Satan is real: The ballad of the louvin brothers

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A new publication with mandolin content has been added to Elderly Instruments' inventory:

The beautiful and tragic saga of the Louvin Brothers, one of the most legendary country duos of all time is one of America's great untold stories. Charlie Louvin was a good, god-fearing, churchgoing singer, but his brother Ira had the devil in him, and was known for smashing his mandolin to splinters onstage, cussing out Elvis Presley, and trying to strangle his third wife with a telephone cord. The incredible tale of Charlie Louvin's sixty-five-year career, the timeless murder ballads of the Louvin Brothers, and an epic tale of two brothers bound together by love, hate, alcohol, blood, and music. 297 pp. ($14.99)

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[Scott Tichenor]

Brilliant book.

If you were only going to read only one book a year, this would be a great choice. I wrote a fairly extensive blog about this one complete with notes and pictures on who owns Ira's classic fire flamed Martin mandolin. I really think it's one of the finest music biographies you're ever going to read and one that's so good you can't put it down.