Jimmy Fortune was not a good fit for the Statler Bros

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drunkbear — 9 years ago(February 05, 2017 11:25 AM)

As a high tenor, he had a good voice, but he was not the right replacement for Lou Dewitt. Jimmy Fortune was a soloist, not a harmonist. After Lou retired and they replaced him with Jimmy, the Statlers became Jimmy Fortune and the Statler Bros. I remember that, at the time, a friend of mine said that Jimmy "tried too hard."
He wasn't meant to be a quarter of a combined voice; he was a solo voice. The Statler Bros were one voice together, at their best.

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bloodofmyenemies — 9 years ago(February 05, 2017 06:17 PM)

The Statler bros had been singing together for decades. Hard to beat that chemistry. Fortune worked alright in the harmonies but his lead vocals didn't fit the band at all. Personally I find his voice to feminine and while we wrote some good songs with the band by the time he joined the Statler Bros were way to focused on bland ballads.
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drunkbear — 9 years ago(February 06, 2017 09:59 AM)

For once, somebody on the Music Boards understood exactly what I was saying.

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bloodofmyenemies — 9 years ago(February 06, 2017 03:56 PM)

Better late than never I guess.
It really made my day to see a Statler Brothers thread.
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drunkbear — 9 years ago(February 07, 2017 07:35 PM)

It made my day to get a response to a Statler Bros thread. I would have posted it on the Country Music boards, but nobody ever goes there.

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