The Hits of the Statler Brothers - Bill Walker

1. Flowers On The Wall (Lew DeWitt) CMI: Wallflower Music (BMI)

2. Hello Mary Lou (Goodbye Heart) (Gene Pitney/Cayet Mangiaracina) Unichappell Music/Champion Music (BMI)

3. Elizabeth (Jimmy Fortune) Songs of All Nations (BMI)

4. Do You Know You Are My Sunshine? (Don Reid/Harold Reid) Songs of All Nations (BMI)

5. I'll Go To My Grave Loving You (Don Reid) Songs of All Nations (BMI)

6. Atlanta Blue (Don Reid) Songs of All Nations (BMI)

7. Do You Remember These? (Don Reid/Harold Reid/Larry Lee) House of Cash, Inc. (BMI) Adm. by Bug Music

8. Oh Baby Mine (I Get So Lonely) (Pat Ballard) Edwin H. Morris & Company, A Division of MPL Communications, Inc. (ASCAP)

9. Bed Of Rose's (Harold Reid) House of Cash, Inc. (BMI) Adm. by Bug Music

10. Class of '57 (Don Reid/Harold Reid/Larry Lee) House of Cash, Inc. (BMI) Adm. by Bug Music

We first met Bill Walker in 1969 when he was the Musical Director of The Johnny Cash TV Show on ABC. We were regulars on the same show, although not very regular now that we look back on it. But we were there everyday, and so was he, and we learned more about music from watching him handle the orchestra than we had ever learned sleeping through music class in high school. He was that stern, friendly man with the funny accent (Aussie), who managed the musicians, the guests, the host, and the union timekeeper with the charm of a smile, while still getting the job done on time and with the excellence and professionalism unmatched by anyone we had ever met before. Of course, at this time we hadn't met a lot of people. But by 20 years later, we had and when we began our own TV series, we knew from the start who we wanted at our musical helm. So when Milton Delugg and Skitch Henderson turned us down, we knew Bill Walker was our man. After working five seasons with us on our show and working countless awards shows and specials over the past 25 years, Bill finally broke under the pressure and agreed to record an album of our songs and call it, A Salute To The Statler Brothers. We promised if he would do this we would start actually paying him at the beginning of the sixth season. Then he asked if we would consent to letting him turn around on the piano stool and let people see his face during the closing song. This, of course, was going too far. So be content with listening to this marvelous orchestra play some really great songs because we don't intend to mess up a good TV show with him looking into the camera.

The Statler Brothers Harold Reid, Phil Balsley, Jimmy Fortune, Don Reid

P.S.- Bill, we love you. You're our musical Daddy and we could never have done it without you.

The Bill Walker Orchestra
Bill Walker- Piano/Keyboards
Jimmy Capps- Guitars
Mark Casstevens- Guitars/Harmonicas
John Clausi- Guitars/Banjo
Hal Rugg- Steel Guitar/Dobro
Bob Burns- Bass
Mike Leech- Bass
Bill Harriss- Drums
George Tidwell- Trumpet
Rex Peer- Trombone
Denis Solee- Woodwinds
Carl Gorodetzky- Violin
Pamela Sixfin- Violin
Lee Larrison- Violin
Alan Umstead- Violin
Monisa Angell- Viola
Bob Mason- Cello

Sounds, Inc. (Background Vocals)
Jeanine Walker- Soprano
Wendy Johnson- Alto
Jim Ferguson- Tenor
Louis Nunley- Bass

Produced by Jeanine Walker for Down Under Productions
Recording Engineer: Rusty King
Mixing Engineer: Rocky Schnaars
Recorded at Down Under Studio, Nashville, TN
Project Executive: Norm Anderson
Production Assistant: Stacey Jennette

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