THE STATESMEN QUARTET DISCOGRAPHY
1977-1981
The Legendary Statesmen
Return; Vine 1004 (1977)
Hovie, Jake, Doy, & Rosie revive the Statesmen without a bass singer.
Gospel Songs Elvis Loved;
Artco 1146 (1977) (hard to find)
His Love Put A Song In My Heart;
Vine 1013 (1978)
Merry Christmas From The Statesmen;
Vine 1014 (Doy's last recording with the Statesmen. Only on 8-track tape. Reissued
in 1988 on Hollywood on tape as "Silent Night.")
Glory, Glory Clear The Road;
Vine 1020 (With Hovie, Jake, Chris Hess, and Rosie, although Ed Hill, Buddy Burton
& Tommy Thompson are on the cover.) (hard to find)
Hovie Lister & The Sensational
Statesmen; Skylite 6225
(1979)
He Is Here; Skylite 6235
(1980)
Sweet Beulah Land; Vine
77-1043 (1981) (With Hovie, Rosie, Tommy Thompson bass, Ed Hill baritone, & Buddy
Burton lead. On tape only. Thanks to James Franklin for providing the picture.)
(hard to find)
(The
Statesmen planned to continue as a group after this, but the Masters V took up
most of their time. JD Sumner wanted Connor Hall to join the Masters V, but Rosie
ended up singing the part, so the Statesmen did not really continue. They did
do a few concerts in the Masters V years, but it was the Masters V without James
Blackwood and Richard Coltrane singing baritone instead. From a note by John Crenshaw
about the end of the Statesmen: "I think JD was only with the Statesmen [at the
end] as a "fill-in," though I saw them twice with him singing bass. One time the
group was JD, Ed, Buddy, Rosie and the other time was JD, Jake, Rosie, Hovie, and
Richard Coletrane. This was in the middle of the formation of the Masters V.
Originally Buddy Burton was to be the arranger for the Masters V and the Statesmen
were going to remain a group. After the Masters V formed, I saw the "Rangers Qt."
with Rosie, Buddy, Richard Coletrane, Tommy Thompson with Jerry Hatley at piano.
They billed themselves as the "Former Statesmen."" They made one recording of
two songs.)
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