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	The Louvin Brothers
		The Louvins' debut single for the label, "The Family Who Prays," was a moderate success (it would later become a gospel standard), yet they were unable to capitalize on its success because Charlie was recalled by the Army to serve in the Korean War.
		The Louvin Brothers continued to record during the early '60s, turning out a number of theme albums -- including tributes to the Delmore Brothers and Roy Acuff, as well as gospel records like Satan is Real -- as well as singles.
		The Everly Brothers were clearly influenced by the duo, while country-rock pioneer Gram Parsons drew heavily from the Louvins' deep catalog of classic songs, recording "The Christian Life" with the Byrds and "Cash on the Barrelhead" as a solo artist.
	www.alamhof.org /louvin.htm (1222 words)

	Louvin Brothers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Louvin Brothers were Charlie and Ira Louvin, an American duo best-known as the popularizers of close harmony, a kind of country music.
		The Louvin Brothers' career began in gospel music in the 1940s, with their first foray into secular music being the minor hit "The Get Acquainted Waltz" (recorded with Chet Atkins).
		In 2001, the Louvin bothers were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Louvin_Brothers (150 words)

	Louvins livin' on through tribute album (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		The Louvin Brothers tribute album "Livin,' Lovin', Losin'" (Universal) has been nominated for a 2003 Grammy for best country album and tribute guests James Taylor and Alison Krauss notched a nomination for country collaboration with vocals.
		Louvin was surprised to learn that Cash recorded the spoken word parts to the Louvins' "Keep Your Eyes on Jesus" three weeks before June Carter died.
		Louvin was permitted to watch the recording of one track; Taylor and Krauss dueting on "How's the World Treating You," written in 1961 by Chet Atkins and Boudleaux Bryant.
	www.suntimes.com /output/music/sho-sunday-louvins21.html (1764 words)

	Louvin Brothers Music Web Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		CMT.com: The Louvin Brothers - Biography of the duo from Alabama, Charlie and Ira Louvin, with a discography.
		Louvin Brothers People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.
		Louvin Brothers Hardly a year passes that fails to find a new, oft-times exotic, research method or technique added to the armamentarium of political inquiry.
	www.searchmusicnetwork.com /Styles_Country_Bands_and_Artists_L_Louvin_Brothers.html (1643 words)

	Songs of the Louvin Brothers
		Amongst the brother duet acts of the 30's and early 40's that contributed greatly to the bluegrass repetoire are Ira and Charlie Louvin, whose close harmony and unique singing style (including unison and "hi-lo" harmonies), produced a distinctive old-time sound.
		The Louvin collection is among the new features on Bluegrass Lyrics.com.
		If you have lyrics to their songs transcribed, we would be grateful for any contributions!
	www.bluegrasslyrics.com /louvin_index.cfm.htm (90 words)

	The Press Network - Charlie Louvin Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		Charlie Louvin was born in Henager, Alabama, in 1927.
		The Louvin Brothers became members of the Grand Ole Opry in 1955, and were highly sought after for personal appearances.
		The name Louvin Brothers is linked to some of the most memorable vocals on record, and their place in the history of American music is assured.
	www.pressnetwork.com /bios/Louvnbio.htm (645 words)

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		Brothers Charlie and Ira Louvin rank among the top duos in country music history.
		The combination of Ira Louvin's incredibly high and smooth tenor with Charlie's melody tenor has had a tremendous influence on generations of musicians.
		While the names of Charlie and Ira Louvin may not be immediately recognizable, fans of classic rock, pop, and country have likely encountered the duo without ever realizing it.
	quickstart.clari.net /voa/art/dr/C7800689-BBA5-4B87-AF57E5B0F4200F43.html (531 words)

	35th CMA Awards > Hall of Fame > 2001 Inductees (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		Together, as The Louvin Brothers, they formed a unique sound that would eventually position them among the most influential singer/songwriters in Country Music history.
		From 1951-1963, the brothers recorded for Apollo Records, Decca and later for MGM, under the supervision of Nashville producer Fred Rose.
		During the 1950s, The Louvin Brothers rode high on such hits as "When I Stop Dreaming," "Hoping That You're Hoping" and "You're Running Wild." The Louvin Brothers were among the first Country acts to do concept albums including "Tragic Songs of Life" and tribute albums to The Delmore Brothers and Roy Acuff.
	www.cmaworld.com /events/cma_awards/2001/hof/Louvin_Brothers.asp (189 words)

	Louvin Brothers - A Concert Review by The Phantom Tollbooth
		Then 12 local groups took turns stepping up to the red-carpeted chancel to perform a Louvin song, with the church's three pastors interspersing background on the Louvins and introducing the next musicians.
		There was a short intermission, then Charlie Louvin came out and told stories and sang with the house band for about an hour.
		The mandolin player in the house band also sang tenor, which are what Ira Louvin's roles had been in the act, so it was quite touching when Louvin would look over and grin his approval.
	www.tollbooth.org /creviews/louvinbros.html (697 words)

	Popular Music and Society: In Close Harmony: The Story of the Louvin Brothers. - Review - book review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		But Wolfe concentrates on the Louvins' recordings and the result is a book that presents the public Louvin Brothers while filling in the pertinent background and influences that show why the Louvins recorded what they did when they did it.
		Ira was the writing genius of the Louvins and Wolfe does an admirable job of trying to probe the stories behind the songs and Ira's life as a writer.
		The Louvin Brothers came along at a time before the Country Music Association had established their awards, and the national media had not caught up with country music except for an occasional article.
	calbears.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2822/is_3_23/ai_64190202 (624 words)

	The Louvin Brothers: Satan is Real - PopMatters Music Review
		The brothers Louvin and the Velvet Underground share a bare-bones approach to songwriting where relatively simple chords are combined with a brutally honest lyrical approach.
		Ira Louvin's own struggles with the bottle and fiery death in a car accident allow him the same inherent knowledge of one in league with one's own personal devil that Lou Reed surely gained in his experiences with heroin.
		The brothers speak with the authority and assurance of those who have felt the hand of God and are left with no real choice but to preach it to the masses.
	www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/l/louvinbrothers-satan.shtml (828 words)

	USATODAY.com - Old timers welcomed into Country hall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		The Delmore Brothers and The Louvin Brothers are among 10 special inductees.
		The Delmore Brothers — Rabon and Alton — were born in Elkmont and became pioneers for later brother acts such as The Louvin Brothers and The Everly Brothers.
		The Louvin Brothers — Ira and Charlie —; were born in Section in Jackson County.
	www.usatoday.com /life/music/2001-07-16-country-hall-of-fame.htm (352 words)

	Louvin Brothers Discography: Slipcue.Com Guide To Hick Music
		Although the Louvins were one of the fortunate few country acts not crippled by the popularity of early rockabilly and rock and roll, by the late 1950s the hits were fewer and farther between.
		Hippie-billy legend Gram Parsons was probably the most important Louvin Brothers acolyte: although he only covered a few of their songs, it was Parsons who turned his protege, Emmylou Harris, onto their stuff.
		Even while the Louvin Brothers were together, Ira had a habit of putting some of his songwriting credits in Anne's name, presumably as a way to provide for her (or maybe to beat the IRS?)...
	www.slipcue.com /music/country/countryartists/louvinbros.html (3373 words)

	Country Standard Time: In Close Harmony: The Story of the Louvin Brothers
		The Louvin Brothers - Ira and Charlie - were probably the most important country and western duo of the '50's and early '60's, blending gospel, country and western, folk music, and high harmony singing into a musical stew that continues to be loved and appreciated today.
		Though Charlie Louvin states that many of Ira's problems stemmed from his belief that Ira had a calling to become a minister that was never pursued, an utter lack of first person reminiscences by Ira leaves him frustratingly out-of-reach.
		Charlie Louvin's memories of events that occurred 40 or 50 years ago appear undimmed by time and Wolfe's work is made considerably easier by the surviving Louvin brother's vivid recollections, also providing a number of enlightening accounts of the country and western music business of the '40's and '50's.
	www.countrystandardtime.com /louvinBOOK.html (636 words)

	Music : Louvin Brothers - 20 All Time Greatest Hits (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		The Louvin's "Knoxville Girl" is worth the price of this album alone; although there isn't a bad track on the whole CD.
		I have looked for some of the Louvin Brothers music for a couple of years and was very pleased to find a selection on Amazon.
		The Louvins feature a wonderful tight, almost piercing harmony, a hard banjo sound and moving lyrics.
	www.ajeno.com /B00006IK41/Louvin_Brothers-20_All_Time_Greatest_Hits.shtml (264 words)

	AlZaid.Net's Store :: Livin', Lovin', Losin': Songs of the Louvin Brothers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		The songs are "Louvin Brothers Greatest Hits", and Carl gets the performers to keep it close to the bone in reproducing the "Brother Duet" style.
		The instrumentation is Louvin Brothers sparse and the harmonies are Louvin Brothers Sweet.
		The Louvin Brothers were a vocal duet, and so all the songs feature (at least) two voices.
	www.alqattan.net /Olympus_Leather_Case_for_C-50/Livin___Lovin___Losin__Songs_of_the_Louvin_Brothers-B0000CD5JG.html (767 words)

	KtB - High Lonesome Theology: Louvin Bros.
		Ira Louvin, a drunkard, a brute, and one half of Elvis’ favorite gospel duo, sang in a tenor that pioneered the place of sin close to the heart of country music.
		Underneath the paradox of the Louvin Brothers’ popularity is their musical ability to imagine innocence from a position of experience.
		For quotations from Charlie Louvin and facts about the Louvin Brothers’ life, I am indebted to IN THE COUNTRY OF COUNTRY: People and Places in American Music, by Nicholas Dawidoff, and especially to Charles Wolfe’s extensive liner-notes and discography, included in LOUVIN BROTHERS: CLOSE HARMONY, an eight-CD box set released by Bear Family Records.
	www.killingthebuddha.com /dogma/high_lonesome.htm (2179 words)

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		Then in June of that year changed their name to The True Brothers to drive home the fact that they are indeed real life brothers.
		The boys are in the process of going back into the studio to record their first Christmas disc, due out in October 2004.
		Inspired by the Wilburn Brothers, Teddy and Doyle along with the Bellamy and Warren Brothers; they continue the long tradition of Country Singing brother acts.
	www.truebrothers.com (442 words)

	The Louvin Brothers MP3 Downloads - The Louvin Brothers Music Downloads - The Louvin Brothers Music Videos
		In the 1950s, a time when Nashville was beginning to sand off the rough edges of country music and move in a more "modern" and pop-influenced direction, the Louvin Brothers were at once a breath of fresh air and a reminder of the music's Appalachian traditions.
		The close harmonies of Ira and Charlie Louvin reflected the influence of earlier family harmony acts such as the Delmore Brothers, and Bill and Charlie Monroe, but few (if any) duos in country history brought their voices together with such thrilling and heart-tugging clarity as the Louvins.
		The 24 tracks included capture the Louvin Brothers at the very peak of their abilities, and features not only their biggest charts hits but a handful of superb album cuts; if there was ever a best-of album that lived up to its billing, this is it.
	www.mp3.com /albums/167192/summary.html (383 words)

	Various Artists: Livin', Lovin', Losin': Songs of the Louvin Brothers - PopMatters Music Review
		The Louvin Brothers -- Charlie and Ira -- area rightly considered one of the great duos in country music history.
		Their tightly woven harmonies were an obvious influence on the Everly Brothers and Gram Parsons convinced the Byrds to record "The Christian Life" on the band's seminal country-rock album, Sweethearts of the Rodeo, while also recording "Cash on the Barrelhead" on the posthumously released Grievous Angel.
		The brothers' range is evident on Livin', Lovin', Losin': Songs of the Louvin Brothers, a 15-song tribute disc that recently was nominated for a Grammy for top country album.
	www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/various/various-livinlovinlosin.shtml (839 words)

	Country - Lost & Found -> Loretta Lynn
		This disc represents Charlie Louvin's return to the duet format after the break up of the Louvin Brothers' in the early 60's.
		The booklet by Charles Wolfe, based on recent interviews with Charlie Louvin and others is loaded with rare photos, outtakes from album cover picture sessions along with discographical and song data as well as session anecdotes.
		In the long line of singing brother duets of country music, they rank right at the top, with their models, the Monroes, Delmores and the Blue Sky Boys, as well as contemporaries like the Stanleys and Everlys.
	www.rootsandrhythm.com /roots/COUNTRY/country_l2.htm (3074 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: In Close Harmony: The Story of the Louvin Brothers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		The Everly Brothers, in particular, were, Wolfe avers, a "polished and commercialized" version of the Louvins.
		A chronology of the Louvins' recording sessions (with detailed discussions of most every song) is neatly interspersed throughout the book, and Wolfe does an admirable job of capturing the interpersonal brotherhood that drove the act.
		Further, having sprung from annotation, the text is often heavy with discussions of the Louvin's recordings in lieu of the artists (and those enabling the recordings) themselves.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0878058915 (561 words)

	Country Standard Time: CD Review Louvin Brothers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		The focus here is on the monumental body of songs left by Charlie Louvin and his late brother Ira (who died in 1965), and these latter-day stars wisely do not try to emulate or imitate the un-duplicatable harmony the Louvins literally defined an entire genre of country music with.
		There were many "brother duets," but no one did it quite like the Louvins.
		The Louvin Brothers's close high harmonies made them one of country's most popular duos until their breakup in 1963 and had a strong influence on later acts like the Everly Brothers.
	www.countrystandardtime.com /CDlouvinbrothers.html (313 words)

	Rockzillaworld Various Artists "Livin', Lovin', Losin' Songs of the Louvin Brothers" By Steve Cooper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		His high tenor voice, riding over brother Charlie's, took the high-low, hillbilly harmony style of the earlier "brother duets" and brought it uptown, made it damn near surreal.
		The impact of the Louvins on the country music charts lasted less than eight years, from the mid-1950s to the early 1960s.
		Not two years after the Louvins went their separate ways in 1963, Ira and his fourth wife were killed in a car crash.
	www.rockzilla.net /cooper28.html (1048 words)

	LOUVIN BROTHERS : MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
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		The Best Of The Early Louvin Brothers '55--8 on Rebel; The Louvin Brothers, Songs That Tell A Story, Tragic Songs Of Life ('56) on Rounder USA, Stetson UK; Charlie's solo Country Souvenirs on Accord, recent The Longest Train on Watermelon.
		Close Harmony is an eight-CD complete set of the brothers on Bear Family.
	www.musicweb-international.com /encyclopaedia/l/L112.HTM (214 words)

	Alabama Music Hall of Fame: The Louvin Brothers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		The Louvin Brothers of the Sand Mountain community of Henager, Al., captured success in two related fields of music--Gospel and Country.
		Beginning as a Gospel duo, the brothers, Ira and Charlie, signed with Capitol Records and within a few years released their first secular song "When I Stop Dreaming" on that label.
		The Louvin Brothers are a 1991 Lifework Award for Performing Achievement recipient.
	www.archives.state.al.us /famous/music/louvin.html (120 words)

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