Sold Date: May 19, 2015
Start Date: April 24, 2014
Final Price: $34.50 $20.70 (USD)
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FROM THE COLLECTION:   LIQUIDATING A COLLECTOR'S COLLECTION THAT PASSED.   THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL SEALED LP, NO CUTS OR HOLES ON CRESCENDO LABEL/STEREO GNPS 2099  OF "CURLY CHALKER" AND HIS STEEL GUITAR  PLAY THE SONGS OF GORDON LIGHTFOOT.    TO SAY THAT CURLY CHALKER IS A NASHVILLE SIDEMAN IS ALMOST SAYING ENOUGH ABOUT HIM, SINCE IT MEANS THAT HE'S ONE OF THE GROUP OF GREAT BACK UP MUSICIANS WHO HAVE MADE NASHVILLE ONE OF THE RECORDING CAPITALS OF THE WORLD.  IT MEANS THAT HE'S ONE OF THEOSE MUSCIANS WHO CAN WALK INTO THE STUDIO, SET UP HIS STEEL GUITAR, AND AFTER A QUICK RUN THROUGH BE PLAYING A NEW PIECE WITH THE KIND OF INDIVIDUALITY AND EXCITEMENT  IT TAKES MOST MUSCIANS WEEKS OF REHEARSAL TO GET.   THIS IS WHAT NASHVILLE MUSICIANS DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT IN THE STUDIOS, AND IT'S THIS COMBINATIONG OF SOLID MUSICIANSHIP AND A FLAIR FOR A PERSONAL EXPRESSION THAT HAS MADE THE NASHVILLE SIDEMAN (AND SIDEWOMEN AS WELL SO UNIQUE THAT HAS PUT THEM IN A CLASS BY THEMSELVES.   LIKE MANY OF THE NASHVILLE MUSICIANS CURLY GREW UP ON THE COUNTRY, AND HE WAS BORN AND RAISED ON A FARM IN ENTERPRISE, ALABAMA.  HE STARTED PLAYING WHEN HE WAS STILL A BOY AND LEFT HOME WHEN HE WAS THIRTEEN TO BEGIN PLAYING  PROFESSIONALLY.  HE WORKED WITH ROAD BANDS UNTIL 1959, WHEN HE MOVED TO LAS VEGAS AND BEGAN PLAYING CLUBS AND HOTELS THERE.  FROM  1963 TO  1967 HE WAS ON THE ROAD AGAIN WITH HIS OWN GRUP, AND FINALLY IN  1967 HE SETTLED DOWN IN NASHVILLE.   SINCE THEN HE'S BEEN PART OF THE STUDIO WORLD THERE, AND ARTISTS HE'S RECORDED WITH INCLUDE NAMES AS DIVERSE AS LEON RUSSELL * SIMON AND GARFUNKEL * BILL HALEY AND THE COMETS * CHARLIE RICH AS WELL AS NEARLY EVERY MAJOR STAR IN COUNTRY AND WESTERN MUSIC.     SIDE A:   EARLY MORNING RAIN *  SUNDOWN * IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND * POOR LITTLE ALLISON * TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP * SIDE B:  COTTON JENNY * SUMMER SIDE OF LIFE * ALBERTA BOUND * SECOND CUP OF COFFEE * CAREFREE HIGHWAY.     RARE LP.   THANKS SO MUCH!