Blue Ridge Quartet

The Blue Ridge Quartet (1946–1985) was a musical group founded in 1946.

History

The Blue Ridge Quartet was organized by Frank Stamps's Stamps Quartet Music Company of Texas. They started in Raleigh, North Carolina, but ultimately settled in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

When they began in Raleigh at the beginning of 1946 they operated out of radio station WRAL. Among the original members of the group in 1946 were Leonard "Red" Mathis, tenor; James Smith, lead; Wayne Roseberry, baritone; Shaw Eiland, bass; and Mike Cunningham, pianist. Eiland and Roseberry were former members of the Stamps-Baxter Lone Star Quartet, also headquartered in Raleigh. After a short time Elmo Fagg and Jack Taylor, both from the Lone Star Quartet, joined them. It wasn't long before Wayne Roseberry left and Everett Payne became the baritone singer.

Burl Strevel joined the quartet in 1947 to sing bass, and they moved over to WDBB radio in Burlington, NC. In 1948 they moved to WSPA radio Spartanburg, SC and dropped the "Stamps" name. Former Lone Star Quartet lead and baritone Clarence Turbyfill joined to sing tenor. In 1949, Kenny Gates became the Blue Ridge Quartet's pianist. When Turbyfill left in 1950, Ed Sprouse became the group's tenor. When Payne left in 1953, Gates picked up the additional duty of singing the baritone part. This lineup of Sprouse, Fagg, Gates, and Strevel remained together for a number of years.

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Blue Ridge, Texas

Blue Ridge is a city in Collin County, Texas, United States. The population was 822 at the 2010 census.

Geography

Blue Ridge is located at 33°17′57″N 96°24′6″W / 33.29917°N 96.40167°W / 33.29917; -96.40167 (33.299206, -96.401616).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.12 square miles (2.9 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census of 2010, there were 822 people, 284 households, and 210 families residing in the city. The population density was 733.9 people per square mile (283.4/km²). There were 323 housing units at an average density of 288.4 per square mile (111.4/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 92.60% White, 0.4% African American, 0.7% Native American, 2.8% from other races, and 3.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 13.1% of the population.

There were 284 households out of which 39.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.2% were married couples living together, 15.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.1% were non-families. 22.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 21.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.89 and the average family size was 3.38.

Blue Ridge (album)

Blue Ridge is the sixth studio album (eighth total album) released by the singer/songwriter Jonathan Edwards featuring the Bluegrass band, The Seldom Scene.

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