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The Strolling Tones continue serving as purveyors of the barbershop arts, turning up at variety shows, telethons, festivals and annual banquets. Not long ago, a student at Wilmington College interviewed the group to learn more about what it's like to be a barbershop group member. Can a reality show be far behind? Imagine Jed Clampett, Ozzy Osbourne, Bill Parcells and Donald Trump moving in together and sharing their daily lives with the masses. On second thought, the members of the Strolling Tones are not that different from one another. In fact, they have a very harmonious relationship! So scratch the reality show, but keep your ears open for that good old barbershop sound...
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Barbershop music is joyous, happy music, full of harmony and clever lyrics. The Strolling Tones, from Greenfield, Ohio, are practitioners of this time-honored style of music and are available to perform at selected outings. The members of The Strolling Tones are: Mike Anderson, Bass Ron Coffey, Tenor Jay Harmount, Lead Paul Orr, Baritone
The photos above were taken at the Greenfield Chautauqua on July 14, 2007.
The Strolling Tones, shown here with a Ford Model A, performed at the Greenfield Chautauqua July 24, 2004.
At the Leesburg Artisan Folk Fair, November 2003.
Ron, Jay, Paul and Mike investigate the uses of hit-and-miss engines at the 2003 Clinton County Corn Festival.
The Strolling Tones at Tired Iron Days in Washington C.H.
At the 2002 Clinton County Corn Festival.
Three of the quartet are captured on the "tenor-cam" during the Clinton County Corn Festival. For more information, contact Paul Orr at (937) 981-3350 -- or -- Jay Harmount at (937) 981-3314 or e-mail ron@roncoffey.net Long Live Barbershop!
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| The Strolling Tones -- no relation to Mick Jagger and
friends -- have been making music together since the late 1990s, spurred
on by a mutual interest in the timeless stylings of barbershop music.
Baritone Paul "Slim" Orr sang with the Accidentals for years, but was lured to the Strolling Tones by the promise of big bucks. Lead singer "L.L. Cool Jay Hip-Hop" Harmount raps and croons as the occasion demands and is the only one in the quartet who knows all the words. Mike "Boom-Boom" Anderson sings those low notes from the bottom of his heart, and Ron "Good to the Last Drop" Coffey is the only one secure enough in his masculinity to sing those high "foo-foo" notes. Barbershop music appeals to all ages and evokes images of a happy time in a more innocent age. The harmonies are interesting, the lyrics are often quite clever, and since no backup band or sound system are necessary, the operating costs are low. The Strolling Tones would like to share some of this unique music with you. Where else but barbershop could you hear songs like "How Can I Miss You if You Won't Go Away," or "Ever Since We Got that Waterbed, We've Just Been Drifting Apart"? The Strolling Tones have performed in parts of two different centuries and plan to continue "until we get it right." A partial list of places where the Strolling Tones have gathered choruses of "No Mas!" includes: Greenfield Bicentennial Tea * "It Happened in Greenfield" bicentennial play * Opening Night, McClain High School * Highland County CAO banquet * Greenfield Rotary Club annual dinner * United Methodist Church Valentine's Day dinner * Y-Gradale annual banquet * Greenfield Hobby Club dinner * Tired Iron Days * Clinton County Corn Festival * Greenfield Presbyterian Stewardship Dinner * Weller's Christmas Party * Midsummer's Night on Midway * Greenfield First United Methodist Church picnic * Leesburg Artisan Folk Fair * Greenfield Rotary telethon * Greenfield Chautauqua 2004 * Buckskin Valley Farm Bureau Council * Greenfield Rotary Appreciation Dinner * Greenfield Chautauqua 2007 |
