Four Renegades Quartet - Tenor - Buzz Haeger 1925-2007

[COMALiteJ]

Hey, wait a minute! The Contest Administrator at the Judges’ Table forgot his laptop!! How’s he supposed to tally the scores without a laptop!?

[lifesayacht]

I also remember them practicing in our home and going to shows and contests. They had more fun than the audience and they had to pay to get in.  Watching this video always brings a joyful tear to my eye. I miss you dad, Buzz and Ben. It's good to still see Joe & Tom and talk of old times. Terry

[Pipsmom123]

@lifesayacht

Terry, I remember watching them practice too--sometimes in the living room--sometimes in the basement. I remember the other quartets coming to the house too--like the Suntones singing "Lazy Bones" in the family room. Vacations were usually convention and Barbershop was a way of life for us. I miss it, but most of all I miss Dad.

Taf

[SuperMrduncan]

I like barbersshop.....and this is grate

[jennerjenn73]

Great video!

This was before my grandpa's time, but they still sound awesome. :)

(my grandpa was Ben Williams, and Jim Foley was affectionately known to me as "Uncle Jim")

[baseball2995]

This video is great! It brought tears to my eyes. I would like to see more videos on some of their famous songs like "Daddy's Little Girl," "The Little Boy," "Yesterday" and "Last Night Was The End of the World." My brother Tom Felgen sings bass in this quartet and is still singing in a contest this week. BF

[majinzimmy]

I remember growing up with them all at my Grandparents house! Practicing late nights in the kitchen while my brother and i snuck out to listen to those melodic tunes. Hell I remember going to conference with them all. i miss all of em...

great people are always the hardest to forget.

[vikkidayvt]

Hey! They used to practice in our living room too - WELL into the early morning hours! That's why they were champions! Tom Felgen's my dad. I used to listen from upstairs through the register grate.

[demulla]

I love me some babashop!

[wolverineks]

awesome, it's good to see some older barbershop that isn't so stiff

[majinzimmy]

my grandfather sang with Buzz for the longest time!  his name was jim foley. I really really miss them all.

Tom Felgen?

[Spaguy62]

majinzimmy, if your grandfather was Jim Foley, you're a lucky guy. Jim was also one of the best fellows I've ever known and had the privilege to have sung with. What a funny, talented guy your grandfather was. Buzz, Jim, Ben Williams were all great singers and entertainers and just great guys. Tom Felgen remains and is a hell of a good barbershopper and woodshedder. He's been to a few of the Pioneers' conventions and sings as good as ever. Solid quartet this one was with 4 standouts 1 and all

[jakethewoz]

Rest in peace, Buzz. He taught me some tags at my first international competition in Salt Lake.

[vanceperry]

That is awesome! I love it!! Going to my favorites! Thanks for sharing.

[dancertm]

My dad hosted them when they sang for the Pasadena Chapter; I was a kid, and they came over for a pool party. I remember them singing around the pool after dinner with all the neighbors yelling, "more!" We also used to have the Sidewinders over too, as well as the Gala Lads.

Buzz sent me a copy of their arrangement of Wait 'Til the Sunshines Nellie which I used in a production I directed in Hollywood.

[J461940c]

this always has been one of my favorite songs they did and it was a memorable performance.thank you so much for posting this all time great quartet

[KingToe]

What a great man. Buzz, in every aspect of his life, has given us all a tough act to follow. Such an inspiration.

Thank you so much for posting this.

[tnj67]

impressive. they must have gone through that routine about a thousand times before they got on stage. and the routine runs the whole time they're on stage - proves that you're performing from the moment you set foot on stage.

[TinneyBBS]

SWEET choreo

[BarberShopBoy2007]

Thanks Tom - he was certainly one of the all time greats

gk

[mixquartet]

This is posted to remember Buzz Haeger.

Buzz taught me some of the first tags I ever learned back before I ever joined a chapter back in 1980 and 1981.

RIP Buzz -- teaching tags in 7th Heaven.

Tom Kentish