My brother, Barry, was visiting us in Wilson this past July 4th weekend. It was great having he and his family with us. I always ask him to sing when he visits. Our WCC family loves to hear him.
When I asked him to sing, he said, "Let's do one of the old Willow Branch Quartet numbers with the 'man-tet' (The 'man-tet' is what we call ourselves when we sing as an all male quartet). You know, something we grew up hearing."
"OK. The mantet it is!" I responded.
It's such a blessing to sing the old songs with my brother and my sons. When we sing I can almost hear my mother, my grandmother, and the rest of the old quartet singing.
What a great heritage.
I love hearing the Combs Quartet sing! Can’t wait to play this for Wayne!
Floods of wonderful memories listening to the Willow Branch Quartet. Wow, Stephen’s bass voice surprised me I was searching faces to see where that voice came from. I loved it!
We gave Stephen and Jonathan the bass and tenor parts, while Barry took the alto and I took the soprano. Barry actually sang the alto in the same octave, while I sang an octave lower. We’re trying to pass this old fashioned singing legacy on to the next generation. Even though our church’s worship is very contemporary, they really loved this old quartet piece.