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What We Got Going On!
Our
new song, "The Statler
Brothers Song" will
soon be available for
purchase on iTunes. You can
view the video
from the Crook & Chase
Show, or listen
to a sample of the song.
Please check out
our MySpace
page.
 Yeah,
we just got back from
sailing the Caribbean! We
cruised for 7 days, visited
3 islands, ate delicious
eats to our tummies content,
tanned ourselves on white
sandy shores and open-air
lido decks, and saw some
very entertaining shows on
the boat. Thanks so much to
Lynette Miller with
www.travelingtroubadour.com
as she spearheaded the
entire trip with
professional and flawless
arrangements. Joyce Rizer
from XM Radio cruised along,
as well, recording
interviews and excerpts for
her show on XM Channel 10
(America). And we had a
blast performing two
different shows with one of
the best tenor singers to
grace the stage and a
one-of-a-kind talent and
person, Jimmy Fortune. We
met so many wonderful people
and started some beautiful
friendships among those in
our group. Thanks to all of
you for making this a
wonderful experience and
making memories for us that
we'll carry for a long long
time!
Ralph Emery LIVE
We recently visited
with legendary Country Music
host Ralph Emery on his new
show, Ralph Emery LIVE.
Our dads
talked with Ralph about
their new book, RANDOM
MEMORIES, and we caught
him up on all we have going
on and played the video to
our tribute song, "The
Statler Brothers Song."
Bill
Anderson invited Harold and
Don Reid on his hit radio
show on XM, "Bill Anderson
Visits with the Legends."
Mr. Anderson had nothing
but high praise after
hearing "The Statler
Brothers Song" for the first
time. As a songwriter, when
you've impressed Bill
Anderson, you brag that
piece of info to all of your
friends!
We
also recently visited with
Crook & Chase.
They have
a brand new spectacular show
on the RFD channel and are
doing their part in bringing
back that traditional
country music format to TV.
We, along with our dads, sat
on the couch and caught them
up on all we've got going
on. We sang "The Statler
Brothers Song" and
graciously received a
standing ovation. And then
we had to go to commercial
right after Wil threatened
to air his "dirty laundry"
on live TV! You'll have to
see the whole bit!
 We
just finished recording the
last two songs for our
upcoming CD. We're currently
putting the finishing
touches on a gospel song we
wrote, "His Knees Hit The
Ground," and "The Statler
Brothers Song." The Statler
song is one we wrote to
tribute the many successes
they have accomplished
throughout their incredible
career. We figured we'd go
ahead and officially name it
"The Statler Brothers Song"
because that's what people
are going to call it anyway! This will finish up our CD /
DVD, and it should hopefully
be released very soon.
A
great big Congrats to the Statlers upon their
induction into the Country
Music Hall of Fame. We can
tell you first-hand, how
sincerely touched and
honored they were upon
receiving the highest honor
Country Music has to offer.
Their plaque will hang on
the wall with all of their
heroes and the very ones who
inspired them to do all that
they've done. Way to go guys
and we're so proud of you!
Hall of Fame Performance!!
On
October 29th,
2007, The Statler Brothers
were inducted into the
Gospel Music Association
Hall of Fame in Nashville,
TN. The pure southern gospel
harmonies of the Statlers
that have touched millions
in both the country and
gospel music fields, were
truly inspired from all of
them growing up and
listening to all the great
Southern Gospel quartets of
their day. Their close
friend and manager, Marshall
Grant, presented them with
the induction. GRANDSTAFF
was honored to be asked to
perform a couple of songs to
celebrate this landmark
event in their career.
GRANDSTAFF started out
singing to a packed room
with our upbeat version of
“Life’s Railway To Heaven.”
We then spoke about our
deep-rooted inspiration from
all four of our “fathers”,
and sang a new song that we
wrote in tribute to The
Statler Brothers,
commemorating all their
successes and
accomplishments throughout
their professional and
personal lives. The song is
aptly titled “The Statler
Brothers Song” and will be
available with more new
music in the very near
future.
The Statlers were inducted
along with Phil Keaggy, Joe
Moscheo, Larnelle Harris and
The Winans. Other performers
included the SGN Group of
theYear,The Booth
Brothers and American
Idol third place
finalist, Melinda Doolittle.
And our record producer,
Doug Grau, was on hand to
partake in some tasty fried
artichokes.
The
Statler Brother tribute song
will be available soon on
Grandstaff’s NEW CD and DVD
projects of their Live music
from XM Satellite Radio.
Stayed tuned for release
dates and more information!
New Music from G-Staff @ XM
 Over
the last couple of years, we
have become great friends
with the folks at XM Satellite Radio. They have been big supporters of our music and we’ve gone to their studios in Washington, D.C. and Nashville to talk, listen and play with them. This summer, at their request and invitation, we went in to their Performance Studio at their headquarters in D.C. and recorded a live DVD. Some of the music were cover songs we grew up on, some were some new music we’ve written, some were funny and then a few made you pull your hanky out. At the end of the day, we came away with some really cool new music and XM filled their library with some more Grandstaff music for you to listen to. XM tells us regularly that we are high on the requests on the country channels. Thanks so much! Keep listening and requesting us.
Please check back
often as news, pictures,
music and updates are posted
regularly!
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