Curly Chalker with Amanda Blake

Gary Walker · Post by **Gary Walker** » 4 Mar 2012 3:54 pm

Found this shot from HeeHaw and it really catches Curly at the top of his game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf8oBRtW ... ure=colike

This was a great time for the steel with the Chord King. Probably sometime '69-'70.

robert kramer · Post by **robert kramer** » 4 Mar 2012 4:46 pm

Great! - Chalker knew how to broadcast his tone over Television. This time with a two-toned Sho-Bud:

Charles Curtis · Post by **Charles Curtis** » 4 Mar 2012 4:55 pm

Thank you Gary, if you find any more of Curly please post them. IMO, there was no mistaking Curly's style.

Archie Nicol R.I.P. · Post by **Archie Nicol R.I.P.** » 4 Mar 2012 5:19 pm

I've never heard of the lass....and now I know why! Nice Curly, though.

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Tony Glassman · Post by **Tony Glassman** » 4 Mar 2012 6:37 pm

Wasn't she Miss Kitty on Gunsmoke, a popular US TV western series in the 60's.

Post by **Dave Mudgett** » 4 Mar 2012 6:53 pm

Arch, Amanda Blake was "Miss Kitty" on the TV Show "Gunsmoke", which I suppose may not have even been on the radar anywhere else. But here in the US, it still holds the record for longest-running prime-time TV show here (20 years, '55-75). For many (like me), it was part of Saturday night growing up. Anyway, she wasn't known for her singing. But she was the third person inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers, and I think she sounded OK here, and of course Curly really tore it up.

Archie Nicol R.I.P. · Post by **Archie Nicol R.I.P.** » 5 Mar 2012 3:34 am

Thanks.

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Bill Miller · Post by **Bill Miller** » 5 Mar 2012 4:06 pm

Awwwwww.That's kind of sad, she was such a sweetheart. I have the whole box set of Gunsmoke DVDs, all 600+ episodes. Nice steel playing but poor Kitty should have stuck to acting. Now Ken Curtis, who played Festus on that series was a very good singer and even sang with the 'Sons of the Pioneers' at one point. Never saw him backed up on steel though.

robert kramer · Post by **robert kramer** » 5 Mar 2012 7:38 pm

Just found this: Jean Shepard on Hee Haw w/ Curly on guitar:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPG4UkUS ... re=related

Peter Freiberger · Post by **Peter Freiberger** » 6 Mar 2012 6:27 am

Curly looks like he was having fun on this lip-synch. The record credits Stu Basore with the cool steel guitar playing.

Gary Walker · Post by **Gary Walker** » 11 Mar 2012 6:22 pm

In the second song, "Oh Lonesome Me" Curly was playing some similar licks near the end that he played on an album that Don Gibson recorded around the same time, on the same song. Those licks were great on both occasions. Curly didn't want to waste a good thing. Always go with a winner.