Maxine, Jim Ed, and Bonnie Brown were voices on my radio back in the Dark Ages of my teens in the late 1950s—especially their pop hit “Three Bells,” whose words I always thought were gooey sentimental.
But I listened to them anyway for the beautiful harmonies. Which was the secret of their success, of course, the pure Deep South hillbilly music sound that would soon, sure enough, become Rock-n-Roll.
Via Gone South.
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 
The Browns song that grabs me hardest is “Scarlet Ribbons,” which somehow sounds like it originated in one of those well-lit Kinkade gingerbread houses, yet it’s as devout as anything in gospel.
Yep.