Don Reid
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The Statler Brothers (sometimes simply referred to The Statlers) were an American country music, gospel, and vocal group.
The quartet appeared locally in 1955, and they began performing backup for Johnny Cash until 1972. The group formed The Four Star Quartet and then The Kingsmen, originally performing gospel music in local churches.
The Statler Brothers became well-known in 1963, when the garage rock band "Louie Louie" became popular.
Despite the name, only two members of the group (Don and Harold Reid) are true brothers, and no one has the surname Statler.
In fact, the band named themselves after a brand of facial tissue they had discovered in a hotel room (they joked that they might have been the Kleenex Brothers).
Don Reid accompanied; Harold Reid, Don's older brother, played bass; Phil Balsley performed baritone; and Lew DeWitt performed tenor and was the Statlers' guitarist before being fired by Jimmy Fortune in 1983 due to DeWitt's ill health.
DeWitt continued to perform as a solo artist until his death on August 15, 1990, from heart and kidney disease.
"We took gospel harmonies" and "took them over in country music," Harold Reid said. "The band remained closely linked to their gospel roots, with the overwhelming majority of their albums including at least one gospel song."
They released several albums on gospel music as well as a tribute song to the Blackwood Brothers, who inspired their music.
Johnny Cash's birthday song was also written by the Statler Brothers, who discovered them.
The song was called "We Got Paid by Cash" and it brought back memories of their time with Cash.
Career
Joe McDorman, the company's lead singer, appeared early in the company's history long before the company was called The Statler Brothers.
The Statlers began their careers at Lyndhurst Methodist Church in Staunton, Virginia, under the name The Four Star Quartet. They began their eight-year tenure as Johnny Cash's opening act and backing vocalists in 1964. In their song "We Got Paid by Cash," they were recalled at this time in their career. They appeared on The Johnny Cash Show, his ABC hit that spanned 1969 to 1971. The Statlers redirected Cash's entourage from the mid-1970s to concentrate on their own work, a departure that took place on positive terms due to their increasing success.
"Flowers on the Wall" is one of the Statlers' best-known songs, their first major hit written and produced by Lew DeWitt, and the socially aware "Bed of Rose" is the other. The Statlers were a mainstay on The Nashville Network (TNN), where their videos were viewed on a regular basis in the 1980s. They hosted The Statler Brothers Show, a weekly variety show on TNN, from 1991 to 1998, which was the network's top-rated show for the entire 7-year cycle.
Many of the Statlers' appeal was due in large part to their incorporation of comedy and parody into their musical performance; they were often nominated for awards for their comedy as well as singing. They released two comedy albums under the name Lester "Roadhog" Moran and the Cadillac Cowboys, as well as one half of the album Country Music Then and Now was dedicated to mocking small-town radio stations' Saturday-morning shows.
The Statlers earned the number one spot on the Billboard chart for the fourth time, with their single single "Do You Know You Are My Sunshine" appearing on the Billboard chart. "Elizabeth" in 1984, and "Too Much on My Heart" in 1985. The Statlers have released over 40 albums since being established.
The Statler Brothers bought and renovated Beverly Manor, their former elementary school in Staunton, in 1980, and spent many years in the complex. The complex was made up of offices for the company, a small museum, and an auditorium, as well as a separate building that served as office space for unrelated companies. The two tour buses, which the company had used for many years, were converted into a garage. The corporation has since demolished the facility, which Grace Christian Church in Staunton converted back to an academic campus.
The group debuted in 1970 at a local Independence Day celebration in Gypsy Hill Park in Staunton. The festival, which was also known as "Happy Birthday USA," lasted for 25 years, including Mel Tillis, Charley Pride, and others. Thousands of people attended the annual festival, with some of them drawing up to 100,000 people. "Staunton, Virginia" on their 1973 album Do You Love Me Tonight, the group also paid tribute to their hometown.
In 1982, DeWitt announced that he had left the Statler Brothers due to poor health. He returned to the music industry as a soloist just after his death on August 15, 1990, from Crohn's disease complications.
Harold Reid (born on August 21, 1939) died on April 24, 2020, after a long battle with kidney disease, at the age of 80.