Jeff Sneed, Lennis Williams, Tim Eaton and Mike Rich – all members of the Glory Bound quartet – appear on the cover of an album in the group’s early days.
(JEFF SNEED)
GLASGOW — The Glory Bound Quartet, a music group founded in Barren County, will host a New Year’s Eve concert to commemorate their founding 40 years ago.
The group began in 1982 after three young men graduated from Barren County High School, a social media post said. The fourth member was still in high school. The original group consisted of Jeff Sneed, Lennis Williams, Tim Eaton and Mike Rich.
“The guys began with great success of traveling many dates and proved to be a union ordained of God by the many lives that were touched through the Spirit in song,” Sneed said in a Facebook post.
The group eventually evolved into the modern-day Sneed Family, which primarily consists of Sneed’s wife and children. The members of Glory Bound eventually traveled onto separate paths.
This year’s performance could be the group’s last reunion singing with all of the original members. Rich, the original bass singer, has recently discovered he has an inoperable cancerous tumor on his voice box, the post said. He is expected to undergo radiation treatments beginning in January 2023.
“I have sung in a group for 40 years and if the Lord chooses for me to not be healed I want to end my singing with the guys I first started with,” Rich said in a prepared statement.
The concert will be held at the Barren County High School auditorium the evening of Dec. 31. It is expected to begin at 6 p.m. and is free to attend.
