I won’t be making it back home to South By Southwest this year and one of the things that made that a crappy deal was missing Charlie Louvin the surviving half of the legendary Louvin Brother when he plays there to support his great new self-titled which was produced by Mark Nevers (Lambchop, Calexico, Candi Staton) and Charlie Louvin, and was recorded in Spring/Summer 2006 in Nashville. It features guest performances by Elvis Costello, Jeff Tweedy, Will Oldham, Tom T. Hall, George Jones, Bobby Bare Sr., Tift Merritt, Marty Stuart, David Kilgour, and members of Bright Eyes, Lambchop, Superchunk, Blanche and Clem Snide, among others.
Well it seems My Louvin will be making a stop in New York City (see the banner above and click for details) just to quell my sadness. Catch this elder statesman while you can!