Ehwmatt wrote:JRNYMAN wrote:Seen 'em 6 or 7 times in the past 5 years (wife's favorite band) and they never cease to deliver a fantastic show. You'll be hard pressed to find a classic rock band that harmonizes as well as they still do. What I still find hard to believe is that they produce such a full "big" vocal sound live with KC on leads and just Amato and Hall providing the backing vocals - (although it would be surprising if they weren't providing a little bit of orchestration via pre-recorded, mixed-in vox.) Even so, they still bring it and they still sound great!
I actually think their harmonies are the real deal, or at least they were as of a few years ago. Check out the XM Sessions DVD they included with the Find Your Own Way Home CD. You can hear them practice the Roll With The Changes harmony before they start and make some adjustments. Pretty impressive. See here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBadNvkmjtY
Yup, that's the real deal for sure as is their Sound Stage performance(s). The only reason I even mentioned the possibility of them using additional backing vox is due to the fact that it is almost surreal how "full" Amato and Hall's vocals are it just seems like there has to be more coming from somewhere.
But, that can also be achieved with the expertise of an awesome sound engineer, decades of practice and the best sound system money can buy - which they obviously have so....... The 2 songs that just blow me away every time I hear them performed live are Keep On Lovin' You & Time For Me to Fly - especially the acapella part where they belt out "Time for me to fly...." always in perfect harmony and such a big, big sound.
