{"id":75224,"date":"2014-01-04T04:39:35","date_gmt":"2014-01-04T09:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=75224"},"modified":"2014-01-04T08:49:08","modified_gmt":"2014-01-04T13:49:08","slug":"bob-dylan-we-owe-these-guys-everything-r-i-p-phil-everly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=75224","title":{"rendered":"R.I.P. Phil Everly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/everlybros.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/everlybros.jpg\" alt=\"everlybros\" width=\"450\" height=\"475\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-75238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/everlybros.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/everlybros-94x100.jpg 94w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/everlybros-189x200.jpg 189w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/everlybros-378x400.jpg 378w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nDon Everly: &#8220;We did what we liked and followed our instincts. Rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll did survive, and we were right about that. Country did survive, and we were right about that. You can mix the two but people said we couldn&#8217;t.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One of my all-time favorites. I had their greatest hits on cassette tape back in high school.  I continue to listen to them regularly, my current obsession being &#8220;Radio and TV&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9eJko36GUQY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All I Have To Do Is Dream&#8221;, 1960. The HAIR. That country-boy rockabilly pompadour, sexy as hell. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lTYe9eDqxe8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here they are in 1986 with Mark Knopfler and Chet Atkins. Gorgeous.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CkFcQRiFL68\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>My friend Trav <a href=\"http:\/\/travsd.wordpress.com\/2014\/01\/04\/r-i-p-phil-everly\/\">has a beautiful post up.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here they are on American Bandstand, performing &#8220;Gone Gone Gone&#8221; and &#8220;Cathy&#8217;s Clown&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G3E2I-kuQMA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Performing &#8220;Bye Bye Love&#8221; on the Merv Griffin Show in 1966.  Interview following, where everyone speaks in awe about mini skirts, while smoking cigarettes. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QgkeG9uIpoA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Their harmonies are pure. Perfect. The blend of &#8220;rock&#8221; (that new-fangled thing) and country was controversial at the time. What the hell were they? Country singers? Rockabilly?  Where did you place them?  <\/p>\n<p>Well, you place them in the damn Pantheon, that&#8217;s where you place them.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rI0ll5SexV0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Bob Dylan once said, &#8220;We owe these guys everything.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p>R.I.P., Mr. Everly. <\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/1554348_637724909625737_1432639425_n.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/1554348_637724909625737_1432639425_n.jpg\" alt=\"1554348_637724909625737_1432639425_n\" width=\"499\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-75253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/1554348_637724909625737_1432639425_n.jpg 499w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/1554348_637724909625737_1432639425_n-100x90.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/1554348_637724909625737_1432639425_n-200x180.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/1554348_637724909625737_1432639425_n-400x360.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don Everly: &#8220;We did what we liked and followed our instincts. Rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll did survive, and we were right about that. Country did survive, and we were right about that. 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