Charlie Louvin fighting cancer, staying on stage

Charlie Louvin fighting cancer, staying on stage


Published by Peter Cooper on August 19, 2010






Country Music Hall of Famer and Grand Ole Opry stalwart Charlie Louvin is battling pancreatic cancer,
and fighting against dehydration that landed him back in the hospital recently. Oh, and he’s prepping
for his gig on Saturday, August 21 at the Ernest Tubb Record Shop’s Midnite Jamboree.

“The worst thing is when you’re living and looking but can’t participate in anything,” Louvin said
Thursday, sitting on his couch at home in Wartrace. “So I am doing the Midnite Jamboree this coming
Saturday night. I’ve got a bunch of guys and gals coming to help. I’m not even sure I can sing, but I
know how to talk, and introduce songs, and play records.”

The Jamboree takes place at 10 p.m., at the Tubb Record Shops’ Texas Troubadour Theatre, 2416
Music Valley Drive. It’s open to the public, and will be broadcast at midnight on WSM AM 650.

Louvin, who went through a painful surgery in late July, is meeting with doctors in early September to
see about the next medical steps.

“They said we failed so far on being able to remove the cancer from the pancreas, but we’ll come up
with another plan,” he said. “I don’t know what they’ve got up their sleeve, but I’m sure it’ll hurt.”


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