A BROTHER IN SONG – JIMMY FORTUNE’S FINAL TRIBUTE TO HAROLD REID: The stage lights dimmed to a soft amber as Jimmy Fortune stepped forward, his voice trembling with both memory and grace. Before him lay not just a microphone, but a lifetime shared — the laughter, the highways, the harmony that defined The Statler Brothers. For a moment, time folded back, and he could almost hear Harold’s deep voice echoing through the rafters, grounding every note like it always did. The audience sat in reverent silence as Jimmy sang the song they once built together, every lyric now a prayer, every chord a heartbeat. And when the final note drifted into stillness, he whispered, “Save me a place on that stage up there.” Because some harmonies, once made in brotherhood, never truly end — they just rise higher.
A BROTHER IN SONG – JIMMY FORTUNE’S FINAL TRIBUTE TO HAROLD REID Under the soft amber glow of the stage…