You can’t have good without the bad…or the Louvins without the Ira. Learn all about this kooky gospel cover and the Loudermilk brothers who made it out of the Appalachian mountains and gave us something spooky….blood harmonies, crappy record deals, demonic portraits, gunshots, scumbaggery, a 16ft. Satan, explosions, “fits of faith”!
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Theme music: "Jet in Jungle" by Damaged Bug, courtesy of John Dwyer
SOURCES:
https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/satan-is-real-the-gospel-darkness-of-the-louvin-brothers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satan_Is_Real
https://youtu.be/bffPVFZDhrQ?si=6Zj7ZT4VCO3QgyzG
https://cocaineandrhinestones.com/louvin-brothers-running-wild
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