Singing Bass for The Dan Keeton Quartet is:
Rick Grey from Morristown, TN
He was born in 1957, He sang his first song, "I Am His Child" when he was 3 years old, then started singing quartet style when he was 6, in a family quartet "The Grey Family"
Through the years, he has learned to play Piano, Guitar and Bass. In his younger years, he sang tenor, lead, or baritone but always wanted to sing bass.
Around 1999 Rick sang with Divine Purpose from Kingsport TN.
In 2000 Rick met Dan Keeton, while doing solo work. Dan asked Rick why was he singing other parts besides bass, because when Rick talked, the ground under their feet rumbled.
For three years Rick sang bass with Dan and Nancy Keeton in their trio The Keeton Family.
In May of 2007, He started with the Abundant Grace Quartet. and doing a little solo work
Rick has an online chat ministry, but enjoys quartet singing tremendously. Rick's main purpose for his work for the Lord is to see souls saved, and helping people bring their needs to Jesus.
We are excited to have Rick. His dedication and sense of drive to do this is unmatched in this music. I've never met another person that is as down to earth as Rick. I joy to know, and comforting to have around. A great addition to this quartet. When you see and meet Rick Grey, you'll know first hand why we are glad to know him.
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Singing Baritone for the Dan Keeton Quartet is:
Chris Little from Griffithsville, WV
Chris Little started playing the piano by ear at the age of four. On November 22, 1982, he gave his life to Jesus Christ and within a couple of weeks sang his first song (The Old Rugged Cross)
Growing up in the hills of West Virginia hearing such gospel greats as Squire Parsons, Ernie Phillips and Conrad Cook, he looked forward every year to going to the New Year's Eve sing in Charleston, WV. Their influence convinced him, the desire within his heart, was God's plan for him.
This desire to play and sing grew until he decided it was time to start taking lessons and learn how to give the talent that God had given him back in the very best way he could.
Chris started his own gospel group at the age of eleven, called The Born Again Children. He continued his training by taking music theory and studying classical piano and voice, even through his college years.
By joining a group called The New Creations, he had the opportunity to play for Tommy Parsons, Squire's brother. There he learned a lot about southern gospel and was able to apply what he had learned classically to the music he was now singing and playing.
Later he was recruited by The Faithmen Quartet, under Morning Star Records, giving Chris the chance to travel across the country and play piano.
He was then brought on board The Prophets Quartet as the piano player. Within a few months of playing, he was asked to take the baritone position for the group.
What is Chris Little like?
"When I am not on the road singing, I enjoy spending my time camping with my son, Daniel Christian, and daughter, Alli Faith. They are the two loves of my life and they make me happy when skies are gray."
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Singing Alto for the Dan Keeton Quartet is:
Nancy Nunley Keeton
At 6 months old little Nancy Nunley was rushed to the hospital in Marion, Oh. She had Black measles in her lungs and was not expected to live past morning. Early the next morning, the doctor came to her mom and dad and said, "she's gone". Somewhere in Ohio, there's a preacher today, who tells the story of going into the Marion hospital, praying for an infant girl and she lived, when the doctor said, "she's gone".
At the age of 5, Nancy Lived in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, where every week, Daddy loaded all 6 kids in the station wagon and went to Church. There Nancy sang with her family as "The Nunley Sisters"
At 7 years old, she lived in an old farm house. On New Years Eve afternoon, Mom was baking for the all night service. When a chimney fire consumed the house and burned it down, as little Nancy ran out in the snow, in her night gown and no shoes on.
After a year, the family moved to Rush Ky, where Nancy found inspiration on WEMM Radio in Huntington, WV. Every Saturday at noon, "The Gospel Greats" with Paul Heil came on the air! Wow! singing along with Gold City, "In My Robe of White" and The Nelons "Come Morning". "Midnight Cry" became her favorite song of all time.
Nancy was influenced by these singers. How she wanted to be like them. So, at 15 years old she jumped at the chance to join The Kings Heirs from Huntington, WV and sang with them for three years
At the age 19, at college she met a young tenor singer named Dan Keeton, singing with the Veterans Quartet from Leitchfield, KY. One of their first dates was on a Friday night where Dan took her to a Veterans Quartet rehersal. According to Nancy, She just knew "that tenor singer was going to be somebody".
On June 10th 1989, Dan and Nancy were married, and the rest is history. After years of being on the road with other groups, Dan and Nancy started singing together in their trio, "The Keetons".
Nancy began nursing school in 1999 and graduated in 2004. She became a Registered Nurse specializing in Labor and Delivery. They then moved to Kinston, NC and Dan joined The Dixie Melody Boys
When Dan began his search for singers for his new quartet, part the the criteria was someone you could trust and get along with. "I found alot of great singers, but no one I could trust any more than Nancy. And to be completely honest, out of all the people I've met in Gospel Music over 27 years, there's no one I would rather travel and sing with than my best friend".
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Singing Tenor:
Dan Keeton from Rush, KY
At age 4, Dan Keeton would face his dad's alcoholism, the divorce of his parents, child abuse from a step-mother and a foster home.
at age 11, he moved to Kentucky where he found his Grandmother's box of gospel cassettes. On that first tape he heard Sister Vestal Goodman say that he could be one of God's children and be saved.
So when the tent was set up across the street from Grandma's house and they began playing some of this same music, Dan was compelled to go see. Not only did he see, but he found that Vestal was right, Dan gave his life to Christ that day.
Dan's Dad re-dedicated his own life and then traveled to Missouri returning with Dan's real mother and they were re-married again 3 days later! They then started a family singing group called "The Kings Kids".
At age 16, Dan joined The Veterans Quartet from Leitchfield, KY Later he was awarded the opportunity to perform for two weeks with The Speer Family and The Singing Americans before moving to Branson, Missouri. There he Joined the Blackwood Quartet and won First place in the Campbell's Ozark Country Jubilee Talent Competition. with a voice The Branson Country Review Magazine discribed as a "Rich and Pure Tenor Voice".
Being in great demand, Dan moved to Louisville, KY where he performed with The Impacts for 2 years and then to Sisseton, SD to perform as lead singer for Lowell Lundstrom Ministries Impact America Crusades.
During this time he was awarded as the Grand Prize Winner in the National Singers Contest conducted from Washington, DC.
Dan then returned to Branson, Missouri appearing at the Positive Country Theater for a season and his own show at The Settle Inn Resort Hotel before returning to Ashland, Kentucky to form The Keeton Ministry. That is where he was asked to fill in for Gold City.
In July of 2004, Dan moved to Kinston, North Carolina, joined the Dixie Melody Boys and was nominated as one of the top ten horizon Individuals of 2005.
Thru the years Dan has written songs recorded by several artist such as, The Palmetto State Quartet, Tony Gore and Majesty, The Wilburns and The McKameys.
Now in 2007, you'll find Dan Keeton on a journey, that is taking him around the world to tell a story of how a terrorized little boy became an American Tenor.
