Remember the Everly Brothers?

Last night we went to our favorite local venue - The Center for Arts in Natick (TCAN) - to see the Everly Brothers tribute band called "The Bird Dogs."  It was an entertaining and enjoyable return to the 50's and 60's when the Everlies produced hit after hit.  They played a lot of the old songs that we loved.  My only complaint is that they were too loud, but I feel that way about a lot of modern music.
Returning home after the show, I was moved to click on some of the Everly hit tunes on You Tube.  While listening to the 1984 Albert Hall Reunion Concert, I checked-in with Wikipedia to try to learn why the brothers had split-up in the first place, after such a successful run of hits as a duo.

I was surprised and dismayed to learn that the pair were plagued by jealousy, drugs and alcohol.  At one point they wouldn't even record together.  Phil refused to be in the studio with Don, so he sang his  part and later Phil would record the harmony. They sang together onstage but not in the studio.

Don  attributed their estrangement in later life to  "their vastly different views on politics and life"
Could it be true that a big reason for their enmity was political differences?  Jeeps, this would be a poster example for how ideology can ruin relationships.  Come to think of it I suppose it's been going on since the Civil War.  So sad to watch good things go bad.

Phil died in 2014 from COPD shortly before his 75th birthday.

AFTERWORD:

Don is said to be supporting Hillary Clinton in the upcoming election.