‘How To Be A Country Star’: The Statler Brothers’ Country Dream Team

‘How To Be A Country Star’: The Statler Brothers’ Country Dream Team

One of the great qualities behind the Statler Brothers’ amazing run of two-and-a-half-decades of smash hit country records was their humility. The easy-listening country group from Staunton, Virginia always retained a down-to-earth approachability in their demeanor and their recording style. That virtue was to the fore on March 31, 1979. As the quartet toured the US in a powerful double bill with Barbara Mandrell, their next success rolled off t…