Don Everly, of harmonizing rock ‘n’
roll pioneers the Everly Brothers,
dies at 84
Posted By: ramona, 8/22/2021 11:02:57 AM
Don Everly, the last surviving member of the Everly Brothers and a pioneer of rock ‘n’ roll, died at his home in Nashville on Saturday. He was 84. (snip) Don and his younger brother Phil were in the first group to be inaugurated in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 (snip). Their family harmonies set them apart, as did an out-of-time gentleness: the Everly Brothers’ well-crafted songs floated between country and city and moved with the rhythms of a dream.
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Don Everly, the last surviving member of the Everly Brothers and a pioneer of rock ‘n’ roll, died at his home in Nashville on Saturday. He was 84. (snip) Don and his younger brother Phil were in the first group to be inaugurated in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 (snip). Their family harmonies set them apart, as did an out-of-time gentleness: the Everly Brothers’ well-crafted songs floated between country and city and moved with the rhythms of a dream.
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dead at 104 6 replies
author and creator of Ramona Quimby,
dead at 104 6 replies
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The transcript release includes testimony from:
Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe – pdf Link Here
Former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch – pdf Link Here
James Comey former chief-of-staff James Rybicki – pdf Link Here
Former FBI lawyer, Office of Legal Counsel, Trisha Beth Anderson – pdf Link Here (snip)
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With Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler performing "Why Worry" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIiXoo6TSBs) with Chet and Mark loving those exquisite harmonies. "There should be laughter after pain, sunshine after rain..." Ramona (the Pest)