CHARLIE LOUVIN. His last televised performance.
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- Charles Elzer Loudermilk (July 7, 1927 - January 26, 2011), known professionally as Charlie Louvin, was an American country music singer and songwriter. He is best known as one of the Louvin Brothers and was a member of the Grand Ole Opry since 1955.
Born in Section, Alabama, Louvin was one of seven children and grew up working on the family farm in nearby Henagar. He started singing when he was eight years old.
Louvin began singing professionally with his brother Ira as a teenager on local radio programs in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The boys sang traditional and gospel music in the harmony style they had learned while performing in their church's choir.
Primarily known as gospel artists, the Louvins were convinced by a sponsor that "you can't sell tobacco with gospel music," and began adding secular music to their repertoire. They began making appearances on the famed Grand Ole Opry during the 1950s, becoming official members in 1955. The Louvin Brothers released numerous singles, such as "When I Stop Dreaming", with over 20 recordings reaching the country music charts. Their rich harmonies served as an influence to later artists such as Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons and The Byrds.
By the 1960s Charlie and Ira's popularity had waned and the brothers split up in 1963. In 1965, Ira was killed in a car accident. Charlie continued to perform solo, making numerous appearances on the Grand Ole Opry and in later years acting as an elder statesman for country music.
In 2001, the Louvin Brothers were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
In the 2000s, Charlie Louvin released a disc of classics containing one new song, a tribute to Ira, and a gospel album on Tompkins Square Records Produced by Mark Nevers. The songs mainly pair Louvin with other singers, such as George Jones, Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, Alex McManus of Bright Eyes, Elvis Costello, and Derwin Hinson. He also wrote two songs with Rockabilly Hall of Famer Colonel Robert Morris, one of which is on Morris' trucking CD, "Highway Hero".
As of 2003, Louvin lived in Manchester, Tennessee. He closed his Louvin Brothers Museum in Nashville and was looking to open another one in Monteagle, Tennessee, near Chattanooga. He was a cousin of songwriter John D. Loudermilk.
After his July 2010 cancer surgery, Louvin made his first public appearance, and second to last, at Nashville's Americana Music Conference, Sept. 10th. He performed with Emmylou Harris and longtime Harris and Gram Parsons accompanist Al Perkins on steel guitar.
Louvin made one final public appearance on RFD-TV's The Marty Stuart Show, alongside his son, Sonny Louvin. He performed 'See The Big Man Cry', after which country music icon Connie Smith spoke of her admiration for Louvin, before performing 'I Don't Love You Anymore'. Leroy Troy, alongside Lester Armistead and Dan Kelly then performed 'Bald Knob, Arkansas', which was written by Charlie's brother, Ira Louvin. Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives then performed the Louvin Brothers gospel song 'The Family Who Prays'. The show then closed with Louvin singing the Tom T. Hall song 'Back When We Were Young', with Marty Stuart accompanying him on mandolin. The show aired on January 29, 2011, three days after Louvin's death. The show ended with a memorial message: "This episode was taped on December 2, 2010. It was to be Mr. Louvin's last televised performance."
Louvin underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer on July 22, 2010. Doctors expected a full recovery, but "the surgery did not go as planned," according to Louvin's son Sonny, and "he will begin using alternative methods of treatment, going forward". Louvin died from its complications in the early morning of January 26, 2011, in his Wartrace, Tennessee home, aged 83.
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I was raised listening to Ira and Charlie louvin here in Jamaica keep singing in the great beyond !!!!
Marty Stuart you are a beautiful soul! You honor and treasure the heroes and you and Connie are great heroes as well, 🙏✈️🙏
Listen to Charles voice simply amazing still puts his love in his song thank you Marty for this treasured time
Wow Mr Louvin still had a great voice!🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻👍👍👍🎼🎼🎼
thank you Marty and the Superlatives and Connie and the one and only Charlie Louvin
I last saw Charlie Louvin on July 10, 2010 at the Grand Ole Opry which was held that night at the Ryman Auditorium. When the Opry was over we met him and his wife outside and he was gracious enough to sign an autograph for me and take several photos. His wife was just delightful.
Unfortunately he passed away 7 months later - a REAL country performer. May he RIP
that's really beautiful!
Love the louvin brothers songs
Thank you Charlie for singing Back when we were young. One of my top 5 TTH songs, much more emotion evoking than old dogs and watermelon wine. Love that little tremor in your voice at the start of this song. You even altered some of the lyrics but kept on going. Gives the song a new twist and meaning. And the cheat sheet is sparkling. A reminder of the vagaries of old age.
I met the most nicest guy ever in country music I I worked as a DJ for KUSN radio inn St. Joseph MO The station brought Charlie to a nightclub called the Frog Hop Ballroom in 1968 and he was so gracious. Charlie decided he wanted to go to a bar that had music so we headed to Tura's and everyone there there was amazed he came down there. Charlie got up and sang a few songs with the band and he really liked the bans and told them to come to Nashville. Charlie had to get on the bus and head to Nashville to be on the Opry that next night. Charlie told me to come to Nashville and he would take me back stage of the opry. Four years latter my girl friend (later my wife) went to Nashville with some friends. I saw Charlie gain into the Opry and he knew me right away and stated to follow him I explained to him I had purchased tickets and he said when you are here you do not buy tickets. He then preceded to go in the crowd and sell my tickets. iWell while this was going on a pigeon fle over and did what pigeons do in my girl friends hair. Charlie was wearing a tux and pulled out his red handkerchief out of his breast pocket and cleaned the poop out of her hair. I thought the world of Charlie Louvin
Thank you for sharing these beautiful memories!
rest in peace what a voice
Great job M.Louvin . So specail .!!
Great show
Thank you very much!😘⚘👏👏👏
Bonanza on Sunday , great times.
I saw Ira and Charlie years ago..They came tmy high school. It had to be when they were starting out. I saw Charlie again years later at the Lauderdale Civic Center in Florence, AL. They were my favorites.
Bless Charlie's heart!! He was obviously beginning to fail some already, at that time; but he sure didn't let it hold him back!
You are so VERY MUCH MISSED, Charlie, but thankfully, each of these videos, and all of yours and Ira's recordings live on!
man I been looking for this video ever since I first watched it shortly after this episode aired....thanks for sharing!!
Good song 🙂🙂🙂🙂
I was looking for this episode but couldn't find it anywhere, thank you so much!
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I have a picture with Connie and Marty backstage when they first started dating. I saw them hugging in the dark side stage in the dark. I thought...... what? wow? hey now! And I don't remember who, but they clicked a picture of us all together. It was a Friday night, around 11:30 pm Opry side stage. I was honored to work the Opry stage on the same night for over a decade with them. Later Connie was one of many legends that appeared on my Las Vegas show at The Aladdin Hotel & Casino.
What year Martin guitar is Marty playing?
After he sang the last song and the band started playing it looked like it scared him a wee bit. Lol
What is the name of the last song he sang?
It's called "Back when we were young"
Ol Charlie should quit while he was ahead. Pitiful
Just classy of you!