the highway terror wrote:


That's ridiculous. The keyboard player isn't going anywhere. You must have grabbed that out of thin air. You must have typed that on the wrong thread

Keep Jeff and Sunshine.
In fact, pull a song or two from Jeff's Box Set catalogue and let him lead. He would blow away the audience. I can think of several of his songs that would fit.

i haven't really heard the back up singers to much.........they need to turn bobby's mic up.......some how the sound needs to be carried to the back top of the venues....the sound isn't heavy up there.......Jk's allright.....he needs a push with back ups......some more force, give the songs strength again.... he seems kinda shy and soft......which is nice.......I think Phil likes a girls up there....Joan and Susan..........

"she did Sunrise at RCMH Sunday night you goofballs " you goofball that wasn't sunshine who sang sunrise...no no no

Just to weigh in, I think the the singers fill in the sound nicely.

Phil sings well (I think) on the things he sings, but benefits from the background fill. So does Bob. I personally think that part of the reason these guys like this band is that the vocals are distributed. Let's face it, they are not 20, 30, or 40, and have spent- especially Bob - decades fronting vocals. Having some harmony behind them is both a nice touch musically and probably makes for a more gentle evening for them (and thus for US).

Not all change is good, but a lot of it actually IS.

I really like the back-up singers. I have a disc of GD songs done by Reggae artists, and I think it's Marcia Ball that does Row Jimmy so very beautifully. I'd like to hear Sunshine sing that one, reggae style. And I'm always down for some Motown!

That version of Row Jimmy is great, I have that Cd and wouldn't mind hearing the boys give that sound a try..a little dub jam here and there, too, perhaps..I always wondered why they don't do tunes by the other Bob....Marley...seems like a fit for them in world view, political stance..tunes like So Much Trouble or Get up Stand Up are right there with the Motown stuff like the mentioned Whats Goin On? in the true GD Speedway Boogie, Morning Dew, Throwing Stones tradition.

If you get a chance to listen to Time from the Fox show, get back to me and tell me you think Furthur doesn't benefit from some singing backup. Jeff and Sunshine ROCKED it. Shoulda sung the Breathe reprise too, just saying......

Jeff and Sunshine, I love you both!

Right on Scarlet Fire. : )

ScarletFire wrote:


yeah they fucking nailed eclipse too, and it's hard to imagine furthur even tackling abbey road without them. they've really started to mesh and fit in way better than last summer.

The Beatles covers wouldn't work without the backup vocals
Because is a good example
Candyman from Fairfax VA is another song they rocked
their addition pretty much stopped all the controversy over who sings what that surrounded early furthur
In some ways I think it was a shortcut
and sometimes I think the harmonies muddle the vocals, there is to much going on
there is no way furthur should ditch them, just figure out how to best use them
and get the best fucking sound guy working the best fucking sound system on the fucking planet
whooooo... cant wait for summer!

I would love to hear Sunshine sing Magnolia Mountain or Althea.