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Tragic Songs Of Life (Gusto) (CD)

By: The Louvin Brothers (Artist)

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The Louvin Brothers Artist Snapshot:

With great songs and beautiful, heartrending voices, the Louvin Brothers had everything going for them but hit records. From the early '50s through the mid-'60s, the Louvins released a steady stream of first-rate material but somehow never managed to climb into country's highest stratum of stars. Today their records are justly revered by traditionalists and alt.country fans alike. Ira Louvin was killed in a car accident in 1965; however, Charlie Louvin kept the family tradition going on and off into the 2000s.

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DISC 1 for Tragic Songs Of Life (Gusto) (CD) Album By The Louvin Brothers (Artist)
1   Kentucky
2   I'll Be All Smiles Tonight
3   Let Her Go, God Bless Her
4   What Is Home Without Love
5   Tiny Broken Heart, A
6   In The Pines
7   Alabama
8   Katie Dear
9   My Brother's Will
10   Knoxville Girl
11   Take The News To Mother
12   Mary Of The Wild Moor
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (12/26/96, p.189) - "Harmony singing in country music doesn't get any sweeter than the Louvin Brothers....brought traditional music to the commercial precincts of Nashville without watering down its impact....blending born-again fervor with slice-of-life starkness..."

Title Note

This is Charlie and Ira Louvin at their musical best, offering up a prime example of their quietly influential bluegrass-inflected country sound. The brothers' high harmonies and deft guitar and mandolin picking (Charlie and Ira, respectively) carry the tunes, which stay true to the melancholy mood suggested by the record's title. While the Louvins perform their own songs (namely the lovelorn narrative "A Tiny Broken Heart" and the somber "Alabama"), they mainly focus on traditional numbers (the shuffling "Let Her Go, God Bless Her" and the murder ballad "Knoxville Girl") and other classics (the homesick "Kentucky" and the haunting "In the Pines"). Although the Louvins' penchant for gospel themes isn't very apparent here, their passionate delivery and tales of lives gone wrong hint at the more blatantly religious material they would tackle on later releases such as THE FAMILY WHO PRAYS and SATAN IS REAL.

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