Cross That Mason Dixon Line - Men In Black

Men In Black sings "Cross That Mason Dixon Line" in Atlanta workshop concert. Oliver Merrill(Lead), Karl Hudson(Bass), Tony Nasto(Tenor), Ray Johnson(Bari)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Barbershop
• Quartet
• Cross
• That
• Mason
• Dixon
• Line
• Men
• In
• Black
• cappella
• Karl
• Hudson
• Oliver
• Merrill
• Tony
• Nasto
• Ray
• Johnson

[Hemicudap]

If you type &fmt=18 at the end of the URL then it syncs it, and gives you the end. The crowd goes wild!

[BS4Eva4]

Sounds really hard

[bbshp789096]

Great work guys!  You are wippin' right through this, yet still together and locking some mean chords!

[DoubleDeltaProd]

2:24 Comedic gold

[mellowbassman25]

@COMALiteJ No need for additional debate, as your point is well made. I agree with the point about the incredible influence of Black people on the barbershop style, but not the the exclusion of all others as to the invention of it - that's all. As for the other comment, I didn't mean to put words in your mouth. I wish you all the best.

[COMALiteJ]

@mellowbassman25, I don't think that lemonyfresh09's comment was inappropriate nor in bad taste. As for the history of Barbershop, I was trying to make the point that Blacks are very much underrepresented given their contribution to the style, and we only get 500 characters here, so posting the full details of the Doctors H's work here was not exactly feasible.

That said, I know of no European musical style that has the Barbershop Seventh chord tuned to the harmonics instead of Pythagorean.

[mellowbassman25]

@COMALiteJ BTW - I agree with you about the "brother" comment. It was completely inappropriate, in bad taste, and you were right to call him on it. Good performance on the song by MIB, and I was there in MOH when Nightlife debuted MDL.....

[mellowbassman25]

Actually - Black people INFLUENCED Barbershop Harmony to a Great degree, but they did not invent it...no ONE single entity "invented" Barbershop, as several factors from the early 1800s through the early 20th century brought about what we know today as "Barbershop" I am well aware of Dr. Jim Henry's stellar work, but I am also aware of Dr. Val Hick's work, among many others, both inside and outside of our great Society.

[COMALiteJ]

@lemonyfresh09, by "brother" do you mean Black person? Because there's more than just him, though not NEARLY enough. Several are at the Internationally competing level in both Choruses and Quartets, and many more do it just for fun or compete at the Division and District levels. Also, several are now doing Multitracks here on YouTube.

If it weren't for black people, there would never have been any such thing as Barbershop music. Black Americans invented it, but all too few today even know that.

[nashaflydivacharles]

They came to my high school! These guys are great!

[lemonyfresh09]

the only brother ive seen in barbershop