Title: Tenors in Memphis
Description: replacing a legend
JohnCBoy - October 3, 2006 11:56 AM (GMT)
Bill Shaw sang tenor for the Blackwood Brothers Quartet for 21 years. Upon his departure, a young Texan named Joe Pat Hoffmaster took his place.
Hoffmaster left the quartet for a short time circa 1979. Who replaced him?
musicmike - October 3, 2006 01:01 PM (GMT)
Jon Cox replaced Pat. He was a good tenor full voiced tenor who also did not have a squeaky sound. What is Jon doing today?
JohnCBoy - October 3, 2006 01:08 PM (GMT)
I don't know what John is doing today, but he did sing in a rather infamous trio after leaving the Blackwood Brothers.
What was the name of this trio?
adkinsdean - October 3, 2006 01:09 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (musicmike @ Oct 3 2006, 01:01 PM) |
| Jon Cox replaced Pat. He was a good tenor full voiced tenor who also did not have a squeaky sound. What is Jon doing today? |
I think he's doing the "soloist thing"...BTW, his daughter, Heather Cox, was one of the 10 on last year's American Idol.
http://www.americanidol.com/contestants/season5/heather_cox/Dean
Mineola - October 3, 2006 03:22 PM (GMT)
Was it The Johnson Sisters?
Thenewsisout - October 3, 2006 04:39 PM (GMT)
JohnCBoy - October 3, 2006 04:48 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Mineola @ Oct 3 2006, 11:22 AM) |
| Was it The Johnson Sisters? |
Did you forget your meds, mineola?
:rollinglaughing:
JohnCBoy - October 3, 2006 04:50 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Thenewsisout @ Oct 3 2006, 12:39 PM) |
| The Brothers |
You got it, News!
John Cox replaced Roy Tremble in the trio that broke away from the Cathedral Quartet leaving the "old men" (George and Glen) all alone.
Didn't take the Cats long to rebound, either. . . but does anyone really remember the Brothers?
Norm - October 3, 2006 08:48 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (JohnCBoy @ Oct 3 2006, 11:50 AM) |
John Cox replaced Roy Tremble in the trio that broke away from the Cathedral Quartet leaving the "old men" (George and Glen) all alone.
Didn't take the Cats long to rebound, either. . . but does anyone really remember the Brothers? |
There is no guarantee that the Cathedrals would have become as famous as they did if "the Brothers" had stayed with them.
We can speculate after changes are made in groups but never know for sure. For example, if Willie Wynn had stayed with the Oaks would they still have become a famous country group? Or did they need a Joe Bonsall singing the lead part on songs like Elvira?
James Moore - October 3, 2006 10:04 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Norm @ Oct 3 2006, 02:48 PM) |
| QUOTE (JohnCBoy @ Oct 3 2006, 11:50 AM) | John Cox replaced Roy Tremble in the trio that broke away from the Cathedral Quartet leaving the "old men" (George and Glen) all alone.
Didn't take the Cats long to rebound, either. . . but does anyone really remember the Brothers? |
There is no guarantee that the Cathedrals would have become as famous as they did if "the Brothers" had stayed with them.
We can speculate after changes are made in groups but never know for sure. For example, if Willie Wynn had stayed with the Oaks would they still have become a famous country group? Or did they need a Joe Bonsall singing the lead part on songs like Elvira?
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Well, Little Wilie Wynn and the Oaks backed my brother vocally on an album, and I really am not sure that Willie wanted to turn country as much as the others in the group--they may have been pulling on him is the reason he sang country at all.
In my opininion Joe Bonsall was not near the tenor singer that Little Willie was, Bonsall was probably the best The Oaks could replace a great tenor such as Willie with.
Norm - October 3, 2006 10:17 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (James Moore @ Oct 3 2006, 05:04 PM) |
Well, Little Wilie Wynn and the Oaks backed my brother vocally on an album, and I really am not sure that Willie wanted to turn country as much as the others in the group--they may have been pulling on him is the reason he sang country at all.
In my opininion Joe Bonsall was not near the tenor singer that Little Willie was, Bonsall was probably the best The Oaks could replace a great tenor such as Willie with. |
James, I'm a big Willie fan and was so sorry to see him leave the Oaks. I continued buying the records he made with the Statesmen and the Tennesseans.
Joe never pretended to be a tenor singer in the classic SGM way but I think his vocal style helped the Oaks achieve success when they went the country-pop route.
James Moore - October 4, 2006 01:48 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Norm @ Oct 3 2006, 04:17 PM) |
| QUOTE (James Moore @ Oct 3 2006, 05:04 PM) |
Well, Little Wilie Wynn and the Oaks backed my brother vocally on an album, and I really am not sure that Willie wanted to turn country as much as the others in the group--they may have been pulling on him is the reason he sang country at all.
In my opininion Joe Bonsall was not near the tenor singer that Little Willie was, Bonsall was probably the best The Oaks could replace a great tenor such as Willie with. |
James, I'm a big Willie fan and was so sorry to see him leave the Oaks. I continued buying the records he made with the Statesmen and the Tennesseans.
Joe never pretended to be a tenor singer in the classic SGM way but I think his vocal style helped the Oaks achieve success when they went the country-pop route.
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Norm, you may be right about Joe, and SHAKE we`re both big, Little Willie Fans.-LOL