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The authoritative Grove Dictionary of American Music says they are probably the greatest traditional country duo in history. The music of the Louvin Brother has influenced almost all revered rock-and-roll singers and country singers, from the Everly Brothers to Emmylou Harris.The essence of country music for many aficionados is harmony singing, and country harmony, for most of these, is synonymous with the blended voices of Ira and Charles Louvin.This book is the first full study of the Louvin Brothers remarkable career and of their rich, complex music. Based on extensive research, including substantial interviews with Charles, the surviving brother, In Close Harmony provides a detailed portrait of the Louvins and the turbulent country-music world of the 1950s.
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In Close Harmony : The Story of the Louvin Brothers American Made Music Series
author
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Wolfe, Charles K.
publisher
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University Press of Mississippi
isbn10 | asin
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0878058923
print isbn13
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9780878058921
ebook isbn13
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9780585203072
language
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English
subject
Louvin Brothers, Country musicians--United States--Biography.
publication date
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1996
lcc
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ML421.L7W65 1996eb
ddc
:
782.42/1642/0922
subject
:
Louvin Brothers, Country musicians--United States--Biography.
Page i
In Close Harmony
Page ii
American Made Music Series Advisory Board
David Evans, General Editor Barry Jean Ancelet Edward A. Berlin Joyce J. Bolden Rob Bowman Susan C. Cook Curtis Ellison William Ferris Michael Harris John Edward Hasse Kip Lornell Frank McArthur W. K. McNeil Bill Malone Eddie S. Meadows Manuel H. Pea Wayne D. Shirley Robert Walser Charles Wolfe
Page iii
In Close Harmony
The Story of the Louvin Brothers
Charles Wolfe
University Press of Mississippi Jackson
Page iv
Parts of this book first appeared, in a different form, as the annotations booklet to Close Harmony (BCD 15561), a compact disc set issued by Bear Family Records in 1992. They are used here by permission of Bear Family Records.
Copyright 1996 by the University Press of Mississippi All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America 99 98 97 96 4 3 2 1 The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Wolfe, Charles K. In close harmony : the story of the Louvin Brothers / Charles Wolfe. p. cm. (American made music series) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-87805-891-5 (cloth: alk. paper). ISBN 0-87805-892-3 (paper: alk. paper) I. Louvin Brothers. 2. Country musiciansUnited. StatesBiography. I. Title. II. Series. ML421.L7W65 1996 782.42' 1642'0922-dc20 [B] 96-16708 CIP MN
British Library Cataloging-in-Publication data available
Page v
Contents
Acknowledgments
vii
Discographical Note
ix
Introduction
xi
Sand Mountain
3
Close Harmony
13
The Radio Twins
24
The Lonesome Valley Trio
33
Songs That Tell a Story
43
On Capitol
51
When I Stop Dreaming
60
Cash on the Barrelhead
70
My Baby's Gone
84
Scared of the Blues
96
Two Different Worlds
111
Legacy
120
Appendix
129
Sources and Bibliography
133
Select Bibliography
137
Index
139
Page vii
Acknowledgments
This book originated as a set of annotations to a compact disc reissue of the complete commercial recordings of the Louvin Brothers, Close Harmony. The set of eight compact discs was issued by Germany's Bear Family Records (BCD 15561), under the production supervision of Richard Weize. (For information about the set, contact Bear Family Records, P.O. Box 1 154, 2864 Vollersode, Germany.) The set also contains a complete Louvin Brothers discography. To Richard Weize I am grateful for his encouragement and suggestions.
I owe another major debt to Stephen Plumlee, who with his partner William Hogeland is developing a major film about the Louvins. I spent many hours talking with Stephen about the Louvins, and he graciously shared with me interviews he had conducted with Charlie Louvin and his circle. We also did a number of joint interviews with Charlie.
My greatest debt is to Charlie Louvin himself. He took hours from his busy schedule to talk with me and to let me look at his photos and scrapbooks. He was forthright, patient, and gracious, and this book could not have happened without him.
Working out the Louvin discography was a complicated and arduous task, and for help with it I am indebted to Gary B. Reid, who graciously shared with me his own early draft of the discography, and Eddie Stubbs, who listened carefully to the Louvin recordings and made dozens of valuable suggestions. Phillip Wells, who had for years been compiling a list of Louvin Brothers songs recorded by others, freely shared his research with me. Richard Weize was able to get and share information from the record company files.
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