The Anchormen Quartet was started in 1979. During their ministry they have released dozens of albums and traveled throughout the united states. The anchormen traveled as a quartet until 2019, however they are currently traveling as a Trio. There are many people who have traveled with the Anchormen. Some well known names including Bryan Elliott who played piano for the group for many years before playing for The Perrys and Gold City. Steve Ladd sang tenor for several years before beginning to travel with Gold City. He later began signing as a soloist and then later started to travel with The Old Paths.
Terry Carter is also a well known name from the Anchormen. He traveled as Baritone from 1979 - 1997 and then returned again in 2010 and stayed until 2017 when he left to form his own group, Port City Quartet. Look over the list of group members below and I am sure you will see names that you recognize.
The Anchormen have been an inspirational group for four decades and have become personal friends with the admin team here at Southern Gospel Classics.
Tenor
Ron Crawford: 1979-1984
Benny Blackburn: 1984-1987
Tony Jarman: 1980-1982
David Walker: 1987-1990
David Sutton: 1990-1991
Buddy Cummins: 1992
Brian Routh: 1992-1996
Steve Ladd: 1997-2004
Michael Hayes: 2004-2006
Alex Woolard: 2006
Karl Rice: 2006-2013
Josh Harrell: 2013-2014
Derrick Boyd:2014-2015; 2017-2019
Chris Jenkins: 2015-2017
Wesley Smith: 2019-2020
Chuck Pettyjohn: 2020-Present
Bass
Gary Burdett: 1979-1983
Jody Medford: 1989-1990
Larry Stewart: 1991
Jeff Chapman: 1991-2000
Aaron McCune: 2000-2003
David Hester: 2003
Will Lane: 2003-2006; 2014-2017
Jon Hall: 2006-2007; 2019
Paul Harkey: 2008-2012
Randy Byrd: 2012
Chris Serlick: 2013-2014
Baritone
Terry Carter: 1979-1997; 2010-2017
Ricky Wilhide: 1997-1998
John Stemburg: 1998-2000
Ron Rice: 2000
Chad Smith: 2000-2006
GW Southard: 2006-2007
Robbie Noorwood: 2007-2008
Michael Bartlett: 2008-2010
Nathan Potts: 2017
Scott Mullins: 2017-2019
Connor Bost: 2019-2020
Chris Little: 2020-Present
Lead
Benny Smith: 1979-1983
Biney English: 1984-1991
David Hill: 1991-1993
Dale Forbes: 1993-1995; 2010-2012
Kevin McCaw: 1997
Rickey Wilhide: 1996-1997
Phillip Hughes: 1997-2001, 2015-2017
Dwayne Coppedge: 2003-2004
Brad Weeks: 2004
Corey Wilson: 2001-2003; 2013-2014
Greg Tartt: 2004
Jason Funderburk: 2004-2006
Keith Castevens: 2006-2010
Chip Pullen: 2012-2013
Jamie Caldwell: 2014-2015
Ronnie Bright: 2017-2019
Chris Quinney: 2019-2020
Nathan Potts: 2020 - 2020