THE DEE ZONE
THE FANS'SITE FOR ALL THE DEE-NO-MITES!!!!
BRANSON'S BEST QUARTET
WELCOME TO THE NEW SOUTH PAGE HERE AT THE DEE ZONE!! HERE, YOU WILL FIND INFORMATION ON THE MEMBERS OF NEW SOUTH, AND ALSO LEARN ABOUT THEIR GREAT RECORDINGS. ENJOY!!!!
ABOUT NEW SOUTH....
JIMMY PONDER-A TRUE TO LIFE BRANSON ENTERTAINER.
JIMMY PONDER SANG TENOR IN NEW SOUTH, FROM DECEMBER, 2002, TO DECEMBER, 2005, AND IS A BRANSON FAVORITE. HE HAS SERVED AS EMCEE FOR THE "GRAND JUBILEE" MUSIC SHOW, WHILE HIS LOVELY WIFE, DIANA SERVED AS FEMALE VOCALIST. HAVING SANG IN QUARTETS, THE BRANSON BROTHERS, & PIERCE ARROW, HE IS A GREAT TALENT IN BRANSON.
DEE ALLEN
-FOLLOWING HIS FATHER'S STEPS
DEE ALLEN IS A VERY GREAT SINGER, AND ENTERTAINER. HE CAME TO BRANSON IN 2002, AND JOINED THE SHOW, "GRAND JUBILEE", AND SANG WITH THE SHOW UNTIL DECEMBER 2005, AS PART OF THE QUARTET, "NEW SOUTH". HAVING BEEN THE FRONT MAN OF HIS OWN BAND, TALL DARK STRANGER, FOR MANY YEARS, HE HAS WON THE HEARTS OF YOUNG, AND OLD ALIKE, WITH HIS TALENTS, IN BRANSON. COMING FROM A VERY MUSICAL, AND INCLINED FAMILY, HIS MOTHER, NORAH LEE, IS A BACK-UP VOCALIST WITH THE CAROL LEE SINGERS, ON THE GRAND OLE OPRY. FATHER, DUANE, IS THE LEAD SINGER, FOR HOT COUNTRY QUARTET, THE OAK RIDGE BOYS. SISTER, JAYMIE, IS ALSO A VERY TALENTED SINGER, AND APPEARS ON HIS LATEST SOLO CD, "PROMISED LAND: THE BRANSON COLLECTION".
TREY WILSON-THE "JOE BONSALL" OF NEW SOUTH....
A NATIVE OF JOAQUIN, TEXAS, TREY WILSON JOINED THE "GRAND JUBILEE" MUSIC SHOW IN MID 2003. HAVING BEEN DESCRIBED AS THE "JOE BONSALL" OF NEW SOUTH, FANS HAVE SAID THAT HE HAS THE SAME AMOUNT OF ENERGY AS THE 56 YR OLD TENOR WITH THE OAK RIDGE BOYS. WILSON NOTES THAT HE LOVES SPORTS, AND ACTUALLY WANTED TO PURSUE IT AS A CAREER. AMONG HIS MANY INFLUENCES, ARE NEW SOUTH BASS SINGER, MARK McCAULEY, AND THE OAK RIDGE BOYS.
MARK McCAULEY-"THE PHENOMENAL BASS VOICE OF BRANSON"
NATIVE OF TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA, MARK McCAULEY HAS BEEN PERFORMING IN BRANSON, SINCE 1984. HE HAS WORKED WITH SUCH NOTABLES AS WALLY FOWLER, THE SINGING FOWLERS, LORETTA LYNN, MEL TILLIS, FORMER QUARTETS, THE TENNESEE VALLEY BOYS, AND BRANSON!, AND MANY MORE. ALSO, HE HAS BEEN TWICE-VOTED FAVORITE BASS SINGER IN BRANSON. DUBBED "THE PHENOMENAL BASS VOICE OF BRANSON, MISSOURI, HE HAS RECORDED TWO ALBUMS, A COUNTRY PROJECT, "CLASSICS", AND HIS LATEST GOSPEL RELEASE, "FROM ONE FATHER TO ANOTHER. HE, AND WIFE, DONEL, HAVE A SON, JACOB, AND ARE THE HOSTS OF THE KITEHOUSE BED AND BREAKFAST IN HOLLISTER, MISSOURI. FOR MORE INFO ON MARK, VISIT HIS WEBSITE @ MARKMCCAULEY.COM
MUSIC.....
DURING THEIR DAYS IN BRANSON, NEW SOUTH RECORDED TWO GREAT PROJECTS FOR RSI MUSIC GROUP, WITH PRODUCER, DAVID PONDER(JIMMY'S BROTHER). "SOMEBODY MUST BE PRAYING FOR ME", IS A GREAT COLLECTION OF GOSPEL SONGS DONE AS ONLY NEW SOUTH CAN SING THEM. IT WAS ALSO AWARDED THE HIGHEST RATING EVER FOR AN ALBUM BY THE SINGING NEWS MAGAZINE, A TRIPLE A RATING.
"IT'S A GOOD THING", A COUNTRY PROJECT, FEATURES SOME OF THE ALL-TIME GREATEST SONGS IN COUNTRY MUSIC, SUNG IN POWERFUL 4 -PART HARMONY. INCLUDED IN THIS PROJECT ARE SONGS SUCH AS, "BRING BACK THE SUNSHINE", "IT'S A GOOD THING", "WOKE UP IN LOVE", AND MORE. THE PROJECTS WERE SOLD DURING THE "GRAND JUBILEE" SHOW IN BRANSON.
YOUR WEBMASTER WITH MEMBERS OF NEW SOUTH...
DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS IN BRANSON, I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET, & BEFRIEND THREE OF NEW SOUTH'S MEMBERS. HERE I AM WITH TREY WILSON, DEE ALLEN, AND MARK McCAULEY, RESPECTIVELY. THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES, GUYS!!!!
IN HONOR OF THE OAK RIDGE BOYS!!!!
BACKGROUND MUSIC: "ELVIRA"
NOTE: THIS PAGE IS PROUDLY DEDICATED TO ONE OF BRANSONS' HOTTEST, AND COOLEST QUARTETS TO HAVE EVER GRACED A BRANSON THEATER STAGE. NEW SOUTH. SPECIAL THANKS TO JIMMY, TREY, DEE, AND MARK, FOR THREE WONDERFUL YEARS OF THAT POWERFUL 4-PART HARMONY. THANKS ALOT, GUYS. YOU'RE THE BEST!!!!