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| Genres | Southern gospel |
| Years agile | 2002 (2002)–nowadays |
| Labels | Provident Music |
| Website | world wide web |
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Ernie Haase & Signature Sound is a Southern gospel quartet founded in 2002 past Ernie Haase, former Cathedral Quartet tenor and Garry Jones, erstwhile Gilded City pianist. As of Nov 2021, the grouping consists of Dustin Doyle (pb/baritone), Doug Anderson (lead/baritone), Paul Harkey (bass) and Ernie Haase (tenor). The lineup of the band has inverse several times. The group has released 31 albums and xiv DVDs, which feature other Christian artists.
History [edit]
Origin [edit]
The Cathedral Quartet announced their bye bout in 1999. Atomic number 82 vocalist Glen Payne died on October 15, 1999 before the finish of the tour. Upon request of Glen Payne, the remaining members finished the tour with pianist Roger Bennett performing Payne's vocals. Following the tour Bennett and baritone Scott Fowler formed Legacy Five[1] while Ernie Haase continued his solo career.[2]
After, former Cathedrals bass George Younce and Jake Hess, forth with Neb Gaither formed The Quondam Friends Quartet with Ernie Haase, Wesley Pritchard, and Garry Jones. The Old Friends Quartet disbanded later on nearly two years on the road, however, as Hess and Younce'south ill health prevented them from doing much traveling. Ernie Haase, along with Jones, connected quartet singing and wished to create a quartet with a modern image and mental attitude, merely traditional in sound. Haase and Jones, together with lead vocalizer Shane Dunlap, baritone Doug Anderson, and bass singer Tim Duncan formed the Signature Sound Quartet. They recorded three albums, Stand past Me released in April 2002, followed by Edifice a Span and Celebrity To His Proper noun in 2003. They participated in their starting time alive concert (Alive in Indiana) at Reardon Auditorium, in Anderson, Indiana, on February 21, 2003.
2003–04 [edit]
Later Shane Dunlap left Signature Sound to get-go a solo career after release of their third album Glory to His Name in 2003. Wesley Pritchard took Dunlap's position while the group searched for a total-fourth dimension lead. Jones and Haase dissolved their business relationship after the start year and Roy Webb was chosen as pianist. Subsequently, they found Ryan Seaton and hired him as the new atomic number 82 singer. Haase's begetter-in-law George Younce became co-owner of the quartet and helped the grouping take an amalgamation with the Gaither Music Group. They released their fourth anthology, The Ground is Level, followed by Great Love in 2004.
Name change [edit]
In 2004, the grouping inverse its name to Ernie Haase and Signature Sound, reportedly in order to avoid confusion with other similarly titled regional groups.[ citation needed ] They released their self-titled album in October 2005. They signed with the Gaither Music Grouping and became regular performers with the Gaither Homecoming tours and videos. In May 2007, pianist Roy Webb left the band to be with his father, who was dying of cancer. On May 29, 2007, it was announced that Webb had resigned from the group. Later,[ when? ] it was announced that Gordon Mote would be the group's piano thespian during their Get Away Jordan summertime tour supporting their anthology Get Away, Jordan released in Jan 2007. Singer and producer Pecker Gaither eventually began scheduling a 2d series of concerts with only Signature Audio and the Gaither Song Ring appearing together. Due in part to the popularity of these concerts, the ii groups decided to record a single album together, entitled Together, which debuted in October 2007. On the DVD, information technology was hinted that hereafter collaborations between Signature Sound and the Vocal Band were upcoming. Producer and songwriter Wayne Haun has served every bit their pianist since their 2008 Summertime bout. The group's side by side projection was entitled, Dream On. This was released in late October 2008 and was filmed in Chicago, at the Navy Pier Ballroom. In Oct 2009 a new Christmas anthology, the group'south second such album, was released entitled Every Light That Shines at Christmas.
The Cathedrals tributes [edit]
Left to right: Anderson, Duncan, Haase and McGlamery in 2010
In September 2009, post-obit a three-year hiatus from the National Quartet Convention, Haase and Signature Sound returned to performing at that place forth with the rest of the Gaither Homecoming performers. Haase failed to appear with former Cathedrals members Scott Fowler, Gerald Wolfe, Mark Trammell and Danny Funderburk for a NQC special showcase presentation called The Cathedrals Remembered, a tribute concert at the convention in which the old Cathedral members joined forces to sing many old Cathedral songs and to honor George Younce and Glen Payne. Haase had other engagements over the weekend and had to leave NQC early, prior to the taping. In January 2009, Ernie Haase announced a Cathedrals tribute tour was adjacent on the quartet's agenda and the group started touring with a live band that included Wayne Haun on the piano, David Griffith on the bass, Kelly Vaughan on electrical guitar and Zak Shumate on the drums. On December 28, 2009, Ernie announced that Ryan Seaton was leaving the quartet to pursue other interests and that former Karen Peck and New River lead/tenor Devin McGlamery would be joining every bit the new lead vocalizer, and they released A Tribute to the Cathedral Quartet in October 2010.
2011–15 [edit]
On January 18, 2011, it was announced that bass singer Tim Duncan had left, and Ian Owens had joined the grouping as the new bass singer for the grouping.[3] The group released a new project called "Here We Are Over again" in Feb 2012. In October 2012, Ian Owens announced his resignation[4] and later joined Soul'd Out Quartet,[v] and Paul Harkey joined as the new bass singer.[half dozen] In April 2015, Doug Anderson announced in a video with Haase that he will exist stepping downwardly from his position in Signature Audio to pursue a full-time solo career. Anderson had been with the group equally its baritone singer since its inception in 2002, a full of 13 years. It was afterward appear that Dustin Doyle of Across The Ashes will be replacing Anderson in the Baritone office.[7]
2020–nowadays [edit]
In June 2020, Haase had suspended their touring schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Later they created the Living Room Sing to which they sang songs from their Something Beautiful anthology. On September 11, they renamed information technology to Friday Night Sing. A 16 episodes of stories and songs which feature many special guests. It premiered every Fri night from September 11 to December 25, 2020. In March 2021, Haase announced that on March 12 they volition continue their touring schedule. It was appear on September xiv, 2021 that Devin McGlamery would exist leaving the group at the finish of October and Doug Anderson would exist rejoining the grouping in November 2021.
Members (past and present) [edit]
Line-ups [edit]
| 2002–2003 (Nether the Name "Signature Sound Quartet") | 2003 | 2003–2004 | 2004–2007 (Under the Name "Ernie Haase & Signature Sound") |
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| 2012–2015 | 2015–2021 | 2021–nowadays | |
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Musicians [edit]
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Cathedrals Family unit Reunion members [edit]
Line-ups [edit]
| 2009 (under the name "Cathedrals Remember The Music") | 2010 | 2012 |
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Discography [edit]
- Stand by Me (2002)
- Edifice a Bridge – Bully Quartet Songs of the Last Century Vol.I (2003)
- Glory to His Name – Cracking Quartet Songs of the Last Century Vol.Ii (2003)
- The Ground is Level – Slap-up Quartet Songs of the Last Century Vol.Three (2004)
- Great Honey (2004)
- Stand up past Me – Alive (2004)
- Christmas with Ernie Haase & Signature Audio (2004)
- Ernie Haase & Signature Sound (2005)
- Get Abroad, Jordan (2007)
- Together (2007) – Recorded with the Gaither Vocal Band
- Influenced: A Vintage Quartet Session (2008)
- Dream On (2008) – Grammy Honour nomination
- Every Low-cal That Shines at Christmas (2009)
- Influenced: Spirituals & Southern Classics (2010)
- A Tribute to the Cathedral Quartet (2010)
- George Younce with Ernie Haase & Signature Audio (2011)
- A White Christmas (2011)
- California Alive – Vol.1 (2012)
- California Live – Vol.2 (2012)
- Hither We Are Again (2012)
- Glorious Day (2013)
- Christmas Live! (2013)
- Oh, What A Savior (2014)
- The Inspiration of Broadway (2015)
- Happy People (2015)
- The Favorite Hymns of Fanny Crosby (2016)
- Articulate Skies (2018)
- A Jazzy Picayune Christmas (2019)
- Something Beautiful: Our Favorite Songs of Pecker & Gloria Gaither (2020)
- Brotherhood (2020) - Recorded with The Booth Brothers
- Keeping On (2021)
Video [edit]
| Yr | Championship | Members who performed |
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| 2003 | Live In Indiana | Ernie Haase, Shane Dunlap, Doug Anderson, Tim Duncan, Garry Jones |
| 2004 | Stand by Me: Live | E. Haase, D. Anderson, T. Duncan, Ryan Seaton, Roy Webb |
| 2005 | Ernie Haase & Signature Sound | |
| 2007 | Get Abroad, Jordan | |
| Together (with Gaither Song Band) | Eastward. Haase, D. Anderson, T. Duncan, R. Seaton | |
| 2008 | Dream On: Live from Chicago | |
| 2009 | Every Calorie-free That Shines At Christmas Alive | |
| 2010 | A Tribute to the Cathedral Quartet | E. Haase, D. Anderson, T. Duncan, Devin McGlamery |
| 2012 | This Is Ernie Haase & Signature Audio | Eastward. Haase, D. Anderson, D. McGlamery, Ian Owens |
| 2013 | Christmas Live! | East. Haase, D. Anderson, D. McGlamery, Paul Harkey |
| 2014 | Oh, What A Savior | |
| 2015 | The Inspiration of Broadway (with J. Marking McVey) | |
| Happy People | ||
| 2018 | Clear Skies LIVE at Bossier City, LA | East. Haase, D. McGlamery, P. Harkey, Dustin Doyle |
Appearances on other DVDs [edit]
- 2005: Give It Away, Gaither Vocal Band; "Glory, Glory Clear The Road", "Heavenly Parade" and "Give Information technology Away"
Homecoming video performances [edit]
- 2005: Israel Homecoming "Holy Highway", "This Could Be The Dawning Of That Mean solar day/Until And so" and "River Of Hashemite kingdom of jordan"
- 2005: Jerusalem Homecoming "He Is Jehovah"
- 2006: Canadian Homecoming "Stand up Past Me", "Holy Highway" and "Then Came The Morning"
- 2006: Alive From Toronto "Glory To God In The Highest" and "This Could Exist The Dawning Of That Day/Until Then"
- 2006: Homecoming Christmas "Tonight", "Forgiven Again" and "Give It Away" (with Gaither Vocal Ring)
- 2007: Amazing Grace "I Then Shall Live" (with Gaither Vocal Band)
- 2007: South African Homecoming "Stand By Me" and "Oh, What A Savior"
- 2007: Love Can Turn The World "Trying To Get A Glimpse"
- 2008: Country Bluegrass Homecoming Vol. one "Reason Plenty"
- 2008: Country Bluegrass Homecoming Vol. ii "Climbing Up The Mount"
- 2009: Joy in My Heart "Someday"
- 2017: Sweeter As The Days Go By "I Practice Believe"
Awards [edit]
GMA Dove Awards [edit]
| Year | Award | Result |
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| 2006 | New Artist of the Year | Nominated |
| Southern Gospel Anthology of the Year (Ernie Haase & Signature Audio) | Nominated | |
| 2008 | Group of the Year | Nominated |
| Southern Gospel Anthology of the Twelvemonth (Become Away, Jordan) | Won | |
| Southern Gospel Recorded Song of the Yr ("Get Away Jordan") | Won | |
| Long Form Music Video of the Yr (Go Abroad, Jordan) | Nominated | |
| 2009 | Group of the Year | Nominated |
| Male person Vocaliser of the Yr (Ernie Haase) | Nominated | |
| Song of the Year ("Reason Enough") | Nominated | |
| Southern Gospel Recorded Song of the Year ("Reason Enough") | Won | |
| 2010 | State Recorded Song of the Year ("Give thanks God for Kids") | Nominated |
| Christmas Album of the Year (Every Low-cal That Shines at Christmas) | Nominated | |
| 2011 | Artist of the Yr | Nominated |
| Grouping of the Year | Nominated | |
| Southern Gospel Recorded Song of the Twelvemonth ("I Thirst") | Nominated | |
| Southern Gospel Album of the Yr (A Tribute to the Cathedral Quartet) | Nominated | |
| Long Form Music Video of the Year (A Tribute to the Cathedral Quartet) | Nominated |
Grammy Awards [edit]
| Year | Award | Result |
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| 2010 | Best Southern/Land/Bluegrass Gospel Album (Dream On) | Nominated |
| 2019 | Best Roots Gospel Album (Articulate Skies) | Nominated |
| 2021 | All-time Roots Gospel Album (Something Beautiful) | Nominated |
References [edit]
- ^ "Scott Fowler | The Cathedral Quartet". Archived from the original on February 28, 2010. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
- ^ "Ernie Haase | The Cathedral Quartet". Archived from the original on February 28, 2010. Retrieved February x, 2010.
- ^ "Ernie Haase & Signature Sound Announce Departure of Tim Duncan". Archived from the original on August 23, 2011. Retrieved Jan 31, 2013.
- ^ "Ian Owens Resigns From EHSS". Archived from the original on Dec 27, 2012. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
- ^ "Ian Owens Joins Soul'd Out Quartet Equally New Bass Singer". Archived from the original on Jan 11, 2013. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
- ^ "Paul Harkey Joins Ernie Haase & Signature Sound Every bit New Bass Vocaliser". Archived from the original on January one, 2013. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
- ^ "Doug Anderson Announces Divergence from Signature Sound". Archived from the original on May 1, 2015. Retrieved Apr 28, 2015.
External links [edit]
- Ernie Haase & Signature Sound Official Website
- http://ssqfan.com/ Ernie Haase & Signature Sound fan site
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Haase_%26_Signature_Sound