For a long time, Barry Mazor (along with fellow music writers) puzzled over what struck them as a glaring omission: There was no dependable, carefully sourced book on one of music’s most important groups, The Everly Brothers. Eventually, Barry’s agent asked a question that seems somewhat obvious in hindsight: “Why don’t you write it?” That is the origin story of Blood Harmony: The Everly Brothers Story.
Barry’s painstakingly researched new book captures not only the story of the duo’s music and lasting influence, but also dives into Don and Phil Everly’s close and sometimes fraught relationship. As for himself, Barry knows a bit about having performers in the family — some of his relatives were vaudevillians — and as both one of the country’s top music writers and a lifelong Everlys fan, he knows his way around the legend and the lore.
Guest
- Barry Mazor, music writer, author of Blood Harmony: The Everly Brothers Story
Credits
- Host: Demetria Kalodimos
- Producer: Steve Haruch
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Steve Haruch is the senior producer. An award-winning journalist, editor and producer, he has worked previously at the Nashville Scene and WPLN, and his writing has appeared everywhere from The New York Times to NPR’s Code Switch. He edited the books Greetings From New Nashville: How a Sleepy Southern Town Became ‘It’ City and People Only Die of Love in Movies: Film Writing by Jim Ridley.