HAROLD REID PITCHED IT TO EVERY DOOR IN NASHVILLE — KENNY ROGERS SAID THE SUBJECT MATTER WAS TOO RISKY. EVERYBODY PASSED. SO IN OCTOBER 1970, THE STATLER BROTHERS RECORDED IT THEMSELVES — THE VERY FIRST SINGLE ON THEIR NEW LABEL. IT HIT #9 AND CHANGED EVERYTHING. Nobody in Nashville wanted to touch it. Harold Reid had written a song about a scarlet woman who showed more kindness to a hungry orphan boy than every righteous churchgoer in town combined. The story was too honest. The message was too

HAROLD REID’S FINAL PERFORMANCE — SINGING BESIDE HIS SON WILL ON FAREWELL NIGHT: The Statlers’ last show became sacred ground when Harold and his son Will took the stage together in a duet that felt as though it came straight from heaven. - Tung

Harold Reid, Bass Vocalist In The Statler Brothers, Dies Aged 80

HAROLD REID'S FINAL DUET WITH SON WIL REID — The farewell concert became something far beyond music the moment Harold Reid stood beside his son, Wil Reid, for one final duet. - Tung

ONE LAST TIME: HAROLD REID SINGS WITH HIS SON WIL BEFORE HEAVEN CALLED HIM HOME — THE DUET THAT BROKE MILLIONS OF HEARTS! - Tung

"AFTER 50 YEARS ON STAGE, HE SANG ONE LAST SONG — WITH HIS SON." The room went still the moment Harold Reid reached for Wil's hand. No words. Just a small nod. A father's quiet way of saying, I'm ready… are you? Wil's voice trembled on the first note. Harold smiled — that soft, knowing smile only a dad can give. And then their voices wrapped around each other, like they'd been waiting a lifetime for this. People in the front row stopped filming. Some just closed their eyes. You could hear someon

Remembering Statler Brothers founding member Harold Reid

Langdon and Wil Reid, sons of Don and Harold Reid, of the legendary Statler Brothers, pay tribute to their roots and honor the legacy of their fathers with heartfelt renditions of hits including “I’ll Go to My Grave Loving You,” “The Class of ’57” and more. Watch Wilson Fairchild: Statler Made tonight at 10:30 on #WKNOChannel10, stream live at wkno.org. | WKNO

Harold Reid, founding member of Statler Brothers, dies at 80