From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)

Tri-City Messengers is a six-part a capella gospel group from the Benham-Lynch, KY, coal mining area. The members are Roy Wilson, Alfonson Sims, George Massey, Bennie Massie, Sanford Baskin, and Willis Bates; all but one of the men are retired coal miners.

For more about the group, see the DVD, A Beautiful Sound, by Pigeon Pie Films; and the group's performances on Rhythm of My Soul, a PBS Home Video, and More Than Music, by the Kentucky Historical Society.