Satan Is Real : The Ballad of the Louvin Brothers

Presents the story of the country music duo the Louvin Brothers, comprised of Charlie, a gospel singer, and Ira, an alcoholic, mandolin-smashing hellraiser who was banned from the Grand Ole Opry after his wife shot him for trying to choke her.;My brother's keeper -- An air-cooled Franklin -- Persimmons -- Breeding -- Mary of the wild moor -- Sacred harp -- Dumb -- Broom straws -- Singing school -- Flying Jenny -- Chattanooga -- Buck dancing -- Welcome to the army -- The fortune-teller -- We came to hear you sing -- Soda crackers -- Annie Lou and Betty -- Smilin' Eddie Hill, arrested -- Tunesmiths -- Honeymoon -- Decca -- Hank Williams -- Capitol Records -- The 24th Infantry Division bootleggers -- Busboys -- Ken Nelson -- The bluff -- The Opry -- When I stop dreaming -- Trouble -- Elvis -- Touring with Papa -- Tragic songs of life -- Drunkard -- Frying pan -- Jimmy Capps -- Duets -- Mandolins -- Satan is real -- She finally done it -- A loan -- The breakup -- Onstage -- I can't fly -- The wreck on the highway -- The funeral -- Last duet -- Reunion -- Back home -- Solo -- Epilogue. Get ready for one of America's great untold stories: the true saga of the Louvin Brothers, a mid-century Southern gothic Cain and Abel and one of the greatest country duos of all time. The Los Angeles Times called them “the most influential harmony team in the history of country music,” but Emmylou Harris may have hit closer to the heart of the matter, saying “there was something scary and washed in the blood about the sound of the Louvin Brothers.” For readers of Johnny Cash's irresistible autobiography and Merle Haggard's My House of Memories , no country music library will be complete without this raw and powerful story of the duo that everyone from Dolly Parton to Gram Parsons described as their favorites: the Louvin Brothers. The beautiful and tragic saga of the Louvin Brothers'one of the most legendary country duos of all time'is one of America's great untold stories. Charlie Louvin was a good, god-fearing, churchgoing singer, but his brother Ira had the devil in him, and was known for smashing his mandolin to splinters onstage, cussing out Elvis Presley, and trying to strangle his third wife with a telephone cord. Satan is Real is the incredible tale of Charlie Louvin's sixty-five-year career, the timeless murder ballads of the Louvin Brothers, and an epic tale of two brothers bound together by love, hate, alcohol, blood, and music The tragic saga of one of the most legendary country duos of all time. Charlie Louvin was a god-fearing, churchgoing singer, but his brother, Ira, had the devil in him. This is the story of Charlie's sixty-five-year career, the timeless murder ballads of the Louvin Brothers, and an epic tale of two brothers bound together by love, hate, alcohol, blood, and music