Turns out Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs fame can sing pretty well. He was named Honorary Life Member of the Barbershop Harmony Society. He gives some credit for his show business career to the influence of his high school choir teacher, Fred King, who happened to be a champion Barbershop quartet singer. Mike Rowe went on to sing in the Baltimore Opera as well.

 

Take a listen to him singing with the 2016 champions Forefront. He is a credible Bass singer and quite the "ham" as well.

 

 

Here's the full story and you can actually link to a tribute Mike did to Fred King when Freddie died.

 

Mike Rowe named Honorary Life Member of Barbershop Harmony Society | Barbershop Harmony Society

Edited July 11, 20179 yr by oldgrappler

Great background story too. Thanks for sharing.

Big fan of Mike Rowe. Multi-talented.

Listen to Rowe's tribute to his high school choir teacher and Barbershop champion, Fred King. He attributes King with changing the trajectory of his life. King is a man he greatly admires.

 

It's one of his podcasts:

 

http://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/7/7/9/77918e3c63b9c908/Bonus_Episode_64__Its_Good_To_Be_The_King.mp3?c_id=15936121&expiration=1499874293&hwt=08dc829a5273fb2003637f598e444bf5

He did opera at one point too

^ Noted in the first post. (pun intended)