About Beat Street

This quartet started singing together in January 2008. They made their debut on the Fremont Pathfinder's Annual Spring Show in March. Beat Street is all about the enjoyment of singing barbershop style. Our goal is to have fun and sing sing sing as often as we can. We are having a blast! Just let us sing for you and find out!

Ken Gaskin, Bari, has been a member of the Pathfinders for 13 years. He just can't get enough singing, he provides those magic notes in between all others that make the barbershop sound. Ken is a concrete contractor where he does commercial and residential flat work in the Fremont area. Ken is married to Barbie (a marriage made by Mattel!), and they have 5 really neat kids that have left the nest, leaving him more time to harmonize!

Greg Jones, Tenor, has been a member of the Pathfinders for 23+ years and this is his tenth quartet. (Hummm…either he can't decide who to sing with, or he's one hard guy to get along with). He sings the "high notes" no one else in the quartet can hit and "adds the sparkle" to their sound. He also sings in the church choir, plays hand bells in the bell choir, and plays drums in the Praise Band. When he's not singing or playing music, he repairs Musical Instruments with his wife, Nancy, at Schmitt Music Center. He and his wife live in Omaha, NE. They have one daughter.

Jeff Nelson, Bass, has been a member of the Pathfinders for 7 years now and this is also his first attempt at quartetting. Jeff adds "the foundation" to Beat Street's sound. He sings those wa-a-arm, lo-o-ow notes that Greg only dreams of hitting. Greg's been known to interrupt during a rehearsal of a song and say, "Wow! That's a good note, Jeff!" Of course, the quartet cannot continue singing after that. Jeff also sings in his church choir. Jeff has been employed at Valmont Industries in Valley, NE for 30 years. He and his wife, Kathy, live in Fremont, NE. They have two children out on their own.

Lee Cavner, Lead, has been a member of the Pathfinders for 7 years now and this is his second quartet. He's got a nice, bright melody voice which "punches through nicely" and gives the harmony parts "something to hang their hats on." When he's not singing, he runs his own business, Cavner Consulting Company. He and his wife, Traci, live in York, NE. Lee has one daughter from a previous marriage that still lives in Germany, two step-daughters, one still living at home and the other grown and on her own, and one step-son who lives in Missouri.