When it ran for seven seasons on the Nashville Network in the 1990s, The Statler Brothers Show was one of the most popular series. Prior to the popularity of their variety show, the Statler brothers worked as backup singers for Johnny Cash.

The band’s sound was strongly influenced by their evangelical background, and when they went their own way, they produced several hit songs of their own, including “More Than A Name On A Wall.”

The song is about the death of a son due to war. A woman mourns the death of her son in the Vietnam War. She walks up to the war memorial, where her son’s name is inscribed in black stone on a black stone wall.

She then looks up to Heaven, wanting God to know how wonderful her baby was, expressing her emotions and cherished memories as a reminder that her son “was more than a name on a wall.”