Talk about true love. Matilda Scaduto and Diadorius Bryant met in the spring of 1945 in Milwaukee. She…..a hotel elevator operator of Italian descent, and he…..a musician from Georgia. Two days after meeting, they eloped and settled down in Moultrie, […]
The Everly Brothers and the New York Dolls made two very different musical statements, but each group had a lasting impact on Sid Griffin. He points to an Everly Brothers concert in September 1985 at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles […]
Moments on the DVD accompanying this comprehensive 1966-1972 collection speak volumes about the Everly Brothers’ status in the post-British Invasion mid-1960s. Singing their ’50s hits on NBC’s weekly rock showcase Hullabaloo, their influence on the Beatles notwithstanding, the Everlys’ sense […]
Through the first half of the ’60s, the period covered in this new Bear Family completist set, the hyper-talented brothers Everly endured waves of career and personal frustration, as this set’s title suggests. They generally struck teen pop audiences and […]
After a live reunion in 1983, the Everly Brothers recorded three studio albums that showed they could transcend nostalgia. On EB 84, producer Dave Edmunds crafted a rock/country sound that suited the Everlys’ talents, from the Rockpile-flavored “I’m Taking My […]
