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A Tombstone Every Mile

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Released
  
January 1965

Genre
  
Country

Label
  
Tower

Format
  
7" single

Length
  
2:56

Writer(s)
  
Dan Fulkerson

"A Tombstone Every Mile" is a song written by Dan Fulkerson and recorded by American country music artist Dick Curless. It was released in January 1965 as the lead single from the album of the same name. The song stayed at number five for two weeks and spent a total of seventeen weeks on the chart. The song refers to the "Haynesville Woods", an area around the small town of Haynesville in Aroostook County in northern Maine noted for many automobile crashes. Truck drivers would ship potatoes to market in Boston and a dangerous hairpin turn in the route through Haynesville was the inspiration for the song.

Cover versions

Nick Lowe released a live version of the song on his 2004 album, Untouched Takeaway.

References

A Tombstone Every Mile Wikipedia