Gas House Gang (quartet)

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The Gas House Gang
The Gas House Gang
Background information
Website	Official site
Members
Kipp Buckner — Tenor Rich Knight— Lead Rob Henry [late] — Baritone Dr. Jim Henry — Bass

Gas House Gang is a barbershop quartet that won the 1993 SPEBSQSA international competition. They started singing as a group in 1987. The quartet won the International Quartet Championship of the Barbershop Harmony Society in 1993. The Gas House Gang toured the United States extensively and performed around the world, singing with many musical groups, including The Chordettes, the King's Singers, and Chanticleer.

Rob Henry, the quartet's baritone, was diagnosed with esophageal cancer on May 30, 2003, and died shortly thereafter on September 4, 2003. Several prominent barbershoppers helped fill in after Rob's death, including Mike Slamka (Power Play), Tony DeRosa (Keepsake and Platinum), Brandon Guyton (Four Voices), and D.J. Hiner (The Ritz), but on June 3, 2004, the quartet announced their retirement at the end of 2005.

Jim Henry[1], Rob's younger brother, went on to direct the Ambassadors of Harmony in their victory at the 2004 international championship in Louisville, Kentucky.

Kipp Buckner started singing barbershop when he was 14. He also has had the honor of winning the International Champion Quartet Medal twice, once with the GHG and also in 1987 when he sang with the Interstate Rivals.

Rich Knight has sung with the Ambassadors of Harmony since the 70's. His smooth lyrical lead voice creates the defining sound of the GHG.

[edit] Discography

Our Rough & Tumble Best (CD; 1989)
A Little Night Music (CD; 1992)
Face The Music (CD; 1996)
Some Children See Him... (CD; 2000)
The Gas House Gang's 5th (CD; 2003)

[edit] External links

Official website

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Preceded by Keepsake	SPEBSQSA International Quartet Champions 1993	Succeeded by Joker's Wild

Barbershop Harmony Society
Districts:	Cardinal District, Central States District, Dixie District, Evergreen District, Far Western District, Illinois District, Johnny Appleseed District, Land-O-Lakes District, Mid-Atlantic District, Northeastern District, Ontario District, Pioneer District, Rocky Mountain District, Seneca Land District, Southwest District, Sunshine District
Champions:	1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Links:	Official website