Jimmy Fortune toured, sang and performed with the legendary Statler Brothers for 21 years. He joined them first as a temporary replacement for Lew DeWitt, after DeWitt heard him singing at a ski ...
Not with his eyes, but with his voice. The date was 1981, and the place was a ski resort in Virginia when Fortune found good fortune while he sang Roy Orbison’s “Crying.” Lew DeWitt of the Statler ...
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - The Statler Brothers are native sons of Staunton, Virginia. They were already establishing their spot in country music history with hits like “Flowers on the Wall,” when singer ...