NJR Digital December 2023 Magazine

Cover Artist of the month
Down East Boys
SINCE THEIR INCEPTION IN 1985,
THE DOWN EAST BOYS HAVE BEEN
MAKING GREAT MUSIC. A
MAINSTAY IN THE GOSPEL
INDUSTRY, THEIR NAME IS
SYNONYMOUS WITH CLASSIC
QUARTET HARMONY AND SONGS
THAT HAVE STOOD THE TEST OF
TIME. THOUGH THEIR TENURE AS A
LEADING QUARTET SPANS SEVERAL
DECADES, THEIR MUSIC REMAINS
RELEVANT AND THEIR NAME IS
CONSISTENTLY AT THE TOP OF THE
RADIO SINGLES CHART. DESPITE
THEIR SUCCESS AND THE MANY
ACCOLADES THAT HAVE COME
THEIR WAY, THEIR GOAL REMAINS
THE SAME AS IT WAS WHEN THEY
STARTED—TO TAKE THE GOSPEL OF
JESUS TO ALL THE WORLD.
BARITONE CAYDEN HOWELL, AND
BASS ALEX UTECH. THIS GROUP OF
MEN CONTINUES TO THRILL AND
INSPIRE AUDIENCES ALL ACROSS
NORTH AMERICA. WHILE THEIR
NAME DEPICTS THE AREA OF
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA FROM
WHICH THEY ARE BASED, THE
DOWN EAST BOYS HAVE NO
BOUNDARIES ON WHERE THEY ARE
WILLING TO TAKE THEIR MUSIC.
LEAD VOCALIST RICKY CARDEN
JOINED THE GROUP IN 1990 AT THE
YOUNG AGE OF 19. HE BECAME THE
OWNER IN 1994 AND, UNDER HIS
MANAGEMENT, THE GROUP HAS
CONTINUED TO THRIVE. HE IS
JOINED BY TENOR DOUG PITTMAN,
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MUSICALLY, THIS GROUP HAS GIVEN
GOSPEL MUSIC MANY TREASURED AND
POPULAR SONGS. EARLY IN THEIR
CAREER, THEIR SINGLE