God Has Provided: Catching Up With the
Mark Trammell Quartet
By Justin Gilmore Mark Trammell is a legendary figure in this field and has one of the most recognizable baritone voices with a clear and smooth tone. Trammell, an artist many consider one of the greatest quartet men of his time, has graced the Southern gospel stage for over forty years and shows no sign of slowing down. He has sung with many great groups including the Senators, the Kingsmen, the Cathedrals, Greater Vision, Gold City, and now his own group, the Mark Trammell Quartet. God has provided this stellar quartet with the opportunity to travel the world and spread his message of hope and grace to all who will listen. Mark Trammell is a man of God and his decision to form his own group was not made out of a desire to make his own name famous, but God’s. Trammell says, “While I was with Greater Vision, God had given me a call to preach the gospel as well as sing it. I left Greater Vision and went to Gold City because they didn’t sing much on Sundays, which gave me the ability to go and
preach on that day. When Gold City began to sing more on Sundays, it became evident that the only way to fulfil both calls of God on my life was the freedom to set my own schedule. That led to the formation of the Mark Trammell Trio in 2002. In 2010, we added a bass singer and became the Mark Trammell Quartet. The major reason for turning the trio to a quartet was to help perpetuate the craft I had given my life too, and to present every aspect of pure gospel quartet music to the best of my - our - ability.” Since 2016 (the last time the group was featured here), the quartet has gone through a few changes. 2017 saw the addition of Trevor Conkle as the group’s pianist. The young talent previously served as pianist for The Hoppers for several years beginning in 2014. Conkle cites quartet music as his first love and was thrilled to join the group. In September of 2019, Dixie Echoes’ tenor Stephen Adair joined the group following the departure of Blake Buffin. In his short time with the
