Hall of Fame bass singer Ed O'Neal has brought up a generation of gospel musicians. I recently found this old Dixie Melody Boys picture and thought you may have a good time identifying the members of this quartet.

This is the first group I saw with Ed Oneil, lol...came up to Ontario a lot!!!
Harpist...ok, this is the hardest for me, the name escapes me...but he was really good, no doubt is a studio guy someplace making millions, lol
Baritone...Rodney Griffin
Lead...McRay Dove
Tenor...Derrik Boyd
Pianist...Eric Ollis

I think the harmonica player is Larry Delawder (sp?).

The young man on the left is Larry Delawder. I could be wrong on the first name but I think that's right. He was quite an entertainer. A boat load of talented individuals have been members of the Dixie Meldoy Boys thru the years.

:good job: Well, I didn't know them all, but I did know Ed (of course), Rodney, McCray, and Eric.

is it me or does derrick boyd look just a smidgen like jonathan wilburn in that pic?

Isn't this line-up the one Ed formed after the group gave up on the christian country format when they were referring to themseleves as the DMB Band. It seems I remember Ed saying in an interview on the Gospel Greats that the group went through some financial hard times in their season of christian country.

I'm not sure. I can't imagine that McCray was in that group. I think that was earlier in their career.

That's right, Larry Delawder. I couldn't come up with that name for the life of me!

JCB, the Christian Country phase (City Lights was one of the albums) had Ed's son in it, not McRay.

PTL for moustacheoed folks that can set JCB on the right path.

I'm so glad you were here for us this morning, Chicky!

:hug:

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thanks for asking something I could (mostly) answer, lol!!!

Wow. Finally ask a question I can answer and I overslept!

Good job, Miss Chick. :P

We saw the DMB a few weeks ago with the Dove Brothers.

They look good, sound good, and just are plain good. It was an excellent concert.

I knew this one! <smile>! I just did not get on the computer until late today!
I was just wondering if Ed has hired a full time lead singer yet? I meant to get into the auditorium at NQC and hear one of their "stands"; however, I never made it. Can someone fill me in on who Ed has hired?

Close ... A fellow by the name of Nathan Widener sang baritone in the "original re-formed" (wow, that's confusing) Dixie Melody Boys after they returned from christian country. There were also a couple of piano players pre-Eric.

I thought Nathan replaced Rodney? It was the other way around?

I'm as sure as can be relying on my memories of personal events that happened 15 years + ago while I was traveling with a certain quartet. That is to say, I'm not sure at all. :P

HA...I'm surprised you remember anything at all... :P

Ed has hired Bryan Walker to sing lead. Bryan's a great singer and has brought back some good energy into the group. I believe they're still in search of a piano player too.