A take off on "Looking for a City"...
A take off on "Looking for a City"...
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Those four are all great singers, but if I was looking for a lead singer for a quartet, Arthur Rice of the Kingdom Heirs (2nd from the left) would be the man!
BILL
I'd recommend changing the main lyric and using it as a theme for the upcoming General Assembly, "Looking For A General!"
Friend,
Wes
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Wes has a pretty good idea there, eh! Start writin' & get those singers lined up!
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That was cute!
Always enjoy Southern Gospel. Very cute.
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Gerald Wolfe is always entertaining! Greater Vision was here this summer, they were for sure a "never a dull moment" quartet. Of course they only have three members in their quartet, Gerald says that since we can imagine the Bass part in our heads, he shouldn't have to pay one to come along!Originally Posted by G R 'Scott' Cundiff
-Jim
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I actually have their "Quartets" project (autographed none the less). It has guess appearances of several basses. To tell the truth, after listening to that CD one can't help but think they really ought to add a bass.Gerald Wolfe is always entertaining! Greater Vision was here this summer, they were for sure a "never a dull moment" quartet. Of course they only have three members in their quartet, Gerald says that since we can imagine the Bass part in our heads, he shouldn't have to pay one to come along!
A couple of years ago Mark Trammell added a bass to his trio, so it is done.
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Surely you must be aware that tenors are an endangered species. While I wouldn't kill to have one or two more in my choir, I'd probably consider it seriously enough to get indicted for conspiracy.
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Have taken on the tenor before, where there were plenty of gals for the typical "girly" singing parts.
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Yeah, well, I can sing Alto just fine!Have taken on the tenor before, where there were plenty of gals for the typical "girly" singing parts.But they never let me, cause there's never enough tenors
Over the years, there have been a bunch of times where we have had women singing tenor, very few times have I sung with men who were actually tenors, most seem to drop off at an F or a G. Luckily most church choir music seems to quit at the A and there's usually an alternate, heaven help them if they had to hit a B or a C. Although I do suspect that many could increase their range if they tried.
-Jim
To know and to serve God, of course, is why we're here, a clear truth, that, like the nose on your face, is near at hand and easily discernible but can make you dizzy if you try to focus on it hard. But a little faith will see you through.
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I think that the Bass part is integral to southern gospel. Just wait until Gerald arrives at those pearly gates and he hears "It's four guys and a piano, no exceptions!."
-Jim
To know and to serve God, of course, is why we're here, a clear truth, that, like the nose on your face, is near at hand and easily discernible but can make you dizzy if you try to focus on it hard. But a little faith will see you through.
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I telll people that I'm a 'fallen tenor'. In my mid-teens I was a 'boy soprano' - I sang the soprano solo on 'Ride the Chariot....' in HS choir cause they didn't have a soprano who could sing that high. I must've shaken something loose - I didn't start singing again 'til I was in college. Sang tenor for years (gradually moving from 1st to 2nd and finally ended up 'coming out' as a baritone ( with occasional forays into 2nd bass). I can hit n F if sufficiently provoked, but normally don't like going above D or E. Since I 'fell' I go home with a lot less headaches.Yeah, well, I can sing Alto just fine!
Over the years, there have been a bunch of times where we have had women singing tenor, very few times have I sung with men who were actually tenors, most seem to drop off at an F or a G. Luckily most church choir music seems to quit at the A and there's usually an alternate, heaven help them if they had to hit a B or a C. Although I do suspect that many could increase their range if they tried.
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Here's Brian Free singing "Looking for a City" and showing just how "high" a southern gospel "high tenor" can sing..
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Too funny, I've had the opposite experience. When I first started singing I was assigned that Bass part. I did ok, although my lowest note was and still is an Ab which brings me up short as a bass. Then I stopped for about fifteen years. I started again when my wife and her sister had a bluegrass song that they wanted to sing with a few others and they couldn't find a tenor to sing the high part. So I took it to work and listened and sang along with it, by the end of the day I was managing it. We sang it at an interchurch concert in Rhode Island, when I got to the high part the first three rows of people stood and clapped almost until the end of the song. I didn't find out until months later that the high note in that song was a D. I can still hit a C without a whole lot of effort and an Eb on a good day. But I'm only 54, so I'm guessing that my time is limited before the "fall."
Then again, I have to wonder if conservatives can generally sing higher, since we keep our belts very very tight!
-Jim
To know and to serve God, of course, is why we're here, a clear truth, that, like the nose on your face, is near at hand and easily discernible but can make you dizzy if you try to focus on it hard. But a little faith will see you through.
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Sometimes even higher than the girls!
-Jim
To know and to serve God, of course, is why we're here, a clear truth, that, like the nose on your face, is near at hand and easily discernible but can make you dizzy if you try to focus on it hard. But a little faith will see you through.
Garrison Keillor
I thought about sharing that clip, but I feel bad about his story so I picked a more current version from Brian Free.
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I hear you there. Now I'm feeling just a little melancholy as most all of my favorites are gone, and so many at a young age. I really appreciate the ministry of folks who are called to Southern Gospel, they don't make a whole lot of money and it's not an easy life. What an incredible blessing this music has been to me over the years, I really appreciate their sacrifice.
-Jim
To know and to serve God, of course, is why we're here, a clear truth, that, like the nose on your face, is near at hand and easily discernible but can make you dizzy if you try to focus on it hard. But a little faith will see you through.
Garrison Keillor
And I would like to see the score for that - those were some HIGH notes.
Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. 1 John 3:18
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. 1 John 4:18a
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No, no, NOOOO, Jim!! FIVE guys and a piano! Not too often we've seen one of the four both singing & playing.I think that the Bass part is integral to southern gospel. Just wait until Gerald arrives at those pearly gates and he hears "It's four guys and a piano, no exceptions!."
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~ Stella Adler ~
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Your right Gina. Heaven's, silly of me to forget that they need one more to play the piano.No, no, NOOOO, Jim!! FIVE guys and a piano! Not too often we've seen one of the four both singing & playing.
Although my friend Brad White used to sing Baritone and play Piano for the Blackwood Brothers.
The Tenor is one of my favorites (and he is still alive!) his name is Wayne Little. I've told him a bunch of times that he sounds just like Bill Shaw (who is still alive!), he says "I hope not, ol Bill is 85!"
One of my all time favorite groups had five guys and a piano and the pianist used to sing quite regular. Hovie Lister and the Statesmen!
Sadly the tenor in this video, Denver Crumpler, died of diabetic shock at the young age of 44 years old.
-Jim
To know and to serve God, of course, is why we're here, a clear truth, that, like the nose on your face, is near at hand and easily discernible but can make you dizzy if you try to focus on it hard. But a little faith will see you through.
Garrison Keillor
I don't remember which late night comedian did it, but years ago one of them showed a poster advertising an Inspirations Quartet and got a big laugh out of there being 5 men on the photo on the poster.
Apparently, he and his audience had never heard of an accompanist. By his definition, a soloist with a piano player was actually a duet.
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By the way, Thanks, Rev. Cundiff, for this thread. It was a new song to me, and I've been singing it to myself for 3 days straight now. And in my mind it always comes out ..."Looking for a tenor".
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Yeah boy there sure were. I pounded it out and did my best to keep up, I had to stand up to get the last two and the last one was real nasaly and squeeky! Sure wouldn't want to do that in front of people!
Vestal starts in "A" then Johnny takes it in "Bb", back to Vestal in "B", then back to Johnny in "C", one last time for Vestal in Db, then Johnny finishes it in "D"
The root note is the high note, so the high note at the end is a "D." And there are a whole lot of them, it doesn't dip down very far or very long. In "A" the range is between a "Db" and the "A".
Thanks, I never did check it to see how high it was before.
-Jim
To know and to serve God, of course, is why we're here, a clear truth, that, like the nose on your face, is near at hand and easily discernible but can make you dizzy if you try to focus on it hard. But a little faith will see you through.
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You are sure welcome Steve, I especially enjoy the men's quartets of southern gospel music!
(No "Rev." for me - "Pastor" is okay - on NazNet "Scott" is best).
If you have Satellite Radio or Dish Network that includes some of the satellite radio channels, check out channel 6018, Enlighten Radio in the evenings this week, they are airing the National Quartet Convention. Wednesday night is all quartets night.
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Sad...
Although, there have been a few times in which my part on the flute and the pianist part were both so challenging that it did seem like a duet.
Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. 1 John 3:18
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. 1 John 4:18a
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I'm not a southern gospel kind of person, but that would be rather interesting to hear how they all sound in a convention. Too bad I don't get satellite radio.
Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. 1 John 3:18
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. 1 John 4:18a
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You know, it's funny, but there are groups I've heard on the radio and don't care for them all that much, but when I've heard those same groups in concert I've understood why they are successful in the business. Just while ago the Primitive Quartet was singing on stage, and I remarked to my wife that they've never been one of my favorites (a very Appalachian/bluegrass sound) but when I heard them on stage that they were so genuine in their desire to minister that they won me over.
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So maybe that is what I should do - hear them all in concert. Gotta say, thinking back to my youth when where I grew up there were a lot of southern gospel [up in the North
Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. 1 John 3:18
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. 1 John 4:18a
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It took me several hours yesterday to shake this melody from my head. Without a doubt it is the Southern Gospel facsimile of "It's a small world after all!"
Friend,
Wes
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Here's another high tenor who will put another, and better song in your head....
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The Southern Gospel equivalent to How Great Thou Art!
-Jim
To know and to serve God, of course, is why we're here, a clear truth, that, like the nose on your face, is near at hand and easily discernible but can make you dizzy if you try to focus on it hard. But a little faith will see you through.
Garrison Keillor
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