I didn't wanna disrespect John or Glenn or the family in anyway by using this video for views. So I made sure to not put his name in the title ,thumbnail or in tags. I didn't know him but I love John farnham as he's become one of my inspirations vocally so I definitely wanna pay my respects the correct way and not use his death for clicks and views ❤
Glenn Wheatley was a big force in the Australian Music industry. He was in his own band, Master’s Apprentices (bass guitar) and then moved on to manage Australian bands. He was John Farnham’s manager for a long time. He later managed Little River Band. Glenn discovered Delta when she was a teenager. He has been Best of friends with John for decades. He was married to Gaynor for 40 years.and has 3 children. He will be missed by many. Thank you for paying your respects even though you didn’t know him. That shows who you are as a person. Honouring him on John’s song. Thanks. Hugs from Australia ❤️❤️🐨❤️❤️
Also that was Lisa Edwards, backing vocals for John from 1988 -2020, just having fun messing around with the guitar and that was Jack Jones on guitar that John joined doing vocals. John was a massive fan of young Jack Jones and Jack played guitar and did vocals on John’s Chain Reaction tour. Cheers ❤️❤️🐨❤️❤️
Glenn was John’s manager for many years. He famously mortgaged his own house, so that he could produce John’s ‘comeback’ album, ‘Whispering Jack’, which contained ‘You’re the Voice’ and sold squillions. They have stuck together through thick and thin, only separated by Glenn’s sad death.
Poor John- the media going up to the window of his wife’s car and sticking a mike in her face and saying is John ok? And she’s like no he’s not ok!! Very distasteful of them to do that to his family during this time
@@Dr_KAP yeh that’s horrible. I saw one news report from a certain tv station where they said ‘Glenn leaves behind his wife and 3 children’… the photo they used with this statement was Glenn, his wife, and a teenage boy. I looked at the boy and immediately knew it was not Glenn’s son…. It was Robert Farnham…. Such poor journalism there. Anyone could easily google and see what Glenn’s son looks like and know what that wasn’t him 😐
The great thing about John Farnham concerts is that you can tell that everyone on the stage is having a total blast, there are no egos just friends having fun and bringing the audience along for the ride.
STEVE WILLIAMS ( sax/harmonica/vocals) - A member of the John Farnham band since 1990, Steve Williams is best known for his unforgettable harmonica playing on Farnham’s number 1 hit , ‘ Chain Reaction’. Steve has toured extensively throughout Australia, Europe, America and Asia with both Farnham and as part of Olivia Newton John’s band. He is currently a member of the Dancing With The Stars Orchestra. Peace out.
I was 10yo when my older brother bought the classic vinyl single... "Masters Apprentices - Turn Up Your Radio' /& It's Because I Love You''... was played to death on the turntable!!!!🥰
The guitarist he was singing with in the red is a musician by the name of Jack Jones. He was the lead singer of an Australian group called Southern Sons. Jack joined John's band at his request. When Jack Jones hit the airways for the first time, not seeing the song's video, people at first thought it was John Farnham singing. 'Hearts on Fire' is a song worth checking out.
You never forget being at a John Farnham concert, the fun they had on stage was real and infectious. John is funny and very unaffected by fame, all those on stage were friends throughout the touring years and after. You’d come away feeling that you’d been part of something great. He’d sing for hours and we’d sing with him. Miss you John and RIP Glenn.
Australians for the most part understand the huge contribution Glenn Wheatley made to the Australian music industry. So yes we are very saddened to learn of his passing. He was definitely up there as a legend in his own right. Many of our most successful artists, including John Farnham without Glenn’s guidance and clever management. Thanks for mentioning him so respectfully..
Glenn Wheatley also co-wrote some of the most wonderful original songs with John Farnham on his albums. Glenn was also well know in the industry for being in the 'Masters Apprentices' Australian band in the 70s. They also had many hits.
Did you see John and Jack Jones singing together? Their voices compliment each other amazingly! Harmonica was beyond brilliant! This was a great song! RIP Glen. Please play some Masters Apprentices especially Turn up your radio is a fitting tribute to a very astute manager! 🦘🦘🦘🦘
Nic, the wonderful Stevie Williams also plays the saxophone and you can see and hear him play on John’s concert version of “Touch of Paradise”. There’s just something about the way he plays - such a talented musician!
One of my earliest memories as a child was seeing John perform in outback Queensland on a Semi trailer. He and his amazing band certainly left me wide-eyed and in wonder as a six year old boy. 32 years later, he's still one of my all time favourites.
The Little River band is one of my favourites. John is one of many solo artists that joined the group. It consisted of a number of solo artist who came together .. some for a short time some for the long haul. John's time in the band was amazing as he is in everything he does. Wishing him a swift recovery, sending love from NZ.
John introduced the harmonic player as Steven Williams. You know you've been to see a master entertainer after a john farnham show it just blows you're mind.
Was out driving about an hour ago and Chain Reaction by Johnny Farnham came on the radio. Hadn't heard it for years and wondered if Dominic had covered it. Got home and see Dominic uploaded his reaction to Chain Reaction 13 mins ago. Hello Synchronicity department :)
Never got to meet Wheatly, but Jim Keays many times, because he was a patient (who gave me full permission to talk about our interactions). Singer, look up "It's because I love you (Do what you wanna do)" You will hear Wheatly's career with The Master's Apprentices. As Jim said to me, just before he died, and I had congratulated him on a Jeep advertisement featuring AFL/VFL legend Tommy Hafey (another friend of mine), "Yes Matt. That song's been very good to me over the years. Seen me through a lot of bad times".
Remember you covered John Farnhams song Angels with Lisa Edwards and his goofing around trying to make her laugh. That was her with the bass guitar and the other bloke coming up behind her to also play. They are much younger here.
John Farnham Band…… Angus Birchall ( Drums)….. Steve Williams ( Harmonica)….. Jack Jones( Electric guitar) …. Phil Buckle ( Acoustic guitar)….Wayne Nelson ( Bass)…. Lisa Edwards ( backing vocals)….. p.s …. Well said Glenn Wheatley managed so many Aussie Artists….Little River Band, Australian Crawl, Broderick Smith, Moving Pictures and of Course John…👍….. and was the Bass player in an early Australian band …. Master’s Apprentices.
🗣Props up Nic ! for showing Respects to Glen 🤜🏼🤛🏾 I'm Very Sure Farnsey wood Appreciate your Respectful Reations ❣ 🗣🎤Another Very Cool 😎 Farhnsy's Song Mate !🤘
Glen Wheatley mortgaged his house for John Farnham Whispering Jack album and tour. A huge risk that paid off big time. "Your The Voice" was a song they threw onto the end of the album!!!! It is now, of course, an unofficial anthem in Australia. A very interesting life story.
Sad news about Glenn Wheatley. I love this song and the lower, gritty vocals here. John's an under-rated country singer, I'd totally love for him to do a country album! The song 'Chain Reaction' was written by David A Stewart of the Eurythmics and his wife Siobhan Fahey (Bananarama) for his album also called 'Chain Reaction.' These concerts are probably my favourite of John's, each of the band are in themselves great musicians. Wonderful memories. Thanks again and rest in peace Glenn
His concerts were THE best Im tellin' ya. We were soooo lucky he stayed on home turf and kept us happy for 30 plus years. Hell, he still gets out occasionally and makes us proud. Love him. Loved Glen for helping him with his career. Without Glen there'd be no J.Farnham
You handled this right, he was such a good producer because he was a true fan of John as well as being a musician in his own right. He’d certainly enjoy people discovering John Farnham, and the talented people he featured in his performances - was certainly never scared to give someone his stage
The guy on the bass in white pants was from the Little River Band - Wayne Nelson. Thanks for pay tribute to Glenn. It’s so nice of your. He was John’s brother from another mother. I think he’s lost without him still. 😢
Probably been mentioned already, but Lisa Edwards (John's long time backup singer) was playing bass guitar through the song, and went back to the Mike, and simply left the guitar over her shoulder while John’s 'real' bassist finished out the song (probably the more complex bits). You'll probably notice lots of people who regularly do other jobs playing instruments in this song. Others have done a comprehensive list, so I'll defer to them. I was blessed to see John and his band live more than once in the 80s.. 😁
Well, that was a treat. Who is this guy, you ask? Well, he's the same guy who played the sax you loved in Help - Stevie Williams. Accomplished musician. The man John had his arm around wearing the red shirt was Jack Jones who you've done a reaction to (Hold Me In Your Arms) and Lindsay Fields was down front playing the guitar. This song usually doesn't have such a long harmonica intro, but John's concerts always feature his talented band members and those members have stayed pretty much with him except for occasionally changes.
It’s very sad about Glenn. I think you did that very respectfully. In one news story here they showed footage of John getting into a car and he put an umbrella up to hide himself. That was disrespectful. My heart ached for Glenn’s family and for John’s. They’ve just lost a man they love dearly. They shouldn’t have to deal with paparazzi too. It was nice to have a reaction today. This one would have to be my all time favourite live track. I love the whole concert, but especially this song. As I listened to it today, I felt very thankful for Glenn and his faith in John, because without him Whispering Jack wouldn’t have happened, and therefore none of the albums after it would have happened either. Thank you Glenn. Rest In Peace.
Steve Williams lived for the old blues, as you can hear. Many a night was spent sitting listening to him play. Then he learned to play the sax as well, and his amazing talent was recognized. I remember vividly the first time I heard Chain Reaction on the radio, and recognized his playing. I couldn't believe my ears, and shed a few tears of happiness for him and music lovers everywhere. ❤
God bless you! Thankyou for being so sensitive to the recent passing of John's best friend and lifelong manager Glen Wheatley. There would have literally been no John Farnham career without Glen. He mortgaged his house to relaunch John's career!
Steve Williams is great and I don't need to tell you how much John's one of my idols and best singers history so far. Very sad hearing of Glenn Wheatley's passing yesterday as we all are 😣 I met him once back in the 90's and he was just a normal bloke with an amazing history. R.I.P. Glenn 🙏
These days you will never see a guitarist with a backup singer like this, the comments would explode. But as I've said even the band members make sure the fans are having a blast.
Your respect in mentioning the death of Glenn Wheatley and sending your condolences is considerate and well toned Nic. Thank--you for opening your video that way. As for the performance . . . well, that is a John Farnham concert to a T. They are non-stop energy and entertainment; everyone in the audience goes home almost as exhausted as John must.
Just a side note,you’ve reacted to Southern son’s and Jack Jones. Well he is the guitarist that John sung with in this video and where he got his start.
Thank you for being so sensitive to Glenn's passing. I appreciate it John is totally devastated as are a lot of fans in John's circle. This is still one of my favourite songs.
I saw John live many MANY moons ago and holy shit was he a great entertainer!? The man knows how to play to the crowd, not just sing. The banter he had with his band was hilarious. As much as people joke about him doing final tour after comeback tour after final tour, I hope he never stops
Glenn was part of a wonderful Aussie band back in the 60s called the Masters Apprentices. They were so good. I had a tshirt with them on the front 😅. RIP lovely Glenn
Get your butt down here to Melbourne Australia. So much great music to love. St Kilda Blues festival 18 to 20 March will again be amazing. Keep spreading the love of music.
Jack Jones is singing back up and playing guitar (long hair, red shirt).. you reacted to him singing Hold Me In Your Arms a couple weeks back. Such a great musician!
Love this song the Chain Reaction Concert is one my favourites..The whole of Australia is in mourning Glenn Wheatley loss, he played a phenomenal part in our music industry he was taken away to soon. We are deeply saddened for his beautiful wife and 3 children they were married for nearly 40 years. but we are also feel deeply for John and his family, John and Glenn have been the best of mates actually more like brothers for years, they have gone through everything together over the years. John is absolutely devastated by the lost of his mate. There was a news story saying that Glenn and John were going to do another Album one last time, but not sure whether that’s the media making that up. Glenn Wheatley was a gentleman and one of Australia’s best mangers in the music industry.. but most all he was a family man he said that his family was he’s best accomplishment in his life and he was also a best mate. Rest in Peace Glenn Wheatley 😞💔🇦🇺
Just love watching you appreciate our talented Australian singers, John and Jimmy are amazing talents and as a nation we are so very proud and humbled to have had them entertaining us for many many years..If you like gravelly voices and what a laugh..Please have a listen to Adam Harvery another Australian singer ..check out these 3 songs and I am sure you will appreciate the lyrics..Beauty's in the eye of the beer holder, I want a women that will treat me like a dog, Geni in the bottle..I am sure you would like the Australian humour in these songs. Keep up the good work..love watching you
TBH this isn't one of my fave Farnham tracks, but his sheer energy & amazing vocals make it better onstage 👏 The band is Farnham's band (with Jack Jones on guitar this time) not Little River Band.
The Harp player is Steve Williams, primarily a Sax player. My wife looked to use him for a recording a few years ago, but at the time he was recovering from Bell's Palsy, we ended up having Charlie Musslewhite for the Harp part.
Vale Glenn Wheatley. He was responsible of Whispering Jack being made. John Farnham is a HUGE Stevie Wonder fan. There's a version of Love's in Need that he performed acapella with the rest of his band from this same concert. And also I Wish (not sure it's from the same concert or not). Worth a look if you have time.
You should react to Little River Band again, but this time with the original line up with Glen Shorrock. Without John Farnham. John was just a fill in and steered them down a different path. I love both, but they honestly didn't mesh very well. They are reminiscent and extremely close in sound to the American band The Eagles in sound. One of The Eagles members, Glenn Frey, actually toured with them in Australia in '88 since he loved their music and sound so much. Glen shorrock and LRB are very different from Farnhams sound. Not that John couldn't sing like they did, he just preferred and loved singing upbeat rock and ballad music compared to the original gentle crooning LRB sounds.
@@theghost6412 one of the band members, Graham gobles? Wrote songs for John's voice.the rest of the band had trouble harmonizing with him, as their voices were lower.
@@ChrisFirth-do2sm Graham is a brilliant writer. I never liked John in LRB, it just didn’t suit him in my head. But it definitely was an amazing learning experience for him, he had a new understanding of just how important it is for everyone to get their moment to shine to keep their motivation and good spirits up. That way there is no jealousy, no irritation of thinking they are ignored or over looked or under appreciated. John’s Band members were all brilliant and very much as loved as he is by the public and their musical peers.
Just telling you a bit about Glen Wheatley John Farnhams Manager and best friend who died ...He was the one who restarted Johns career No one liked or wanted to listen to John Farnham from 1980 towards 1986 Both John and Glen were in financial hardship and in Late 1986 as a Last Ditch Effort John Worked on a Comeback Album and Glen Re Mortgaged His Family Home to Fund Johns Comeback Album "Whispering Jack" John went into the Studio Sang You're the Voice he went all out He told Everyone Ditch everything all i want is a Microphone and so Glen Said John Sang the Bejesus Out of it and History was Made in Early 1987 Whispering Jack Became 24x platinum Sold 2million Copies and it was and Still Remains as one of the Highest Selling Albums of All time By any Australian singer in Australia and the Lead single "You're the Voice" Became #1 In 24hrs And Stayed at the number 1 Chart For a Record Breaking 27 Weeks Straight in Australia...Became a UK TOP 10 Smash Hit Reaching Number #6 In 1987 It also Became a Canadian Top 20 Reaching #12 and You're the Voice was released in the U.S. in 1990 and Reached #82 On the US Billboard Hot 100 and Became a #1 Hit in Most European countries And became an Irish TOP 5 Hit Reaching #3 From 1987 John was made a Singing Superstar and its all because of Glen Wheatley RIP GLEN WE WILL ALL MISS YOU😭🙏🙏❤❤
Thank you so much mate for doing these reactions to our National Icon John I really appreciate your honesty recognising the talent we Australian’s have produced. If you get a chance check out Bee Gees another wonderful Australian band,. Ok again thanks for your reactions it brightens up my day mate
Johnny Farnham was famous in Australia for nearly twenty years before he became FAMOUS in Australia as John Farnham. As an Australian, you have helped me personally discover John Farnham and appreciate his talent and I’ve been enjoying the journey along with you. Thank you.
