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In Close Harmony : The Story of the Louvin title: Brothers American Made Music Series author: Wolfe, Charles K. publisher: University Press of Mississippi isbn10 | asin: 0878058923 print isbn13: 9780878058921 ebook isbn13: 9780585203072 language: English Louvin Brothers, Country musicians-- subject United States--Biography. publication date: 1996 lcc: ML421.L7W65 1996eb ddc: 782.42/1642/0922 Louvin Brothers, Country musicians-- subject: 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. Peña 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. Others who helped with various parts of the project include Susie Reed of Mountain Magic Talent, who set up appointments and interviews; Eddie Stubbs, who offered much good advice about Nashville in the 1950s; writers
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