Class of 57, Charlotte's Web, The Movies, Flowers On the Wall, Elizabeth, More Than A Name On A Wall, Do You Know You Are My Sunshine, Whatever Happend To Ranpolph Scott...... All are great by The Statler Brothers!!!❤❤❤
I love "Do You Know You Are My Sunshine." Such smooth harmony, a big resonant sound, a sweet love song, and I love the bass guy's "interjections, Do you know!" :)
The deep voice you noticed was Harold Reid who passed away Apr 24th 2020 he is sorely missed. When I was a kid, I am 57 now, my mom had 2 8 tracks for the car, only choices we had, Elvis Presley greatest hits & The Statler Brothers greatist hits lol
54 here. The Statler Brothers Greatest Hits was one of our choices when we went on vacations when I was a kid. And we had The Oak Ridge Boys. My dad had some Charlie Rich and The Eagles. My mom had Elvis Presley. I had KISS. lol I liked all of it though. I don't think I was allowed to play my _Rock and Roll Over_ 8-track in the car. lol
@@duanewhitacre5995that is a line from flowers on the wall... Smoking cigarettes and watching Captain kangaroo now don't tell me, I've got nothing to do.
Kathie says… PLEEEEEEEEASE do “counting FLOWERS ON THE WALL…that don’t bother me at all, playing solitaire ‘til dawn…with a deck of 51, smoking cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo….now don’t tell me……I’ve nothing to do” 🥰. What a FUN, FANTASTIC SONG THAT IS!!! I believe that you two will love it!,,
They just need to do The Statler Brothers in 3-packs because each and every one of their songs is perfection. Uh... what were they -- the best country music act for nine years in a row, most awarded in country music history? Yes, I think they were anointed or something.
"More Than a Name on The Wall", "Elizabeth", "I'll Go to My Grave Loving You", and anything they sing Gospel. This is a great group with a big rabbit hole y'all should go down. You won't be disappointed.
OMG, I’ve been asking for these guys for two years. They were a great Southern Gospel quartet that transitioned into Country just as the Oak Ridge Boys did and around the same time. They are a “must get acquainted” group in the Country genre, having won 9 CMA Vocal Group Of The Year awards in the 13 years from ‘72-‘84, so not just a run of the mill group. Check out Do You Know You Are My Sunshine, Bed of Rose’s, Elizabeth, I’ll Go To My Grave Loving You and, for a very touching story about a mother who lost a son in VietNam, More Than A Name On A Wall (Amber may cry). **An interesting side note, none of them are named Statler, although two are brothers, Don & Harold Reid. Sadly Harold, with the deep bass voice, died 4 years ago this month. Thank you for finally getting around to them.
So Don and Harold Reid are distant cousins of mine. I heard from my mother that they got their name from a box of Statler tissues. That was the story I was told all my life. Their grandmother and my great grandmother were sisters. Most of the family is buried at Mount Pisgah Cemetery in Mount Sidney, Virginia, in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Been there many times. So beautiful.
@@compassion686 I was fortunate to see them three times. My musical tastes run the gamut from doo wop, 60s rock and pop, 70s classic rock, bluegrass and country. As a result of listening to such a variety on road trips my two daughters, who are 44 and 33, are the same way. In fact, The Statler Brothers was my younger daughter’s very first concert at about age 7 or 8, and she loved “the big funny guy” (I did too)!!! 👍🏼😁
@@Paladin70 Wow ! That's so cool having seen them. three times. I knew the family relation all my life but never did get to see them. Had a great aunt and uncle that I visited every time I went to Mount Sidney, Virginia (it's right outside of Staunton) and they knew the brothers well. My great uncle retired from Dupont and bought six acres for like next to nothing in Mount Sidney. Beautiful land in the Blue Ridge Mountains. I'll always remember him saying he'd rather be a big fish in a little pond than a little fish in a big pond. I can't even imagine what the property is worth today.
SB harmonies are unmatched!!! Amazing! Jay & Amber, you didn't have to comment - the delight on your faces showed how much you enjoyed this song! Excellent review. 👍👍👍
Oh, my gosh, I always loved the Statler Bros. I just love Harold's deep voice!! I have a cousin that has that deep voice and he also sang gospel. So many memories!!
As you said, so nostalgic and fun. This is one of the cutest and most charming of the Statler Brothers songs. It always makes me smile. PS: I'm from Indiana. The first time I saw a Piggly Wiggly was when I was 9 years old, and we traveled to Georgia to visit my Southern relatives. I thought "What a funny name for a grocery store." But apparently tons of people shopped there back in the day. Who knew? :)
One of the biggest surprises of my high school years was when Linda Brocato asked me to Sadie Hawkins. That was the one dance that the girls asked the guys to a dance. Saturday mornings were sacred. Every 70's kid got up early to watch cartoons. You paused the video on the late, great actor Robert Mitchum. I actually had The Official Polish Joke Book, If you turned over it was the Official Italian Joke Book. There were also the Official Black/White Joke Books, Prudes/Sex Maniacs, and so on. We made fun of ourselves and others back then. All would be banned today. There are Piggly Wiggly's here in metro Atlanta, and I vowed that I would buy something at one, because...shopping at Piggly Wiggly! Cigars used to come with gold paper rings on them, some kids used to wear them like rings. Smoking was much more common when I was a kid. People used to be allowed to smoke on buses, in stores, on elevators and in theatres...
We still have a couple of Piggly Wigglies...also known as Hoggly Woggly. Archie was the comic with Veronica & Betty. You can't go wrong with ANY Statler Brothers song. I love them. ❤️
I worked for 8 yrs at Statler Tissue Company, we always got a kick out of hearing the Staler Brother got their name from a tissue box in a hotel room. They are so awesome! You need to check out "I'll got my Grave loving you" (my fav) and Flowers on The Wall, Do You Know You Are My Sunshine, Bed of Rose’s, OH, and another fav is "Shirley Jean Burrell" LOL< they are just such a fun band!!
You should also try the Statler Brothers “Flowers on the Wall”, and another suggestion the super rock classic by the Left Banke, “Walk away Renee” LOVE THIS song!!!!!!!!!!
"The Class of '57" was my favorite song from them, it made me wonder where all of my classmates ended up. I used to love the Statler Brothers but I had forgotten them, so thank you for bringing back some great memories!
So glad there are folks like you who appreciate the generations gone by. So much in this is so familiar to me (I’m 67) and brings back memories of a simpler time.
"Flowers on the Wall" is one of my favorite songs ever. These guys were huge! They had so many great songs. I got to see them at a county fair when I was a kid and I'll never forget it.
I am 100% a rock and roll, but have always loved the Statler Brothers (and the Oak Ridge Boys). Both groups were favorites of my aunt, and I spent most of the 70s and 80s listening to them. As an aside, I went to Europe back in 1981 with a youth group, and one of the songs we had on our mix tape while on the bus was Counting Flowers on the Wall, probably my favorite Statlers song. I can still hear all 33 of us high school kids screaming at the top of our lungs “counting flowers on the wall - 1,2,3,4!”
Thanks!!! These are my guys!!!! I've loved them all of my life ... literally. They are awesome. Hilarious. They are just as good live as they are on their albums. Their music is mostly nostalgic, comedic, and gospel. They do love songs, heartbreak songs, but almost never any bar or drinking songs ( I can think of only 2 or 3 from their very earliest days with Johnny and after they went on their own absolutely none.) . They are unique and are still known as "The Most Awarded Act in the history of Country Music" Johnny Cash loved them and so do I. I miss them so much!!! 😭 After 40 years of records and tours they retired in 2003. The Bass singer (Harold Reid) was the funniest man and the brother of the lead singer (Don Reid). The Tenor in this (Lou Dewitt) left the group in 1982 because he had a deadly stomach disease. He died a few years later but was replaced by Jimmy Fortune who stayed with the band to their retirement. Jimmy still records country and gospel albums and does concerts to this day and gave the Statlers some of their biggest hits in the 80's. There are great live performances on UA-cam to see and their Farewell Concert is WORTH watching in its entirety. They also had the number one rated cable TV show on the Nashville Network, in the 90's that ran for 7 years and had so many hilarious comedy skits and great country artists all while continuing to record albums. They were deeply patriotic too. They also held a free 4th of July concert in their home town of Staunton Virginia annually. The lead singer has, since retirement, wrote a number of great books and one of them tells the story behind every song they ever recorded!!!! What a fascinating and great read! They were all Christians and always included at least one gospel song on every album, and every so often would release entire gospel albums. They also have two EXCEPTIONAL Christmas albums and a Christmas TV special based on the second such album. They were inducted into both the Country music Hall of Fame and the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. I could go on and on. Suffice to say I LOVE these guys!!!! Their music got me through the first 40 years of my life, and I still listen to them today!!! Pleeeeeeeeeeease go down the rabbit hole with them. They will blow you away with their harmonies, music, comedy, and patriotism. Thank you for reacting to these guys. You've made an old man happy today!!!! So few reactors have had them on their channels. You two are AWESOME!!!
Got my first job at Winn Dixie at 17, I lived right behind the store! I didn't even apply! I went buy ice cream and saw the comanager struggling with a vac steamer, so I helped him and he offered me a job on the spot!
The Piggly Wiggly was the first of what we'd call a supermarket today - a store where you go and get your own groceries. Before then you would come up to the counter and hand the grocer your list, the grocer would then go get your order and hand it to you. I think PW also was the first store to use the shopping cart.
Thank you so much!! They were Mon’s favorite group (Jim Reeves was her favorite singer). Thursday will be 16 years since we lost her, so she’s been on my mind quite a bit. The Statler Brothers had such a great wealth of songs. I hope you do more of them, especially “I’ll Go To My Grave Loving You”, “Flowers On The Walk”, “Bed of Roses”, and “Class of ‘57”. “Class of ‘57” is so relatable to anyone who graduated high school, no matter what year is yours. Thanks again for the Statler! Their music filled our home!
Memories of my brother and me in the 70s, laying in the back of our wood paneled station wagon, (as far away as we could get from the front seat) and my parents singing this, and especially Flowers on the Wall, from the 8-track player. My father loved the Statler Brothers. (It was so embarrassing when we were 7 and 6 years old! 🤣) Twenty years later, I was living in Virginia (not far from their hometown of Staunton, VA), and we surprised my father by taking him to Staunton. They were having a hometown concert for the 4th of July. But to see how happy he was at the concert is cherished forever. ❤ (We also all wore seatbelts in our non-panelled SUV! 😂)
Elizabeth is where it's at if you want to appreciate what wonderful singers they are. Class of 57, Bed of Roses, Counting Flowers on the Wall if you want to appreciate their creativeness and wonderful songwriting.
Gee, Elizabeth is probably my least favorite Statler song. I am not overly fond of Jimmy's tenor... it is just a bit more shrill than Lew's, and it is all I hear in Elizabeth.
YEA!!! Ya'll FINALLY got back around to the Statler Brothers! They were one of my FAVS, back in the day!! LOVE THEM!! Amber's gonna LOVE THIS ONE!!! Jay - you'll GET that quartet feeling from them!! :) HUGS, YA'LL!
Love the Statlers! They were Harold and Don Reid, Phil Balsley, and Lew DeWitt. When Lew retired he was replaced by Jimmy Fortune, who's still performing today. Their song "Whatever Happened to Randolph Scott" is about their love of old movies. They also sang "We Got Paid by Cash" and "The Official Historian on Shirley Jean Berrell".
The Statler Brothers were a legendary country group that had many hits through their long career. They won numerous awards from the Country Music Association for best vocal group. They also had a long running TV show for many years also. They were truly talented performers.
"Sunday movies were taboo" refers to the Blue Laws where when stores, movies, and most restaurant's were closed on Sundays; which was reserved for worship and family time.
The Statler Brothers had a long and successful career lasting more than 40 years. They made a wide variety of music including love songs, story songs, patriotic songs, funny songs, etc. Patriotic/Soldier/Veteran songs include "Silver Medals and Sweet Memories" and the incredibly moving "More Than a Name on a Wall." Other great and interesting songs include "Elizabeth", "Bed of Roses" "Class of 57", "Thank You World" and many, many more. A good funny song is "Butterfly Tatoo." The Statler Brothers can be a very deep and fun rabbit hole.
A lot of great quartet groups originally started from gospel quartets like the Fairfield four, the Blackwood Brothers, the Statesman quarter, the Cathedral quartet. Some sang acapella - ie- no musical instruments, and some quartets on used a piano. But the harmony of of the quartets was and still is incredible!
Their blend of voices is a Barber Shop Style. That is what you were thinking when you mentioned the striped vests and the straw hats. Barber Shop Quartets. The only other Country group that had this style in spades was The Oakridge Boys. Now you have a similar blend in Home Free. I can sing low like Harold. Since early high school I could sing low like Harold and High like Frankie Valley. You will cry when you hear them sing 'More Than A Name On A Wall'. Save it for Memorial Day. That is when it will really hit home. The Viet Nam Memorial is a big black "V" shaped Wall with 58,000 names of Dead American Soldiers on it. 'More Than Just A Name On A Wall is the Staler Brothers singing about just one of those names. Find it. Use it for Memorial Day. ... Go Sooners !
Took my parents to see the Statlers in the late 70s the first act was a very young Barbara Mandrel. What a show. To my ears still the best country harmonizing ever
Love me some Statler Brothers. They've been great for years. I loved the original group but when Jimmy Fortune came on to sing Tenor, they went to an all new level. One of the most beautiful songs you will ever hear is their song, More Than a Name on a Wall. It is a song about a family's love for their son who gave his life in Vietnam,(or any other battlefield) in service to our nation. And a Mother's Prayer to God to pass on to her son that to them, He is More than a name on a wall!! Jimmy Fortune delivers the emotions so effectively, you will definitely need tissues.
Wow! Thank you for reacting to the Statler Brothers, one of my favorite groups of all time. Saw them in concert several times in the late 60s and early 70s and they were so much fun. They were voted the country vocal group of the year nine times by the Country Music Association and were elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008. But there was so much more to them than that. They were a great gospel group and are members of the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. The group -- especially bass singer Harold Reid -- had a terrific sense of humor and they recorded two comedy albums that I loved. Thank you for reacting this special group.
Wow!!!! My dad LOVED the Statler Brothers. We listened to their albums and 8 tracks until they were worn out. Thank you for the reaction. This is a great song. I love how they take turns on the verses.
My mother had 3 main favorites: Tennessee Ernie Ford, Johnny Cash and The Statler Brothers. She bought an album of theirs in the 70s that she & her friend played & sang with so much that to this day when I hear This Bed of Roses it zooms me back to my teen years, church, and her music. She is 89 now with dementia and a few months back I picked her up from her board & care home & played that song for her in the car. She asked me to turn it up and was soon singing along, remembering every lyric. 🥲 I agree with those who suggest Flowers on the Wall as your next SB reaction. It's arguably their best, it's upbeat and the lyrics are wry and clever. Quentin Tarantino liked it enough to include in the soundtrack to Pulp Fiction (the scene where Bruce Willis, after refusing to throw a fight, is at a stoplight and he's singing along to FOTW on the car radio.) Blessings❤
My dad was in the Army from 1954 to 1956. During that time, he bought his mom (my grandma) a record player. I was born in 1974 and I remember her playing the Statler Brothers quite often on that record player. I would say they were her favorite. Grandma passed away in 1982 when I was only 8, so I don’t have a lot of memories about her but I do remember that. My favorites from the Statler Brothers are Do You Know You Are My Sunshine and How Great Thou Art.
saw the statler brothers many times ... last one was with the oakridge boys in norfolk neb,,,,,,there with my mom and grandmother it was the last concert that we all went too,,,, grandmother passed and 4 months later my mom passed ,,, they both loved these guys as do i
I love these harmony groups but the Statlers are my fave. Try: "I'll Go to My Grave Lovin You" "Elizabeth" "Do You Know You Are My Sunshine" "Silver Medals and Sweet Memories" "Hello Mary Lou" "Bed of Roses" ... I have to stop or I'll list their ehole catalog but they are all really great❤ Also brings to mind The Forester Sisters who sang Country harmony like this. They were huge in the late 80s thru early 90s. Sad that we hear hardly anything about them anymore. Try: "(I'd Choose) You Again" "Mama's Never Seen Those Eyes" "That's What You Do When You're in Love" "Lyin in His Arms Again" "I Fell in Love Again Last Night"
My sister-in-law Liz died and I really liked her a lot. I was holding it together fairly well until "Elizabeth" was played as the pallbearers took hold of her coffin, then I lost it
The Statlers were my dad's favorite group. We went to see them in concert when I was about 10. Great concert! Definitely listen to Flowers On the Wall and Class of '57.
The picture of 4 guys sitting on stools is the Statler Brothers and the guy far left is Harold (the deep voice). Y’all should do “Class of 57”, it’s their biggest song and is about themselves and the high school class they graduated with and what became of them. GREAT SONG!!! There used to be Piggly Wigglys everywhere and there’s still a few around usually in small towns. I know there’s still one in the little town of Ninety-Six, SC that’s the only grocery (or any other largish) store in town. This song brings back so many memories. 🤔
Piggly Wiggly was the first self service grocery store. Before then, everything was behind the counter. You would give the storekeeper your list and he would fill it for you. The founder of Piggly Wiggly also invented the shopping cart.
Jimmy Fortune has written what I guess could be a sequel to "More Than a Name on a Wall" that he has performed with the group Brothers of the Heart that is on UA-cam. He has also written "Meet Me at Arlington", which is just as moving.
My dad played The Best of The Statler Brothers on an 8-track tape in our camping pickup. He would just let it play over and over again. I got to know all the songs by heart. I've collected several 8-track tapes of that album in remembrance of him. And he was the class of '57.
They still have a Piggly Wiggly in Siler City, NC. Frances Bavier (Aunt Bea from the Andy Griffith show), after retirement, spent the rest of her life in Siler City in a house just down the street from it, and is buried not too far from there. Y'all made me want to go to Piggly Wiggly again, lol! Great song, and I agree with some of the other suggestions of Statler Brothers songs. Class of 57 I think is my favorite. Great group, great voices. Love y'all!!
Tons of great songs from the boys. There are 2 others that are a real stroll down Memory Lane. Those would be The Class of 57 and also Whatever Happened to Randolph Scott. BTW none of the guys are named Statler, and only 2 of them are brothers. They also did a song about their days working with Johnny Cash called We Were Paid by Cash. Both of you and the kids stay safe and well!!!!
I am 59 years old. I was born in 1964 this song brought back alot of memories, The Statler Brothers and the Oakridge Boys were my mom's favorite groups. I watched the Statler Brothers on TV and listened to their records as well.
Growing up nine miles north of the US/Canada border in Saskatchewan in the 60's and 70's we got all the American TV stations. I remember the commercials for the Piggly Wiggly in Bottineau, North Dakota!
the Statler Bros were a big hit with my parents, they played 8track of Best of the Statler Bros over and over again, I grew up with is in one ear and 70's classic rock in the other ear.
The Statler's home town was Staunton, Virginia. They often got requests to support local charities, so they would put on a free Happy Birthday America concert in the baseball field of the town's city park for the 4th of July weekend, along with guest bands. Organizations would set up games and concessions to raise money and people came from all over the country (and some foreign countries). Folks would put their info in a box and Harold (the guy with the bass voice and the jokester) would read the results to the audience when the Statlers came on to perform and close the show. After a long idyllic day in small town America in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, as the last song ended, a great fireworks display was the perfect final act - followed by everybody trying to leave town at once and head back to the rat race. Both happy and sad.
Wow, I just requested Statler Brothers - Flowers on the Wall, a few days ago! They were definitely an enjoyable, fun listen! "Do you remember these" was one of the songs on a pretty limited playlist when I worked at an amusement park in 85. It really was an ideal song for this venue! One more very notable country artist from this time yet to be reacted to, Crystal Gayle! Many great songs in her library to choose from. I'd offer "I don't want to lose your love", "Our love is on the faultline", "It's like we never said goodbye", "Half the way"!
Class of 57, Charlotte's Web, The Movies, Flowers On the Wall, Elizabeth, More Than A Name On A Wall, Do You Know You Are My Sunshine, Whatever Happend To Ranpolph Scott...... All are great by The Statler Brothers!!!❤❤❤
I agree with Class of 57, Elizabeth, and More Than A Name On A Wall
I love "Do You Know You Are My Sunshine." Such smooth harmony, a big resonant sound, a sweet love song, and I love the bass guy's "interjections, Do you know!" :)
Bed of Roses is good
ALL good ones!!
Thought you were reciting a forgotten verse to this song for a second. 😂
Flowers on the wall is another great one
I think they heard some of it when they watched Pulp Fiction.
My favorite!
@@tcpmI’ve always loved that QT used that song in that scene.
Smoking cigarettes and watching captain Kangaroo.
Exactly 💯
*The Statler Brothers: Flowers on the Wall* - AMAZING SONG!
They don't bother me at all. 😉
They had a humongous hit with " Flowers on the Wall ". They must react to that.
And Home Free did an excellent cover of this incredible song! ❤❤
I love the Muppets version of this song as well, especially when the flowers on the wall start singing too.
@@momD612 Oh! I have to find that!
@bjdefilippo447 I highly recommend it. They did it great! Just be sure watch the outro too. 😉🥰🥰
The deep voice you noticed was Harold Reid who passed away Apr 24th 2020 he is sorely missed. When I was a kid, I am 57 now, my mom had 2 8 tracks for the car, only choices we had, Elvis Presley greatest hits & The Statler Brothers greatist hits lol
I'm just a little older than you and had their greatest's album hits when I was in JR hIgh
That sounds familiar. I think we had Connie Francis, the Statler Brothers, or gospel. It was the 1970s, but in our house, it was 1955. LOL
most of the kids would not know what an 8 track is
54 here. The Statler Brothers Greatest Hits was one of our choices when we went on vacations when I was a kid. And we had The Oak Ridge Boys. My dad had some Charlie Rich and The Eagles. My mom had Elvis Presley. I had KISS. lol I liked all of it though. I don't think I was allowed to play my _Rock and Roll Over_ 8-track in the car. lol
I'll Go To My Grave Lovin' You, The Class Of '57, Carry Me Back, Whatever Happened To Randolph Scott....
Flowers on the Wall!
Growing up, I thought they sang "watching Captain Kangaroo smoking cigarettes"
@@duanewhitacre5995Well, Mr. Green Jeans had some worse habits as I recall. 😂
@@duanewhitacre5995that is a line from flowers on the wall... Smoking cigarettes and watching Captain kangaroo now don't tell me, I've got nothing to do.
Piggly Wiggly is still around in the South. Remember Hoke drove Miss Daisy to the Piggly Wiggly 😊❤
I ran into a Piggly Wiggly in Wisconsin 8 years ago!
"I'm tryna drive you to the sto'!"
@@joeday4293 yes! lol. Love that movie. Such a precious friendship.
@@tigerprayers2824 yes we have Piggly Wiggly here in Wisconsin. One is just about a mile from my house
I call them the wiggly pig. 😂😂
Flowers on the Wall, great funny song.
What? It's not a funny song! The person in the song is deeply depressed!
Dark humor.
Kathie says… PLEEEEEEEEASE do “counting FLOWERS ON THE WALL…that don’t bother me at all, playing solitaire ‘til dawn…with a deck of 51, smoking cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo….now don’t tell me……I’ve nothing to do” 🥰. What a FUN, FANTASTIC SONG THAT IS!!! I believe that you two will love it!,,
They just need to do The Statler Brothers in 3-packs because each and every one of their songs is perfection.
Uh... what were they -- the best country music act for nine years in a row, most awarded in country music history? Yes, I think they were anointed or something.
Counting flowers on the wall a good one from them
I remember a lot of these! Mostly, I remember the Statler Bros. Give "Flowers on the Wall" a shot!
"More Than a Name on The Wall", "Elizabeth", "I'll Go to My Grave Loving You", and anything they sing Gospel. This is a great group with a big rabbit hole y'all should go down. You won't be disappointed.
More than a Name on a Wall! Such a powerful song
Old school/classic country right here. My favorite from them is "Flowers on the wall". 🤠
OMG, I’ve been asking for these guys for two years. They were a great Southern Gospel quartet that transitioned into Country just as the Oak Ridge Boys did and around the same time. They are a “must get acquainted” group in the Country genre, having won 9 CMA Vocal Group Of The Year awards in the 13 years from ‘72-‘84, so not just a run of the mill group.
Check out Do You Know You Are My Sunshine, Bed of Rose’s, Elizabeth, I’ll Go To My Grave Loving You and, for a very touching story about a mother who lost a son in VietNam, More Than A Name On A Wall (Amber may cry).
**An interesting side note, none of them are named Statler, although two are brothers, Don & Harold Reid. Sadly Harold, with the deep bass voice, died 4 years ago this month.
Thank you for finally getting around to them.
So Don and Harold Reid are distant cousins of mine. I heard from my mother that they got their name from a box of Statler tissues. That was the story I was told all my life. Their grandmother and my great grandmother were sisters. Most of the family is buried at Mount Pisgah Cemetery in Mount Sidney, Virginia, in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Been there many times. So beautiful.
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I was fortunate to see them three times. My musical tastes run the gamut from doo wop, 60s rock and pop, 70s classic rock, bluegrass and country. As a result of listening to such a variety on road trips my two daughters, who are 44 and 33, are the same way. In fact, The Statler Brothers was my younger daughter’s very first concert at about age 7 or 8, and she loved “the big funny guy” (I did too)!!! 👍🏼😁
@@Paladin70 Wow ! That's so cool having seen them. three times. I knew the family relation all my life but never did get to see them. Had a great aunt and uncle that I visited every time I went to Mount Sidney, Virginia (it's right outside of Staunton) and they knew the brothers well. My great uncle retired from Dupont and bought six acres for like next to nothing in Mount Sidney. Beautiful land in the Blue Ridge Mountains. I'll always remember him saying he'd rather be a big fish in a little pond than a little fish in a big pond. I can't even imagine what the property is worth today.
SB harmonies are unmatched!!! Amazing! Jay & Amber, you didn't have to comment - the delight on your faces showed how much you enjoyed this song! Excellent review. 👍👍👍
So fun, I do remember these. Flowers on the Wall , Bed of Roses, are a great ones and their version of "Daddy Sang Bass".
Oh, my gosh, I always loved the Statler Bros. I just love Harold's deep voice!! I have a cousin that has that deep voice and he also sang gospel. So many memories!!
I grew up on the Statler Brothers. My moms favorite. You can't go wrong with a Statler song. They are all so good.
As you said, so nostalgic and fun. This is one of the cutest and most charming of the Statler Brothers songs. It always makes me smile.
PS: I'm from Indiana. The first time I saw a Piggly Wiggly was when I was 9 years old, and we traveled to Georgia to visit my Southern relatives. I thought "What a funny name for a grocery store." But apparently tons of people shopped there back in the day. Who knew? :)
I think they still have a Piggly Wiggly in Danville, Va.
2:37 “probably so nostalgic to you guys”….did he just call us old? 🤣🤣🤣
One of the biggest surprises of my high school years was when Linda Brocato asked me to Sadie Hawkins. That was the one dance that the girls asked the guys to a dance. Saturday mornings were sacred. Every 70's kid got up early to watch cartoons. You paused the video on the late, great actor Robert Mitchum. I actually had The Official Polish Joke Book, If you turned over it was the Official Italian Joke Book. There were also the Official Black/White Joke Books, Prudes/Sex Maniacs, and so on. We made fun of ourselves and others back then. All would be banned today. There are Piggly Wiggly's here in metro Atlanta, and I vowed that I would buy something at one, because...shopping at Piggly Wiggly! Cigars used to come with gold paper rings on them, some kids used to wear them like rings. Smoking was much more common when I was a kid. People used to be allowed to smoke on buses, in stores, on elevators and in theatres...
And we used to get candy cigarettes and bubblegum cigars.
I love the Statler Brothers, grew up on them. My earliest memory of their music was Flowers On The Wall, that should be your next by them.😊
The Statlers will always make you smile!! Such an incredible group. This is is so awesome!! Check out more. You won't be disappointed.
We still have a couple of Piggly Wigglies...also known as Hoggly Woggly. Archie was the comic with Veronica & Betty.
You can't go wrong with ANY Statler Brothers song. I love them. ❤️
I worked for 8 yrs at Statler Tissue Company, we always got a kick out of hearing the Staler Brother got their name from a tissue box in a hotel room. They are so awesome! You need to check out "I'll got my Grave loving you" (my fav) and Flowers on The Wall, Do You Know You Are My Sunshine, Bed of Rose’s, OH, and another fav is "Shirley Jean Burrell" LOL< they are just such a fun band!!
You should also try the Statler Brothers “Flowers on the Wall”, and another suggestion the super rock classic by the Left Banke, “Walk away Renee” LOVE THIS song!!!!!!!!!!
"The Class of '57" was my favorite song from them, it made me wonder where all of my classmates ended up. I used to love the Statler Brothers but I had forgotten them, so thank you for bringing back some great memories!
OMG I have not heard this song in over 40 years since the last time my dad played it. So wonderful to hear it again!
So glad there are folks like you who appreciate the generations gone by. So much in this is so familiar to me (I’m 67) and brings back memories of a simpler time.
"Flowers on the Wall" is one of my favorite songs ever. These guys were huge! They had so many great songs. I got to see them at a county fair when I was a kid and I'll never forget it.
I am 100% a rock and roll, but have always loved the Statler Brothers (and the Oak Ridge Boys). Both groups were favorites of my aunt, and I spent most of the 70s and 80s listening to them. As an aside, I went to Europe back in 1981 with a youth group, and one of the songs we had on our mix tape while on the bus was Counting Flowers on the Wall, probably my favorite Statlers song. I can still hear all 33 of us high school kids screaming at the top of our lungs “counting flowers on the wall - 1,2,3,4!”
So nostalgic!!! Brings back memories of housecleaning day as a kid ❤ this 8 track was always played!! Along with many other greats ❤
Some of the best harmonies ever! The bass is Harold Reed and you should see his son--carved out of his butt, I tell you!😂❤✌️
Love the Statler Brothers and especially this song. Great reaction
Thanks!!! These are my guys!!!! I've loved them all of my life ... literally. They are awesome. Hilarious. They are just as good live as they are on their albums. Their music is mostly nostalgic, comedic, and gospel. They do love songs, heartbreak songs, but almost never any bar or drinking songs ( I can think of only 2 or 3 from their very earliest days with Johnny and after they went on their own absolutely none.) . They are unique and are still known as "The Most Awarded Act in the history of Country Music" Johnny Cash loved them and so do I. I miss them so much!!! 😭 After 40 years of records and tours they retired in 2003. The Bass singer (Harold Reid) was the funniest man and the brother of the lead singer (Don Reid). The Tenor in this (Lou Dewitt) left the group in 1982 because he had a deadly stomach disease. He died a few years later but was replaced by Jimmy Fortune who stayed with the band to their retirement. Jimmy still records country and gospel albums and does concerts to this day and gave the Statlers some of their biggest hits in the 80's. There are great live performances on UA-cam to see and their Farewell Concert is WORTH watching in its entirety. They also had the number one rated cable TV show on the Nashville Network, in the 90's that ran for 7 years and had so many hilarious comedy skits and great country artists all while continuing to record albums. They were deeply patriotic too. They also held a free 4th of July concert in their home town of Staunton Virginia annually. The lead singer has, since retirement, wrote a number of great books and one of them tells the story behind every song they ever recorded!!!! What a fascinating and great read! They were all Christians and always included at least one gospel song on every album, and every so often would release entire gospel albums. They also have two EXCEPTIONAL Christmas albums and a Christmas TV special based on the second such album. They were inducted into both the Country music Hall of Fame and the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. I could go on and on. Suffice to say I LOVE these guys!!!! Their music got me through the first 40 years of my life, and I still listen to them today!!! Pleeeeeeeeeeease go down the rabbit hole with them. They will blow you away with their harmonies, music, comedy, and patriotism. Thank you for reacting to these guys. You've made an old man happy today!!!! So few reactors have had them on their channels. You two are AWESOME!!!
Great group with many, many hits.
Got my first job at Winn Dixie at 17, I lived right behind the store! I didn't even apply! I went buy ice cream and saw the comanager struggling with a vac steamer, so I helped him and he offered me a job on the spot!
I loved that movie Because of Winn Dixie. I never heard of either one before I saw that movie and traveled to Memphis and saw a Piggly Wiggly!
The Piggly Wiggly was the first of what we'd call a supermarket today - a store where you go and get your own groceries. Before then you would come up to the counter and hand the grocer your list, the grocer would then go get your order and hand it to you. I think PW also was the first store to use the shopping cart.
Hell NO, A&P was doing that before Hoggly Woggly
Thank you so much!! They were Mon’s favorite group (Jim Reeves was her favorite singer). Thursday will be 16 years since we lost her, so she’s been on my mind quite a bit. The Statler Brothers had such a great wealth of songs. I hope you do more of them, especially “I’ll Go To My Grave Loving You”, “Flowers On The Walk”, “Bed of Roses”, and “Class of ‘57”. “Class of ‘57” is so relatable to anyone who graduated high school, no matter what year is yours. Thanks again for the Statler! Their music filled our home!
Our Piggly Wiggly closed in the 1980s 😢.
Granny always bought me an RC cola and a Moon pie 😂✌️💗
Memories of my brother and me in the 70s, laying in the back of our wood paneled station wagon, (as far away as we could get from the front seat) and my parents singing this, and especially Flowers on the Wall, from the 8-track player. My father loved the Statler Brothers. (It was so embarrassing when we were 7 and 6 years old! 🤣)
Twenty years later, I was living in Virginia (not far from their hometown of Staunton, VA), and we surprised my father by taking him to Staunton. They were having a hometown concert for the 4th of July. But to see how happy he was at the concert is cherished forever. ❤ (We also all wore seatbelts in our non-panelled SUV! 😂)
Elizabeth is where it's at if you want to appreciate what wonderful singers they are. Class of 57, Bed of Roses, Counting Flowers on the Wall if you want to appreciate their creativeness and wonderful songwriting.
Gee, Elizabeth is probably my least favorite Statler song. I am not overly fond of Jimmy's tenor... it is just a bit more shrill than Lew's, and it is all I hear in Elizabeth.
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YEA!!! Ya'll FINALLY got back around to the Statler Brothers! They were one of my FAVS, back in the day!! LOVE THEM!! Amber's gonna LOVE THIS ONE!!! Jay - you'll GET that quartet feeling from them!! :) HUGS, YA'LL!
Love the Statlers! They were Harold and Don Reid, Phil Balsley, and Lew DeWitt. When Lew retired he was replaced by Jimmy Fortune, who's still performing today. Their song "Whatever Happened to Randolph Scott" is about their love of old movies. They also sang "We Got Paid by Cash" and "The Official Historian on Shirley Jean Berrell".
The Statler Brothers were a legendary country group that had many hits through their long career. They won numerous awards from the Country Music Association for best vocal group. They also had a long running TV show for many years also. They were truly talented performers.
"Sunday movies were taboo" refers to the Blue Laws where when stores, movies, and most restaurant's were closed on Sundays; which was reserved for worship and family time.
The Statler Brothers had a long and successful career lasting more than 40 years. They made a wide variety of music including love songs, story songs, patriotic songs, funny songs, etc. Patriotic/Soldier/Veteran songs include "Silver Medals and Sweet Memories" and the incredibly moving "More Than a Name on a Wall." Other great and interesting songs include "Elizabeth", "Bed of Roses" "Class of 57", "Thank You World" and many, many more. A good funny song is "Butterfly Tatoo." The Statler Brothers can be a very deep and fun rabbit hole.
You should check out their song Counting Flowers on The Wall
I Was There and The Class Of '57 will choke you up a little. The Statler Brothers had an amazing catalog of great story songs.
A lot of great quartet groups originally started from gospel quartets like the Fairfield four, the Blackwood Brothers, the Statesman quarter, the Cathedral quartet. Some sang acapella - ie- no musical instruments, and some quartets on used a piano. But the harmony of of the quartets was and still is incredible!
Their blend of voices is a Barber Shop Style. That is what you were thinking when you mentioned the striped vests and the straw hats. Barber Shop Quartets. The only other Country group that had this style in spades was The Oakridge Boys. Now you have a similar blend in Home Free. I can sing low like Harold. Since early high school I could sing low like Harold and High like Frankie Valley. You will cry when you hear them sing 'More Than A Name On A Wall'. Save it for Memorial Day. That is when it will really hit home. The Viet Nam Memorial is a big black "V" shaped Wall with 58,000 names of Dead American Soldiers on it. 'More Than Just A Name On A Wall is the Staler Brothers singing about just one of those names. Find it. Use it for Memorial Day. ... Go Sooners !
Oh God, I love it.
Yes you should react to flowers on the wall.
Oh, how I love The Statler Brothers. This is a big smile for me.
Took my parents to see the Statlers in the late 70s the first act was a very young Barbara Mandrel. What a show. To my ears still the best country harmonizing ever
Oh Gosh, this band was a favorite of my gramma, who passed a couple of years ago. the feels!
Love me some Statler Brothers. They've been great for years. I loved the original group but when Jimmy Fortune came on to sing Tenor, they went to an all new level. One of the most beautiful songs you will ever hear is their song, More Than a Name on a Wall. It is a song about a family's love for their son who gave his life in Vietnam,(or any other battlefield) in service to our nation. And a Mother's Prayer to God to pass on to her son that to them, He is More than a name on a wall!! Jimmy Fortune delivers the emotions so effectively, you will definitely need tissues.
Piggly Wiggly is the best name EVER. They were all over North and South Carolina years ago.
Great song!!
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They have some wonderful songs.. Class of 57 .. old TV show was Happy Days
Haven't heard that song for ages. You DID make someone smile today
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love this tune and yes I remember some of these
Silver Medals and Sweet Memories is another touching song by the Statler Brothers
Beautiful song! That's a long time favorite of mine.
Made me smile guys love looking back in time over the year's 😊❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Where to begin with The Statler Brothers.. Lots of great songs! New york City, Daddy sang bass, flowers on the wall, bed of roses and tons more!
Omg I remember ALL of those…😳
Class of 57
Counting Flowers on the Wall
Yes I liked this group alot back in the day.
Wow! Thank you for reacting to the Statler Brothers, one of my favorite groups of all time. Saw them in concert several times in the late 60s and early 70s and they were so much fun. They were voted the country vocal group of the year nine times by the Country Music Association and were elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008. But there was so much more to them than that. They were a great gospel group and are members of the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. The group -- especially bass singer Harold Reid -- had a terrific sense of humor and they recorded two comedy albums that I loved. Thank you for reacting this special group.
Well ALRIGHT!!!! ❤. bout time! 😊 They have SO MANY hits! Classics!
Wow!!!! My dad LOVED the Statler Brothers. We listened to their albums and 8 tracks until they were worn out. Thank you for the reaction. This is a great song. I love how they take turns on the verses.
My mother had 3 main favorites: Tennessee Ernie Ford, Johnny Cash and The Statler Brothers.
She bought an album of theirs in the 70s that she & her friend played & sang with so much that to this day when I hear This Bed of Roses it zooms me back to my teen years, church, and her music.
She is 89 now with dementia and a few months back I picked her up from her board & care home & played that song for her in the car. She asked me to turn it up and was soon singing along, remembering every lyric. 🥲
I agree with those who suggest Flowers on the Wall as your next SB reaction. It's arguably their best, it's upbeat and the lyrics are wry and clever. Quentin Tarantino liked it enough to include in the soundtrack to Pulp Fiction (the scene where Bruce Willis, after refusing to throw a fight, is at a stoplight and he's singing along to FOTW on the car radio.)
Blessings❤
My dad was in the Army from 1954 to 1956. During that time, he bought his mom (my grandma) a record player. I was born in 1974 and I remember her playing the Statler Brothers quite often on that record player. I would say they were her favorite. Grandma passed away in 1982 when I was only 8, so I don’t have a lot of memories about her but I do remember that.
My favorites from the Statler Brothers are Do You Know You Are My Sunshine and How Great Thou Art.
What a fun song. Blast from the past. I miss soda shops and mom and pop stores. Ahh, the good 'ol days.❤
saw the statler brothers many times ... last one was with the oakridge boys in norfolk neb,,,,,,there with my mom and grandmother it was the last concert that we all went too,,,, grandmother passed and 4 months later my mom passed ,,, they both loved these guys as do i
Class of 57 is one of their best. And even at 60 years old, it's still relevant today.
I agree, it's relevant to every high school class.
Flowers on the Wall
At 63, soo fun...thank yall so much( my husband has cancer, needed this today)❤
I love these harmony groups but the Statlers are my fave. Try:
"I'll Go to My Grave Lovin You"
"Elizabeth"
"Do You Know You Are My Sunshine"
"Silver Medals and Sweet Memories"
"Hello Mary Lou"
"Bed of Roses" ...
I have to stop or I'll list their ehole catalog but they are all really great❤
Also brings to mind The Forester Sisters who sang Country harmony like this. They were huge in the late 80s thru early 90s. Sad that we hear hardly anything about them anymore. Try:
"(I'd Choose) You Again"
"Mama's Never Seen Those Eyes"
"That's What You Do When You're in Love"
"Lyin in His Arms Again"
"I Fell in Love Again Last Night"
" Elizabeth" is one of the most beautiful love songs ever.
My sister-in-law Liz died and I really liked her a lot. I was holding it together fairly well until "Elizabeth" was played as the pallbearers took hold of her coffin, then I lost it
The Statlers were my dad's favorite group. We went to see them in concert when I was about 10. Great concert! Definitely listen to Flowers On the Wall and Class of '57.
James Dean made three movies before he died in a car crash: Rebel Without A Cause, East Of Eden , and Giant.
I love all three of those.
And each a true classic.
The picture of 4 guys sitting on stools is the Statler Brothers and the guy far left is Harold (the deep voice). Y’all should do “Class of 57”, it’s their biggest song and is about themselves and the high school class they graduated with and what became of them. GREAT SONG!!!
There used to be Piggly Wigglys everywhere and there’s still a few around usually in small towns. I know there’s still one in the little town of Ninety-Six, SC that’s the only grocery (or any other largish) store in town. This song brings back so many memories. 🤔
I still have several of their albums passed down by my mom. My favorite was Flowers on the Wall! Their gospel music was very good too!
The Statler Brothers' biggest hit -- the only one that crossed over to mainstream Top 40, really -- was "Flowers On the Wall." A must listen.
Piggly Wiggly was the first self service grocery store. Before then, everything was behind the counter. You would give the storekeeper your list and he would fill it for you. The founder of Piggly Wiggly also invented the shopping cart.
Counting flowers on the wall was on the radio; the only one of their songs I heard before I was fifteen or so.
I very much love that song
I miss these guys so much! Definitely recommend going down this rabbit hole! ❤️ More please 😀❤️
“More than a name on the wall” is a must react to song.
this is a good one for memorial day
Jimmy Fortune has written what I guess could be a sequel to "More Than a Name on a Wall" that he has performed with the group Brothers of the Heart that is on UA-cam. He has also written "Meet Me at Arlington", which is just as moving.
My dad played The Best of The Statler Brothers on an 8-track tape in our camping pickup. He would just let it play over and over again. I got to know all the songs by heart. I've collected several 8-track tapes of that album in remembrance of him. And he was the class of '57.
They still have a Piggly Wiggly in Siler City, NC. Frances Bavier (Aunt Bea from the Andy Griffith show), after retirement, spent the rest of her life in Siler City in a house just down the street from it, and is buried not too far from there. Y'all made me want to go to Piggly Wiggly again, lol! Great song, and I agree with some of the other suggestions of Statler Brothers songs. Class of 57 I think is my favorite. Great group, great voices. Love y'all!!
Capt Kanngaroo,his co host Mr Greene Jeans and Lee Marvin all served in the Marines in wwii
Tons of great songs from the boys. There are 2 others that are a real stroll down Memory Lane. Those would be The Class of 57 and also Whatever Happened to Randolph Scott. BTW none of the guys are named Statler, and only 2 of them are brothers. They also did a song about their days working with Johnny Cash called We Were Paid by Cash. Both of you and the kids stay safe and well!!!!
I am 59 years old. I was born in 1964 this song brought back alot of memories, The Statler Brothers and the Oakridge Boys were my mom's favorite groups. I watched the Statler Brothers on TV and listened to their records as well.
Such a great band!! So many great songs.
I’m from Wisconsin and I have a Piggly Wiggly about 5 minutes from my home ❤ Still going strong 😊
Growing up nine miles north of the US/Canada border in Saskatchewan in the 60's and 70's we got all the American TV stations. I remember the commercials for the Piggly Wiggly in Bottineau, North Dakota!
the Statler Bros were a big hit with my parents, they played 8track of Best of the Statler Bros over and over again, I grew up with is in one ear and 70's classic rock in the other ear.
The Statler's home town was Staunton, Virginia. They often got requests to support local charities, so they would put on a free Happy Birthday America concert in the baseball field of the town's city park for the 4th of July weekend, along with guest bands. Organizations would set up games and concessions to raise money and people came from all over the country (and some foreign countries). Folks would put their info in a box and Harold (the guy with the bass voice and the jokester) would read the results to the audience when the Statlers came on to perform and close the show. After a long idyllic day in small town America in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, as the last song ended, a great fireworks display was the perfect final act - followed by everybody trying to leave town at once and head back to the rat race. Both happy and sad.
Wow, I just requested Statler Brothers - Flowers on the Wall, a few days ago! They were definitely an enjoyable, fun listen! "Do you remember these" was one of the songs on a pretty limited playlist when I worked at an amusement park in 85. It really was an ideal song for this venue!
One more very notable country artist from this time yet to be reacted to, Crystal Gayle! Many great songs in her library to choose from. I'd offer "I don't want to lose your love", "Our love is on the faultline", "It's like we never said goodbye", "Half the way"!