Country legend Louvin has full slate at 80
Charlie Louvin turned 80 on July 7, but the Country Music Hall of Fame legend is moving faster and faster career wise, at least.
Amid a jam-packed celebratory weekend July 6-8 in Nashville, the surviving Louvin Brother made an appearance at the Louvin Brothers Museum and performed the evening of July 7 at the Grand Ole Opry, of which he has been a member since 1955.
Louvin capped the weekend at the Country Music Hall of Fame for the world-premiere screening of the music video for “Ira,” a moving tribute to his brother Ira Louvin, who died in 1965. The track is from his recently released self-titled album for the Tompkins Square label, and features Marty Stuart on mandolin.
Louvin also has released a digital-only five-song EP including “Ira” along with fellow “Charlie Louvin” album track “Knoxville Girl” (featuring singer/songwriter Will Oldham), new versions of the Louvin Brothers’ classic “Cash on the Barrelhead,” the more obscure “Glad That I’m Not Him” and previously unreleased “Mama’s Angels.”
Meanwhile, Louvin continues the heavy touring schedule that commenced with the February 20 release of “Charlie Louvin.” Since then he has appeared with Neko Case, Laura Cantrell, Ryan Adams and Cake, and at the Bonnaroo festival. Forthcoming dates include two weeks in July with Lucinda Williams, a European tour and a stop at San Francisco’s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival in October.
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