Curley Williams (Dock Williams, June 3, 1914 - September 5, 1970) was an American country and western fiddler, singer, songwriter and bandleader from Georgia . His best-known song is “Half As Much”. He was admitted to the Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame in 1999. Williams was born near Cairo, Georgia and was raised on the family farm in Grady County, Georgia. His father and grandfather were fiddle players, which was the instrument Williams himself took up. Williams was given the name “Dock” because he was a seventh son and a tradition held that seventh sons became doctors.


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