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Alyssa Archambault
Total Talent Agency
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The Americana Agency
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CHARLIE
LOUVIN
TOTAL TALENT
IS ONLY HANDLING CA, OR & WA BOOKING FOR CHARLIE.
The term "living legend" gets thrown
around quite a bit, but it actually applies to
Country Music Hall of Famer Charlie Louvin.
The magical harmonies and depth of feeling found
on Louvin Brothers recordings of the 50's and
60's inspired a new generation of musicians, firmly
establishing the Louvins' stature as one of the
most influential duos in country music history.
In 2006, the Tompkins Square label reached out
to Charlie about making his first new studio album
in over ten years. They enlisted Mark Nevers,
who engineered sessions for many top country artists,
and produced Calexico, Lambchop, Candi Staton
among others. Guests on the album include Elvis
Costello, George Jones, Jeff Tweedy, Will Oldham,
Tom T. Hall, Tift Merritt, Marty Stuart, Bobby
Bare Sr., David Kilgour, members of Bright Eyes,
Lambchop, Clem Snide, Superchunk and more.
Louvin enjoyed the experience. "Mark Nevers
is one of the best engineers I've ever worked
with. My brother and I cut our teeth on some of
those old songs and they influenced us tremendously.
I'm glad we're able to remind people of them".
Charlie's solo career began in 1964 with the
top five hit "I Don't Love You Anymore,"
and he followed it with six Billboard-charting
singles from 12 Capitol LPs. By the late 60's,
a renewed interest in the music of the Louvin
Brothers began to take shape.
The Louvins' continued legacy is at least partly
attributed to Gram Parsons, who, according to
legend, paid people to scour LA record shops looking
for their out-of-print sides. His versions of
Louvins classics "The Christian Life"
from the Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo, or "Cash
on the Barrelhead" from Grevious Angel, serve
as the blueprint for so much "alt-country"
that was to follow. Emmylou Harris' first hit
was the Louvins' "If I Could Only Win Your
Love." Uncle Tupelo covered "Great Atomic
Power" on their third album, March 16-20,
1992. "The Christian Life" has been
worked into The Raconteurs' live set recently.
The Louvin Brothers were inducted into the Country
Music Hall of Fame in October 2001. In 2003, Charlie
was invited to open on a national tour with Cheap
Trick and Cake. That year also saw the release
of Livin', Lovin' Losin': Songs of the Louvin
Brothers on Universal South, a Louvin Brothers
tribute album featuring James Taylor, Merle Haggard,
Dolly Parton, and Johnny Cash among others. The
collection went on to win two Grammy Awards in
2004. |
