You Sho Do Need Him Now - Statesmen Quartet

[thecoolestdad]

Ernie Kovacs on the piano!

[gedenacicik]

tenor with bass with baritone bore nice voices

[minralb]

I remember Big Chief when he sang bass with the Sunny South Quartet in FL. I lived with my grandparents in summer and worked in the fields with my grand dad. We would come to the house for lunch and listen to the quartet on WFLA from Tampa. Horace Floyd was the leader of the group and sang tenor. We went to a concert they held ina school auditorium and I got to shake hands with al the members. My uncle studied at Stamps Baxter school and he said Jim Wetherington was the best bass he ever heard.

[1957Hepcat]

NICE!!  This is great gospel! So cheerful, so inspirational, such nice vocal harmony. As the piano player at my Holiness Church in Alabama, I'm paying special attention to Hovie Lister on the piano here. Nice guitar playing too!

[1957Hepcat]

I just LOVE this video! So cheerful, sok inspirational, and such nice harmony! I play piano at our Holiness church in Alabama, so I'm getting a kick out of watching and listening to Hovie Lister on the piano. THIS is real Gospel!

[poodah2013]

Who's the bass singer?



[ClassicGospel]

@poodah2013

The bass singer was James (Big Chief) Wetherington from Ty Ty Georgia. Wikipedia states, "One of Southern Gospel's all time great bass singers, James Wetherington is remembered as a man of class and dignity.

He began his career in the late 1940s singing with the Sunny South Quartet and then with the Melody Masters. In 1949, he became the bass singer for the Statesmen Quartet and it would be with that legendary group that his name would be forever etched."

[CathedralsFan71]

I love these guys! Hovie always makes the show.

[DonSchanteloni]

That`s what I call music. The harmony and the voices...perfect. The voice of the tenor is very amazing. Clear and pleasuring timbre. And Big Chief...that`s what I call a real basso profondo.

[CaptMoo]

Jake and Hovie always so happy!!!

[militarychief]

Crumpler in my opinion the best tenor singer of them all.

[chowman007]

After hearing this song with Rosie n Crumpler...my final say, is that Crumpler takes it by a mile....love his clear, crystal sound. rosie had a more resonance in his voice when you compare it to Crumpler.

[militarychief]

I was a gospel singer at one time. I've listened to both versions. The version with Crumpler on the scale is higher than the one with 0Rosie. Both were beautiful tenor singers but Crumpler just couldn't be beat.

[greatlakesfan]

I think all the personnel made up the Statesmen, over the years, have done well in their own right. I really wonder if today's tenors and basses don't overdo their singing just to get the recognition.

[GennieRue]

When I was a young child in the 50's my parents carried me with them to the Old Ryman Auditorium in Nashville TN to the National Quartet Convention. I believe this was a monthly singing and we went frequently. Their favorite singing group was the Statesman. I remember them to be exactly as in this video. I enjoyed the singing as much as my parents did. There has never been better in Southern Gospel Music. I really enjoy all of these Statesman videos, thank you!

[militarychief]

This is the best group of the Statesmen and I've heard different singers in the group since the early 60's. Denver Crumpler, the tenor, was an excellent singer. Chief was a true bass singer. Of course, over the years Jake's voice never changed. Ott was a very underrated barritone.

[statesmenfan]

Big Chief had it all, He could sing high, take the lead, or belt out those low notes. He was really singing, and not trying to be the lowest of low's. Today's basses could learn a thing or two I think.

[aufirerep1]

Great range! No one has that fat sound anymore. Long live the Statesmen! God Bless Hovie!

[Bass35744]

I love "Big Chief" Big Booming Bass Voice! :)

[victoryopop]

In the top three of my favorite song's of the Statesman. Thanks for the post

[knownonlytohim]

Yes, we need Him every hour!!!Jesus is the way to lead us through this life saving us from all kinds of dangers to the eternal life he provides for all who believe in Him. For this video many thanks, I like the gorgeous Statesmen!