Phil Everly, of the Everly Brothers, Dead at 74
Don't cry in the rain
Phil Everly, whose high, close-harmony singing with his older brother Don made the Everly Brothers one of the biggest rock and country acts of the 1950s and early 1960s, died on Friday at the age of 74, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Everly died in the Los Angeles suburb of Burbank of complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, his wife Patti told the Times for a story on the paper's website.
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Sorry to hear that. A friend once commented that we (old farts) LEARNED harmony from Phil and Don.
One of my faves, written for them:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkFcQRiFL68
Even better:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTYe9eDqxe8