R.I.P. Charlie Louvin

I was saddened by the passing of Charlie Louvin a couple of days ago (Born July 7, 1927, Died January 26, 2011) . Charlie and Ira Louvin, in my humble opinion, were maybe the best contemporary music harmonizing duo. They informed the likes of The Everly Brothers and Gram Parsons with Emmylou Harris. It's a natural part of life of course, but that makes it no less poignant. I don't have Charlie's solo work. I have Razor & Tie's excellent greatest hits package of the Louvin Brothers called When I Stop Dreaming. I have their most important gospel album Satan Is Real and finally their country & western classic Tragic Songs of Life. These are essential to any serious country & western music collector and any serious record collector in general. May you have met the maker you wished to meet Brother Charlie.