The Statler Bros. Random Memories Part One

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15 жыл бұрын

This is part one of a 30 minute program promoting The Statler Bros. Random Memories, by Harold and Don Reid. The program is hosted by Harold and Don's sons, Wil and Langdon Reid respectively and members of the duo Grandstaff. Part one features Grandstaff's (Wil and Langdon) video tribute, "The Statler Brothers Song." Harold and Don discuss how and why they wrote the book.

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@craigknispel8930 Жыл бұрын

WOW, Great song. Congrats boys, that is a hit

@lindaburns5817 2 жыл бұрын

R.I.P Harold! Beautiful singers and lovely men. Thanks for sharing, 🎸🥁🎤📻❤🌹🌹💞🌷🎼⚘🦋

@elizabethjaneda2456 Жыл бұрын

What a beautiful tribute to the Statler Brothers . Thank you for this beautiful memory.🙏

@sherylfiller6064 4 жыл бұрын

I am so saddened by this. In the past month we have lost Kenny Rogers, Joe Diffie and now Harold Reid. I have grown up listening to all of them and in my opinion, they are the best generation in true country music. There will never be another group like the Statler Brothers.

@rose473 4 жыл бұрын

I love this. They inherited the Talent. It was so sad to read about Harold's death. I have always loved their music.

@CiscoWes 4 жыл бұрын

RIP Harold Reid

@larrylaprade6384 4 жыл бұрын

I don't know what to say. I'm still in shock at the news that Harold Reid has passed away. It only seems a short while ago that I saw them in their hometown, and before that met Lew at a high school in Waynesboro, Va. Loved their tv show. Though I love them all, Harold has always been my favorite. I feel like I've lost a close personal friend. Prayers and condolences to Don, Brenda, all the kids, and their other "brothers" Phil and Jimmy. May God bless you all.

@jimverbaere6097 3 жыл бұрын

My brothers and I always listened and sang their songs. We had a group for a while and did a little traveling to sing at different places. The Statlers were the reason why we started singing in the first place. I will Always love and admire each one of them and their music for as long as I live.

@jameslipke354 2 жыл бұрын

I'll be 56 years old in April. My Mom was born and raised in Tennessee and I grew up listening to The Statler Brothers. To this day they are my all time favorite when it comes to Gospel Music. I don't see that ever changing. I love all their music, and your dedication song was just perfect. Every time I hear their music, it takes me back to being a kid when my Mom and Dad would get all dressed up and go to either the Moose Lodge or the American Legion to go dancing. I miss my folks every day, and I know you boys know that feeling. Thanks so much for sharing! ~ APRIL LIPKE

@maureengilbert3745 Жыл бұрын

Never get tired of the "boys to men" Statler Brothers. From their teen years til they retired, I'll never get enough of what ever they talk about. Find something new each day on Utube. Many thanhs

@daisymaefrench4041 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, their sons sound wonderful. I love the Statlers and always will. That's when country was real, not the twerking, guitar smashing idiots that are famous now. Thank you Statlers, lots of memories in those songs.

@truthteller8459 2 жыл бұрын

I'm actually impressed with their sons singing talent. When I first heard they were going to sing I was preparing for major disappointment but the song turned out to be really good by their sons.

@martynewell1181 4 жыл бұрын

Grew up with the Statler Brothers Harold you wil be miss but you and Lou De Wit is seeing each other RIP Harold Reid

@roxannehilbert2553 7 жыл бұрын

Ah the Statler brother's I could listen to them 24/7. I love them

@carolgraham6669 9 ай бұрын

Beautiful Memories love the song❤❤❤

@annalapoint7156 2 жыл бұрын

Impressive!! Sing more you too! Statlers, oh my how I love them!! 😍

@ohwhatelse 4 жыл бұрын

I think my most favorite of theirs is Elizabeth. I believe their Jimmy Fortune wrote it. Great, beautiful song.

@dianecarrico8711 4 жыл бұрын

R.I.P Harold Reid my thoughts and prayers goes out to his family and to the Statler Brothers they lost a true friend

@rickeybullington68 4 жыл бұрын

Yes they sure did . What a great man he was he will be miss dearly .

@gcapps100 Жыл бұрын

My mother, rest her soul, absolutely loved the Statlers. She would have loved this. Brings back memories for me as well. I'm a rock fan, but was raised on the Statler Brothers. Means a lot to me as well.

@reneebarclay7965 3 жыл бұрын

Love the Statler Brothers music.

@jc6594 4 жыл бұрын

Happy 80th Birthday Harold Reid

@paulneighbors6066 4 жыл бұрын

Hate that he didn't get to see 81. He was a fine Christian man and walking on streets of gold today.

@connienania486 10 ай бұрын

Love these guys!!!

@miyoric492 3 жыл бұрын

I love these guys... brings so much memories back when I used to live in Oregon!!

@crzyjanie 14 жыл бұрын

thankyou so much for this post.god bless you .they were and always will be the best country band in history.i love the sons doing a tribute for their dads.may they carry on a family tradition.there will never a group like the statler brothers and im grateful they happened my lifetime

@mssandy90 14 жыл бұрын

Get the book. It's a great read. What a life they have had. They always stayed true to their roots and were the best country group ever. Wish they were still in the music business.

@cathrinesmith5800 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful tribute to your dad's I loved them

@Scripts360 2 жыл бұрын

My honey bought me the book. Fantastic read.

@moiraspeirs6614 4 жыл бұрын

Well done guys what a lovely song and your voices are so like your dads 👍💙🎤💙🎤👏👏👏x

@jennifursun3303 5 жыл бұрын

THEY DO SOUND LIKE THEIR DADS

@catherinemartina6469 4 жыл бұрын

That is amazing. Cause Will Reid, sounds like and partially looks like don Reid. I love it. Just goes to show you that DNA makes and mixes its own cocktail. It's all beautiful and good. Great voices guys.

@dianecarrico8711 4 жыл бұрын

Wil is Harold Reids son and he doesn't look a bit like Don he looks like his dad and Langdon looks so much like his dad Don they also sound like there dads in lots of ways

@saturn3652 2 жыл бұрын

That's what I was thinking! He definitely looks more like Don.

@ckaydw 4 жыл бұрын

One of my all time favorite groups ♥️💋♥️💋♥️

@jaydenjernigan8819 5 жыл бұрын

I believe I'm the only 12 year old who knows about all the the statler brother songs it runs in my family from my daddy's daddy then to my daddy now to me

@rickeybullington68 4 жыл бұрын

Think you for knowing good music and carrying on the turdictoino of great country music .

@rstvmo 4 жыл бұрын

Think you

@fhainalex282 3 жыл бұрын

and now you are one of a small group of 14 year old who knows that :)

@daviddooley5361 Жыл бұрын

Back in the mid '90s Mercury records released a 3 CD box set of Statler Brothers songs and included a booklet which has some of the photos in this music video along with a complete listing of all their LPs on the Mercury label.

@Tennessee608 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this with us.Love the Statler Brothers

@74Spirit1 4 жыл бұрын

Harold is now gone, but the music lives on.

@eugenemalush9284 4 жыл бұрын

What great content. Thank God for the Statler Brothers!

@Time4Stories1967 4 жыл бұрын

i love the statler bros, sorry for your loss; love connie

@karlachasteen1068 4 жыл бұрын

I Had 3 Favorites Both Of The Bass Men Harold & Don Reid & The Tenor Jimmy Fortune

@kathleenbeaty8288 7 жыл бұрын

Love them. Will always love listening to there music. They were the greatest.

@jimpugh1819 5 жыл бұрын

THEIR

@janicew6222 4 жыл бұрын

I have enjoyed these 3 parts, found it by accident, but great.

@terrycrabill761 3 жыл бұрын

All i can say the statlers you all were great but Hatold the group would just not the same he was so great you never knew what he was going to do next.

@JohnRHarden 4 жыл бұрын

Takem back to the good old days.

@carvinlambert6899 11 ай бұрын

You Guys sound really good, get two more guys!!! Please!!

@camsmith9671 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful

@juilemsl 10 жыл бұрын

These boys need to sing more they are great .

@mameschwarzfischer2806 8 ай бұрын

I Will go to my grave loving the Statler

@beckydavis6318 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful young men

@collinreesejones5525 Жыл бұрын

ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS! You guys ARE 2.0 You guys ...are needed...please tour!

@sassyfrass4999 8 жыл бұрын

they r not leaving there brother about him...god bless him...he is the real statler bros...god bless him

@play4u67 11 жыл бұрын

I completely agree with you Paula, I too SUFFER from Crohn's disease, it's a Horrible, Excruciating Painful and very disabling (to some degree) disease to have, And your also right about the stress, When I am stressed it really rears it's ugly head then! Poor Lew had such a battle with this disease, I sure wish they could find a cure for it, hopefully someday they will and we won't suffer with it any longer. God bless and take care ♥♥

@connienania486 10 ай бұрын

What a tribute

@louisbarrera5913 4 жыл бұрын

I got chill bums God bless the Statler brothers. Rip Harold

@nippynf4l831 2 жыл бұрын

You sons sound wonderful!

@martiwf0 14 жыл бұрын

OK, I'm convinced. I'll get the book ordered today.

@shirleymockerman5422 2 жыл бұрын

Good singers and writting

@gpmcd1044 4 жыл бұрын

I’m so very sad to learn of Harold’s passing. I’m sure he’s in a better place and no doubt in the presence of Jesus, and he won’t have anymore pain, so I’m happy for him in that respect, but it’s still hard saying goodbye to good people and great talents. God bless you Harold. We really miss you.

@826phutton 11 жыл бұрын

Do your research...Lew didn't leave because he thought he could do better without them. He left because he was very ill with Crohn's Disease. Stress plays a huge role in this disease...I know because I also suffer with Crohn's Disease...and I do mean SUFFER!!! He was in so much pain for so long, then had surgery that helped for a while. Then this horrible illness resurfaced, as it always does, and, in the end, it's what took his life at such a young age.

@dianecarrico8711 4 жыл бұрын

He tried going on his own but he couldn't make it because he was so sick but you are right he didnt just leave them he couldn't go on because he was very sick at the time

@collinreesejones5525 Жыл бұрын

Bless Lew... I am very sick now too, but he was classy and always will be remembered with greatful appreciation!

@carlaaustin7223 4 жыл бұрын

I just listened to this and they have accents. Never noticed before.

@Yooper_1980_at_Heart 2 жыл бұрын

They are from Staunton, Virginia and they definitely have a regional accent.

@shell1963ful 11 жыл бұрын

I agree with Paula, Lew didn't leave because he could do better...He was very ill that's why he left and they were never the same good but never the same!!

@jeanjones1846 6 жыл бұрын

We missed LEW... b/c we loved him. But Jimmy ... you couldn't do better for a replacment... and as the years went by ... We learned to love him just as much.

@kevinmiller1985 5 жыл бұрын

To Dukeof Ed. You're dead wrong. Lew left the group because of his illness, not because he thought he was better. He had surgery whic h improved his health to the point he made a comeback as a solo artist. Then his he alth took a turn for the wors e & he died August 15, 1990 @ the age of 52.

@Denmanize 14 жыл бұрын

this is great where is part 2?

@Denmanize 14 жыл бұрын

i am going to amazon to order the book

@robbyblack2699 Жыл бұрын

WE DO WANT TO HEAR THEM.

@beverlyglass9180 7 жыл бұрын

AWESOME job guys. Any chance they will have one last reunion concert??????

@Yooper_1980_at_Heart 2 жыл бұрын

Nope. They retired from the stage in October 26, 2002.

@torybrasileiro3026 4 жыл бұрын

Don's speaking voice is lower than Arnold Speaking voice. Interesting.

@jeanjones1846 6 жыл бұрын

I love um...

@joshuabrooks4907 6 жыл бұрын

It's not often that a quartet can maintain a successful career, with just one personnel change, with Jimmy Fortune replacing the ailing Lew Dewitt in the early eighties. Phil, Don, and Harold kept the group going for over 30 years though.

@jrk1666 Жыл бұрын

where can I find the 2003 Live version of flowers on the wall ?

@chanceearley6272 6 жыл бұрын

Vocally Wil sounds like Don

@clintoncross6955 5 жыл бұрын

Where can copy of book

@clintoncross6955 5 жыл бұрын

Book

@Yooper_1980_at_Heart 2 жыл бұрын

Amazon or eBay, other used booksellers.

@gatewaysolo104 11 жыл бұрын

he left because of his illness which he died from not too long after

@malik123167 12 жыл бұрын

YOU TWO GUYS SOUND GREAT, BUT WISH YOU HAD OF SHOWED MORE OF LEW DEWITT, HE WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINALS, YOU SHOWED TOO MUCH OF JIMMY

@jeanjones1846 6 жыл бұрын

RusT THruST I dissagree ... Lew was the orginal... but Jimmy was with the group for many more yrs... I love Jimmy... Hes still touring , doing his own style of gosple .. love him.

@MayorMcCheeseStalker 2 жыл бұрын

@@jeanjones1846 No one ever would have heard of Jimmy Fortune had it not been for Lew DeWitt. Lew discovered Jimmy performing at a ski lodge in the early '80s and recommended him to the other Statlers as his replacement when he had to take a temporary leave of absence (later permanent) from the group due to illness. In the mid '60s, Lew is the one who put the group on the map with his composition "Flowers on the Wall."

@sassyfrass4999 8 жыл бұрын

he is not the real statler bro...the bros forgot him!!!! god bless him..

@jimster46 7 жыл бұрын

They don't talk about him because the emotions cut too deep for them.

@kevinmiller1985 5 жыл бұрын

@@jimster46 Who are you tal king about?

@rodrickwatson747 4 жыл бұрын

Kevin Miller I Believe He Or She was talking about Lew DeWitt cause he was the original Tenor For The Statlers but As You Know He Had Retired For Crohn's Disease and he heard Jimmy while he was on stage a year or so after he retired and he introduced him to the Brothers and they heard him sing and next thing you know he was with the group o For 21 Yrs.

@michaelcarter3813 4 жыл бұрын

Will you ever take these old country videos off there taking up space

@Yooper_1980_at_Heart 2 жыл бұрын

No. We appreciate seeing these videos of our beloved Statler Brothers. So get over it.

@sassyfrass4999 8 жыл бұрын

they r so ungrateful 2 their brother!!!

@DukeofEd2186 11 жыл бұрын

Forget Lew it was his loss for leaving thinking he could do better without them.

@paulneighbors6066 4 жыл бұрын

He left because of his health. He was the one that discovered Jimmy Fortune and recommended him.

@MayorMcCheeseStalker 2 жыл бұрын

Dukeof Ed, Lew left due to his battle with Crohn's Disease in the early '80s. It's true that after a few years of rest, he did begin to record as a solo performer, but he never thought "he could do better without them," as you put it. Where did you get such an asinine notion? Lew died from heart and kidney disease in 1990. Good for Lew for getting to enjoy a few retirement years before succumbing to his illness. Forget Dukeof Ed.