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Updated 1-21-01

RELATED GROUPS

Eva Mae, Urias & Alphus LeFevre

Hovie & The Homeland Harmony Quartet cir. 1942

Otis McCoy, Connor Hall, Hovie. B.C. Robinson, & James McCoy

Hovie & The Homeland Harmony Quartet 1943

Otis McCoy, Connor Hall, Hovie. Big Jim Waits, & James McCoy

Hovie Lister and the Rangers Quartet

1947 Homeland Harmony Qt with A.D Soward

1949 Homeland Harmony Qt with A.D. Soward

Rangers Qt. with Doy Ott & Denver Crumpler cir. 1950

Crusaders Quartet

Crusaders Qt. with Bobby Strickland & Bervin Kendrick after leaving the Statesmen. After Bobby's death, this group eventually became the Harvesters Qt.

Miracle Men's Qt. of Canton, GA

(l-r) Lee Roy Abernathy, Earl Terry, Shorty Bradford, Idis Spivey & A.D. Soward

1951 Homeland Harmony Quartet with Doy Ott

All American Quartet cir. 1952

of Decatur, Illinois; Gordon Hill, Easmon Napier, Don Randall, C.R. Melton, & Bill Shaw

Denver Crumpler & The Rangers prior to joining the Statesmen

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THE STATESMEN

He was a DJ while he organized his quartet, and continued spinning records after organizing the group.

Statesmen 1948

Bobby Strickland, Jake Hess, Gordon Hill, Bervin Kendrick & Hovie Lister

Statesmen 1949

Bobby Strickland, Jake Hess, Bervin Kendrick, A.D. Soward & Hovie Lister

Statesmen 1950 w/ Hovie, Bobby Strickland, Jake, Chief, & Bervin Kendrick

Statesmen 1950

Hovie, Jake, Cat Freeman, Doy Ott, & Chief cir. 1952

Statesmen Pics with Signatures

Statesmen with Wally Fowler 1955

Hovie, Denver, Jake, Doy & Chief in color

Mid-50's publicity photo

50's Concert with Denver

1956 Statesmen "Get Away Jordan"

The Statesmen TV Show

Statesmen 1957

Cat Freeman, Les Roberson, Doy Ott, "Big Chief" & Hovie

Statesmen cir. 1958

Statesmen cartoon

Early 60's Business Card Photo with Rosie Rozell

In Concert 60's

Songbook cover cir. 1962

60's Houston Concert

Statesmen 1964 w/ Jack Toney

Singing Time In Dixie TV Show with Jack Toney 1964

Jack Toney 1964

Another STID

From the 1966 movie "Sing A Song For Heaven's Sake" with Roy McNeil

Statesmen 1966

Statesmen 1968 w/ Jim Hill

Statesmen 1969

Sherrill Nielsen, Jim Hill, Doy, "Big Chief" & Hovie

Statesmen 1970

Hovie, Rosie, Chief, Gary Timbs, & Doy 1973 before Chief's death

Willie Wynn, Hovie Lister, Gary Timbs, Ray Burdett, Doy Ott

Willie Wynn, Ray Burdett, Hovie, Doy & Elmer Cole 1974

The Tennesseans. Group formed of some former Statesmen after break-up

Hovie Lister cir. 1975

Publicity Photo of Jake, Hovie, Doy & Rosie 1977

Statesmen "Trio" Live

Jake Hess, Chris Hess, Hovie & Doy cir. 1978

Rosie, Jack Toney, Hovie, Ed Hill & Tommy Thompson cir. 1979

Jake Robinson, Ed Hill, Buddy Burton, Rosie, Hovie & Tommy Thompson 1980

The Masters V: Hovie Lister, Jake Hess, James Blackwood, JD Sumner & Rosie Rozell

The Masters V: Steve Warren, James, Jake, JD, Hovie

Taken 1985, Will Rogers Aud., Ft. Worth by Kenny Humbert

The Masters V with Charles Yates. Group lasted only about 2 weeks

Masters V 1987

The Legends Quartet cir. 1987

Former Statesmen: Rosie Rozell, Buddy Burton, Richard Coletrain & Tommy Thompson

Masters V with Shaun Nielsen, Jack Toney, Ed Hill, J.D. Sumner & Hovie Lister

1990 Statesmen Reunion

For GOGR: Rosie, Buddy Burton, Hovie, Jake & Tommy Thompson

Hovie Lister & The Palmetto State Quartet

Johnny Cook, Jake Hess, Biney English, Bob Caldwell & Hovie 1992

Wallace Nelms, Jack Toney, Hovie, Doug Young & Mike LoPrinzie 1997

Willie Wynn and Hovie Lister 1997

One of the last reunions of the Masters V; 1997

Jack Toney, Doug Young, Hovie, Wallace Nelms & Rick Fair 1999

1999 Ft. Worth Concert

Another picture of the same concert

The only 3 living tenors of the Statesmen with Hovie

(who sang with them for any period of time; Willie Wynn, Sherrill Nielsen, Hovie Lister, & Wallace Nelms)

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