Golden Memories  SWD International Quartet Champions
The Innsiders
The Innsiders with Ken Litman singing tenor

One flighlight was the royal treatment they received in Salt Lake City by the demented Salt Flats quartet. Each member and spouse was given a beautiful suite at the hotel. It all seemed a bit too "normal" until they found four botfies of "welcome to Salt Lake City" champagne iced down in the toilet.
They were the headliners for the next
International Mid-winter convention held in
Orlando, FL. One could have asked them in San
Francisco.. 'You just won the International quartet
championship . . . what are you gonna do now?"
And they could have answered. . . "We're Goin' To
Disneyworld!!!!" . . . cause they did.
During this time they continued to rehearse twice a week and learn new songs. That led to their second record album in late 1977 called On Top Of The World. It included Runnin' Wild, Ten Girls Ago

 .and a favorite show tune, Dangerous Dan McGrew. They also recorded one side of an album for the society entitled Best Of Berlin (1978) highlighting the songs of Irving Berlin. Two other recordings were also released, The Way We Were (with Sikorsky
- late 1980), and T~ We Meet Again (with Litman and Erickson - 1982). Each of their records included a fine balance of uptunes, ballads and novelty songs which is one of the reason they're Still favorites of any collection.
Also in 1977 they traveled to Lubbock to tape a special TV show. It was entitled "That Old Barbershop Style", produced by Grady Kerr and syndicated for use around the country. Many chapters used the tape to promote the Society on their local TV stations.
They appeared the next year as outgoing champs at the International and as their swan song sang their "Swan-nee" Parody (customized from the OK 4's act). It was the story of the ugly duckling (pun intended) and perhaps somewhat auto-biographical. They had always considered themselves "four average barbershoppers" with only moderate musical backgrounds and only able to win it all with lots of helps from coaches and lots of hard work.
Over the next ten years the Innsiders would
evolve through three tenors, Jim Sikorsky (1979),
Ken Litman (1980), and Lloyd Erickson (1982). At
a reunion of the "Irinsiders Alumni Association in
1982 it was figured that the history of the Innsiders
covered nine different versions of the quartet and
13 members.
Their last show was in Berlin following the Salt Lake City convention in 1986 where they performed during a week long tour of Germany. The championship version last sang together for a Houston chapter installation banquet a few years ago.
The Innsiders Alumni Association
1968 - 1986
(listed: Tenor, Lead, Baritione, Bass)
November 1968 Johnny Wiggs John Devine Guy  McShan Dick Oury
February 1969 Johnny Wiggs John Devine Dick Oury Ken Pacetti
May 1969 Johnny Wiggs John Devine John Grosnick Jeff McNeeley
April 1971 Charlie Melton John Devine Guy McShan Jeff McNeeley
September 1971 Johnny Wiggs John Devine Guy McShan Tom Pearson
October 1971 Mike Cox John Devine Guy McShan Tom Pearson
April 1979 Jim Sikorski John Devine Guy McShan Tom Pearson
August 1980 Ken Litman John Devine Guy McShan Tom Peaarson
February 1982 Lloyd Ericksonn John Devine Guy McShan Tom Pearson

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