Charlie Louvin, Country Music Hall Of Famer, Dies At 83

[The Straight Story]

Charlie Louvin, Country Music Hall Of Famer, Dies At 83

Country Music Hall of Fame member Charlie Louvin, who with his brother Ira ranked with Ralph and Carter Stanley as one of the greatest duos in bluegrass history, passed away overnight. Louvin, 83, had been receiving experimental treatment for pancreatic cancer.

Nashville-based entertainment reporter Jimmy Carter said on Twitter that Louvin's wife Betty told him Charlie died around 1:30 a.m.

The Louvin Brothers influenced an entire generation of country and, later, alternative country artists, including Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris and Uncle Tupelo. While Parsons was with the Byrds, the group recorded the Louvins' "The Christian Life" on 1968's Sweetheart of the Rodeo; Harris' first hit was a cover of "If I Could Only Win Your Love. "

Tupelo recorded "Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down" and "Atomic Power" on the band's third LP March 16-20, 1992. Willie Nelson did "Satan" on his Grammy-nominated 2010 album Country Music.



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[tularetom]

1. I grew up on Ira and Charlie Louvin

That music was playing all the time in our house. I still listen to it from time to time.

RIP Charlie.

[Brickbat]

2. Great stuff.

"That word 'broad-minded' is spelled S-I-N."