Adam Rupp does use a loop live. Adam Chance the baritone is making the “jaw harp” sound in this. You should check out Adam Rupp “Drum Solo” to get a glimpse into his abilities.
New Subscriber My dear sister, Angie (lost to us in 2004 - cancer) was the high school coral music teacher for Mankato East HS, Mankato MN. Chris and Adam Rupp were her students at Mankato East. I remember her telling me once that "someday, these guys are going to be famous." She was SO right. I have seen Home Free, live, several times. They are even more wonderful in person. In the past, it was only Adam who performed the beatbox. But now, I don't know. Once after a Friends and Family concert in St Cloud MN, I stood in line for the guys as they signed autographs. When I got to Chris (no longer with the group) and Adam I told them I was Angle's sister...I got a big hug from each of them. I couldn't help but shed a few years when I told them what she'd said to me years before. They were obviously moved by her memory. She was very loved by her students. I'm looking forward to the time I get to see them again. Hopefully, I won't have to wait to long.
Adam Rupp is beat boxer, Tim Faust is bass/tenor and all in between, Rob (the beard) is tenor and Austin is lead tenor, Chance is baritone/bass and he was the one making the jaw harp sound. They are amazing
I’ve seen them live . They use a loop station to keep the beat going during the harmonica. Live they actually do dueling harmonicas with Adam Rupp (beat boxer) and Austin (first singe/lead tenor). They use a looping station for a few of their more recent songs. The jaw harp is actually being done by Adam Chance (Baritone/second Bass).
when it comes to Tim you haven't heard low yet.. lol that man.... has multiple times in live shows gone so low that he has killed Professional Speaker Systems.. the most insane thing about him is that while his bass is somewhere below the basement he's got such a range that he can also sing up in the Tenor's area... which... has caused them in live skits to be able to have a little fun with it cause the 2 Tenors are like "Woah Woah Woah.... get back down there where you belong buddy" I'd highly recommend Helplessly Hopeless(cover of Crosby Stills and Nash) it's delicious to your ears... or the version of Misty Mountains by Peter Hollens that includes Tim.... it's like an Eargasm for a bass head... almost the entire song you are amazed by the arrangement.. you are amazed by Peter but at the end of it you are like.. "Tim has to be part Dragon"
late to the party, but their cover of Mayday shows off Tim's higher range as well which is absolutely beautiful! A must watch and I'd love to see your reaction to it!
Austin is a Georgia boy so comes by his country twang honestly. He can also turn off the twang when needed. Yes, a looper is used live. There are a number of live videos on RU-vid if you are interested in watching. (included my channel) Thanks for the Home Free reaction.
oh, love your vids! those helps in making me love home free more since I fell in love with their sense of humor Loved Tim and his confident smirk and sassy eyebrow raised but hearing them just goofing around made me love him more and the group
yep Austin is from Macon Ga if i remember correctly..his twang in natural..even before he started with home free when he was a cruise ship performer they said it was noticable
Jane Ames- he’s actually from Tifton, which isn’t really all that far from Macon. It’s kinda between Valdosta (where I lived for eight years) and Macon.
And now for something completely different! HOME FREE singing HELPLESSLY HOPING. Pure vocals, amazing harmony, stunning visuals, and NOT COUNTRY. Please do a reaction to this video. Thank you for your wonderful insights, I'm a vocalists as well, and I really appreciate it.
@Ken Lavigne, you ought to react to their cover of "Helplessly Hoping" to hear their pure vocals. And their "How Great Thou Art" is literally incomparable.
I second this, along with "go rest high on that mountain" but that needs to be listened to on a speaker setup with a good subwoofer to get the full effect of that absolutely heavenly song.
Definitely start with How Great Thou Art and hold off on Mayday for a few more songs... get to know them first. Moonshine is another song they do well!!
i agree with Dusty Brooks... he needs to be familiarized with each members' voice and the group's sound overall. I heard MayDay in Spotify, I liked the song but hearing it without the video cheapened the experience. Plus, Im a new home fry and im just familiarizing myself with them (hence spotify) and did not know about Chance by that time
Great reaction, you’re the first reactor who nailed the jaw harp as well as their use of a looping station for this song. They do use a live looper in concert for this song.
"Helplessly Hoping" and "Auld Lang Syne" are two of my favorite Home Free works. They excellently portray just what each guy can do with his voice and just what a five part harmony is. If you listen carefully toward the end of Auld Lang Syne you'll hear Austin in a beautiful flute-like insertion and it's just the prettiest thing I wish he did more of. They have a number of humorous pieces that are worth your time. "Champaign Taste" is very clever.
I second this suggestion. It's one of their more complex arrangements, the video setting is unique, each of them gets an opportunity to shine, and Tim hits a couple of monster low notes.
I'll add my vote to those recommending "Helplessly Hoping" or "How Great Thou Art" for a listen. Both are awesome and very moving. Another good direction to go would be to look at some of their more fun/catchy numbers like the "Butts Remix" or "All about the Bass." I would hold off on "Mayday" until you've become familiar with how they generally do things so you can appreciate it more. Truly though, you can't go wrong with anything from Home Free.
"Chocolate cream covered bacon with maple syrup"... Exactly. And kudos for explaining the use of vocalic R and L to enhance that country (or in this case folk) sound.
They released a new video two weeks ago called Moonshine.....really cool and the beat boxer does his thing. There'll be another video premiering tomorrow. They've been doing this since the pandemic started. Just trying to keep spirits up. Adam...beat boxer does use a Looper for some of the songs. They show the audience how it works. This is a great group of guys that just want to have fun, but also can be very serious. Thanks for a great reaction.
For something up tempo and fun check out their cover of "Can't Stop The Feeling", for something deep their cover of John Mayer's "In The Blood" and for a laugh their "Butts Remix". Hard to go wrong with anything Home Free offers really. Thanks for your reactions!
Great reactions on the last two Home Free songs. They are amazing. One thing to consider is, when you pause (and pausing is great), hit that back 5 second button so you don't miss something wonderful. These are so chock full of goodness that I found myself yelling "NO" a couple of places where you paused because I knew the next second something was coming up.
I understand they have over 100 songs on youtube. For a few more that I can think of: "Blue Ain't Your Color", "Champagne Taste (On A Beer Budget)", "Leave This Town", "Your Man", and for originals "Dive Bar Saints" and "Moonshine". That's not to mention "God bless The USA", "Children Go Where I Send Thee", "Quarantine", etc., etc.
🇨🇦 Fellow Canuck, new-ish subscriber (on the Ring of Fire reaction). You will be hard-presses to find any Home Free cover or original that does not amaze you. So many great recommendations already - I would add Country Roads (apparently they took 5 years to craft the arrangement to where they felt they’d done John Denver justice). Their plethora of recent pandemic videos (every 2 weeks!) are fantastic and very creative because they live in 3 different Staes - Austin & Tim in Nashville, Chance in LA, Rob and Adam in Minneapolis: Quarantine, Meet in the Middle, Diamond Dreams, Everybody Walking This Land (must watch the brief comments at the end), Moonshine and more. Their catalogue is very deep, there are so many more still to come. Looking forward to more Home Free reactions!
They use looper on just two song when they are live. This one and Castle On The Hill. But for an extra twist, when they do this one live, Austin, the tenor soloist joins the beatboxer, Adam, for the harmonica break. Harmonica harmony... It's pretty cool.
'Color' -- 'Texture' -- 'Idiomatic' -- 'Genre' -- etc. Nice use of very appropriate words to describe this beautiful version of 'Man of Constant Sorrow'
Just saw them live in Chattanooga last Thursday. Yes, they use a looper live - in fact, Adam even does a whole number just by himself using the looper. So amazing! Also, now Austin provides a SECOND harmonica note to get that mini-chord going during the harmonica solo! 😃
I SUBSCRIBED. I really do like to watch vocal coaches react to Home Free. Educational. There are so many reasons that I love this group, over & above the amazing harmony. Maintaining that low "humm". Sure am glad that you mentioned that! In "Go Rest High On That Mountain" Chance does it throughout the whole song. And our multi tasking beat boxer does similarly in the tenor range. I don't know if anyone mentioned in your 300 comments, Chance was the jaw harp. I think (could be wrong) that Rob usually does the yodelling. He whistles really well also. One of the things that I love about this group is that you can understand every word. Every thing is completed. COME DOWN & JOIN US HOME FRIES IN THE RABBIT HOLE. You will have some great fun.
They are all capable of beatboxing for backup (esp Rob, tenor), not like Adam tho cuz he's incredible (!), but as already mentioned, a looper is used in this song live. If you're interested in hearing some Home Free songs that truly show off their skill & musicality, check the following (below). Their talent goes above & beyond on these. These skills are why (I feel) HF outshines other a capella groups. There are a lot of great groups out there, but (IMO) none match the 'skill' & experience of HF. I'd love to see your reaction to each song. . "Helplessly Hoping" - This one really shows their "skills"; their clean harmony, perfect unison, precise synchronization, great arrangement - just perfect! It will leave you speechless. . "I can't Outrun You" - Haunting harmony with outstanding chords & sung with feeling that will send chills down your spine. Perfect matching video too. . "Yours" - Using vocal layers, the fullness in this arrangement is really satisfying. Again... incredible chords that are rarely heard! . "Finally Free" - Using lots of vocal layers & vocal sound effects such as a mere high whistle (probably by Rob), gives this song unique texture in chords & resonance. . "Fishin' In The Dark/Boondocks" - Just a fun mashup by the mashup masters, & a fun & different video. Loved the analysis!! Thx!!
So, in your first video for them, Chris Rupp, their beatboxer’s brother, was singing baritone. He was one of the original members and has since left the group and gone solo. This video has their current baritone, Adam Chance, who goes by Chance to avoid confusion with Adam Rupp, the beatboxer. Chance was the bassist for Street Corner Symphony, another a cappella group. He also has terrific range. He was the one doing the throat singing in this to imitate a jew’s harp.
I think that Chance is the best pick for replacing Chris, he fits in so well and so easily. It didn't take much for us home homefries to love Chance just as much as Chris.
Now you can watch End of the road, 7 bridges road. If you want some fun go for Butts Medley, live hilarious guilty pleasures, all About That Bass...I could go on forever...
I've seen them live... More than one of the group can beatbox as needed to help Adam. Not that he needs it. Catch his beatbox "drum solo" - he is insane. They also never shift - 2 hours of show and steady the whole way.
New subscriber here. The latest in their 'quarantine editions' is Moonshine, which is a lot of fun. They are labeled country acapella, which they excel at but are really very versatile. They have a great cover of End Of The Road by BoyzllMen. Mayday is top notch, but most fans recommend that you wait til you have done a few others before you react to it. There is a little surprise to enjoy.
I subscribed! Would love to see your reaction to their version of “How Great Thou Art”. The beatboxer puts his vocal percussion to rest and adds a fifth voice to their harmonies. It’s a stunning classic a capella.
Hey Ken, so glad you reacted again to Home Free. PLEASE PLEASE react to their cover of Helplessly Hoping a Crosby Stills & Nash song. It's a piece of work, and hoping to see a vocal coach actually see how good their harmonies are....you'll be pleased and astonished I believe. You'll not think some country bumpkins can produce that kind of art.
On this particular song, they do a looper when doing the song live because the jaw harp actually hurts Chances' throat to do it for long (he's the baritone). I believe they also loop the dos as well so that they are free to do more stuff in the song. They have videos of them doing this live, just have to search for it.
Home Free won The sing Off 4, 2 yrs after friends Ptx (did "Ring Of Fure"-w/Avi/then bass/Ptx)..They started out soul/pop, now more country-ish/soul/pop &:did the "extra southern" thing for this iconic song, tho can sing anything amazingly, espec. live. Home Free +Ptx are the 2 BEST Selling All Vocal Bands intheWOrld z+ usually travel globally, but...All very tall, take turns leading, kind,, funny, songwriters, arrangers, multi-instrumentalists, etc..Example-Adam Rupp-best a cappella beatboxer ever plays trumpet, guitar, bass, piano/keys, drums, etc -bboxes a full concert + a 10 min. solo, all crazy talented like that! . Beard-Rob-soulful tenor Wavy hair-Austin-soulful hightenor Longhair-Tim 5+Octave super-bass Short hair-Chance-bass/baritone D.Blonde-Adam-crazy bboxer/tenor . *"Mayday"* Tim/bass sings tenor *"In The Blood"* John Mayer *"Remember This"* -Orig *"Can't StopTheFeeling"* Timbrlake *"Helplessly Hoping"* 🔥 *"Any WayThe Wind Blows"* Orig *"My Church"* + LIVE BIG SURPRISE⤵ *"9 To 5-Beatboxing Breakdown"*
Adam Chance is the wild card! He is doing the "jews harp", he also covers the bass when Tim is doing a solo, and he can beat box filling when Adam Rupp is doing something weird....they are great in person!
I see that others have mentioned that it's Adam Chance (known as Chance, to differentiate him from Adam Rupp, who is the brother of Chris Rupp, who started group but is now on his own) does the jaw harp. Austin Brown is from Georgia. He gets his authentic country sound pretty naturally. ;-) They do use a looper for some of their songs--including in live situations. Usually, in this one (live) Austin does a "harmonica" duet with Adam (Rupp). The bass is Tim Foust. Adam Chance is the Baritone (jaw harp, as well, as mentioned). Rob Lundquist is the 1st tenor. Once you get deeper into their stuff, you'll really enjoy his work, I think. I see that someone else has mentioned "Helplessly Hoping." Here's the link for it... "Helplessly Hoping" (by Crosby, Stills & Nash--Cover by Home Free--Staged & Directed by Chance) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kQt9jKDCqHo.html I would love to see your reaction to one of their older mashups (when Chris Rupp was still on board)... "Fishin' in the Dark/Down in the Boondocks" (by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band/Little Big Town--Cover by Home Free) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Bz8OmUMCHZw.html Looking forward to seeing more of your reactions. Thanks for this one. :-D
So happy I found this video of yours. My 4yo makes me play this song on repeat every day for months now. I still can’t wrap my head around how he makes a harmonica with his mouth!
Oh, what a lovely and moving rendition of "Man of Constant Sorrow". Home Free is my second favorite a cappella group after VoicePlay. But, my hands down favorite rendition of this song in Peter, Paul and Mary's 1962 recording of "Sorrow".
My dad, who passed recently, was a huge Frank Sinatra fan. I credit him for me liking the classics as much as I do. Bless you for having a poster of him. Sub'd!
New Subscriber Here : ) Really excited to see more vocal coaches reacting to Home Free, its always nice to see people point out all the little things that most people dont notice or just write off. If you want some more Home Free suggestions, next would have to be either How Great Thou Art or Helplessly Hoping, the harmonies are just godly
Oh goodness.. your phrases are spectacular. I just died when you said “great balls of Barry White” in your first Home Free reaction and this time it was “sweet angina” cracks me up.
This is my first time joining you for your reaction. I appreciate your level of music knowledge. It definitely adds to your commentary. (It doesn't hurt that I'm a major home fry either!)
They've added the loop station to their live shows but they haven't always used one. Some of their arrangements are so intricate. I would love to see a reaction to their cover of Folsom Prison Blues which just came out yesterday. I had tickets to see Home Free tonight in Toronto but it's been indefinitely postponed. 😭
