The Association of Far Western District Champions


Member Bios

The following are members of the AFWDC. They all have won the Far Western District Championship, some more then once.

Here you will be able to see all the members, the quartets they won with and the part they sang in that quartet. Click on the member name for a biography of that member.

 Abbott, Brent
       Bonanza Four
1947
Tenor
 Adams, Ralph
       Bonanza Four
1947
Lead
 Adank, Bill
       Stage Four
1972
Tenor
 Albaum, Shelly
       Pacifica
1982
Tenor
 Anderson, Doug
       The 139th Street Quartet
1976
Tenor
 Anderson, Fred
       Bay Town Four
1958
Bass
 Arnold, Jim
       Crown City 4
1955
Bari
       Special Feature
1990
Lead
 Asolas, Jim
       Far Westerners
1967
Tenor
       Nightlife
1991
Bari
 Barclay, Steve
       Pacifica
1982
Bari
 Baughman, David
       Bay Town Four
1958
Tenor
 Beers, Peter
       Occidentals
1977
Bari
       Special Request
1983
Lead
 Benson, Marv
       Californians
1971
Lead
       Hi-Fidelity
2005
Bari
 Best, Barrie
       West Coasters
1954
Tenor
 Bird, Bob
       Forte Niners
1961
Tenor
 Black, Ron
       Great Western Timbre Co.
1986
Bass
 Blackhurst, Dick
       Verdugo Dons
1952
Tenor
 Bolles, Gary
       Great Western Timbre Co.
1986
Bari
 Bone, Norm
       Gaslight Harmony 4
1968
Bass
       Californians
1971
Bass
 Borton, Joe
       Crown City 4
1955
Bass
 Boyd, Gene
       Sidewinders
1962
Bari
 Boyle, Budd
       Four Staters
1948
Bari
       San Diego Seranaders
1950
Lead
 Bradshaw, Ted
       Western Continentals
1964
Lead
       Command Performance
1974
Lead
 Brown, Fraser
       Remember When
1980
Lead
       Standing Room Only
1992
Lead
       Applause
2000
Lead
       Musician's Choice
1988
Lead
       Freestyle
1999
Lead
       VocalEase
2007
Lead
       Late Show
2006
Bari
       OC Times
2004
Bari
 Cockrell, Bill
       West Coasters
1954
Bass
       Gala Lads
1960
Bass
 Cole, Brad
       Vintage Blend
1995
Bari
 Colville, Dayton
       Bonanza Four
1947
Bass
 Cox, Charlie
       Bunster Freely
1965
Tenor
 Crawford, Chuck
       Saints
1959
Lead
       Standing Room Only
1992
Bass
       Finale
2001
Bass
       VocalEase
2007
Bass
 Daniels, Joe
       Sidewinders
1962
Lead
       Special Feature
1990
Tenor
       Applause
2000
Tenor
       Q
2003
Tenor
       Late Show
2006
Tenor
 DeFrew, Clair
       Californians
1971
Tenor
 Dergan, Les
       Rhythm & Rhyme
1993
Bari
       Sam's Club
2002
Lead
       OC Times
2004
Lead
 DeZemplen, Max
       California Fever
1981
Bass
       Special Request
1983
Bass
       Vintage Blend
1995
Bass
 Diedrich, Terry
       Western Continentals
1964
Bass
 Dodd, Budd
       Sharpshooters
1956
Bari
 Dodge, Greg
       Command Performance
1974
Bass
 Dregne, Fred
       Pacificaires
1969
Bari
 Duvall, Harry
       Sacramento Statesmen
1953
Bari
 Eberhardt, Fred
       Westernaires
1949
Bass
 Elder, Bob
       Crown City Good Time Music Co.
1970
Bari
       Musician's Choice
1988
Tenor
       Rhythm & Rhyme
1993
Tenor
       Hi-Fidelity
2005
Tenor
 Fairchild, Jerry
       Sidewinders
1962
Tenor
 Ferguson, Royce
       Revival
1997
Tenor
       Hi-Fidelity
2005
Bass
       The Edge
2009
Bass
 Fritz, Bill
       Pacificaires
1969
Bass
 Galasso, Jim
       Musician's Choice
1988
Bari
 Garstang, David
       The Grand Tradition
1978
Tenor
       Western Union
1994
Tenor
 Gauger, Earl
       Pacifica
1982
Lead
 Gilstrap, Jack
       Sacramento Statesmen
1953
Bass
       GOTCHA!
1998
Bari
       Masterpiece
2008
Bari
 Graham, Paul
       Western Continentals
1964
Bari
 Gray Jr., Bob
       The Grand Tradition
1978
Bari
       The New Tradition
1984
Bari
 Gubbins, Don
       San Francisco Storm Door & Whale Oil Co.
1975
Lead
 Guthrie, Bruce
       Saints
1959
Bass
       Masterpiece
2008
Lead
 Hall, Dan
       Thermal-aires
1966
Bari
 Harding, Gary
       Golden Staters
1963
Tenor
 Harding, Jack
       Golden Staters
1963
Bari
 Harper, Bill
       Harmony Express
1973
Bari
       OC Times
2004
Bass
       Metropolis
1996
Lead
 Hemphill, Mike
       Pacificaires
1969
Tenor
 Henley, Pat
       Harmony Spectrum
1989
Bari
       Special Feature
1990
Bass
 Hodapp, Chet
       Four Staters
1948
Tenor
       San Diego Seranaders
1950
Tenor
 Holmquist, Dwight A
       Great Western Timbre Co.
1986
Lead
 Hopper, Chuck
       4 Bits of Harmony
1951
Lead
 Hosier, Russ
       Special Request
1983
Bari
       Q
2003
Bari
 Ilten, Jim
       Gentlemen Songsters
1979
Bari
 Johnson, Ernie
       Gaslight Harmony 4
1968
Tenor
 Johnson, Rik
       Musician's Choice
1988
Bass
       The Grand Tradition
1978
Lead
       The New Tradition
1984
Lead
 Keehan, Tom
       West Coasters
1954
Lead
       Gala Lads
1960
Lead
 Kenworth, Kurt
       Saints
1959
Bari
 Kidder, Aaron
       Kidder & Sons, Inc.
1987
Lead
 Kidder, Don
       Kidder & Sons, Inc.
1987
Bass
       Kidder & Sons, Inc.
1987
Bari
       Finale
2001
Bari
       VocalEase
2007
Bari
       Kidder & Sons, Inc.
1987
Tenor
       VocalEase
2007
Tenor
 Kimball, Curt
       Western Continentals
1964
Tenor
       Crown City Good Time Music Co.
1970
Bass
       The 139th Street Quartet
1976
Bass
 Knudsen, Curtis
       The Knudsen Brothers
1985
Tenor
 Knudsen, Jak
       The Knudsen Brothers
1985
Bass
 Knudsen, Kevin
       The Knudsen Brothers
1985
Bari
 Knudsen, Owen
       The Knudsen Brothers
1985
Lead
 Koch, Ken
       Gentlemen Songsters
1979
Tenor
 Lawton, Mike
       Western Union
1994
Bari
       Revival
1997
Bari
 Lees, Gordy
       Sharpshooters
1956
Bari
       Gala Lads
1960
Tenor
       Q
2003
Lead
 Lewellen, Richard
       Pacifica
1982
Bass
       Nightlife
1991
Bass
       Masterpiece
2008
Bass
       Late Show
2006
Lead
 Luehrsen, Ed
       Westernaires
1949
Tenor
 Machado, Don
       Sacramento Statesmen
1953
Lead
 Mansfield, Wayne
       San Francisco Storm Door & Whale Oil Co.
1975
Tenor
 Manthei, Bill
       Four Staters
1948
Bass
       San Diego Seranaders
1950
Bass
 Maslen, Travis
       Freestyle
1999
Tenor
 Mau, Al
       Remember When
1980
Tenor
 McClain, Galen
       Command Performance
1974
Bari
       Remember When
1980
Bari
 McColl, Bob
       Stage Four
1972
Bass
 McCosh, Jack
       Crown City Good Time Music Co.
1970
Lead
 McDaniel, Don
       Bay Town Four
1958
Bari
 McDonald, Tim
       California Fever
1981
Lead
       Rhythm & Rhyme
1993
Bass
       Metropolis
1996
Bari
 Meehan, Jim
       Golden Staters
1963
Lead
       Far Westerners
1967
Lead
       The 139th Street Quartet
1976
Lead
       Nightlife
1991
Tenor
       Masterpiece
2008
Tenor
 Merrill, Charlie
       Bonanza Four
1947
Bari
 Merry, Bill
       Far Westerners
1967
Bass
       Harmony Express
1973
Bass
       Gentlemen Songsters
1979
Bass
 Miller, Don
       Bunster Freely
1965
Bass
 Miller, John
       The New Tradition
1984
Bass
 Monks, Terry
       The Grand Tradition
1978
Bass
       Western Union
1994
Bass
 Montgomery, Dick
       4 Bits of Harmony
1951
Bari
 Moon, Earl
       Far Westerners
1967
Bari
       Hi-Fidelity
2005
Lead
       The Edge
2009
Tenor
 Morgan, Bruce
       Freestyle
1999
Bass
 Myers, William
       Revival
1997
Bass
 Neilsen, Richard
       Harmony Spectrum
1989
Lead
 Neushul, Pete
       Bunster Freely
1965
Lead
       The 139th Street Quartet
1976
Bari
 Nunez, Don
       4 Bits of Harmony
1951
Bass
       Special Feature
1990
Bari
 Panther, Dave
       Gala Lads
1960
Tenor
 Papageorge, Nick
       Occidentals
1977
Lead
       Sam's Club
2002
Bari
       The Edge
2009
Bari
 Parker, Earl
       Westernaires
1949
Bari
       Metropolis
1996
Bass
 Plumb, Don
       Verdugo Dons
1952
Bari
 Pluris, Len
       Four Staters
1948
Lead
 Poole, Don
       Thermal-aires
1966
Tenor
 Potter, Jim
       West Coasters
1954
Bari
       Sam's Club
2002
Tenor
 Powell, Jim
       Crown City 4
1955
Lead
 Pranspill, George 'Tiny'
       Westernaires
1949
Lead
 Pursglove, Charlie
       4 Bits of Harmony
1951
Tenor
 Rastatter, Charles
       Desert Knights
1957
Bass
 Reimer, Gerald
       Gaslight Harmony 4
1968
Bari
       The Edge
2009
Lead
 Richardson, Bob
       Forte Niners
1961
Bass
 Riddle, Jim
       Harmony Express
1973
Tenor
 Rivas, Hec
       Forte Niners
1961
Bari
 Rosica, Joe
       Thermal-aires
1966
Lead
       Metropolis
1996
Tenor
 Salz, Joe
       Desert Knights
1957
Lead
       Stage Four
1972
Lead
       Nightlife
1991
Lead
 Saylor, Dick
       Bay Town Four
1958
Lead
 Scholtz, Russ
       Desert Knights
1957
Bari
 Schultz, Elmer
       Sacramento Statesmen
1953
Tenor
 Senter, Mike
       Golden Staters
1963
Bass
 Sharpe, Stan
       Stage Four
1972
Bari
       Sam's Club
2002
Bass
 Sherburn, John
       Crown City Good Time Music Co.
1970
Tenor
       The New Tradition
1984
Tenor
 Sherman, Jim
       San Francisco Storm Door & Whale Oil Co.
1975
Bass
 Slonaker, Jud
       Sharpshooters
1956
Lead
 Smeds, Roger
       Great Western Timbre Co.
1986
Tenor
 Smith, Kevin
       Occidentals
1977
Bass
 Spencer, Mike
       Western Union
1994
Lead
       Revival
1997
Lead
 Staffen, Burt
       Californians
1971
Bass
 Stallings, Dub
       Verdugo Dons
1952
Bass
       Standing Room Only
1992
Tenor
       Finale
2001
Tenor
 Steinkamp, Lloyd
       Desert Knights
1957
Tenor
       Q
2003
Bass
       Late Show
2006
Bass
 Strange, Buford
       Verdugo Dons
1952
Lead
 Summers, Bob
       Gaslight Harmony 4
1968
Lead
       California Fever
1981
Bari
       GOTCHA!
1998
Tenor
 Thompson, Jim
       California Fever
1981
Tenor
 Tieberg, Bill
       San Francisco Storm Door & Whale Oil Co.
1975
Bari
 Turnmire, Jim
       Harmony Spectrum
1989
Bass
 Tyree, Neal
       Bunster Freely
1965
Bari
       GOTCHA!
1998
Lead
 Venuti, Chris
       Vintage Blend
1995
Tenor
 Voss, Dean
       Command Performance
1974
Tenor
 Walker, Russ
       Occidentals
1977
Tenor
       Special Request
1983
Tenor
 Wallace, Andy
       Freestyle
1999
Bari
       Rhythm & Rhyme
1993
Lead
       Finale
2001
Lead
 Wells, Rick
       Remember When
1980
Bass
       Applause
2000
Bass
 West, Rollo
       Saints
1959
Tenor
 White, Bill
       Forte Niners
1961
Lead
       Harmony Express
1973
Lead
       Gentlemen Songsters
1979
Lead
 White, Joe
       San Diego Seranaders
1950
Bari
 Whitener, John
       Vintage Blend
1995
Lead
 Wilcox, Brad
       Harmony Spectrum
1989
Tenor
 Williams, Woody
       Sharpshooters
1956
Bass
       GOTCHA!
1998
Bass
 Winn, Will
       Thermal-aires
1966
Bass
 Wirick, Tom
       Crown City 4
1955
Tenor
 Wissler, Rudy
       Pacificaires
1969
Lead
 Wright, Jay
       Sidewinders
1962
Bass
       OC Times
2004
Tenor
 Young, Russ
       Standing Room Only
1992
Bari
       Applause
2000
Bari