Riptide
Group members:
Tenor - Eric King is a proud member of the Stone Mountain Chorus and was the tenor of the 1994 Dixie District Champ Quartet, "Class of '94". As the father of twin boys, Alexander and Zachary, he stays very busy; but not as busy as his beautiful and talented wife, Cheri. Eric is an accomplished chorus coach, quartet coach and music arranger.
Lead - Tim Reynolds is a proud member of the Marietta Big Chicken Chorus and was the lead singer of the 1996 Dixie District Champ Quartet, "Bandstand". In July 2001, Tim and his wife, Amy, became proud parents of triplets. Tim is currently working as a Chief Engineer for The Home Depot. Tim is an accomplished chorus and quartet coach in the Southeast US.
Baritone - Richard Lewellen is the director of the Birmingham, AL Metro chorus. Richard is a two time District Champion singing bass in "Pacifica" (1982) and lead in "Atlanta Power Co" (1993). Richard travels all around the US as a men's and women's chorus and quartet coach.
Bass - Jeff Selano is a proud member of the Marietta Big Chicken Chorus and is a four-time District Champion bass (Canada's "Highfallutin!", and the Dixie District's "Talk of the South", "Bandstand", and "Riptide"). Jeff is a Doctor of Chiropractic and father of 2. Jeff is a Certified Singing Judge and also coaches quartets and choruses throughout the US and Canada.
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Fit As A Fiddle / For Me and My Gal Medley You're the Girl I Love Apple Blossom Time Put Me To Sleep Let the Rest Of the World Go By Chordbusters March / It's A Brand New Day Medley Love's Old Sweet Song And So It Goes Almost Like Being In Love Beautiful Savior Misty (with Crystal Clear) Blue Skies I'll Forget You Sweet Sweet Spirit Wonderful World |
If you haven't heard them before the first aspect of Riptide's
second recording which will transfix you is the lenticular imagery (two different
images emerge depending on the angle at which you hold and view the CD) created
between the special CD case and the liner notes themselves! Then you dive into
the music and right away are stunned. The perfect intensity of the opening chords
leaves your mouth hanging. If you are lucky it will close just in time to drop
open once again, in awe of the amazing chord changes in their rendiditon of
Jay Giallombardo's arrangement of "You're the Girl I Love." Who are these guys,
you wonder?! Well they are Atlanta's own Jeff Selano - bass, Richard Lewellan
- baritone, Eric King - tenor, and Tim Reynolds - lead. They formed Riptide
in the fall of 1997, formerly being participating members in the Big Chicken
Chorus, The Stone Mountain Chorus, and the Birmingham Metro chorus. Highlights
of their steady meteoric rise include 22nd in the world SPEBSQSA International
Competition in Atlanta in 1998. The 1999 Internationals saw them move halfway
up the ladder to aclaimed perfection as they placed 11th. Then in Kansas City,
Missouri in the 2000 SPEBSQSA International Finals they were the sixth best
in the world. Notice a trend here? When will they be crowned International Champions,
this year...next year? It's sure to be soon. This championship capacity is available
for you now on this wonderful album featuring fifteen contest and not-so-contest
songs including a beautiful version of Misty, sung with guest artists Crystal
Clear. Get this fabulous recording then you can nod wisely at these soon-to-be-champions
and say, "Yep, I knew it all along!"
| 5417 CD $14.98 |
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Keep Your Eye On The Girlie You Love Somebody Stole My Girl Put Me To Slep with An Old Fashioned Melody Cabin On A Hilltop Blue Skies Beautiful Savior Brown Eyes Their Hearts Were Full of Spring You're The Girl I Love Applause Peace I Leave With You |
Riptide is Eric King, tenor; Tim Reynolds, lead; Jeff Selano,
bass; and Dylan Oxford, baritone; and this is a live recording from the 4th
place finalists at the 2001 SPEBSQSA convention in Nashville. "Live!"is pure
barbershop entertainment, ten songs that tickle the funnybone and tug the heartstrings,
to the obvious delight of the audience. We have the very funny and poignant
â"Keep Your Eye On The Girlie You Love/ Somebody Stole My Gal Medley,"â"Put
Me To Sleep With An Old Fashioned Melody,"the nostalgic â"Cabin On A Hilltop,"the
classic â"Blue Skies,"the favorite hymn â"Beautiful Savior,"â"Brown Eyes,"the
touching â"Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring"and â"You're The Girl I Love,"â"Applause"and
closing with the lovely â"Peace I Leave With You."Beautiful harmonies by four
talented, good-looking men who we wouldn't be at all surprised to see wearing
SPEBSQSA gold medals!
| 5509 CD $14.98 |
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