CURLESS, DICK
(1932–1995)
CURLESS, DICK (b. Richard C., Fort Fairfield, Me., March 17, 1932–May 25, 1995) Curless was a Northeastern-styled country singer who achieved his greatest success in the mid-1960s with his truck-drivin' ode A Tombstone Every Mile. His career has been rather erratic due to continuing health problems. The backwoods of Maine have long been strong grounds for country music; like many other Northeasterners, Curless was bitten by the then prevalent COWBOY bug as a youth. His father was a guitarist…