That was back right after Mike Tyson bit Evander Holyfield's ear in a boxing match. FRED did that gag in the set the previous day. The lead got "mad" at the tenor and bit his ear. So the tenor wore a band-aid on it.
Having watched their rise from the beginning it the Dixie District, the best answer we ever got was it stands for FRED! A comedy quartet of four really enthusiatic dudes that sing fanasticaly well. Three of them sang together in various other comedy quatets before the bass joined them. They have always been very entertaining. Wally Stewart
I had the privilege back in 2008 to sing Tenor in a polecat with FRED at a teacher's convention they performed at! I approached the bass after the show and told him I was a barbershop director and we went into the foyer to find the other guys so we could sing together. I held my own really well but I was panicking that I would screw it up!! What a great bunch of guys!
I got to sing tenor in a tag with them at a teacher's convention they sang for back in 2008. Man, I've never been so nervous in my life. Ha ha! 'Sweet and Lovely' actually! What an awesome experience!
They should have won that year :D but I don´t regret that, because otherwise, they wouldn´t have shown us their extraordinary performance next two years...
That's how I feel about them, Gas House Gang and Keepsake. Keepsake totally should've won in '91 and GHG in '92, but, since they were both robbed of the title in those years, they came back with even better material.
That first song just shows their incredible talent. They manage to hit every note and blend perfectly, with perfect choreography, and also keep things hilarious without laughing once.
@bbstenor419 It appears that earlier in the show, he lost a bit of it. Now whether this is a parody of Mike Tyson's antics or supporting tomfoolery from an earlier part of the show, I don't know.
When did Mike Tyson bite Holyfield?On June 28, 1997, Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield fought in Las Vegas in one of the most anticipated rematches in heavyweight boxing history. Holyfield was the defending world champion after he had shocked Tyson seven months earlier in an 11th-round knockout.
In 1997 when they were competing in Atlanta GA, the entire final quartet session was delayed because it was the 4th of July and there were fireworks going off in the Olympic Village ( from 1996). That is what the joke refers to, this amazing quartet adlibbed that line while waiting backstage for their turn to sing.
@@otownsoundchorus That is totally incorrect. I was at this performance, and a member of the performing Big Chicken Chorus. It WAS the 4th of July, but it was in Indianapolis. Literally, the contest took a break and encouraged the audience to go outside and watch the fireworks in downtown. FRED appeared after the break.
