{"product_id":"satan-is-real-the-ballad-of-the-louvin-brothers-isbn-9780062069030","title":"Satan Is Real: The Ballad of the Louvin Brothers","description":"Get ready for one of America’s great untold stories: the true saga of the Louvin Brothers, a mid-century Southern gothic Cain and Abel and one of the greatest country duos of all time. The \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/em\u003ecalled them “the most influential harmony team in the history of country music,” but Emmylou Harris may have hit closer to the heart of the matter, saying “there was something scary and washed in the blood about the sound of the Louvin Brothers.” For readers of Johnny Cash’s irresistible autobiography and Merle Haggard’s \u003cem\u003eMy House of Memories\u003c\/em\u003e, no country music library will be complete without this raw and powerful story of the duo that everyone from Dolly Parton to Gram Parsons described as their favorites: the Louvin Brothers.\u003cbr\u003e | \u003cp\u003eThe 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. \u003cem\u003eSatan is Real\u003c\/em\u003e is 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.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“I think I’ve already found my favorite book of 2012.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChris Talbott, Associated Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Raw honesty, genuine grit, common sense, and smokin’ down-home flavor.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Masterful [and] graceful.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlec Solomita, Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A real classic of Americana.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The mix of light and darkness that filled their music was mirrored in their lives.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIan Crouch, The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[A] chilling portrait of a brilliant musician intent on self-annihilation.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“One of the pre-eminent brother acts in country music and an inspiration to several generations of rock musicians.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The Louvin Brothers were my favorite when I was young and growing up in the business.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDolly Parton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Charlie…was a true punk, in the best sense of the word.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLucinda Williams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“You can’t find anybody, I don’t think, that was not inspired by them.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVince Gill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“They influenced everybody.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhil Everly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The Burritos’ favorite artists.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGram Parsons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Probably the greatest traditional country duo in history.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrove Dictionary of American Music\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The most influential harmony team in the history of country music.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Grand themes of life, death, religion, salvation, damnation, human choices and, sometimes, joy.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRandy Lewis, Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Simple and plain-spoken, yet powerful and resonant.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Satan Is Real has the best-designed book cover of 2012 .” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaper Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The anecdotes alone offer significance to any person interested in the anthropology of Americana music. 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