Wow. I hadn't seen that one. What kind is it.
I wish it were featured more in the cut.
Wow. I hadn't seen that one. What kind is it.
I wish it were featured more in the cut.
Ah, they don't do it like that no more. Thanks for posting.
Is it me or does Ira resemble Niles H.??
Wonderful.
Something else you don't see much anymore these days: on the choruses, the lead singer switches to harmony.
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Not sure what make that mando was. I have read that Ira had a nasty temper..no doubt from the liquid courage..he would often be found mending the mando he busted the night before in a intoxicated rage. He went thru alot of mandos. I always thought he was a very fine mandolin player for the style the Louderbacks played. Thanks for posting..they cant be beat.
Slotted headstock (notice he's got his strap attached through the slots) and cat-eye soundholes suggest German manufacture although I'm not sure which one. Hofner, Hohner and Framus are the likely suspects.
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That would be Loudermilk.
That band certainly did use up a lot of mandolins.....
One of my favorite (of many) Louvins tunes. There's a really nice version of this one on one of Ray Legere's CDs as well.
Which Ray CD would this be on?
I believe Ira built some mandolins and guitars.
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Thanks, New Breed. Need to dig that one out. Ray (and co.) are such great players. If you go to his website, he has an area for tab/music purchases, where you can get his solos to many recorded tunes. He actually put a couple up there on my urging.
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Wow! Thanks for posting that. Just fabulous country music the way it was meant to be. Great shuffle, and how about Paul Yandell's flatop, showing his pate as he leans into his Atkins-style solo? The brothers are so in sympathy, two very distinct voices but blending just so... and the timing... note how they hit three straight downbeats in the chorus line that begins "and when your...". Ira does some harmony "up there" that no one else can duplicate. We can't hear the mando but anyway -- Ira was first and foremost a singer.
I have been a Louvin Brothers fan for long time. Those of you who haven't seen this - a video on the Louvin Brothers and then on Bill Monroe. From the BBC.
Ira plays that snakehead A style I am used to seeing. But the other mandolin from the first clip, I am curious.
Looks like a Framus Texas model. Shown at the top of this page. I think perhaps the earlier models might have had slotted headstocks.
One for sale in canada. They say Nevada but the Framus site shows a one soundhole variety as the Nevada.
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I think it might be a Graciella.
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1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
Jim, I think you nailed it.
Spot-on! Now, why did Framus make a "Graciella" and a "Graziella"? And how can they describe the Graciella as having "massive ornamental inlays and binding"? Is a "massive" inlay one weighing over 12 ounces?
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Allen, I think it is a translation thing, tho I have usually seen the word used as an equivalent to solid and in massive spruce top.
Jim
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1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
On the Satan Is Real Album Charlie and Ira built the fire for the background shot. Ira made the wooden cut out of satan. Longtime opry photographer Les Leverett was on hand to take the album cover photo, as he did so many artist. He told me they liked to have burned up before getting the shot they wanted.
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