[78-L] Louvin Brothers

Erwin Kluwer ekluwer at gmail.com
Thu Jan 27 06:13:09 PST 2011


Interesting harmonies:

It sounds that the tenor (Ira) switches to a high lead when they sign
together and Charlie actually sign a lower lying harmony under the the
(high) lead.

I think this method was also used by The Stanley Brothers and other
Bluegrass singers..

Erwin

On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Gregg Kimball <gdkimball at cox.net> wrote:

> Great stuff!  Here is a song from another of their MGM releases, "Weapon of
> Prayer":
>
> http://picosong.com/9Sd
>
> Gregg Kimball
>
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> > The Louvin Brothers was one of the best of the brother harmony groups in
> > country music. Charlie Louvin outlived his brother Ira by nearly 46
> years.
> > They made a series of scarce sacred duets for MGM in the early 1950s.
> > Here's one.
> >
> > http://picosong.com/9ufCary Ginell
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