
Richard William Curless (March 17, 1932 – May 25, 1995) was an American country-music singer, a pioneer of the trucking music genre, commonly known as the "Baron of Country Music." He was easily distinguished because of the patch he usually wore over his right eye. Curless was born in Fort Fairfield, Maine, in 1932, and moved with his family to Massachusetts at the age of eight. In 1948, Curless began his music career in Ware, Massachusetts, where he hosted a radio show and toured with a local band called the "Trail Blazers.
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Bury The Bottle With Me
Travelin' Man
The Heartline Special
A Tombstone Every Mile
End Of The Road
I Ain't Got Nobody
Chick Inspector (That's Where My Money Goes)
Loser's Cocktail
Big Wheel Cannonball
Drag 'Em Off The Interstate, Sock It To 'Em, J.P. Blues