This week’s episode celebrates the timeless art of barbershop singing and pays tribute to the legendary Buffalo Bills Barbershop Quartet.
Peter Hart, a remarkable 45-year member of the Barbershop Harmony Society (formerly the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, or SPEBSQSA and now the Barbershop Harmony Society (BHS) joined Rockabilly Greg In the Flamingo Lounge on July 24, 2024 to talk about the Bills Quartet and Barbershop singing.
Peter brings a wealth of information as his barbershop journey began in 1972 with the Chorus of the Genesee. He joined the Amherst, NY Chapter Friends of Harmony Chorus in 1979.
We’ll also delved into the history of the 1950 SPEBSQSA champions, the Buffalo Bills Barbershop Quartet. We focused on the quartet’s baritone, Dick Grapes, whose talent was instrumental to their groundbreaking success in 1950.
To cap off the episode, we revisited a special 2008 conversation between Dr. Jim McDonnell and Mr. Dick Grapes talking about his experience with the Bills Quartet.
