| Author |
Topic: Don Everly - January 19, 1939 to August 21, 2021 |
Jim Fogarty
From:
Phila, Pa, USA
|
Posted 21 Aug 2021 10:07 pm |
|
Very sad to hear that Don Everly passed at 84 years old, at his home in Nashville. A very talented, troubled soul who helped influence millions. No cause of death given.
Here's a great Don solo track, from his 1977 solo album "Brother Jukebox".....with Buddy Emmons killing it, on steel.
https://youtu.be/khp0OqUmEYw
 |
|
|
 |
Ken Byng
From:
Southampton, England
|
Posted 21 Aug 2021 11:25 pm
|
|
Oh wow. Don and Phil were such giants of 20th century contemporary popular music. I saw them at my local theatre in Southampton, England, and they had Buddy Emmons in the band. They were just great, and had real down home personalities. Don in particular had a very warm personality, and was really proud of the musicians behind him and Phil. I honestly believe that if it wasn't for the Everly Brothers, The Beatles wouldn't have existed.
RIP Don.
_________________
Show Pro D10 - amber (8+6), MSA D10 Legend XL Signature - redburst (9+6), Sho-Bud Pro 111 Custom (8+6), Emmons black Push-Pull D10 (8+5), Zum D10 (8x8), Hudson pedal resonator. Telonics TCA-500, Webb 614-E, |
|
|
|
Chris Templeton
From:
The Green Mountain State
|
Posted 22 Aug 2021 4:03 am Buddy With The Verly Brothers out Shore Melody Tent.
|
|
I saw Buddy with the Everly's at the North Shore Music Theatre, in Massachusetts, around 1990 and the first or second Batman movie had come out.
I think Buddy had been playing the Batman theme, because we went to get a milkshake before soundcheck and when we returned, a roadie had put a life-sized cardboard Batman picture sitting at Buddy's seat.
Here's Buddy looking a little perplexed:
RIP Don Everly, a hero to many.
_________________
Excel 3/4 Pedal With An 8 String Hawaiian Neck, Sierra Tapper (10 string with a raised fretboard to fret with fingers), Single neck Fessenden 3/5
"The Tapper" : https://christophertempleton.bandcamp.com/album/the-tapper
Soundcloud Playlist: https://soundcloud.com/bluespruce8: |
|
|
|
Bruce Heffner
From:
Payson, Arizona
|
Posted 22 Aug 2021 4:17 am Don Everly
|
|
it seems these days the music dies every day, so sad to see
_________________
Bruce from Arizona these days |
|
|
|
Larry Dering
From:
Missouri, USA
|
Posted 22 Aug 2021 4:18 am
|
|
| Oh my. Huge influence on my youth. Sad to lose another of the greats. RIP Don. |
|
|
|
Bruce Heffner
From:
Payson, Arizona
|
Posted 22 Aug 2021 4:18 am Don Everly
|
|
it seems these days the music dies every day, so sad to see
_________________
Bruce from Arizona these days |
|
|
|
Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
|
Posted 22 Aug 2021 4:45 am
|
|
| He is reported to be 84, so born in 1937, not 1939. |
|
|
|
Craig Stock
From:
Westfield, NJ USA
|
Posted 22 Aug 2021 5:46 am
|
|
RIP Don, I also got to see Phil and Don twice, Buddy was with them both times and hung out with a small group of us for a couple of hours after the show.
_________________
Regards, Craig
I cried because I had no shoes, then I met a man who had no feet.
Today is tomorrow's Good ol' days |
|
|
|
Chris Templeton
From:
The Green Mountain State
|
|
|
|
Joachim Kettner
From:
Germany
|
|
|
|
Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
|
Posted 22 Aug 2021 8:07 am
|
|
A legacy that will never fade. Don and Phil "were" the music for a good many of us and may very well have been the inspiration to pursue any music at all.
Before I even contemplated playin guitar, my sister and I would sit in our basement and sing Everly Brothers songs in harmony.
Bye Bye Love wasn't just a song, it was an awakening.
RIP Don
_________________
Emmons L-II , Fender Telecasters, B-Benders , Eastman Mandolin ,
Pro Tools 12 on WIN 7 !
jobless- but not homeless- now retired 9 years
CURRENT MUSIC TRACKS AT > https://tprior2241.wixsite.com/website |
|
|
|
Pete Finney
From:
Nashville Tn.
|
Posted 22 Aug 2021 8:31 am
|
|
My favorite Don Everly with Emmons collaboration from the pre-reunion solo era, from Don's Sunset Towers album in 1974.
I read somewhere that Don had Emmons in mind when he wrote this. I feel fortunate to have gotten to see one of many low-key club gigs in Nashville where Buddy and Don played together, as well as a few of the Everly Brothers concerts with Buddy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAjWhh9nGIE |
|
|
|
Chris Templeton
From:
The Green Mountain State
|
|
|
|
Will Houston
From:
Tempe, Az
|
Posted 22 Aug 2021 10:59 am
|
|
| Wow, thats a big one gone. I've had my Roots album out on display the last week or so, guess I'll be listening to that today. |
|
|
|
Craig Stock
From:
Westfield, NJ USA
|
Posted 22 Aug 2021 11:20 am
|
|
What a great song Pete, so many things to absorb keeps things interesting for me.
_________________
Regards, Craig
I cried because I had no shoes, then I met a man who had no feet.
Today is tomorrow's Good ol' days |
|
|
|
Andy DePaule
From:
Saigon, Viet Nam & Springfield, Oregon
|
Posted 22 Aug 2021 6:19 pm So many good people have passed
|
|
So many good people have passed. Really a sad milestone.
First time I ever got up the nerve to ask a girl to dance, it was to Cathy's Clown played on one of those portable 45rpm players at a teen party.
So many great tunes from the Everly Brothers with their unique harmonies.
Well they will be rocking up a storm in heaven tonight.
_________________
Inlaid Star Guitar 2006 by Mark Giles. SD-10 4+5 in E9th; http://luthiersupply.com/instrument-gallery.html
2017 Mullen SD-10, G2 5&5 Polished Aluminum covering. Custom Build for me. Great Steel.
Clinesmith Joaquin Murphy style Aluminum 8 String Lap Steel Short A6th.
Magnatone Jeweltone Series Lap Steel, Circa 1950? 6 String with F#minor7th Tuning.
1956 Dewey Kendrick D-8 4&3, Restoration Project.
1973 Sho~Bud Green SD-10 4&5 PSG, Restoration Project. |
|
|
|
Delbert Phelps
From:
Shelby, Ohio
|
Posted 23 Aug 2021 4:39 am Don Everly
|
|
| R.I. P. Don you guys were a big part of our lives .Sad news seems to come every day !! |
|
|
|
Don Sulesky
From:
Citrus County, FL, Orig. from MA & NH
|
Posted 23 Aug 2021 5:48 am Don Everly
|
|
"So Sad"...Also one of their songs, with a cover by LLoyd Green...playing guitar in the late 50's I bought their song book and learned every song in it. Played most of them in bands to this day.
_________________
Private one on one lessons available
Member: FSGC, PSGA, TSGA
Co-founder: Florida Steel Guitar Club
"Steel guitar is like playing chess in the dark with three players". Jeff Newman quote from 1997 seminar |
|
|
|
Earl Hensley
From:
Las Vegas Nv.USA
|
Posted 23 Aug 2021 9:50 am
|
|
I have some great memories of Don and Phil. We did a tour with them back in the mid 60s and stayed friends for years after. Phil with my Tele'. Well heaven has some great singers. RIP my friends, you will be missed.
_________________
300 watt Tube Works Bass Head, Peavey Bass Amp,
Hand made George Washburn Spirit,
Fender Tele', Native American Flute, Rogue 6 string lap steel
Epiphone Les Paul, potato-bug mandolin |
|
|
|
Jon Zimmerman
From:
California, USA
|
Posted 23 Aug 2021 6:09 pm Alas ..
|
|
| They sang the soundtracks of my life, in a perfect, soulful blend. As I would listen on an Olds, or Chevy AM radio, I grew up, ..and decided that if two Kentucky brothers could survive all the ordeals in the music, then so could I. And now, they both can rest as the music lives on, and breathes, with a style and power all its own. |
|
|
|
FRANK MARIANO
From:
PENSACOLA FL
|
Posted 23 Aug 2021 7:11 pm Meeting Don
|
|
I had the pleasure to have met Don At Mauds Courtyard in Nashville back in the 80’s.
We sat at the bar and discussed music and how much He and Phill had such an impact on me, we bonded that day and we laughed when we discovered we were both born Feb 1st., I’m so heart broken, RIP my brother
_________________
Zum,Mullen,Sterio Steel,Little Walter, Fox Vintage,Beard,Fender Lap |
|
|
|
Dave Mudgett
From:
Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
|
Posted 24 Aug 2021 5:26 pm
|
|
| Another great one gone. The Everlys harmonies defined rock and roll harmony forever. RIP Don. |
|
|
|
Chris Templeton
From:
The Green Mountain State
|
|
|
|
Ron Pruter
From:
Arizona, USA
|
Posted 18 Sep 2021 2:12 pm
|
|
Loved them both. Interesting fact. They were both left handed. Thought guitar by their right handed father, Ike.
_________________
Emmons SKH Le Grande, '73 Fender P/J bass, Tick tack bass, Regal high strung, USA Nashville 112. |
|
|
|
Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
|
Posted 21 Sep 2021 11:01 am
|
|
Chris T: Many, many thanks for that audio tape from Central City!
I got to see the show many times (thanks to Albert getting me in!) and I never quite got used to how much difference Buddy's parts made to the overall impact of the performance. The steel sounds huge!!!
Having said that, I don't think I noticed (before now) what Emmons played on 'Bowling Green'; that was terrific. And his solo on 'T For Texas' was blistering.
I really enjoyed that, as much for Don's absolutely free-spirited vocals. There was no holding him back when he gave rein to his imagination. Rest in peace, Don Everly - you were a great singer!
_________________
Roger Rettig: Emmons D10, B-bender Teles, Martins, and a Gibson Super 400!
---------------------------------- |
|
|
|
