Satan is Real
The Ballad of the Louvin Brothers
by Charlie Louvin with Benjamin Whitmer (It Books)
When country singer Charlie Louvin died last January at 83, we lost a genuine part of Americana. In his memoir, Charlie introduces us to his hell-raising, self-destructive brother Ira, telling readers how he beat him up after Ira directed an epithet at their mother, the woman who first taught them to sing. And we get a real feel for what it was like to grow up poor and picking cotton in Depression-era Alabama. The brothers sang traditional close harmonies until Charlie dissolved the duo in 1963. Two years later, Ira died in a car crash, which totaled the car, but left his handcrafted mandolin intact. The book's name and cover comes from the brothers' iconic 1960 gospel album of the same name.
The World We Found
by Thrity Umrigar (Harper) ...
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/books/required_reading_FbxlpCgpjJp0DiTKByTk5O
The Ballad of the Louvin Brothers
by Charlie Louvin with Benjamin Whitmer (It Books)
When country singer Charlie Louvin died last January at 83, we lost a genuine part of Americana. In his memoir, Charlie introduces us to his hell-raising, self-destructive brother Ira, telling readers how he beat him up after Ira directed an epithet at their mother, the woman who first taught them to sing. And we get a real feel for what it was like to grow up poor and picking cotton in Depression-era Alabama. The brothers sang traditional close harmonies until Charlie dissolved the duo in 1963. Two years later, Ira died in a car crash, which totaled the car, but left his handcrafted mandolin intact. The book's name and cover comes from the brothers' iconic 1960 gospel album of the same name.
The World We Found
by Thrity Umrigar (Harper) ...
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/books/required_reading_FbxlpCgpjJp0DiTKByTk5O
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