The first song I remembered hearing on the radio that I recognized was one of theirs. IT was KDKA out of Pittsburgh, and I suspect it was "Cathy's Clown" because of the drumbeat. Perhaps it was an earlier one; I was born in 1953 and might have been aware of them earlier. They were cool and I liked them.
So did lots of other people, especially guys. Graham Nash has a fascinating tale of the time he and Alan Clarke (who later formed The Hollies) went to the Manchester, UK hotel were the brothers stayed when on tour. https://www.cleveland.com/music/2014/10/graham_nashs_1960_meeting_with.html
I read about it first in Nash's autobiography https://www.amazon.com/Wild-Tales-Rock-Roll-Life/dp/0385347561/ref=asc_df_0385347561/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312069097411&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=1504284273348674791&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9010341&hvtargid=pla-491629462049&psc=1
It is a reminder about how artists influence and mentor each other, even if only fleetingly
By extension, think about how we influence people even in chance encounters We can do a lot of good if we choose to. Phil and Don could have been polite and moved on. Instead, they inspired people who left their mark on music.
A bit more about the brothers. Maybe I resonated with them because we had twins as neighbors. They were not musical, but we had a blast...literally...with them. That's for another time. I suspect the original name was Eberle, which is German, and was anglicized along the way. Phil and Don also went into the United States Marine Corps Reserve during their career. A short time later the Beatles came and music changed forever.,
The Everlys still made music, but the hits did not keep on coming. A host of musicians/singers acknowledged them as forerunners. Sadly they had a feud but were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the first year of its existence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cabkl15_8Y Randy Newman wrote this song; Phil and Don recorded it on their "roots" album, an early country-rock unsung LP.
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