No one could have anticipated the weight of that night. When Don Reid stepped onto the stage before more than 8,000 people, the microphone trembling in his hand, the audience immediately sensed this was not an ordinary performance. He began to sing a song once written alongside his late brother, Harold — but this time, there was no harmony. The chair beside him sat empty, the answering voice forever silent. Don did not try to fill the void; he let the silence speak. By the second line, tears were already falling. It was not a concert, but a farewell — one Statler Brother carrying the memory of the only man who truly shared it with him.
phil DON REID’S FAREWELL SONG — A BROTHER’S VOICE ECHOING IN SILENCE No one could have anticipated the weight of that night. When…