Ray Davies and Graham Nash both cited the Everly
Brothers as a big musical influence. Graham and a friend stalked them when he
was younger and did get to meet them. A thrill of his life was singing with the
Brothers later on in his career.
I find it interesting that the last three autobiographies
I’ve read all reference the Everlys which I thought about while reading them . A day after
finishing Ray’s book Americana as well as Linda Rondstadt’s Simple Dreams
(Linda recorded the Everly’s When Will I Be Loved), I heard that Phil Everly
had died. A death will allow for a
string of tributes and I had no idea of the impact this duo had on music. Looking back, they were pioneers of
blending pop and country. They got
so much out of their voices. They
were great songwriters. They had stories
to tell and everyone was listening.
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