OC Times - Roses of Mourn (with man from Algona Iowa)

Great story. For years, this man was a great singer in the chapter in Algona, Iowa. Then unexpectadly, he lost his voice, and out of embarassment, never returned to the chapter, and had left barbershop alltogether.

A friend invited him to the show, and although reluctant, he showed up. At the afterglow, his friends begged us to sing with him, telling us how good he was. He hadn't sung barbershop for years, so it took him a bit to adjust.

I love the way this guy sings his butt off in this clip, living in the moment, and singing every word from the heart. We sang several songs that night, but this was the only clip that we were able to capture. It was a pleasure singing with him. I hope we meet again!

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• octimes
• o.c.
• barbershop
• harmony
• quartet
• four
• part
• doo
• wop
• acappella

[tigerman4]

this is one of the parts of barbershop I don't like...though this is done very well , typically , most barbershoppers get hammered and then scream tags into the middle of the night...and it turns into just BAD barbershop...but again...this OC TIMES and they rock !

[OCTenor2]

Luckily, no one is "hammered" in this video. But that doesn't mean we didn't woodshed our way into some "bad barbershop" until 2am that night.

[Sbock3]

i love this video. this is what barbershop is all about right here.

[moojea88]

sweet, sweet roses of MORN. the first official arrangement of a barbershop quartet song (for the Barbershop Harmony Society) in 1941. think I've heard it 132 times.....:-)

[kitztracks]

Yeah, have you ever been to anything in barbershop, it's as much of the tradition to drink as is tag singing itself :D

[lbhorvath]

I hope this experience brought back a lot of the joy of singing to this lovely man & he returned to his chapter. The story gave me goosebumps.

[Veggieman87]

Lovely, boys. Just lovely.

[WTREMMEL]

Cant we all just sing and get along? LET ALL THEIR VOICES BELONG, KEEP A MELODY RINGING ON A SONG! ever heard that one?

[mcpicklejar]

nooooo! i wanted to hear the whole thing! :(((

its a nice story too :)

[LoungeSinger23]

For the most part I agree with tigerman23 and disagree with blynk23, but only for the most part. Tag singing, even late-night tag singing, is one of the cornerstones of our hobby. It is part of the camaraderie that most of us are here for. However, I wholeheartedly agree with tigerman4 in that some people need to stop at a certain point. I LOVE ringing the crap out of a tag, and I HATE people wailing away at something when they're totally out of tune! Singing loud is fun, but only if in tune!

[blynk23]

that is a part you don't like?! I think its one of the most fun parts about barbershop (not singing them badly, but screaming them)...nothing is stopping you from leaving the afterglow, but let people have their fun with tags. Plus, without afterglows like that, things like the above video would not happen. So relax, have a drink, and sing a tag!

[tigerman4]

not at all , what happens is , people get drunk ( good singers ),and then think they are singing well , and honestly aren't , the chords are bad to the point of "hurting" your ears , not to mention the voice of the "singers".