Cathedral Quartet - Oh What A Savior

Probably one of Ernie's first recorded performances of his "sugar stick" song as a member of the Cathedrals.

Group Members: Ernie Haase, Glen Payne, Mark Trammell, George Younce, Roger Bennett

Category:

Music

Tags:

• cathedral
• quartet
• cathedrals
• Younce
• Ernie
• Haase
• Mark
• Trammell
• southern
• gospel
• religious

[deafgagirl]

He is awesome.. What a voice GOD gave him!

[thehook04]

this is my favorite version by ernie!

[LindstromLafferty]

To all of your with your wonderfull credentials, that and 50 cents will buy you a cup of coffee, I liked it and don't have all of your austere experience in music..

[Christianwoman2]

I love this song! If you listen with head phones it is amazing

[HeavensNight4492]

This is boring. That lazy beat in the background doesn't match what the singers are doing, and really, it feels like they're singing to hear themselves. My least favorite part is the lyrics. God gave us the power of creativity, of imagination, right? Why, then, are songs like this so lyrically bland? Can't you find a more eloquent and beautiful way to express those emotions in song? Not trying to rain on anyone's parade here, just expressing my ideas.

[Bcroft39]

@FOOFOOKITTY If you're speaking about the first high note in the chorus of this song. then I can understand why you might call it a "bellow or spirit-filled shout. I wouldn't call it a bellow simply because the bellows that I have heard in the back woods small church gospel sings, make Ernie sound like the angels singing in this video. LOL. I guess your view might be a little closer than mine, because I've heard so many that were so far off.

[anyanews]

Powerful!

[FOOFOOKITTY]

@Bcroft39 I guess there's no way we're gonna agree about that note, but if you listen to his later performances of that song, his transitions between lower notes to the high ones are much smoother. He's clearly developed his voice, improved his technique, and become a wonderful presenter of the Gospel thru music.

[Bcroft39]

@FOOFOOKITTY I don't have a degree in vocal performance or anything like that. But you can trust me when I tell you that I know a bellow when I hear one. I've been around southern gospel my entire life and I have heard more bellows than I care to mention..LOL..Ernie's voice is a little stronger today than it was back when this video was made. If the people in the audience thought it was a bellow, Oh What A Savior wouldn't be his signature song today..

[FOOFOOKITTY]

@Bcroft39 Haha ... guess we can argue our musical credentials now: I have a degree in vocal performance and have taught voice at the university level ... and maybe you don't want to call Ernie's first high note in this video a "bellow" ... maybe a spirit-filled shout! ;-) How's that? And for the guy who thinks discussing the various attributes of some of these gospel performances is less than spiritual, all I can say is: chill, it's just interesting to us musicians/performers. :D

[Bcroft39]

@FOOFOOKITTY LOL..I'm 43 and I've been singing since I was old enough to hold a microphone. That didn't sound like a Bellow to me. He stayed directly on key and never wavered from it. There are videos on youtube of SSQ with an entire orchestra backing them up. It's beautiful, but to me, it takes away from the singing. Me personally, I would prefer to hear a quartet backed up with just a piano and maybe a lead and bass guitar at most. But then that's just me.

[FOOFOOKITTY]

@Bcroft39 Of course each one of us has his or her preferences when it comes to songs/singers, musical style, etc. ... and that's only natural. I guess I just really appreciate the JOY & energy I've been seeing in the videos of the EHSSQ group with Ernie, Ryan, Tim, and Doug. From a strictly musical point-of-view about this video where Ernie is singing "Oh What A Savior" with the other group, it's really awkward when Ernie BELLOWS that first high note! The EHSSQ version I saw was better.