Buddy Bates
Biography
Buddy Bates performed with the Crownsmen Quartet Of Cincinnati. He also filled in for several months in 2019 and 2020 at the tenor position with the Blackwood Brothers while Wayne Little recovered from a heart attack.
In 2020, he replaced tenor Derrick Boyd with the Dixie Melody Boys. He remained with that group until their 2023 retirement, and began traveling with the Dixie Echoes following the departure of tenor Trenton Williamson.