STAUNTON, VIRGINIA — WHERE HAROLD REID LIVED, AND WHERE THE MUSIC NEVER FADED
THE QUIET STREET WHERE THE MUSIC LINGERED: In Staunton, Harold Reid Found The Silence He…
Read MoreEVERYONE REMEMBERS “FLOWERS ON THE WALL” — BUT ONE FORGOTTEN SONG PROVED THE TRUE SOUL OF THE STATLER BROTHERS
About the song THE FORGOTTEN MASTERPIECE: Why One Quiet Song Revealed The True Soul Of…
Read MoreTHEY WERE NEVER BIOLOGICAL BROTHERS. NONE OF THEM CARRIED THE NAME STATLER. AND YET, THEY NEVER LEFT THE TOWN WHERE THEIR STORY BEGAN.
THE TRUTH NO ONE EXPECTED: They Were Never Real Brothers, Never Named Statler — Yet…
Read MoreTHE LAST BASS NOTE FROM HAROLD REID — SINGING WITH HIS BOY WIL REID ONE FINAL TIME
THE FINAL BASS NOTE: Harold Reid And Son Wil Reid Shared A Farewell Duet That…
Read MoreTHE LAST PERFORMANCE NO ONE THOUGHT WE’D EVER SEE AGAIN — LEW DEWITT’S FINAL MOMENT WITH THE STATLER BROTHERS!
THE FINAL SONG THAT STOPPED TIME: Lew DeWitt’s Last Moment With The Statler Brothers Still…
Read MoreTHEIR FATHERS SANG THIS SONG 50 YEARS AGO — NOW THEIR SONS HAVE BROUGHT IT BACK, AND THE ENTIRE ROOM FELL SILENT.
THEIR FATHERS SANG THIS SONG 50 YEARS AGO — NOW THEIR SONS HAVE BROUGHT IT…
Read MoreHE DIDN’T FEAR DEATH. HE FEARED BEING FORGOTTEN. Backstage, near the end, Harold Reid turned to Don and said softly: “You know, I’m not afraid of dying. I’m only afraid that one day no one will remember our voices.”
HE WAS NEVER AFRAID OF THE END — ONLY OF THE SILENCE THAT MIGHT FOLLOW…
Read MoreTHREE GENERATIONS. ONE SMALL TOWN. ONE LAST NAME. THE REID FAMILY OF STAUNTON, VIRGINIA REFUSES TO LET COUNTRY MUSIC’S GREATEST HARMONY FADE AWAY.
THE CONFESSION THAT STOPPED THE ROOM — THREE GENERATIONS OF THE REID FAMILY KEEP THE…
Read MoreTHE FINAL WHISPER — JIMMY FORTUNE’S LAST SONG FOR THE STATLER BROTHERS FAMILY: In a moment that seems to transcend time itself, Jimmy Fortune pours his heart into one final ballad
THE FINAL WHISPER — Jimmy Fortune’s Last Song for the Statler Brothers Family Becomes a…
Read MoreTHE HARMONIES THAT DEFIED TIME — A breathtaking reunion unfolds as Harold Reid’s unmistakable gravelly bass rises beside Jimmy Fortune’s soaring tenor one final time, through a long-lost 1985 recording newly uncovered from the archives.
THE HARMONIES THAT DEFIED TIME — A Lost 1985 Recording Brings Harold Reid and Jimmy…
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