Lew DeWitt STATLER BROTHERS Hello Houston COMPLEAT CP-160 7" Vinyl Single
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Lew DeWitt STATLER BROTHERS Hello Houston COMPLEAT Records CP-160 7 inch vinyl single
Vinyl = VG surface marks loooks like unplayed juke box centre Sleeve = paper sleeve Tracklist a Hello Houston (Harlan Howard)
b Hello Houston (Harlan Howard)
Producer Buddy Killen
Lewis Calvin "Lew" DeWitt (March 12, 1938 - August 15, 1990) was an American country music singer and composer. He was also a well known country music guitarist and gospel tenor singer and was a founder and original tenor of The Statler Brothers.
For most of his career, DeWitt sang tenor for The Statler Brothers. Songs he wrote for the group include "Flowers on the Wall" which was a greatest hit during the late 60s and early 70s that made The Statler Brothers popular, "Things," "Since Then," "Thank You World," "The Strand," "The Movies," and "Chet Atkins' Hand." In November 1981, DeWitt took a leave of absence from the band due to surgery and treatment for Crohn's disease,[1] from which he had suffered since adolescence. At his suggestion, Jimmy Fortune was tapped as his temporary replacement. He would rejoin the group in June of the following year (with Fortune having been offered a permanent position in the group's backing band), but this arrangement lasted less than a week. He officially retired that same month with Fortune becoming his permanent replacement.[
Three years later, DeWitt, feeling that his health had taken a turn for the better through continuing treatment, mounted a solo career. During this time he would return to touring and would release two albums: On My Own (1985)[3] and Here to Stay (1986). He also charted a solo single on the country charts: the No. 77 "You'll Never Know" in 1985. A third and final album for the Compleat label remains unreleased, although two singles were pulled from it just prior to the label going into bankruptcy.
He would remain active as a performer until late 1989,[4] when his health went into a downward spiral which culminated in his death on August 15, 1990. The cause of death was heart and kidney disease, stemming from complications of Crohn's disease.
In 1968, while the Statler Brothers were under contract to Columbia Records, DeWitt recorded a solo single composed of the songs "She Went A Little Bit Farther" and "Brown Eyes" (the latter was penned by DeWitt).
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