FitzGerald's Pays Tribute to Charlie Louvin With Night of Film, Music

Those mood for some classic country can get their twang on this Thursday, Oct. 25 at FitzGerald's Nightclub in Berwyn as they pay special tribute to a late, great of the genre—Charlie Louvin.

FitzGerald's will begin their tribute at 8 p.m. with the Chicago premiere of the documentary, Charlie Louvin: Still Rattlin’ The Devil’s Cage. The film chronicles Louvin's more than 50-year career in music and includes musical performances and interviews with George Jones, Alison Krauss, Emmylou Harris, Marty Stuart and John McCrea from Cake.

The film's editor, Todd Tue, will also be on hand to answer questions about the film.

Following the film screening, The Louvin Lovers and Morning Shower Scotch will perform classic Charlie Louvin songs and other country tunes.

About Charlie Louvin

Charlie Louvin first grew to prominence playing with his brother as the Louvin Brothers. Originally a gospel act, the two found success as they began to add secular songs to their repertoire as well.

The music is classic country and the brothers were well known for the vocal harmonies in their songs.

In the early '60s Charlie and his brother, Ira, went their own ways musically, and only a few years later, Ira was killed in a car accident. Charlie continued to perform for the rest of his life, eventually finding a resurgence of interest in his music late in his career, playing at clubs like FitzGerald's as an independent musician. In his later years, Louvin would also perform and record with artists like Jeff Tweedy of Wilco and Emmylou Harris.

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