Call it the Everly Brothers’ contribution to the brewing folk revival in American music in the late 1950’s.Įnter Billy Joe Armstrong in 2013, who it might not be surprising to hear is an Everly Brothers fan because of what building blocks for rock and roll the Everlys were, but it’s a bit curious of how he got so endeared with this particular album, and then lassoed Norah Jones of all people to be a part of it. No big hits came from the album, but it was seen as very forward and innovative at the time. Though the brothers were known for taking country songs and giving them a rock and roll twist, Songs Our Daddy Taught Us was very traditional and straight laced. What this results in of all things is a stripped-down, old-time, primitive country record, referring back to the Ralph Peer era in country music very rootsy, with murder ballads and Gothic American textures, and traditional, folksy themes and compositions.ĭuring the height of their success in 1958, brothers Phil and Don Everly decided to make what today might be considered a concept album, taking traditional songs the brothers were taught by their father and assembling them on one record. Foreverly is not a tribute album in the traditional sense, it is a reboot of a specific album, a reinterpretation of the 1958 Everly Brothers’ Songs Our Daddy Taught Us, song by song, line by line, with virtually the same track list, ratcheting up the strange factor yet another notch. No “Bye Bye Love,” no “Wake Up Little Susie,” no “Bird Dog,” “All I Have To Do Is Dream,” or other recognizable Everly Brothers standards. For starters, you’re not going to get any of the noted Everly Brothers hits. Whatever you think this album is going to be, whatever you think in your little music brain it will sound like as you squint and try to envision Billie Joe, Norah Jones, and the Everly Brothers sharing the same 3-bedroom apartment, you’re probably wrong. At the same time, there was something about the idea that seemed just insane enough to make some strange bit of sense. When you first heard that Billie Joe Armstrong of the arena punk band Green Day and darling little lounge singer Norah Jones were teaming up to make an Everly Brothers tribute album of all things, you wondered if this was some drunken dare taken way too far.
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