"Dayton Ohio 1903" as sung by The Texans Barbershop Quartet

The Texans are the 1992 Southwestern District Barbershop Quartet Champions. Pete Cogswell (Lead), Ken Litman (Tenor), V.J. Lowrance (Baritone), and Brian Telle (Bass). Here they sing one of their show favorites, "Dayton Ohio, 1903" written by Randy Newman. Recorded in 1992 at the studio of Gary Powell in Austin, Texas..

[@queenofdramatech]

I love this more than the original. Seems more genuine and very OHIO!

[@heywilbur]

Big Randy fan, here... this is cool, good job....

[@Bass1923]

Beautifully done. The bass singer, Brian Telle, is a transplant to Texas. He grew up in a small town in Ohio on the opposite side of the state from Dayton called Dover. Telle was first introduced to barbershop when he and a couple other high school students visited the Tuscarawas County chapter. He had a very powerful bass voice even then. Interesting fun fact, Telle and Randy "Beef" Baughman graduated from the same high school about three years apart. Beef is an International Quartet Champion bass, having won gold in 1997 with Yesteryear. Let's hear some more from The Texans?

[@TheStrick10]

Love this song. Well done boys. Takes you back. Used to be able to sing the tenor part.
S.

[@jesusweeps420x]

Wow, the guy on lead has some of the best control I've ever heard, like I'm blown away at that mastery

[@j.i.189]

Just beautiful...thank you all, Texans! I lived in Dayton for ten years back in the 70s, and I may be imagining it, but those photos look exactly like some of the beautiful houses I remember in the older neighborhoods. Always just loved this song. Of course 1903 was the year that the Wright brothers, Dayton's most famous sons, invented flight...and the world quietly changed forever.

[@steveschmengle5622]

I love this song....sang barbershop for 20 years Charlotte chapter

[@mikemccarthy9690]

Our chorus in Dayton sings that arrangement and will be teaching it to all the participants at The Johnny Appleseed District convention in Dayton on October 18-20, 2019.

[@zoecable5718]

I have not been able to find an .mp3 of this particular recording for about 5 years. Thank you so fucking much you wizard for digging it up and posting it.

[@peterparsons5366]

"and people were nice to you" - as long as you were white. This is a lovely song, but it wouldn't hurt if some of the pictures included persons of color - even segregated, as was nearly ubiquitous, under Jim Crow laws, and not just in the south.

[@BonusBro]

The racist ALWAYS brings up racism!

[@JJWeitz]

Get a life. Not always about race.

[@tomlewis8323]

and the air wasn't clean, either.....all those factories belched out lots of poisons.....

[@jerrymiller3320]

understand your concerns and agree with you...it was more than a century ago. As Americans we've came along way..we can make our own history now

[@weewee2169]

isnt that the whole point of the song, since the whole album contains dark reference to slavery. adding images of black people might make you forget this