The Statler Brothers - Whatever Happened to Randolph Scott

[@Jimbo8348]

RIP Harold Reid. One of the best bass voices in country music.

[@donnaleaf2482]

In any kind of music

[@davewollenberg1518]

Richard Sterban's, of the Oaks, is deeper.

[@janicesimmons-d8r]

Amen

[@DP-gj1rm]

Tim Foust is sings lower,

[@kevinswinyer3176]

Arron Lee McCune is much lower

[@petergroverd6626]

What a Bass voice!

[@billn2211]

Randolph Scott (1898-1987) was a Western movie hero in the 1930's-50's. The Durango Kid (Charles Starrett, 1903-1986) was a Western vigilante of the 1940's. Johnny "Mack" Brown (1904-1974) starred in 1930's-40's serials. Tex Ritter (1905-1974) was a country music singer and actor popular from the 1930's-50's. Allan "Rocky" Lane (1909-1973) was in many 1930's-40's Westerns, and the voice of Mister Ed. "Lash" LaRue (1917-1996) was a cowboy hero of the 1940's, and taught Harrison Ford how to use a bullwhip. Tim Holt (1919-1973) was in many 1940's Westerns. Gene Autry (1907-1998) was a singing cowboy and TV star, remembered for Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer and other Christmas songs. Smiley Burnette (1911-1967) was a comedic actor and sidekick to Gene Autry and others in movies and TV. While many of these names are already fading into history along with their black-and-white films, it is a pleasure to hear them remembered by The Statler Brothers.

[@grifftrain]

Randolph Scott was one of the richest men in Hollywood back in the day

[@joshuabrooks4907]

The Statler brothers had a knack for nostalgia. That's why they were so successful for over 40 years.

[@janemichaud6544]

Still watching them!

[@raywetzel3535]

Love the Statler Brothers to this day . Ment them in there home town of Station VA many years ago.❤

[@artgamechanger3841]

This deserves way more likes. you did a great service, thank you.

[@lhs66]

If you ever watched an old Randolph Scott or Joel McCrea western you’ll get it. Good stuff. Right up there with Duke and Eastwood.

[@kwebster62]

Watch "Ride the High Country (1962)" and you get to see both Scott AND McCrea.

[@TK-jc9by]

@@kwebster62 Better than Duke and Eastwood.

[@drats1279]

the perfect song to demonstrate what has happened to Disney, Follywood, and our country. The water in the toilet is swirling.

[@TravisTarrant]

So sad that Harold Reid passed away last night. He was my favorite.

[@ediekoller1144]

Mine too Travis

[@johnallen310]

And we lost Jimmy Capps this week.

[@MisterMitchMM]

Godspeed Harold Reid. Thank you so much for bringing joy in my life. Rest in Peace. 4/24/2020

[@johnfury5886]

That is very true, older music is so much better then anything that has come out recently.

[@manfrommeeteetse3880]

Every generation thinks their music is best! Of course I agree what passes for music these days sucks, but that probably just proves I'm old.

[@wz0hjd]

@@manfrommeeteetse3880 - Maybe, I was a teen in the 70's and I hated the music.. a lot of it anyways. I loved the 40, 50, 60's music. Friends have always told me I should have been born earlier. Now at 65 I can get into it more. But not Hard Rock, Acid Rock, etc. LOL.... guess I've always been an 'old soul', now I just have the body to match!!!

[@kolby834]

You are right

[@ericcarter2020]

Never forget my father react to meeting Harold in 1981! Took his breath away and brought a smile to his face! Dad alway playing those 8 tracks tape in his old 72's Chevy truck! Dad dreams was to meet Harold more than the other! At least he meet the guy who always made him laugh before he died in 1989.

[@pauld9421]

Randolph Scott made some great colour westerns in the 1950's and early 1960's - the cinematography was often top notch and the rugged, mountainous locations used were awesome.

[@evalehde3869]

True then and a million times more true now.

[@johnaxe7699]

Man I miss these guys, great sound and always a class act.

[@hollybeat6901]

I remember this song from a 1976 low budget movie called "Drive In" that I loved when I was a kid..it had lots of great classic country music in it

[@craigstevenprentice4426]

So do I , but I was in my early 20's ... tough to find , but I found the Drive In VCR tape in 1988 .... I have the 33 lp .... One of my favorite movies .... great music .. Rod Amateau knew what he was doing ... some of those cast of no names got found in bigger things later on .... Drive In the movie I've always been into .... remember Glowie Hudson ? In real life she married Doctor Oz .... Orville Henningson ? He ended up in real life being a star in his own right ... I could go on and on ..

[@victorjeffers1993]

Miss those good ole days ! R.I.P Harold

[@francisalanwormald6328]

ALMOST 84 EVERY ONE IN SONG WAS A BOYHOOD HERO...& ANOTHER GREAT LIST/STORY SONG DONE SO MEMORABLY BY THE BROS!!!

[@rosspatton8306]

One of my greatest Honors in my life, was marrying into the Scott Family

[@chaburchak]

I seem to remember this song in the movie "Drive In" back in the 70's...

[@cuddlesandkafka]

I came here from watching that movie

[@scarbourgeoisie]

Great movie! Just watched it on KZbin.

[@janicesimmons-d8r]

Love you guys. May God go with each of you and keep you safe and happy! RIP Harold🙏❤️

[@judykeck5108]

Just watched Carson City with Randolph Scott. Beautiful horse!

[@ralphfoster6254]

I SO love this group AND this song,i miss the 'ol Western's,&I love getting my children Loving them also, my oldest daughter when she was about 7 had developed a crush on "little Joe and "pa Ingles!" It was SO cute to see them come trauting into the living room like they was riding horses like the Cartrites did in the intro!when they heard Bonanza's opening theme song coming on!

[@wz0hjd]

The Cartwright's. Sorry.... but that's one you have to get right. :)

[@TK-jc9by]

@@wz0hjd Ralph is correct. Michael Landon was both Little Joe and Pa Ingles.

[@wz0hjd]

@@TK-jc9by The spelling of the name Cartwright is what I referred to.

[@tangobango9653]

Harold was the ‘strong base’ of the Statler’s...R.I.P. Sir.

[@Pronzini1]

I listen to this group because of Harold Reid and his deep, deep voice. He was really great, and they could never make a comeback now that he is gone.

[@highnrising]

There was never going to be a comeback. They made a genuine retirement after 45 years on the road. Jimmy was much younger than the other guys and he went off to do his own thing and formed another group with Ben Isaacs.

[@AJ-170SkyStriker]

I wasn't even alive when this song was made, and I'm glad I found it.

[@SouthernGirl72364]

This is GREAT!!!!! Thanks for all the wonderful memories!!!!! And, they lyrics are SO TRUE!!!!!!

[@jerryv.397]

To Me. This i 1 of The Stats Greatest Hits in My Opinion.. Loved My Silver Screen Cowboys & the Stats Bring them back so Grand & Our little neighborhood theatre. Thank You All Dear Statler Brothers Fans Through The Years. You're the greatest.

[@billjones2055]

JERRY VANDIVER agree with you if you really listens to the words, they really apply today.

[@williamwatcher3459]

always liked their sound ,this is from when music was enjoyable :)

[@javierfigueroa7004]

Music is and always will be enjoyable, only circumstances define how it feels to you.

[@russehart3184]

I used to call the country music Awards the Statler Brother Awards. They won every year till Alabama and the Oak Ridge Boys came along. I still prefer Harold, Phil,,Don and Lou/Jimmy. Good stuff.

[@bryantaylor759]

magnificent song of favourite memories--spectacular

[@jaykettlewell3922]

We need real talent like this in the music world. All we have today is junk

[@eleanorelizabethcarter8850]

Love this group and this song!!!

[@patisutton4815]

Love you guys..The music is real!! And you all sing hard from the heart...God Bless!! Pati frm Monticello, ky

[@ralphfoster6254]

"True Grits" the only movie I've really understood in years!" Amen Brother!!! I'd rather watch an OLD western than anything out nowadays!!!

[@bradbrockhaus633]

i hear you brother

[@thejoshsings894]

Even the new movie “jungle cruise “?

[@phaedrabacker2004]

Good ole Randolph, handsome man.

[@drewbakka5265]

>this is song becomes more and more true I'm not even getting older, the media is just getting worse

[@wz0hjd]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJCYnWSHoNV5Zsk This is along the same lines..... with the late Golda Radner...

[@flatotx1941]

I can identify with this song totally.

[@davesmith3892]

Back when we had good Heroes

[@wrenspence1936]

Weren't they just fabulous!!!

[@josephfrappier8144]

I like oldies !

[@leegoodspeed812]

total, total talent!!!!

[@sandramurdico3010]

They were the very best!

[@BamaGal54]

The Statler brothers retired from singing a few years ago, but Jimmy Fortune still sings with other groups & by himself. I think he is much younger than the other guys. Used to watch them every week on TNN, I think it was. They had a weekly program & boy could they sing!!! Have some of their music & play them on youtube quite often. Not another group like them.

[@LouiePlaysDrums]

The Statler Brothers were one of my mom's favorite groups. She always watched their show on TNN back in the day. She was also a member of the Statler Brothers fan club. She passed away from cancer in 1996. Shortly afterwards, we received a letter of condolences from the Statler Brothers fan club. That was really cool of them to do that.

[@brandonmuir5117]

Speaking of watching them on TNN.. heard these guys tell it one night that they were the #1 show on that network at the time they were cancelled.... but they were attracting the wrong "demographic" for what the network wanted... Not enough young people

[@BeingRomans829ed]

I have really gained a great benefit because of this song. I remember this song from when I was a teenager, but of course we didn't have KZbin then. Nonetheless, I had the song memorized and remembered all the names mentioned in it. Then, along comes KZbin. Because of this song and KZbin I have been able to thoroughly enjoy probably hundreds of good movies that were around before my time. All I have to do is explore the names mentioned in this song to find good, clean wholesome American entertainment. Thank you Lord, thank you Statler Brothers, and thank you KZbin👍🏻

[@kicknckn1]

Awesome....great showing of the Late Jimmy Capps....

[@gunnwolf6531]

Such great music.

[@lynnhosking-moore8586]

They are the best

[@hollihysell4]

Man. This was my dads best group ever. Every time I hear their songs, I see my dad dancing around in his underwear lol... boxers what have you. For some reason I kept thinking this show was done so much earlier than it was. This music reminds me of home.

[@margricks]

The Statler Bros were wonderful singers. I grew up with them as my dad loved Country music. About Randolph Scott. Wasn't he light in the loafers? I read that he loved to decorate stars' homes, he never married as he was gay. Anyway, love the song!

[@tomguyone]

"light in the loafers..." haven't heard that for years. He was married a couple times, and adopted two children. Read about him on Wikipedia. It doesn't take long to find out facts these days with a computer...minutes if that.

[@margricks]

@@tomguyone I read that about the guy, but thank you for the info.

[@74Spirit1]

When this song came out, the subject was still alive(Randolph Scott died in 1987).

[@ludenasan1]

Great guys!!

[@jimscriver694]

couldn't have said it better myself !!

[@chihuahuabulldog]

Watched a Randolph Scott movie this morning (Santa Fe). Had to call my 84 y.o. mom to discuss him and she brought up this song. Thank you for posting it. I hope mama will enjoy it as much as I have.

[@hankmccoy6779]

the Statler Bothers did this song on TV" "Music Country,U.S.A."!

[@kennethmcclung9399]

God I miss the days of innocence!!!!!

[@elcash53]

RS is on ME TV every other week

[@craigstevenprentice4426]

This excellent song was actually in the movie Drive In !

[@philswaim392]

Statler brothers. Basically a young group of guys who played to an ever aging audience. Luckily that aging audience died about the time they needed to retire. Good music tho.

[@goteverlastinglife]

So true!!!

[@pjwallace1006]

How very true, the TRUTH in the lyrics!!! I was born in 1969, but I’m still young enough to appreciate a good movie 🍿 that doesn’t revolves around the “unadorned female in her newborn-natural state. A friend of mine (1968-2022) who passed away in December’22… One of his “catch lines” in life was: “Is there any nudity in this movie???” Another friend, still very much alive (for the time being anyway!!!)… Being a 53-yr old w/ the [im]maturity of a 17-yr old, stills replies: “Oh, MAN!!!” whenever HE sees the “unadorned female figure” on the screen (which is probably WHY he’s NEVER had a GF, much less ever been laid…🙄!!!).

[@kicknckn1]

Jimmy Capps....whoop whoop. Love this song.

[@CarlChristensen64]

RIP Harry

[@nealro1471]

Watching Randolph Scott movie now on Grit Tv!!!!

[@michaelotten2724]

Caught my 1st randolph scott flick last night and it triggered pulling this up. I'm a Rocker but old westerns I havnt seen are interesting to catch.

[@EmilySmith-yt2ef]

Searched this song after seeing the short movie in Lone Pine 😊

[@seaexpat]

Me too, I highly recommend the film museum in Lone Pine CA to western fans. Hadn’t heard this song in years.

[@stugotz3528]

Going to miss ole Lester "Road Hog" Moran.

[@user-zr2lt6dh8j]

Everybody knows when you go to the show You can't take the kids along You've gotta read the paper and know the code Of G, PG and are and X You gotta know what the movie's about Before you even go Tex Ritter's gone and Disney's dead The screen is filled with sex. Whatever happened to Randolph Scott Ridin' the range alone Whatever happened to Gene and Tex And Roy and Rex, the Durango Kid Whatever happened to Randolph Scott His horse, plain as can be Whatever happened to Randolph Scott Has happened to the best of me. Everbody's tryin' to make a comment About our doubts and fears True Grit's the only movie I've really understood in years You gotta take your analyst along To see if it's fit to see Whatever happened to Randolph Scott Has happened to the best of me. Whatever happened to Randolph Scott Ridin' the range alone Whatever happened to Gene and Tex And Roy and Rex, the Durango Kid Whatever happened to Randolph Scott His horse, plain as can be Whatever happened to Randolph Scott Has happened to the best of me. Whatever happened to Johnny Mack Brown And Alan "Rocky" Lane Whatever happened to Lash LaRue I'd love to see them again Whatever happened to Smiley Burnett Tim Holt and Gene Autry Whatever happened to all of these Has happened to the best of me. Whatever happened to all of these Has happened to the best of me.

[@jeffscott8323]

RIP Harold. Reid

[@mcribs7811]

I still don’t know what happened to their weekly show. I went out and got a satellite dish ( I lived in the country) and got to watch one week and then they canceled it.

[@highnrising]

What's to know? It was on TNN for seven years in the 1990s and it ended.

[@ranchokitty1]

Randolph Scott was the model for the little man in the helmet in the Oakland Raider's logo.

[@driscollnh]

Wow! Was Randolph Scott ever handsome!!! My maiden aunt went to school in Charlotte with one of Randolph's sisters, with whom my mother and I used to walk and talk with on our ambulations around our common neighborhood. I remember Randolph's mother when she used to wait for the street car to come down E. Morehead Street near her lavish home on Dilworth Road. I believe that Mrs. Scott was a widow by then. In those days ladies of note who were built with rather rotund waists sometimes didn't wear a bra as an undergarment. (At least to me--a small child--that's the way she appeared to me.) Like Mrs. Scott, the dowager lady, she and others of wealthy circumstances she seemed just let her voluptuous breasts hang down over her waist-line. Her skirts back then were about 2 or 3 inches above her ankles. Not the outgoing friendly type as were her children, Mrs. Scott's foyer had floor-to-ceiling columns. The living room was set to the right of the entrance hall, and the dining room was to the left. I never went upstairs in the home, but it was stately and set among mansions--one of which took up an entire city block. The latter home was occupied by the owner of the enormous Southern chain of S&W (Sherrill & Williams) Cafeterias. My mother who taught Sunday School at First Methodist Church for 67 years taught the Sherrill son in her third-grade Sunday School class as well as many of Charlotte's later leading citizens. Mother was so well-loved and valued at First Methodist that after she had taught there for 60 years, the church celebrated a "We Love Trudy Day". An enormous blue banner declaring in large bold letters reading "We Love Trudy Day" was hung above the benches behind the altar. Leading citizens who had been in her class rose one at a time and paid tribute to Mother and reminisced about what they had learned in her Sunday School Classes. All of Charlotte loved and admired Randolph Scott, the actor. He and a male friend left Charlotte and went to Hollywood together to seek their fortune in movies. Randolph's friend soon returned home to Charlotte, but Randolph stayed on making friends quite easily with actors who became his life-long friends. He is buried in the very same cemetary in which my maternal grandparents, my parents, an aunt, and a great-uncle are buried. An interesting sideline is that there was a "potters field" in that cemetary set to one side. That is where the indigent were buried. One year when I was small the Ringling Brothers-Barnum and Bailey Circus came to town. One of their elephants died, and that great animal was buried in the very same Elmwood Cemetary on E. 5th Street!

[@wtac44]

Randolph Scott was one of the brightest Stars in Classic Hollywood. Way up there, and, like others, virtually forgotten. But not by everyone, it seems.

[@relsba]

Thank you for sharing these memories with us.

[@TomStewart]

They were playing in Branson for a while, but a lot of the original members have retired.

[@opie1956]

Great song! Hello type in "Ron Howard Cover" listen to Opie sing "The Dance"!

[@davidmorgan7135]

love i can understand this song this song tell the truth about the shape of the world we live in

[@kevinsullivan2933]

John Wayne Jeff Bridges was a par below duke in that one did an outstanding performance in Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

[@1967razorback]

He is buried in Charlotte NC.

[@highnrising]

This is one of the few songs where Harold sings the solos. Is there one where Phil gets to lead?

[@99man]

Drive-in 1976 (movie)

[@susanthomas5445]

Jerry Skinner has a great biographical tribute to Randolph Scott here on KZbin.

[@susanthomas5445]

Here's the link kzbin.info/www/bejne/joq6gWedpbuqjKs.

[@mcgownbryant]

It is Randolph Scott Day on TCM :)

[@kevinmccauley5936]

Drive-in the movie brought me here

[@ronaldtodd7704]

RIp Harold Reid

[@kwebster62]

I've often wondered...who is the "Rex" in this song? Was it Rex Allen?

[@LLewis-vu9qf]

Not sure but I think it was 'Rex, The Durango Kid'.

[@kwebster62]

@@LLewis-vu9qf "Whatever happened to Gene and Tex And Roy and Rex, the Durango Kid". The Durango Kid's name was Bill Lowry (played by Charles Starrett). I believe each of these 5 was someone different.

[@kwebster62]

I've done a little more digging. It does appear it was indeed Rex Allen.

[@TK-jc9by]

@@kwebster62 I immediately thought Rex Allen when I first heard this song. I have his autograph from when he appeared at a rodeo in Salt Lake City when I was very young!

[@littleashley5598]

Randolph Scott is one of my cousins . I think he is my 4th or 5th cousins

[@jerryv.397]

Aslynn Stevens Well Pardner, Thats Shore Close Enough For Braggin Rights. Yes Sir Reee Bob. :-)

[@gitrdanny1]

Aslynn Stevens am I correct in saying that he was a live in lover of Cary Grant? for like 10 years or so?

[@yowzephyr]

+Danny Martin Only their anal canals knew for sure. And now they are silent.

[@howardsmith764]

@Matt Beeman kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWLQmXp6qbx8fsk

[@thalamus2miller515]

Well if fourth cousin is good enough for bragging rights Gene Autry is my 4th cousin on my grandmother's side another great one

[@WV591]

if they could see the filth on TV and Movies these days they owuld be turning in their graves.

[@jaygatsby1]

Jimmy Capps with the git break?

[@isaacnelson5012]

Whatever happened to Randolph Scott? I do not know

[@darlene0365]

Randolph is also a cousin of mine.

[@gitrdanny1]

Darlene Johnson-Scott am I correct in saying that he was a live in lover of Cary Grant? for like 10 years or so?

[@quentinraffensperger1699]

They were just friends from most people's accounts.

[@SpuddyWesker]

yeah also a cousin of mine too

[@darlene9084]

@@gitrdanny1 I'm not sure. My sister works on our families genealogy and found out he is a relative of ours. And now one of my cousins is married to Jimmy Fortunes daughter. Jessica.

[@georgeleicht9917]

The sad part is I know the names of everybody they're talking about!...: )

[@visaman]

george leicht Why are you sad? I am 52 and know who they are.

[@visaman]

george leicht Why are you sad? I am 52 and know who they are.

[@SpuddyWesker]

@@visaman george leicht Why are you sad? I am 52 and know who they are.

[@SpuddyWesker]

george leicht Why are you sad? I am 52 and know who they are.

[@SpuddyWesker]

george leicht Why are you sad? I am 52 and know who they are.

[@StartFromScratch1]

Can someone explain what the song is about ? (not native speaker)

[@PHARRAOH]

it's about the good time, the innocent and pure time, when movies and times were NOT all about sex, crime and drugs. When the word respect and honor meant something.

[@StartFromScratch1]

@@PHARRAOH ah sounds good. thank you for explaining.

[@uptoolate2793]

Ha. If they only knew how bad it was going to be.....

[@robdavid9243]

Whatever happened to Randolph Scott?

[@ronbyram3880]

Hes buried in Charlotte NC www.google.com/search?q=randolph+scott+grave&oq=randolph+scott&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l5.5916j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

[@ThiefInLaw]

Used to work with these guys at Taylor Machine Works in cataloguing. Back then they were known as Terrel, Mike, Bobby Joe & Neil.

[@RM-eo3uu]

Thiefinlaw can you explain exactly what you're talking about. You're talking about The Statler Brothers?

[@filex00]

Are you saying that Randolph and Cary were gay.

[@visaman]

Claye Jones Cary grant even said it in a movie, he was wearing a feather boa and he told his wife that he was feeling a little gay today!

[@phaedrabacker2004]

Claye Jones where's Liberace just entertainment for our enjoyment

[@melissaduncan7126]

Yup

[@quentinraffensperger1699]

I found out about this song from the 1980 movie USED CARS with Kurt Russell.

[@Primevals33]

Quentin Raffensperger this song never appeared in Used Cars

[@spohcrm]

Drive-In (1976)

[@TheDochoffman1]

I DEDICATE THIS SONG TO THE BIG FUBAR THAT OCCURRED 2 NIGHTS AGO, THE MOVIES "OSCAR AWARD" PROGRAM. 🖕👈 😂 😂

[@jaysmith1408]

What are those irritating horns that are in this series? Great song and musicians otherwise, but it’s like a buzzing fly.

[@DustinDiBree1]

Whatever happened to the Statler Bros.? --music sucks now!

[@gds15217]

The delicious irony about this song is that Randolph Scott and Cary Grant were madly in love with each other and shared a love nest for decades. Of course I don't care one bit what people do in their private lives, but before you hold someone up as a paragon of conservative family values, you might want to do some due diligence first :-)

[@vioscios]

Healthy skepticism should be consistently applied and to that end you might want to do some due diligence on that claim yourself. It's an circumstantial rumor, that was directly challenged by Scott's son in his book with this same title. Also, the time frame was 10 years, not decades. Now if they were lovers that's great for them, but a rumor is hardly something to chide others about for not knowing.

[@vioscios]

Treeleaper1 Right, it's just a rumor based on circumstantial evidence, as I point out.

[@Cyril_Squirrel]

If it's circumstantial, (def; adjective: pointing indirectly towards guilt but not proving it), why give it legs.

[@vioscios]

Treeleaper1 I didn't, I pointed out that it's disputed, including by Scott's son, I think you have the posters mixed up.

[@Cyril_Squirrel]

Sorry mate, my bad. Thanks for straightening that out.

[@daviddaigle2419]

He was gay ,😁

[@krisalutius5177]

What happened to Randolph Scott? Well, he had an openly gay relationship with Cary Grant and he lived happily ever after.

[@geezlepuss7863]

True grit had an indecent assault with a young guy hand-spanking a girl!

[@SpuddyWesker]

exactly

[@SpuddyWesker]

did the 60s one have that or just the remake? i watched both but cant remember i was backed brooooo

[@libertyann439]

Yeah whatever happened to those violent westerns where they shot people, beat people and threw them out saloon widows? Great song though. Love them Statlers!

[@jackkeele8387]

I would rather see a western than half the so called movies any day of the week