Artist description Traditional Southern Gospel Male Quartet

Music Style Southern Gospel

Musical Influences Male Quartet Style Singing

Similar Artists Gold City, Cathedals, Kingsmen

Artist History The Southern Plainsmen Quartet, organized in May 1978 in the rolling pine-hills of West-Central Louisiana, as an outreach of the Southern Plainsmen, INC., a non-profit Christian organization. The ministry, supported by the contributions of its Christian friends, appears in Christian churches regardless of denominational affiliation on a freewill-love-offering basis. The Lord has richly blessed the Southern Plainsmen since its meager beginnings, singing primarily in local churches at that time. The group now travels by private coach to churches and auditoriums throughout the south. The group has had the privilege of appearing from California's Hollywood Hills to the Rockies of Colorado to the Smokies of the Carolinas. The Southern Plainsmen are not entertainers in the true sense of the word. Their primary goal is to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ via the medium of gospel music and Christian witness. The Southern Plainsmen are not restricted by the boundaries of denomination. It is their strong belief that all Bible-Believing Christian people must love one another and work toward the common goal of reaching the lost rather than criticizing each other's personal convictions. This policy has allowed the Southern Plainsmen to appear in churches of almost every faith. The Southern Plainsmen are from West-Central Louisiana. The members of the group are as follows: Marcelle Slaughter, tenor; Shawn Masters, lead singer; Buddy Gibson, baritone; Chad James, bass; Tracy Brown, equipment/sound manager/bus driver; and Terry Foster, Associate WebMaster & Roadie. The Southern Plainsmen have fifteen albums to their credit. 1984 saw the release of the group's first single, Headed Home, which received extensive air-play from radio stations across the country. Chronologically, the albums are: ON THE BATTLEFIELD (1979), EVEN WINDS WHISPER HIS NAME (1980), LOOKING UP (1980), BACK TO THE BASICS (1982), HEADED HOME (1984), ONE DAY AT A TIME (1985), NEXT TIME (1986), DECADE (1988), GOD MADE A WAY (1991), I KNOW A MAN WHO CAN (1992), CELEBRATION OF MEMORIES (1993), A BRIDGE IN TIME (1994), SIGN ME UP (1995), THE NARROW PATH OF LIFE (1997), REFLECTIONS (1999) which features the title cut and others by members of the group. In 1998, their twentieth year in the ministry, THE SOUTHERN PLAINSMEN were appointed "Louisiana’s Ambassadors of Goodwill" by Governor Mike Foster. This is an honor not taken lightly by THE SOUTHERN PLAINSMEN. They are proud of their Christian heritage, proud to be American and proud of the State and Communities from which they hail.The Southern Plainsmen have shared the stage with such groups as The Southern Envoys, The Cathedral Quartet, The Singing Americans, The Florida Boys, Rex Nelon, The Le Fevres, The Dixie Echoes, The Nations, Wendy Bagwell and The Sunlighters, The Hinsons, The Mc Kameys, The Mc Gruders, Charles Johnson and The Revivers, The Pfeifers, Perfect Heart, Terry and Susan Davis, Jeff and Sherry Easter, The Steeles, The Kingsmen, Gold City, James Blackwood and the Blackwood Quartet, J.D. Sumner and the Stamps, The Martins, The Inspirations, and the Cecil Blackwood Quartet.

Group Members Marcelle Slaughter - TenorShawn Masters - LeadBuddy Gibson - BaritoneChad James - BassTracy Brown - Sound

Location Hornbeck, LA - USA

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