Ira's

Aware of their gifts and spurred by Ira's single-minded ambition, the brothers set out on the road to the Grand Ole Opry while still in their teens.

In and Out of Harmony Alec Solomita 2012

Got herself a plate, then heard Ira's laugh behind her.

White People Problems (part 1) Thomas Pluck 2011

Ira's drunken tantrums moved onstage, where he would shatter his mandolin and browbeat the audience.

In and Out of Harmony Alec Solomita 2012

As the brothers struggled to break through as performers, other acts had success with Ira's tunes—songs ranging from the traditional-sounding gospel tune "God Saved My Soul" to the comic "Is Zat You, Myrtle?"

In and Out of Harmony Alec Solomita 2012

Ira's four whiskey-fueled marriages were spectacularly violent, with Charlie often the reluctant peacemaker.

In and Out of Harmony Alec Solomita 2012

Perhaps because of the spare instrumentation of Charlie's guitar and Ira's mandolin, as well as their heart-felt harmonies, they influenced the Everly Brothers, the Byrds, and country rock legend Gram Parsons.

Russ Wellen: What Would End-Timers Do Without the Threat of Nuclear Annihilation? Russ Wellen 2011

Perhaps because of the spare instrumentation of Charlie's guitar and Ira's mandolin, as well as their heart-felt harmonies, they influenced the Everly Brothers, the Byrds, and country rock legend Gram Parsons.

Russ Wellen: What Would End-Timers Do Without the Threat of Nuclear Annihilation? Russ Wellen 2011

Perhaps because of the spare instrumentation of Charlie's guitar and Ira's mandolin, as well as their heart-felt harmonies, they influenced the Everly Brothers, the Byrds, and country rock legend Gram Parsons.

Russ Wellen: What Would End-Timers Do Without the Threat of Nuclear Annihilation? Russ Wellen 2011

Perhaps because of the spare instrumentation of Charlie's guitar and Ira's mandolin, as well as their heart-felt harmonies, they influenced the Everly Brothers, the Byrds, and country rock legend Gram Parsons.

Russ Wellen: What Would End-Timers Do Without the Threat of Nuclear Annihilation? Russ Wellen 2011

Learning from Sacred Harp, their father's banjo playing and country singers like Roy Acuff and Bill Monroe, Ira and Charlie developed a stunning, uniquely close harmony, with Ira's pure, versatile tenor winding around Charlie "singing low."

In and Out of Harmony Alec Solomita 2012