Curley Williams

b. Doc Williams, 3 June 1913, Southern Georgia, USA, d. 5 September 1970, USA. Williams was christened Doc because family legend maintained that the seventh child would be a doctor. Little is known of Williams' early life, but in the early 40s, instead of being a doctor, he was the fiddle-playing leader of a western swing band on WALD Albany, Georgia. In December 1942, with his Sante Fe Riders, he arrived at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, where George D. Hay saw fit to change both his and his band's name to avoid confusion with Doc Williams And His Border Riders, who were th...