I closed the Bass Bracket first round voting this morning. The response was back up to the levels of the Lead and Tenor Brackets. Thanks for the participation! There were no major upsets here, with one possible exception.
George Younce dominated like only his colleague of 35 years did, beating Gerald Williams 72-3.
Armond Morales and Brock Speer really tightened up at the end, but the smooth Morales held off Speer, 38-36.
In what may be considered a slight upset, Kingdom Heir Jeff Chapman edged former Kingdom Heir Eric Bennett 39-35.
J.D. Sumner maintained a double-digit lead all the way, defeating Glenn Dustin 43-31.
Big Chief easily bested his contemporary, London Parris, 52-22.
Mike Holcomb won impressively over Ray Dean Reese, 45-29.
Tim Duncan edged the elder statesman Rex Nelon, 40-35.
Tim Riley dominated Ed O’Neal, 64-10.
After one complete round, here are the top 10 most dominant individuals, by percentage of votes:
Glen Payne – 98.7%
George Younce – 96.0%
Mark Trammell – 89.2%
Tim Riley – 86.5%
Chris Allman – 74.4% (13 seed)
Jay Parrack – 73.1%
David Sutton – 72.7%
Mark Lowry – 72.7% (13 seed)
Ernie Haase – 71.6%
Big Chief – 70.3%
Here are the groups with the most first round wins (with their first round win-loss records)
Cathedrals: 6-2
Gold City: 5-3
Kingsmen: 4-5
Singing Americans: 4-3
Greater Vision: 4-0
Weatherfords: 4-0
Kingdom Heirs: 3-4
Gaither Vocal Band: 3-1
Ernie Haase & Signature Sound: 3-0
Other groups with four or more entrants were the Statesmen (2-5 record), Triumphant (2-2), the Blackwood Brothers (1-3), and the Masters V (1-3).
Individuals who are actively touring with a major group or solo (yes, subjective) were 21-11 in the first round.
Individuals who were at their “peak” of popularity prior to 1975 (kinda subjective again), were 3-10.
Individuals who were seeded 12, 13, 14, or 15 in their 16-singer bracket were an impressive 8-8 over their higher seeded counterparts.
Here is a link so you can see the actual bracket as it stands right now! (It’s a scanned pdf…pardon the handwriting!)
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