John's voice

[Kevin O'Neal]

>Lowgens02
>John's voice
>
>>Kevin:
>>>>Still, perfect voice.  Impressed doesn't do it justice.
Blown away is more like it<<<<

>I was at the BB King shows in NYC a few days earlier for 4 shows in two 
>nights

I thought they played BB King *after* they played VT?
Steve was raving about the VT show all night, according to Bjorn who went to 
both (and Portland, ME).

>and was leaning on the stage for all of them.

I was *on* the stage!  So there!
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Ok, I wasn't on the stage.  But, I was leaning against it too.  Me bloody 
ears hurt!  I looked back several rows to see a friend of mine grimace in 
pain while holding his hands over his ear-plugged ears!

>I can tell you that John's voice
>was
>shot.

He left it all in VT!
The OX!
In VT!

>John liked to smoke and drink onstage so if he did all the singing it would
>of cut
>into it.

Yeah.  Ahhhh, the memory of us all taking a smoke break with John is one of 
my fondest.
And I don't even smoke!  But hey, when da man lights up and gives us all in 
the front row that smirk, ya got to follow suit.
To clarify, Steve had to just about *force* John to sing H&H.

>Once again,that's just my take on it from what I saw with my eyes from
>the front row for 4 shows in two nights.

I hear ya.  But, in VT, he sang H&H perfectly.  This whole "John's voice is 
shot and has been for a while" debate was raging originally a few months 
before the VT JEB show.  So, when he started to sing H&H, I purposely took a 
very analytical listen.
He passed with flying colors.
The first thing I said to Jeff House, Bjorn, and Christian Miller at the 
time was "to hell with what those guys were saying, his voice was spot on. 
They *all* agreed.

Sorry you saw shows where his voice was shot.
;-)

Love ya, Mike!

Kevin in VT