Charlie Louvin, American bluegrass and gospel great, one half of The Louvin Bros. with brother Ira who was a bit of a hellcat in his younger days - died this day in 2011, aged 83, from complications from pancreatic cancer…
Charlie on the Louvins before their big break:
We won all the awards gospel music had to offer, but in those days the gospel people didn’t like us because we played stringed instruments. They thought of us as a carnival act. The country folks didn’t dig us that much because we would quiet an audience, actually make them feel guilty that they were out instead of in church.
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Charlie Louvin, American bluegrass and gospel great, one half of The Louvin Bros. with brother Ira who was a bit of a hellcat in his younger days - died this day in 2011, aged 83, from complications from pancreatic cancer…
Charlie on the Louvins before their big break:
We won all the awards gospel music had to offer, but in those days the gospel people didn’t like us because we played stringed instruments. They thought of us as a carnival act. The country folks didn’t dig us that much because we would quiet an audience, actually make them feel guilty that they were out instead of in church.
Charlie Louvin, American bluegrass and gospel great, one half of The Louvin Bros. with brother Ira who was a bit of a hellcat in his younger days - died this day in 2011, aged 83, from complications from pancreatic cancer…
Charlie on the Louvins before their big break:
We won all the awards gospel music had to offer, but in those days the gospel people didn’t like us because we played stringed instruments. They thought of us as a carnival act. The country folks didn’t dig us that much because we would quiet an audience, actually make them feel guilty that they were out instead of in church.
