A Tip of The Cap to one half of the most harmonious duet of the 50's. Most of their hits were eventually covered by other stars, but this one especially. [video=youtube;hFE2SnliiV0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFE2SnliiV0[/video] My favorite cover of it. [video=youtube;6pHNkOQCIzk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pHNkOQCIzk[/video]
When I was stationed at Fort Campbell, KY, the Everly Brothers both came out in favor of Cleveland over Nashville as the site of the to-be-built Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Nashville radio station, WKDF, had a morning guy (Carl P. Mayfield) who took exception to this because the brothers had grown up and started their careers in Tennessee. A local restaurant, as part of a promotion, put a tank with two lobsters in the studio on a Monday, then they would come in and cook the lobsters (and a fully catered meal) live on the air on Friday for Carl and his cohorts. A contest was held to name the two lobsters, and the winning names were "Don" and "Phil." Quite possibly the funniest week of radio I ever heard...
Phil Everly was beloved. He loved the country and despised the liberal Democrats. He was a perfect human being.
Radio DJs played the hit for the last 35 years and never said the Everlies had recorded it 15 years earlier. Thanks for informing me, Maris. DJs not doing their jobs. The brothers were gentle liberals, of course. You didn't enter the rebellious field of rock and roll if you were a conservative, unless you were a corporate construct like Pat Boone.
I have no idea what their politics were. But I know musically they influenced Simon & Garfunkel, who listened to their harmonies while learning to sing together. I was at the S & G concert in LA (sorry, closest venue) in 2004 and the Everly Brothers joined them on stage. They all four sang "Bye Bye Love" (which Simon & Garfunkel covered) together. Cool moment.
