Mark Ribowsky

hardcover, hardcover the everly brothers - a.k.a. don and phil to fans with an intimate appreciation for them - seemed to exist almost as an apparition. emerging within the formative era for young baby boomers during the blandly regimented ''50s, they were a ubiquitous presence, clad in snug suits and skinny ties, hair neatly brylcreemed, never raising their voices when they sang. the two prim-looking country boys with dark, curiously penetrating eyes and perfectly merged, honey-dipped harmonies, were oddly but comfortably settled as sentimental, soothing, sometimes lovelorn voices of a still-uncharted cultural turf. magnificent as the duo was, they have until now never received a definitive biography. in crying in the rain: the perfect harmony and imperfect lives of the everly brothers, the details, small and great, roll along on the mighty mississippi, in near novel-like fashion, revealing facts drawn from exhaustive research and first-hand interviews that trace the character and influences of these hardy but flawed men who grew from teenagers to old men before our eyes. mark ribowsky''s authoritative book serves as a fitting companion to an unforgettable collection of songs - heard on countless albums, and covered literally thousands of times - whose recording was a long time gone but that will never be forgotten.hardcover, hardcover the everly brothers - a.k.a. don and phil to fans with an intimate appreciation for them - seemed to exist almost as an apparition. emerging within the formative era for young baby boomers during the blandly regimented ''50s, they were a ubiquitous presence, clad in snug suits and skinny ties, hair neatly brylcreemed, never raising their voices when they sang. the two prim-looking country boys with dark, curiously penetrating eyes and perfectly merged, honey-dipped harmonies, were oddly but comfortably settled as sentimental, soothing, sometimes lovelorn voices of a still-uncharted cultural turf. magnificent as the duo was, they have until now never received a definitive biography. in crying in the rain: the perfect harmony and imperfect lives of the everly brothers, the details, small and great, roll along on the mighty mississippi, in near novel-like fashion, revealing facts drawn from exhaustive research and first-hand interviews that trace the character and influences of these hardy but flawed men who grew from teenagers to old men before our eyes. mark ribowsky''s authoritative book serves as a fitting companion to an unforgettable collection of songs - heard on countless albums, and covered literally thousands of times - whose recording was a long time gone but that will never be forgotten.

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