BlankFred, the album is actually
Lester Roadhog Moran And The Cadillac Cowboy
Here is a video from Youtube about them, it features Harold Reid:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv7zCp0uRd8
----- Original Message -----
From: Fred Wurtzel
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Sent: Monday, April 27, 2020 12:06 AM
Subject: [msb-alumni] Re: Harold Reid, Bass Singer of the Statler Brothers,
Dies at
80 on April 24, 2020
Hi Steve,
I could not find the Road Hog ablum on Apple Music. Are there alternative
names?
Thanks.
Warmest Regards,
Fred
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Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2020 6:14 PM
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Subject: [msb-alumni] Harold Reid, Bass Singer of the Statler Brothers, Dies at
80 on
April 24, 2020
Truly sad news; if you want to hear his comedic side, did out the "road hog"
album.
Just instane how a group of musicians can make themselves sound so bad -- and
funny!
We saw them in concert twice!
Steve
Lansing, MI
Harold Reid, Statler Brothers bass singer, dies at 80.
STAUNTON, Va. -- Harold Reid, who sang bass for the Grammy-winning country
group the
Statler Brothers, has died after a long battle with kidney failure. He was 80.
Reid
died Friday in his hometown of Staunton, Virginia, his nephew Debo Reid said.
The Statler Brothers frequently sang backup for country icon Johnny Cash. Some
of
their biggest hits included 1965's "Flowers on the Wall" and 1970's "Bed of
Rose's."
Harold Reid was a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Gospel Music
Hall
of Fame. He was also a comedian.
"He is and will always be loved by his family, friends and millions of fans," a
statement on the band's website said. "His singing, his songwriting and his
comedy
made generations happy. He has taken a piece of our hearts with him."
The Statler Brother played multiple shows in Spokane over the years, including
with
Hank Snow in May 1975 at the Spokane Opera House (now the First Interstate
Center for
the Performing Arts). A Spokesman-Review reviewer noted the capacity crowd that
was
full of enthusiasm and called the performances of Snow and the Statler Brothers
"equally stunning."
"Though inclined more toward the contemporary pop scene than Snow, the group
still
shows its country roots," the reviewer, Edward W. Coker Jr., wrote. "In its
dozen or
so songs, one outstanding thread prevailed -- excellent lyrics."
Reid and three boyhood friends -- Lew DeWitt, Phil Balsley and Joe McDorman
formed
the Four-Star Quartet in 1948. The group, later known as the Kingsmen, sang
mostly
gospel music.
McDorman quit and was replaced by Don Reid, Harold's younger brother.
DeWitt once said the group changed its name again because "several other acts
all
better known were billed as the Kingsmen. The new name came from a box of
Statler
tissue," he said.
The quartet switched to country music in 1964, after meeting Cash and joining
his
road show. Over the next two decades, the Statlers won three Grammy Awards and
were
named top vocal groups nine times by the Country Music Association.
"He leaves a large and loving family and millions of fans who remember his
stage and
TV antics with smiles and cherish his music that will live with the ages," Debo
Reid
said in a statement.
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum CEO Kyle Young also issued the following
statement: "Harold Reid was a driving force in one of country music's greatest
quartets, the Statler Brothers. He helped steer the group to stupendous
successes,
and his stirring bass was the underpinning of dozens of classic hits. He was
also a
tremendous entertainer, and one of the world's funniest people. For decades, he
made
us laugh and made us cry. As his alter ego, Lester 'Roadhog' Moran, would say,
his
contributions were 'mighty fine.' We mourn his loss while we celebrate a life
well-lived."
"Harold and the Statler Brothers were a staple on many of the great CMA Awards
shows
throughout the 1970s," Sarah Trahern, CMA chief executive officer, said in an
emailed
statement. "When I passed Harold backstage at TNN during a taping for their
long-running television show, he always had a hello and a bright smile. When I
heard
of his passing on Friday, I immediately thought of his legendary bass vocals on
so
many era-defining Country and gospel classics.