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"The Everly Brothers- Let It Be MeI had a dream last night with this song running through it. Gotta love the Everlys.
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Who invented country rock? Maybe it was the Everly Brothers.
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Album:Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. 1960-1969
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Of course it's not just one artist. But amid all the usually mentioned suspects, from Elvis to Gram Parsons. the Everlys are too seldom mentioned, maybe because there's a certain amount of teen idol residue still clinging to their boots. Which is deeply unfair - they're the Louvin Brothers with a backbeat. To be honest, the question posed in the title of this post is only interesting to me o...
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10 cool songs about clowns
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Album:Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers On Warner Bros. 1960 to '69
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The greatest song that mentions clowns is "Like A Rolling Stone," but for the purpose of this arbitrary list, let's stick to songs that have a more consistently clownish lyrical thread.1. The Tears of a Clown - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles or The (English) BeatSmokey takes his I-seem-like-that-but-I'm-really-this thematic construction and weds it to a calliope-ish arrangement, and voila! The ...
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The Everly Brothers: Two of my favorite songs (Romantic music #5)
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The impact of The Everly Brothers on popular music is a large one. Not only were they hitmakers in the 50s and early 60s, they were an early blend of country, rock and pop. Their sibling harmonies inspired hundreds of musicians, including Lennon and McCartney, Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds (who recorded an EP of their songs that was a giveaway with the sole Rockpile LP), and too many others to cou...
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muddling through the holidays
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There's religious Christmas music, funny Christmas music, happy Santa-and-snow Christmas music...and sad Christmas music. Some of the best holiday songs are about separation and loss, and loneliness. One of the classics, "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas," began its musical life as one of those sad ones, all about how we have to "muddle through" the season in the absence of loved ones, bu...
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For the downers
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The Everly Brothers' "Christmas Eve Can Kill You" from their 1972 album "Stories We Could Tell".......and hang in there - there's a new year coming I hear.
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Terrific set of Everly demos
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Album:36 Unreleased Recordings From The Late 50's & Early 60's
The Everly's catalog has been the subject of substantial reissue projects over the past few years. Their original Warner-era albums have been reissued domestically by Collectors Choice and as superb two-fers in the UK by WEA International. More monolithically, Bear Family has released two enormous box sets that cover everything from 1960 through 1972. In parallel, Varese Vintage has issued anth...
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Let's Get Nautical
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The weather is finally improving and I have been looking forward to getting out on the water. So, with that in mind, I thought I'd share some seaworthy images.There's something inherently romantic about a song sung on a boat. Case in point: Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly in High Society. Grace is lucky-- Bing's a charming guy and he's singing my favorite Cole Porter song, too. "True Love" is a...
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A Date With The Everly Brothers
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If you like early Beatles' albums you need to own this:
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The Best Song Ever: Wake Up Little Susie
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MP3: The Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little SusieI don't think it's wrong to assume that calling "Wake Up Little Susie" the best song ever goes beyond just the personal opinion of this blog. The Everly Brothers were quite the pop songsmiths in their hayday, and throughout the years they've been covered by everybody from the Beach Boys to the Beachwood Sparks.Their true gem for me is this song, as...
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Rose Connelly
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Album:A Night At The Royal Albert Hall: The Complete Reunion Show
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The Everly Bros. voices are as haunting as the songs they sing. It's kind of eerie and gives me "chicken skin", but in a good way. Particularly with this song, I can lull myself to sleep with the tune, but the lyrics present a tragedy in which a girl was killed and drowned in the river. Their harmonizing, to me, almost makes you forget the fact that this is a sad song, but the guitar in the ...
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