Dont Wait On Me-Statler Brothers.

[@Lynn-r8h]

It’s nice to see the duet between Don and Phil.

[@hunt4one]

I can remember being 6 or 7 years old and my dad singing this song as we went down the road, he always tried to sing the deep part...lol, good memories. Give this a thumbs up if this song reminds you of past smiles and good times. I miss you daddy.....

[@ChristineNeff]

The Statler Brothers are The Greatest Quartet Group that Ever Sang in the World!!!

[@hlgebben]

You will really love Brotherly Love, then.

[@mizzmead8077]

hey now what about The Oak Ridge I love both equally :)

[@JonBrew]

Phil is the Glue the pulls all the voices together... they have a unique sound, it will NEVER be duplicated

[@conniedoyle2587]

Right???

[@chrispolle5498]

Any idea why he didn't sing lead on more songs like the OAKS do with their songs.

[@jameshepburn4631]

Phil’s middle part is also the hardest to harmonize. The lead, tenor, and bass parts typically have easier patterns to follow. Jimmy Fortune is one of the top tenors ever, but I have to say the distinctive sound they had with Lew DeWitt just doesn’t have that same inimitable blend now. Thanks for the post, the live performances are always my favorites.

[@claylyons6447]

Best country group ever. Hard to believe their career lasted almost 40 years. Most groups dont last 5 years. I first heard them back in the early 1970's when I was very young. I'm still listening to that great music.

[@idafillmore9515]

RIP Harold. wahtan awesome voice.!

[@RobertNielsen1970]

I remember when the lights came on at Wrigley...the first thing I thought was, "Well, the Statlers will have to re-write that song!" A few weeks later, they played the version with "When they put a dome on Wrigley Field..." and I laughed, because that was the way I'd figured they'd write it. :)

[@hulenbryant5637]

Just seeing this comment and I thought the same thing in 1988 LOL !... Still listening to the greatest quartet EVER !!

[@smittykins]

One of them(can’t remember who)was quoted as saying “They had to put lights in Wrigley Field and ruin a perfectly good song.”

[@RobertNielsen1970]

@@smittykins I remember hearing that, too! But I don't remember who said it, either. 😎

[@cosmocosmoton]

@@smittykinsHarold Reid said it! The one with the deepest voice

[@kicknckn1]

Never get tired of listening to The Statlers! N E V E R

[@CaseyMoo1]

I've always loved that bell tone ending. While. Fantastic with Jimmy or Lew.

[@janerietcheck6125]

Phil Does a great job with this song...sure miss Lew though!!

[@stargazrBrass]

If I could gives two tumbs up, I would!!! God I love my boys. Miss them so much. And that great music. I used to get to see them every year around my birthday but no more. I miss that present. Love you Harold..where ever the h e double hockey sticks you are.

[@shirleymurphree1660]

Best of the best as always the Great Statlers

[@extremeocd1184]

The Statlers wrote soooo many great songs it's hard to choose a favorite. Gotta say this one is at the top of my list! Love you....Harold, Don, Phil, Jimmy and ((Lew....RIP)!!!! P.S. Phil does do a GREAT job singing Lew's part!!!! (RIP)

[@1966gto1000]

My favorite vocal group of all time. And they should be everyone else's too!

[@edmelanson1351]

RIP Harold Reid 😢

[@rhondasheridan7049]

We know he is..

[@francisalanwormald6328]

HELLO?!! AT 82 JUST SCANNED COMMENTS...PICKY!< PICKY!> PICKY!! ABOUT LYRICS CHANGES, HOO SANG WHAT PART, & CHEAP SHOTS AT JIMMY FORTUNE!!! TIMES CHANGED, LEW PASSED....MOVE ON BIG FELLAS!! STILL GREAT MUSIC & SOOO GLAD THEY LANDED JIMMY AT TENOR>>> I STILL LOYAL FAN.

[@waynelarson5368]

I agree 100% with you! They were fantastic and no one comes close to them.

[@rodneytherooster7815]

Love this group !! Brings back many memories from my childhood

[@tsixclerk]

I'm glad they updated the Wrigley Field references. This song is the first thing I thought of when I heard the news about the lights.

[@iamfelixthecat7233]

Me too! ❤

[@tjcourtney6392]

To those that would say Jimmy is not that good your very wrong! He filled in so great for that High Tenor spot wrote them number one hits and in my opinion was the best over Lew but because it was my era probably! Although hard to replace an original for sure he had a great voice and the Statlers are classics of all time regardless! We can all agree on that!

[@kevinmiller1985]

Why is Phil singing Lew's lin es that should be taken by J immy?

[@allenbooth5193]

@@kevinmiller1985 When Jimmy first joined the group, Phil and jimmy agreed that Phil would sing Lew's part on songs that Lew had recorded with the Statler Brothers.

[@Musicfanforever1000]

Awesome song by a very wonderful group!!!

[@RIGOREBERTO]

one word for them=legends!

[@alfredkloos8591]

Harold Reid....April 24,2020....RIP.

[@yvonnzilla506]

I LOVE THIS SONG AND LOVE THE STATLER BROTHERS TO.

[@thomaspick4123]

yvonne polk Me too. I just love listening to their great songs. Wonderful arrangements, good beat, words tell a story.

[@amyreece8473]

RIP Harold Reed.

[@cherylclair]

TimL2005, I've got that same CD. I love that part of this song

[@wantabe12345]

Great song!!!!!!!!!!

[@Denmanize]

love it still

[@Scampis41]

che bravi!!!con le loro voci hanno fatto 4 strumenti musicali di eccezionale quality

[@conniedoyle2587]

Thats my Phil!!

[@azknightwolf2552]

I like how they changed the lyrics since the lights came on at Wrigley Field in 1988. I don't think they will ever dome Wrigley.

[@519tedford]

These Guys are awsome!!!!!

[@MegaEmBros]

this song is the best

[@bosshogg659]

Perfection

[@claudiaheinowski1285]

James, Paul, Fred, everybody else: "Don't wait on me" Claudia

[@BnCSGMusic]

Grandstaff is a band which two of the members are Harold and Don Reid's sons.

[@williamsonmunier]

Now known as Wilson Fairchild!

[@revgee93]

Amen & Amen! 🙌

[@MrBazza1949]

real harmonies ! !

[@JonBrew]

God I love these guys

[@connienania486]

These fine men are the most underrated group ever. They sang about life and love. They sang about family, loyalty and other human feelings. I never felt that they were revered as they should have been. Far and away the best in country music. Pure gold! !!

[@TimL2005]

I have a CD of the Statlers' Live Wheeling, W. Va. Concert in which they sing this song..Harold went through the story of why they changed the lyric..He said "It didnt matter to us one way or the other..Just almost ruined a good song"

[@jameshepburn4631]

There’s actually a post of it on Y.T..

[@bigoldinosaur]

Took me a long time to figure out that all the things they were saying were the opposite of what they actually were.

[@dundonrl]

I'm a San Diego Sailor (spent many years in the Navy sailing out of there) and I don't have any tattoos..

[@DayTrader__]

What’s sad is now some of the things mentioned in this comes true.. 😔

[@carolynridlon3988]

Especially the "flying old glory & no one stands to cheer" - that is the saddest part in today's world.

[@KarenHlly]

@DogEars93 On their live album they said something along the lines of, "They just had to put lights at Wrigley Field and screw up a perfectly good song." LOL

[@abigailvance413]

"To be really honest it don't matter to us too much one way or the other... except it screwed up an awful good song.."

[@kevinmiller1985]

I noticed in this version Phil sang When the doc says C' mon In, etc. When Lew was still with the group, it was H E who sang it. Why did they switch? Same with the song Noah Found Grace In The E- yes Of The Lord, Phil would sing lines that Lew sang wh en he was with the group c ompared to when Jimmy to ok over.

[@nonnieharvey295]

Harold Reid was a handsome/sexy man!

[@donmckinney6908]

Nice!!

[@patriot4786]

its different without Lew DeWitt.. even Phil had to change hes position in this song.. its sad

[@gailmacdonald6953]

On this song Phil took over Lew's Vocals, & did a very fine job of it.. No Tenor better Then Lew.

[@extremeocd1184]

Phil did do a great job! You would have thought Jimmy would have carried that part given he's their tenor but Phil's tenor made me fondly remember Lew.

[@gsadvisor]

Dedicated to the Old Ball Coach.

[@kevinmiller1985]

Why is Phil singing Lew's parts?

[@shawndowdy7697]

we've actually had snow on the 4th

[@Abravefan804]

Notice Phil takes Lews old solo parts in this version, as opposed to letting Jimmy take them.

[@McFmp11]

Thank u very much, i understand now°

[@dennydickenson1722]

Straight

[@Quickdraw1111]

One more thought in regards to my previous comment. What will they change the lyrics to if Wrigley Field has a dome built on it?

[@bubbasouth]

When the lights did go on in Wrigley Field, I immediately thought of this song - I'll just bet The Statler Brothers did, too.

[@williamsonmunier1]

Because Wrigley added lights so they had to go one further.

[@jameshepburn4631]

They can move the dome to Fenway Park or ‘when the Cubs don’t play at Wrigley Field”.

[@Quickdraw1111]

@@jameshepburn4631 So, basically, there NEVER will be a situation that can happen for him (the singer) to come back to his girlfriend/wife, due to the fact the singer just keeps changing his rules ... even when one of the situations he sings about literally comes true.

[@jameshepburn4631]

@@Quickdraw1111 Calm down, it’s just a novelty song. Enjoy the clever lyrics.

[@Kram6298]

They were great. Unfortunately many have missed out on them because they were "country".

[@WintersBear]

This is a very good song however this is not the original version. The original had the line. When lights go up at Wrigley Field. They changed the song after they put lights up in the late 80's

[@patriot4786]

Different without Lew

[@dantanner785]

You missed the point of the song...

[@McFmp11]

Can u explain?

[@patcoutts8886]

who is grandstarff? im new

[@williamsonmunier1]

Harold's son Wil & Don's son Langdon who later changed their name to Wilson Fairchild.

[@jdwinger2002]

i have a tape with them and harold tells the store about the change. there were getting letters in the office saying poeple wish they did sooner so wish they didnt put in the light it didnt matter to then so they changed the words.

[@graverobber35]

I like this version where they picked up the pace. I would like to hear Jimmy more. And why was the big guy behind all the way through?

[@conner5901]

The 1980s song predicted a 2017 movement from the NFL

[@lindajohnson6368]

Conner bassin so very sad😢

[@conner5901]

Yes, yes it is

[@auntv7727]

Love the song but gauging from today's values,... He's going home to her soon

[@alisaschmucker8297]

clarissa

[@janerietcheck6125]

who else isn't thrilled with Jimmy Fortune, who took Lews place???

[@edmelanson1351]

Jane Rietcheck he was a great replacement and Lew DeWitt hand picked Jimmy Fortune as his replacement before he died of Chrohns disease

[@Kram6298]

Actually the Sun stays in one place and we go around it.

[@Quickdraw1111]

So... the idea is that when certain things happen then he (the singer) will come back to his girlfriend/wife? Okay, in the original song he says "when the lights come on at Wrigley Field I'll be coming home to you". It is now fact that in 1988 the lights did indeed "come on at Wrigley Field" (the song was released in 1981). Therefore, he lied. How do I know he has lied and did not return to his girlfriend? Because now he has changed the condition to "when they put a dome on Wrigley Field, I'll be coming home to you". And therefore, no matter what, he will apparently just conviently change things whenever the original things in his song happen. I know it is just a song, but still...

[@stargazrBrass]

And...

[@Quickdraw1111]

R. Christine Richman ...And the fact is I have proven he lied. Anyone with common sense can see that.

[@stargazrBrass]

It's a song that I love. It's not earth shattering.

[@allenbooth7033]

Quickdrwaw1111: When the song came out in 1981, there were no lights at Wrigley Field. When lights were installed at Wrigley Field, the song was rewritten to say "When they put a dome at Wrigley Field," I'll be coming home to you.

[@Quickdraw1111]

@ Allen Booth: Yes, I know that the song was rewritten to adjust for the change from lights to a dome at Wrigley Field. However, you are missing the point of my previous post. I was talking about the STORY of the song and the fact that the character in the song lied about returning to his girlfriend/wife if a certain condition happened. And it turned out that the certain condition DID INDEED end up happening. When that conditioned happened (the lights coming on at Wrigley Field) then the character in the song was proven to be a LIAR, because he now has changed the condition from "when the lights come on at Wrigley Field" to that of "When they put a DOME on Wrigley Field". Therefore, why did he ever make any specific conditions to return to his girlfriend/wife if he wasn't going to keep his promise to return to her when a condition was met? Yes, I am smart enough to know it was just a song, but I am just making a point that the character in the song lied when he claimed that if a condition was met then he would return to his girlfriend (or wife or whatever she was to him). He lied and didn't keep his word.

[@CherishedSolace]

1 dislike...lol, probably the one still waiting.

[@monerz1]

Their first hit was in 1965. It was entitled, "Elvira".

[@Yooper_1980_at_Heart]

You are misinformed. These are the Statler Brothers.

[@monerz1]

@@Yooper_1980_at_Heart Oh, you're thinking of Alabama. A lot of people make that mistake.

[@carolynridlon3988]

Actually it's oak ridge boys for Elvira! Alabama had other songs - also Elvira was one of many hits for the oak Ridge boys and they were around a long time before Elvira.

[@monerz1]

Correct! & 2 of the Oak Ridge Boys are actual brothers.

[@jameshepburn4631]

And The Statler Bros’ breakout hit was “Flowers On The Wall”, written by Lew DeWitt (1964).

[@McFmp11]

False, the sun goes up in the east and goes down in the west! What a fail.

[@vivianchristensen7820]

It's supposed to be a fail. He don't want to go back with his girlfriend. So when the sun don't set in the west he will be coming home to her

[@Hexmeyer]

You’ve missed the point