My Mom and Frankie loved the Statler Brothers more than
anyone on the face of God’s green earth!
And they were loyal to them for years and years and years. When they were Harold (Reid), Phil (Bosley),
Don (Reid) & followed by Jimmy
(Fortune) after Lew (DeWitt) passed away.
They bought every record (dating myself there with that) and cassette
tape they made, wrote them letters, watched every show they were on (including
their own great show), bought every magazine that carried even a little picture
of them, went to see them on tour whenever they played even halfway close to us
and planned whole vacations around going to their home town, Staunton,
Virginia. When Frankie was in her
wheelchair the last few years of her life, we went to the Ohio State Fair to
see them, and Harold Reid (her favorite) waved and blew kisses to her from the
stage. She was the happiest person n the
world that day.
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| Lew DeWitt |
Mom (her favorite was Don) got a cookbook featuring the
favorite recipes of the biggest country music artists. Today’s recipe came from that recipe book,
submitted by Harold & Don Reid, the only real brothers in the Statler
Brothers. They always took it on the bus
with them when they toured. But at the
Amyx home, it was Linda’s specialty! She
made it one day and we didn’t even know she could boil water!!! Definitely the best pound cake we’d ever
eaten.
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| Brothers Harold & Don Reid |
THE STATLER BROTHERS MOUNTAIN POUND CAKE
2
stick butter
1/2
c. Crisco
3
c. sugar
5
eggs
1
tsp. lemon juice
3
c. flour
1
c. milk
1/2
tsp. baking powder
1-1/2
tsp. vanilla
Cream butter, Crisco & sugar. Mix in eggs, one at a time. Stir in flour & milk alternately; add
baking powder with the last of the flour.
Add flavorings. Pour into a
greased & floured tube pan. Place in
a COLD oven. Turn oven to
350-degrees. Bake 1 hour and 15
minutes. DO NOT OPEN DOOR – EVEN
ONCE! When done, remove from oven and
let stand on rack to cool completely before removing from pan.
I MUST make another mountain pound cake!! I had forgotten how good it was!! The picture brought back the memory! The Statlers not only put on the BEST show but they had to be the nicest entertainers that I ever met. They ALWAYS came out after the show to sign autographs. Staunton, Virginia is a town that anyone would love to live in. Just perfect. After Harold was so nice to Frankie and made her so happy, Mom wrote their office a letter to tell them how much that meant to Frankie. Well, a week later a package arrived for Frankie! They had sent Frankie a program book and other Statler merchandise such as a t-shirt etc. ! She was so thrilled.
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Judy Fay Zeigler study's R THE missing
DeleteI would have to disagree with you on your parents loving the Statler Brothers more than anyone else in the world (LOL) but I loved them soooooooooo much,I own every Album they ever put out, also saw them at the Ohio State Fair in 1982 in the old Grandstand waited for 4 hrs to see them front row center stage.broke my heart when Lew passed away and even more when Harold passed,he was ny favorite.Jimmy is the best they could have replaced Lew with love hearing from people who loved them as I did thanks for sending this info
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