“BACKSTAGE IN HEAVEN”: WILSON FAIRCHILD’S FINAL GOODBYE TO HAROLD REID. Wil and Langdon Reid — the sons of Statler Brothers legend Harold Reid — didn’t step onto a stage that day in Staunton, Virginia. They stepped into memory. Into legacy. Into grief. Before a quiet congregation and a framed photo of their father’s ever-smiling face, the duo known as Wilson Fairchild sang “The Class of ’57” not as entertainers, but as sons saying goodbye. Each lyric fell like prayer, each note carried the weight of love lost and love enduring. And when it ended, there was no applause — just tears. Because Harold wasn’t gone. He was just waiting in the wings.
They didn’t come to perform. They came to remember. On a quiet afternoon in Staunton, Virginia — the hometown of legends — Wil and Langdon Reid stepped forward, not as…