Standard, and Tiffany from ... read more

Tracks:

1. Coast of Maine [Mills/Harry]
2. Ida Dance [Instrumental] [Traditional]
3. Jelly Doughnuts [Mills/Houston/Estel]
4. Fiddler's Dance [Instrumental] [Traditional]
5. Cottage in the Pines [Curless]
6. Cupid's Arrow [Curless]
7. Baby Darling [Curless]
8. Naponee
9. Rocky Mountain Queen [Curless]
10. Streets of Laredo [Public Domain]
11. The Foggy Dew [Public Domain]
12. China Nights [Saijo/Takeoka/Sedor]
13. Blues in My Mind [Rose]
14. Lovin' Dan Sixty Minute Man [Public Domain]
15. Midnight Turning Day Blues (Blue Yodel No. 6) [Rodgers]
16. Bright Lights and Blonde Haired Women [Kirk]
17. Travelin' Man [Chase/Curless]
18. I'm Ragged But I'm Right [Jones]
19. St. James Infirmary [Primrose/Traditiona]
20. You Never Miss the Water (Till the Well Runs Dry) [Secon/Kent]
21. Rosalita [Public Domain]
22. Just a Closer Walk With Thee [Traditional]
23. Please Don't Pass Me By [Tillman]
24. Nine Pound Hammer No. 1 [Travis]
25. Rocky Mountain Queen [With Overdub] [Curless]
26. Dick Curles/Al Hawkes on the First Event Release
27. Nine Pound Hammer No. 1 [With Recitation] [Travis]
28. I Am a Pilgrim [Traditional]
29. Tuck Me to Sleep in My Old Kentucky Home [Travis]
30. I Ain't Got Nobody [Graham/Peyton/Willi]
31. Rainbow in My Heart [Morgan]
32. Something's Wrong With You [Public Domain]
33. Evil Hearted Man Blues [Public Domain]
34. I Dreamed of a Hillbilly Heaven [Dean/Southern]
35. Deck of Cards
36. High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me) [Tiomkin/Washington]
37. Strawberry Roan [Public Domain]
38. Red River Valley [Public Domain]
39. Cowboy Jack [Traditional]
40. On Top of Old Smokey [Traditional]
41. Home on the Range [Public Domain]
42. Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie [Traditional]
43. The Old Chisholm Trail [Traditional]
44. I Ride an Old Paint [Traditional]
45. Whoopie Ti-Yi-Yo [Public Domain]
46. Green Grow the Lilacs [Traditional]
47. The Last Roundup [Hill]
48. The Crawdad Song [Traditional]
49. Rock Island Line [Leadbelly]
50. Don't Fence Me In [Fletcher/Porter]
51. The Big Rock Candy Mountain [Public Domain]
52. Roving Gambler [Public Domain]
53. Molly Darling [Traditional]
54. The Yellow Rose of Texas [Traditional]
55. Liza Jane [Traditional]
56. Careless Love [Handy/Koenig/Willia]
57. Buffalo Gal [Public Domain]
58. San Antonio Rose [Wills]
59. Beautiful Dreamer [Foster]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.