Biographies of the members of The Accords



Buddy Rhodes

Buddy is an accomplished Bassist and Banjo Player starting out playing the Banjo with the world-renowned Quaker City String Band out of South Philadelphia. Never losing sight of his true passion -- singing -- Bud sang second tenor for New Harmony in the early 90's until the inception of The Accords. Bud's true second tenor and lead voice holds the quality of the group's vocal skills intact. Bud is also the business manager for The Accords.



Bill Keith

Bill holds the baritone position in the group with his mellow tones that’s hard to beat. He truly is an asset to the vocals of The Accords. Bill sang with groups such as The Blendtones in 1957, The Students, Neighbor’s Complaint and Classic Harmony before joining The Accords in 2005. Bill co-hosted the R&B show with Charlie Horner on WXPN-FM for years. Bill also is the equipment manager for The Accords.



Lou Ferri

Lou has been singing since the early 60’s. His rich voice has graced such acapella albums as #3 & #4 produced by Relic Records. Lou puts our bass line in our vocals thus rounding out our sound for that full-bodied sound. Lou also is the group’s treasurer.



Lyb Brown

An accomplished trumpet player has graced the stage with his musical talents for many years. He joined The Accords in 2005 as their sound technician and after they reformed, joined the group in providing a smooth & mellow tone to their vocals and a falsetto that is hard to beat.



Pat Moschetto

Pat recently joined The Accords in 2007 as First Tenor/Lead. He brings over 30 years of experience singing New York street harmonies as well as being a church soloist. Pat was a member of such noted New York City Oldies/Doo Wop Groups, such as Déjà Vu, Keys to the City and Music Box, who opened shows for Johnny Maestro, Larry Chance, The Duprees and several other major Oldies groups. This talented First Tenor has also recorded on an original compilation CD written and produced by Eddie Brian, BAB Music.



John Lovelock

John started performing at 14 years old playing guitar with a local group in Brooklyn, NY in the late 50’s. In those days, every street corner & subway station had a group singing the latest doo wop songs. John has been performing in and around New York and North Jersey since the early years of doo wop. More recently, he was in a group called Nostalgia in Rhythm. John joined The Accords in 2007. John's inverted Baritone certainly rounds out The Accords.

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