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Satan is real, the ballad of the Louvin brothers, Charlie Louvin with Benjamin Whitmer

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Satan is real, the ballad of the Louvin brothers, Charlie Louvin with Benjamin Whitmer
Language
eng
resource.biographical
autobiography
Illustrations
illustrations
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no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Satan is real
Oclc number
758982660
Responsibility statement
Charlie Louvin with Benjamin Whitmer
Sub title
the ballad of the Louvin brothers
Summary
The tragic saga of one of the most legendary country duos of all time. Charlie Louvin was a god-fearing, churchgoing singer, but his brother Ira had the devil in him. This is the story of Charlie's sixty-five-year career, the timeless murder ballads of the Louvin Brothers, and an epic tale of two brothers bound together by love, hate, alcohol, blood, and music
Table of contents
My brother's keeper -- An air-cooled Franklin -- Persimmons -- Breeding -- Mary of the wild moor -- Sacred harp -- Dumb -- Broom straws -- Singing school -- Flying Jenny -- Chattanooga -- Buck dancing -- Welcome to the army -- The fortune-teller -- We came to hear you sing -- Soda crackers -- Annie Lou and Betty -- Smilin' Eddie Hill, arrested -- Tunesmiths -- Honeymoon -- Decca -- Hank Williams -- Capitol Records -- The 24th Infantry Division bootleggers -- Busboys -- Ken Nelson -- The bluff -- The Opry -- When I stop dreaming -- Trouble -- Elvis -- Touring with Papa -- Tragic songs of life -- Drunkard -- Frying pan -- Jimmy Capps -- Duets -- Mandolins -- Satan is real -- She finally done it -- A loan -- The breakup -- Onstage -- I can't fly -- The wreck on the highway -- The funeral -- Last duet -- Reunion -- Back home -- Solo -- Epilogue
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Ballad of the Louvin brothers

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