Pick any singer from any group/era to form your all time best quartet.

Tenor--David Phelps

Lead--Ronnie Booth

Baritone--Glen Payne

Bass--George Younce

Can you IMAGINE how good that lineup would be?

I’m not sure the styles would mix well. I think more along the lines of
David Phelps Tenor
Michael English Lead
Jason Morales Baritone
Paul David Kennemar Bass

These all work in one style and would blend nicely.
Now for a more Traditional sounding quartet

Johnny Cook Tenor
Jim Hamill Lead
Mark Lowry Baritone
George Younce Bass

Those would be my picks!!

In my humble opinion, best quartet of all time is one that was already in existence:  Glen Payne - Lead; Mark Trammell - Baritone; Danny Funderburk - Tenor; and George Younce - Bass.  It doesn’t get any better than that!!

Tenor - Denver Crumpler
Lead - Jack Toney
Baritone - Doy Ott
Bass - George Younce

The choices for tenor and bari were almost tossups among several other options, including Kirk Talley, Larry Ford, Glen Allred, Mark Trammell.

But maybe the tenor and bari don’t matter quite as much - after all, they say to have a great quartet you need “a great lead, a great bass, and two other guys!”

- Troy

Guy Penrod - lead
bass - George Younce (who else???)
baritone - Mark Trammel
tenor - Michael Booth

Tenor-Brian Free
Lead-Ivan Parker
Baritone-Mike Lefevre
Bass-Tim Riley

(I guess you can tell I’m an original Gold City fan lol)

But maybe the tenor and bari don’t matter quite as much - after all, they say to have a great quartet you need “a great lead, a great bass, and two other guys!”

- Troy

why do they call em Quartets????  “need the other two guys four part harmony”

how bout
tenor Gary Shepherd
lead/baritone Scott Fowler
lead/baritone Glen Payne
bass George Younce

This is always fun, but I have such a hard time picking…

Tenor- Hands down, probably the best voice ever… David Phelps
Lead- This is a hard one. Have to pick two Michael English or Shane Dunlap
Baritone- What is a group without humor & a underated singer… Mark Lowry
Bass- I would have to say… Go without one. I know I will hear it for that, but with the above talent… Plus, JD is already gone home. Don’t get me wrong, I like Bass singers, but the above would probably be fine bassless!

I think the best of all time was The Statesmen with Rosie, Jake, Doy, Chief and Hovie. but to create an interesting new quartet you could come up with many and this is just one suggested.
Tenor-Sherill Neilson
Baritone-Squire Parsons
Lead-Johnathan Swarie (not sure about spelling)
Bass- Jimmy Jones(great bass of black qt. Harmonizing Four)
Piano and MC- Roger Benett

I’ll Date myself but here goes:

My dream group (living or dead):

Tenor - Bill Shaw
Lead - Jack Toney
Baritone - Glen Payne
Bass - George Younce
Piano/5th Vocal - Roger Bennett

Living group:

Tenor - David Phelps (with a haircut, just kidding)
Lead - Guy Penrod (although he has lost a little range)
Baritone - Mark Trammell (he can still bring it)
Bass - Me, its so hard to be humble

Tenor
Terry Franklin

Lead
Kenny Hinson

Baritone
Johnny Minick

Bass
George Younce

jt - 01 April 2008 12:53 PM

Tenor-Brian Free
Lead-Ivan Parker
Baritone-Mike Lefevre
Bass-Tim Riley

When I first saw this thread that’s exactly what I thought of putting down.  I don’t consider myself a Gold City fanatic, but I just don’t think you could together a better sound no matter how much you mixed and matched.

Tenor: David Phelps

Lead: Josh Garner or Josh Feemster

Baritone: Mark Trammell

Bass: Tim Riley, Jeremy Lile, Chris West, or Christian Davis

Piano: Roger Bennett, Anthony Burger, Andrew Ishee, or Scott McDowell

MC/Occasional Vocalist: Jim Hamill

My all time favorite quartet would be:
Tenor- Robbie Hiner
Lead- Guy Penrod
Baritone- Mark Lowry
Bass- Christian Davis