No one expected it. When Don Reid walked onto a small Virginia stage, microphone trembling in his hand, the crowd knew this moment was different. He didn’t smile or speak — he simply began singing a song he once wrote with his brother, Harold. But this time, there was no harmony. The chair beside him sat empty, the answering voice forever gone. Don didn’t try to replace it; he let the silence ache. By the second line, tears filled the room. It wasn’t just a song. It was farewell — from one Statler Brother to the only man who knew it first.
phil THE SONG LEFT UNSUNG — DON REID’S SILENT FAREWELL TO HIS BROTHER HAROLD No one expected it. Not on that…