08-22-2021, 09:24 PM
We now have completed a trifecta of musical passings with the death of Don Everly, the last of the Everly Brothers along with the recent passings of Nanci Griffith and Tom T. Hall. Don was 85. Along with brother Phil who passed a while back, they strung up an impressive list of chart hits including “Wake Up Little Susie”, “Walk Right Back” and “Crying in the Rain”. They may well have been the original country-rock musical act. Another one of their huge hits, “Cathy’s Clown” was later covered by Reba McEntire with a slower tempo. “Walk Right Back” was also covered by country-pop chanteuse Anne Murray.
The duos popularity waned when the British Invasion plowed onto the scene in the mid-1960s. Still they managed a comeback hit with “Bowling Green” in 1967. The two brothers split up later in what was said to be a quite bitter rift. They did manage to reunite and tour again in the 1980s but never regained chart success.
The duos popularity waned when the British Invasion plowed onto the scene in the mid-1960s. Still they managed a comeback hit with “Bowling Green” in 1967. The two brothers split up later in what was said to be a quite bitter rift. They did manage to reunite and tour again in the 1980s but never regained chart success.