You Sho Do Need Him Now - Statesmen Quartet video free download

thecoolestdad

When I was kid in the 60's and into the early 70's, my mother and grandmother would take us to the Municipal Auditorium in Atlanta to the all night gospel singings. All of the quartets that were scheduled would sing their set and then there would be an intermission. During the intermission the quartets would come to a big huge room near the front of the auditorium and stand behind tables to sell their albums and the guest could meet them. I met so many of the gospel greats, including Hovie and Jake, Big Chief, and then J.D. Sumner when he took over bass. I met Les Beasley and Glen Allred from the Florida Boys and all of the Oak Ridge Boys. Little Willie Wynn was my idol at the time and I met him there and at Lake Spivey at an all day singing by the lake.I met so many and as a kid I can still see a few faces in my mind because granted, I was between 5 and 12 years old during this time. Meeting Little Willie still is very vivid for me because meeting him at Lake Spivey I was pushing 13 by then. These were some great times for me, growing up on southern gospel. I love the Gaither Vocal Band and Ernie Hasse, and some others, but no one can touch the pioneers of southern gospel quartet singing! Oh and did I mention that I met J.D. Sumner also? Sure I did. I was seeing if you were paying attention!

spiper968

Denver's tenor is as effortless as Chief's bass!!!!

janbohme

Pretty impressive with a three octave range C - c'' for a male quartet. Denver Crumpler's final high C is amazingly effortless.

Raymond Lisle

I have to say that Denver Crumpler's tenor part helps to make this the best rendition of this song. I've always preferred his voice over Rosie's. Denver never seemed to have an upper limit while Rosie often seemed to be forcing it. However, they were both fine, godly men who deserved far more respect than they received.

spiper968

I always love The Statesmen but Chief is a great bass!!!!! He has a nice high rang but can always bust out the low notes!!

thecoolestdad

Ernie Kovacs on the piano!

Josep Tumpal Sianturi

tenor with bass with baritone bore nice voices

minralb

I remember Big Chief when he sang bass with the Sunny South Quartet in FL. I lived with my grandparents in summer and worked in the fields with my grand dad. We would come to the house for lunch and listen to the quartet on WFLA from Tampa. Horace Floyd was the leader of the group and sang tenor. We went to a concert they held ina school auditorium and I got to shake hands with al the members. My uncle studied at Stamps Baxter school and he said Jim Wetherington was the best bass he ever heard.

Tim Dodge

NICE!! This is great gospel! So cheerful, so inspirational, such nice vocal harmony. As the piano player at my Holiness Church in Alabama, I'm paying special attention to Hovie Lister on the piano here. Nice guitar playing too!

Tim Dodge

I just LOVE this video! So cheerful, sok inspirational, and such nice harmony! I play piano at our Holiness church in Alabama, so I'm getting a kick out of watching and listening to Hovie Lister on the piano. THIS is real Gospel!

ClassicGospel

@poodah2013 The bass singer was James (Big Chief) Wetherington from Ty Ty Georgia. Wikipedia states, "One of Southern Gospel's all time great bass singers, James Wetherington is remembered as a man of class and dignity. He began his career in the late 1940s singing with the Sunny South Quartet and then with the Melody Masters. In 1949, he became the bass singer for the Statesmen Quartet and it would be with that legendary group that his name would be forever etched."

Big Swole 2017

Who's the bass singer?

DonSchanteloni

That`s what I call music. The harmony and the voices...perfect. The voice of the tenor is very amazing. Clear and pleasuring timbre. And Big Chief...that`s what I call a real basso profondo.

militarychief

I was a gospel singer at one time. I've listened to both versions. The version with Crumpler on the scale is higher than the one with 0Rosie. Both were beautiful tenor singers but Crumpler just couldn't be beat.

Ahmed Caraballo

After hearing this song with Rosie n Crumpler...my final say, is that Crumpler takes it by a mile....love his clear, crystal sound. rosie had a more resonance in his voice when you compare it to Crumpler.

CaptMoo

Jake and Hovie always so happy!!!

militarychief

Crumpler in my opinion the best tenor singer of them all.

militarychief

This is the best group of the Statesmen and I've heard different singers in the group since the early 60's. Denver Crumpler, the tenor, was an excellent singer. Chief was a true bass singer. Of course, over the years Jake's voice never changed. Ott was a very underrated barritone.

statesmenfan

Big Chief had it all, He could sing high, take the lead, or belt out those low notes. He was really singing, and not trying to be the lowest of low's. Today's basses could learn a thing or two I think.

aufirerep1

Great range! No one has that fat sound anymore. Long live the Statesmen! God Bless Hovie!

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