tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post5066926863331875588..comments2024-03-28T16:17:20.965-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Song of the Daymybillcriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-89273772597937643492017-02-12T02:57:38.764-06:002017-02-12T02:57:38.764-06:00I always thought that Ken Curtis missed a chance, ...I always thought that Ken Curtis missed a chance, in his post-<i>Gunsmoke</i> days, by not getting a shave and a suit, and playing boss/chief/officer parts, with the occasional side trip to variety and talk shows for a song or three.<br />Even now, many <i>Gunsmoke</i> fans don't know that Curtis put in time as a Big Band singer - briefly with Tommy Dorsey, later with the Rippling Rhythms of Shep Fields - all this before the Sons of the Pioneers.<br />I guess that Ken was having too much fun at personal appearances, coming onstage as Festus, talking for a half-hour or so, then coming out with that baritone ...<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05527404061764217504noreply@blogger.com