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century Americans living in the shadow of the War Between the States, parting and death were real terrors. Music and literature of the era wallow in it. We can only wonder why this kind of pathetic, excessive sentiment became a standard part of country music. With the brief exception of late ’50s and early ’60s pop, this mawkish sentiment rarely took hold in other areas of American culture or their music. So why here? 6 The Louvin Brothers Jim Reeves PREVIEW