It is heart breaking that Lew became ill and died so young .A voice that will never be matched.

Yes he was

Absolutely 💯

I feel blessed to have seen them once before Lew quit touring. They were still a wonderful group but never quite the same without him.

Lew had the most pure tenor voice ever. He harmonized so well and his voice blended so perfectly with the other 3. So many tenors are so piercing with their voices and almost dominate the others. Lew's voice was so complimentary and beautiful. Lew was only the lead when he was supposed to.

In 1885, Carl Boberg, a Swedish editor and future politician, was walking home in the bayside town of Mönsterås, located on Sweden’s south-eastern coast. A thunderhead appeared on the horizon. Lightning flashed. Thunderclaps shook the air, sending Boberg running for shelter. When the storm began to relent, he rushed home. He opened his windows to let in the fresh bay air, and the vision of tranquility that greeted him stirred something deep in his soul. The sky had cleared. Thrushes sang, and in the distance, the resonant knell of church bells sounded. With the juxtaposition between the roaring thunderstorm and such bucolic calm as background, Boberg sat down and wrote “O Store Gud”-the poem that, through a winding series of events would become “How Great Thou Art.” After being published in a local newspaper, an unknown Swede put “O Store Gud” to the tune of a Swedish folk song, whose name has also been lost to history. In the late 1800s several versions were published, but it wasn’t until the early 1900s that “O Store Gud,” which translates literally to “O Mighty God,” hopped the Swedish border. In the first decade of the 20th century the song was translated into German. A handful of years later a Russian version appeared. The first English language version wouldn’t be penned until 1925. But this English iteration, translated by the Swedish-American E. Gustav Johnson, is a far cry from the song we know today. It took another quarter century, a British missionary, and a new translation before the song developed into its now recognizable form. In the early 1930s, Stuart K. Hine, an English missionary, first heard the Russian version of “O Store Gud” while in the Ukraine. For years he and his wife sang the song with locals before he finally sat down and translated it into English. Translation is of course more art than science, and Hine took some liberties, most particularly with the title, which in 1949 he rechristened “How Great Thou Art.” Hine published his English translation alongside the Russian version in Grace and Peace, a magazine that he published and was circulated to missionaries in over 15 countries. The story of “How Great Thou Art” might have ended here, in relative obscurity, were it not for a British-American theologian traveling to India, a singing cowboy, and a popular American evangelist on a self-described crusade. When J. Edwin Orr, a British-American theologian and evangelist, travelled to India in 1954, music was the farthest thing from his mind. He was there to preach. But while there he heard an English version of “How Great Thou Art” sung by a Naga choir from the state of Assam in north-eastern India. He was so impressed by the song he brought it back to America and had it performed at a conference for college students where he was speaking. In attendance at that fateful conference were the children of Tim Spencer, a singing cowboy and actor who had found fame singing in the Sons of the Pioneers alongside Bob Nolan and Roy Rogers. At that time, Spencer owned Mana Music, Inc, a publisher of Christian music. He quickly arranged to buy the rights to the song and then did what all good publishers do-he started pushing the song. As late as 1954, “How Great Thou Art” remained all but unknown in the U.S., but with Mana Music’s backing the song eventually landed in the hands of George Beverly Shea, famed soloist in Billy Graham’s travelling crusade. Graham reportedly loved the song and quickly made it his evangelical crusade’s signature song. Given Graham’s reach, Shea all but introduced the song to the nation. He sang it live on radio, before stadiums filled with thousands of people-and during nationally televised events like the 1957 Madison Square Garden Crusade, which ran for 16 weeks and was viewed by an estimated 96 million people. Then came Elvis. Though Shea and other popular artists like Tennessee Ernie Ford and Loretta Lynn recorded versions before him, Elvis’s recordings-his more restrained studio version from 1967 and his slightly looser live version from 1974, both of which earned him Grammys-are generally considered the canonical versions against which all others are compared. That said, many people today think first of Carrie Underwood’s chart-topping rendition from 2011. Regardless of your favorite recording, when we reflect upon the various chance encounters and serendipitous occurrences that combined to birth “How Great Thou Art” and bring it to prominence, it’s hard not to be awed by the sheer improbability of it all; fate, dumb luck, God’s grace, call it what you will, the path from “O Store Gud” to “How Great Thou Art” is nothing if not unlikely. And still today is sung at Church of Sweden!

I wish I had found this Beautiful Sound earlier ❤❤❤❤

You are so right, I could listen to Lew day and night.

They are all great and my favorites ❤

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bless her heart

So hard to loose your mom. My heart is with yours

Lovely ❤❤❤

First off I'm so sorry for your loss ,I lost my mother in May of 2016 also. I miss her dearly everyday! But 😮I hope you know your mother is in heaven if she was saved and isn't in those ashes. Those are just ashes and that isn't your mother. My sister's had my mother cremated also but to be dead in the flesh is to be alive with Jesus Christ. So she's in her perfectly heavenly body watching over you. I know you burn the candle and actually think you're honoring your mother but that's actually an occult practice and I would warn you against doing that. May God bless you and your family!!

I totally agree☺️❤️

Miss the Statler Brothers so much

No group could be as good thank you

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This is the most beautiful song, it comforts me.

Elvis

Nobody did ANY song like the Statler Brothers.

They do this wonderfully, but the true impact of this song can not even come close to that of George Beverly Shea.

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In my mind he's the best. I'm sure he and Lew are in heaven singing for the God they lovingly shared with the world in song.

Indeed

so sad. So glad we got to see them every Jan until they retired. They were sing at the GRAND THEATRE IN GALVESTON TX.

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Sad to learn of this. Thanks.

I Loved there music so much

They did a very good man god want him to come a sing with his angels he know he was sick an had to come home

Hi Teresa

My mother would not have liked it, because she was an atheist, but I love it

People who do not have a relationship with God nor an appreciation of quality music..

Darrell Burnham amen a great American band

Love to hear group sang, always will. Lloyd Crites 2018

To Darrell Burnham-amen, b rother, they are my favorite vocal group. I, too , was sad- dened by the fact that they a re no longer performing. Wo uld have loved to meet them in person. It's a tragic sham e Lew suffered from Crohn's Disease. I no doubt he'd've s tayed 'til the end taking the bows they so richly deserve d. As you know Lew person- ally handpicked Jimmy to b- e his successor. Long live th e Statler Brothers!.

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Oh Harold how sad to hear this. But you are in the arms of our Lord and he is there with you.

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Another bass for the heavenly choir

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Its a Swedish hymn from 1860 and sung every christmas in Scandinavian churches! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q71_ec5ymsClnKc.html

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* Lew DeWitt!!

Hi Linda

In 1885, Carl Boberg, a Swedish editor and future politician, was walking home in the bayside town of Mönsterås, located on Sweden’s south-eastern coast. A thunderhead appeared on the horizon. Lightning flashed. Thunderclaps shook the air, sending Boberg running for shelter. When the storm began to relent, he rushed home. He opened his windows to let in the fresh bay air, and the vision of tranquility that greeted him stirred something deep in his soul. The sky had cleared. Thrushes sang, and in the distance, the resonant knell of church bells sounded. With the juxtaposition between the roaring thunderstorm and such bucolic calm as background, Boberg sat down and wrote “O Store Gud”-the poem that, through a winding series of events would become “How Great Thou Art.” After being published in a local newspaper, an unknown Swede put “O Store Gud” to the tune of a Swedish folk song, whose name has also been lost to history. In the late 1800s several versions were published, but it wasn’t until the early 1900s that “O Store Gud,” which translates literally to “O Mighty God,” hopped the Swedish border. In the first decade of the 20th century the song was translated into German. A handful of years later a Russian version appeared. The first English language version wouldn’t be penned until 1925. But this English iteration, translated by the Swedish-American E. Gustav Johnson, is a far cry from the song we know today. It took another quarter century, a British missionary, and a new translation before the song developed into its now recognizable form. In the early 1930s, Stuart K. Hine, an English missionary, first heard the Russian version of “O Store Gud” while in the Ukraine. For years he and his wife sang the song with locals before he finally sat down and translated it into English. Translation is of course more art than science, and Hine took some liberties, most particularly with the title, which in 1949 he rechristened “How Great Thou Art.” Hine published his English translation alongside the Russian version in Grace and Peace, a magazine that he published and was circulated to missionaries in over 15 countries. The story of “How Great Thou Art” might have ended here, in relative obscurity, were it not for a British-American theologian traveling to India, a singing cowboy, and a popular American evangelist on a self-described crusade. When J. Edwin Orr, a British-American theologian and evangelist, travelled to India in 1954, music was the farthest thing from his mind. He was there to preach. But while there he heard an English version of “How Great Thou Art” sung by a Naga choir from the state of Assam in north-eastern India. He was so impressed by the song he brought it back to America and had it performed at a conference for college students where he was speaking. In attendance at that fateful conference were the children of Tim Spencer, a singing cowboy and actor who had found fame singing in the Sons of the Pioneers alongside Bob Nolan and Roy Rogers. At that time, Spencer owned Mana Music, Inc, a publisher of Christian music. He quickly arranged to buy the rights to the song and then did what all good publishers do-he started pushing the song. As late as 1954, “How Great Thou Art” remained all but unknown in the U.S., but with Mana Music’s backing the song eventually landed in the hands of George Beverly Shea, famed soloist in Billy Graham’s travelling crusade. Graham reportedly loved the song and quickly made it his evangelical crusade’s signature song. Given Graham’s reach, Shea all but introduced the song to the nation. He sang it live on radio, before stadiums filled with thousands of people-and during nationally televised events like the 1957 Madison Square Garden Crusade, which ran for 16 weeks and was viewed by an estimated 96 million people. Then came Elvis. Though Shea and other popular artists like Tennessee Ernie Ford and Loretta Lynn recorded versions before him, Elvis’s recordings-his more restrained studio version from 1967 and his slightly looser live version from 1974, both of which earned him Grammys-are generally considered the canonical versions against which all others are compared. That said, many people today think first of Carrie Underwood’s chart-topping rendition from 2011. Regardless of your favorite recording, when we reflect upon the various chance encounters and serendipitous occurrences that combined to birth “How Great Thou Art” and bring it to prominence, it’s hard not to be awed by the sheer improbability of it all; fate, dumb luck, God’s grace, call it what you will, the path from “O Store Gud” to “How Great Thou Art” is nothing if not unlikely.

God works in mysterious ways, whichever, it always works!

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@@andreackerman7023 hi

Best tenor EVER! I miss him.

Ferrantti

Lew DeWitt 1938 - 1990 !! RIP /CD

I wholeheartedly agree!! He never "oversang" but blended in with the others. His voice had such a poignant sound, sometimes like a heartfelt cry. I love Lew DeWitt and The Statler Brothers; NO one will ever truly take Lew's place. :)

I agree with you 100%

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Jo-Ann Mack I never thought they could replace Lou but Jimmy was absolutely awesome! I saw them twice in concert. Once in San Diego then years later at a small community play house with Jimmy and he Nailed this song that they had to do a few more lines over and over. Sat about 5 rows away from them. I know every song they did old and new. This was in Pensacola Florida.

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Agreed!!

Hello Ann

In 1885, Carl Boberg, a Swedish editor and future politician, was walking home in the bayside town of Mönsterås, located on Sweden’s south-eastern coast. A thunderhead appeared on the horizon. Lightning flashed. Thunderclaps shook the air, sending Boberg running for shelter. When the storm began to relent, he rushed home. He opened his windows to let in the fresh bay air, and the vision of tranquility that greeted him stirred something deep in his soul. The sky had cleared. Thrushes sang, and in the distance, the resonant knell of church bells sounded. With the juxtaposition between the roaring thunderstorm and such bucolic calm as background, Boberg sat down and wrote “O Store Gud”-the poem that, through a winding series of events would become “How Great Thou Art.” After being published in a local newspaper, an unknown Swede put “O Store Gud” to the tune of a Swedish folk song, whose name has also been lost to history. In the late 1800s several versions were published, but it wasn’t until the early 1900s that “O Store Gud,” which translates literally to “O Mighty God,” hopped the Swedish border. In the first decade of the 20th century the song was translated into German. A handful of years later a Russian version appeared. The first English language version wouldn’t be penned until 1925. But this English iteration, translated by the Swedish-American E. Gustav Johnson, is a far cry from the song we know today. It took another quarter century, a British missionary, and a new translation before the song developed into its now recognizable form. In the early 1930s, Stuart K. Hine, an English missionary, first heard the Russian version of “O Store Gud” while in the Ukraine. For years he and his wife sang the song with locals before he finally sat down and translated it into English. Translation is of course more art than science, and Hine took some liberties, most particularly with the title, which in 1949 he rechristened “How Great Thou Art.” Hine published his English translation alongside the Russian version in Grace and Peace, a magazine that he published and was circulated to missionaries in over 15 countries. The story of “How Great Thou Art” might have ended here, in relative obscurity, were it not for a British-American theologian traveling to India, a singing cowboy, and a popular American evangelist on a self-described crusade. When J. Edwin Orr, a British-American theologian and evangelist, travelled to India in 1954, music was the farthest thing from his mind. He was there to preach. But while there he heard an English version of “How Great Thou Art” sung by a Naga choir from the state of Assam in north-eastern India. He was so impressed by the song he brought it back to America and had it performed at a conference for college students where he was speaking. In attendance at that fateful conference were the children of Tim Spencer, a singing cowboy and actor who had found fame singing in the Sons of the Pioneers alongside Bob Nolan and Roy Rogers. At that time, Spencer owned Mana Music, Inc, a publisher of Christian music. He quickly arranged to buy the rights to the song and then did what all good publishers do-he started pushing the song. As late as 1954, “How Great Thou Art” remained all but unknown in the U.S., but with Mana Music’s backing the song eventually landed in the hands of George Beverly Shea, famed soloist in Billy Graham’s travelling crusade. Graham reportedly loved the song and quickly made it his evangelical crusade’s signature song. Given Graham’s reach, Shea all but introduced the song to the nation. He sang it live on radio, before stadiums filled with thousands of people-and during nationally televised events like the 1957 Madison Square Garden Crusade, which ran for 16 weeks and was viewed by an estimated 96 million people. Then came Elvis. Though Shea and other popular artists like Tennessee Ernie Ford and Loretta Lynn recorded versions before him, Elvis’s recordings-his more restrained studio version from 1967 and his slightly looser live version from 1974, both of which earned him Grammys-are generally considered the canonical versions against which all others are compared. That said, many people today think first of Carrie Underwood’s chart-topping rendition from 2011. Regardless of your favorite recording, when we reflect upon the various chance encounters and serendipitous occurrences that combined to birth “How Great Thou Art” and bring it to prominence, it’s hard not to be awed by the sheer improbability of it all; fate, dumb luck, God’s grace, call it what you will, the path from “O Store Gud” to “How Great Thou Art” is nothing if not unlikely. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q71_ec5ymsClnKc.html

Hi Betty

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RIP

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I agree with you! God bless everyone...

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Oh come on guys, let's stop comparing Lew and Jimmy. they were both good, equal. Just enjoy them.

Lew Dewit is always my hero after he help me by saying to me I was cute. My father had said to me I was ugly and dumb!

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I saw them at the Nebraska State Fair in the late 1970's. The crowd would have stayed all night for encore after encore, but Harold said, "Folks, I'm about to hot to death! This has GOT to be our last song."

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CGholl 99

CGholl, this was my mother's favorite hymn, and I made sure it was played at her funeral as well. What a blessing that good old gospel music is and my favorite group was and is still The Statler Brothers. :-)

also played at my father's funeral

CGholl ...amen

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the stalkers was great

@@ronaldfriar9476 the Statlers

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Facts, the Lord God of all flesh. There is nothing too hard for him.

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@@christiandonaldson31 am fine thank you

@@audreysimon2887 hope you are safe from the virus?

@@christiandonaldson31 yes thank you staying safe it’s so stressful though I think we are all in the same boat am in Liverpool England we’re you from please

@@audreysimon2887 I'm texting from Texas. Good to know you are safe in this scary time . Will like to know you more my friend

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@Greg Normal they are the best to bad after they retired Harold died I have always loved there music I have several of there cds play them all th time when i am in my car

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I am so sorry for your loss

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great music .

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…..and Mine.

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