AP By CHRIS TALBOTT and ROBERT JABLON January 4, 2014 12:21 PM
LOS ANGELES (AP) — There is no more beautiful sound than the voices of siblings swirled together in high harmony, and when Phil and Don Everly combined their voices with songs about yearning, angst and loss, it changed the world.
Phil Everly, the youngest of the Everly Brothers who took the high notes, died Friday from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was 74.
It's hard to believe the players of this era are slowly going over the edge. 74? Where did the years go?
RIP Phil
It won't be long for us.....
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I had much the same reaction where I heard about this. I was a fan of the Everly Bros back in the day so I think, but am not sure, this means I, too, am getting older.
Quote: PzLdr wrote in post #4The Everly Brothers are one of my top four of Rock n' Roll. The other three are Buddy Holly, Dion and The Searchers. Chuck Berry is fifth.
They had the kind of harmony (family harmony) that only familial DNA can produce.
They seemed to me to have been greatly influenced by Appalachian Folk and Bluegrass music where the lower voice is the lead and the higher voice is background harmony. It's a beautiful sound. I always enjoyed their singing, immensely.
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