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Curly's Rhythm Ramblers (Group)

Item

Name & Name Variations

Curly's Rhythm Ramblers

Members

Info from Michigan Nickel Company Release 002
Vocalist - Curly
Lead - Scott
Drums - Danny
Bass - Gordon
Rhythm - Bill

Info

I've been trying to figure out who Curly is in Curly's Rhythm Ramblers and it's easier said than done.  According to the credits on this release I had guessed he was Curly David, however according to newspaper clippings this outfit was run by a few different Curlys.  Although it is possible that there were multiple Curly And The Rhythm Ramblers, so who really knows.

List of possible Curlys:
Curly Davis
-"Curly Davis Rhythm Ramblers of Fort Wayne," South Bend IN 7/18/1966
Curly David
Davis and David may be the same Curly
-"Curly David and his Rhythm Ramblers," Columbia City IN 11/08/1963
Curly Money
Curley Money was an artist who released records on his own label in Columbus GA.
-"Curly Money and his Rhythm Ramblers," Frederick MD 8/03/1965
-"Curly Money and the Rhythm Ramblers," Columbus GA 2/23/1968
Curly Carroll
All of the Curly Carroll clippings were from Lima Ohio in 1958
-"Curly Carroll and His Rhythm Ramblers," Lima OH 5/30/1958
Curly Lyell
-"Curly Lyell and his Rhythm Ramblers.  Curly plays an electric banjo...," Princeton IN 10/15/1945
Curly
This may be Curly Lyell given the date and proximity of news clippings
-"Curly and his Rhythm Ramblers," Boonville IN 9/01/1944

My educated guess is that Curly Money is a separate Rhythm Ramblers that was located in the south with the other bands possibly being the same and located around Indiana.  It is also possible that the Rythm Ramblers was a separate group that played with many people and just happened to play with multiple Curlys.  Another possibility is that Curly's Rhythm Ramblers was a group that existed from the 40s until the 60s and whoever was leading it took the nick name Curly. 

Played On

DC168
DC210.5

Collection

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