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Curly Seckler
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John Ray Sechler, known as Curly Seckler, (December 25, 1919 – December 27, 2017) was an American bluegrass singer, guitarist, mandolin and banjo player and composer. Born to Carrie and Calvin Sechler in China Grove, North Carolina, on December 25, 1919, "Curly" was destined to have a huge contribution on Bluegrass music. In his youth and formative years, Seckler learned to play music from his parents. His father, Calvin, played old time fiddle, harmonica, and autoharp, while his mother taught him how to play the organ. Seckler like most of his local contemporaries, was forced into a life of labor, tirelessly working in a local cotton mill for sustenance with his brothers. However, this laborious sentencing did not retard his musical development, Seckler found time to keep up his love for music, expanding his musical knowledge by picking up the five string banjo. Seckler began learning the instrument from local musician, Happy Trexler. In the early years of his professional career, Seckler accompanied his brothers George and Duard, playing the tenor banjo and providing vocal harmonies. The group was called the Yodeling Rangers and they jettisoned to local stardom in 1935, when they were invited to perform daily on the radio in Salisbury, North Carolina. With a fresh new name, the Trail Riders, soon began playing steadily throughout the south-eastern US. Soon the word got around, the Trail Riders had some of the finest musicians around and this notoriety caught the eye of Ch
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60 Years of Bluegrass With My Friends
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100 Greatest Bluegrass Hits
That Old Book of Mine
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Take A Little Time
Down in Caroline
Bluegrass, Don't You Know
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36 Bluegrass Hits
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Keep On The Sunny Side: Blugrass Salutes The Carter Family
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That Book Of Mine
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Country Music Heritage: The Legacy of CMH Records
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True Bluegrass Essentials
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100 Greatest Bluegrass Hits [Disc 2]