Upon spying the title and cover of this album it wasn't difficult to deduce that the Louvin Brothers were going to give me a dose of country of somesort, and they certainly did.The brothers, I'm assuming they are, seem to be a very accomplished close harmony duet, the vocals are set over a simple rhythm guitar and the songs are interspersed with what sounds like mandalin solos. It's a pretty usual formula in country and something I could easily listen to, if they offered something other than very depressing tunes about old dead cowboys.
Through the stories of each song on this album not a single character catches a single break, it's all dead dogs, heartbreak, quite often death and on a few occasions murder.
I just hope what comes next is a bit cheerier
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