No, it is actually Barry McGuire! Although the song was written by John and Michelle Phillips, initially Barry was the one to record it and you can find his version here on TH-cam. They used the same track but cut his vocals but you can still slightly hear it especially at the beginning Eventually the song was given back to The Mamas & The Papas, and good thing because the song would become a huge hit, rocket them right into stardom, and become an anthem for the upcoming hippie movement!
@@PapaAlec Interesting info! Does John have any sort of backing vocals at all whatsoever? Denny of course sings lead, Cass and Michelle sort of have a duet in it, but does John do any singing at all or just play his instrument?
@@holdencaulfield1621 they all sing, including John. In this song, John and Denny both sing melody (Denny takes lead for the 2nd verse) and Michelle and Cass provide the backing vocals. There are several tracks put together so you’re hearing more than just 4 voices. John and Denny also provide harmony on the backing vocals. Listen closely and you can pick out their voices😊 Michelle and Cass both sing the high part but there is also a track of Cass singing backing harmony along with the men.
@@holdencaulfield1621 hmmmm one moment you can hear him is during the second verse when only Denny is singing the melody (stopped into a church). John sings backing here along with the girls (got down on my knees), so the prominent male voice you hear at this part, is John. you can use this video for reference since it’s only backing vocals so it’ll be easier to hear!
Do you think it's possible to replace Barry McGuire's vocal with Denny's? It would be interesting to hear the full band combined with the harmonica instrumental.
Mama Cass hitting the high note 2:30 💞
I always thought the high notes was Cass....it's Michelle.
@@HungryH1951 technically you are correct! Michelle and Cass both sing the high notes, Cass and the men all provide the lower harmony
The deep voice heard at the beginning of the song singing "all the leaves are brown", is that John Phillips singing?
No, it is actually Barry McGuire! Although the song was written by John and Michelle Phillips, initially Barry was the one to record it and you can find his version here on TH-cam. They used the same track but cut his vocals but you can still slightly hear it especially at the beginning
Eventually the song was given back to The Mamas & The Papas, and good thing because the song would become a huge hit, rocket them right into stardom, and become an anthem for the upcoming hippie movement!
@@PapaAlec Interesting info! Does John have any sort of backing vocals at all whatsoever? Denny of course sings lead, Cass and Michelle sort of have a duet in it, but does John do any singing at all or just play his instrument?
@@holdencaulfield1621 they all sing, including John. In this song, John and Denny both sing melody (Denny takes lead for the 2nd verse) and Michelle and Cass provide the backing vocals. There are several tracks put together so you’re hearing more than just 4 voices. John and Denny also provide harmony on the backing vocals. Listen closely and you can pick out their voices😊 Michelle and Cass both sing the high part but there is also a track of Cass singing backing harmony along with the men.
@@PapaAlec is there a specific moment where you can hear John's voice, or do you just have to listen closely and pick out his voice somewhere?
@@holdencaulfield1621 hmmmm one moment you can hear him is during the second verse when only Denny is singing the melody (stopped into a church). John sings backing here along with the girls (got down on my knees), so the prominent male voice you hear at this part, is John. you can use this video for reference since it’s only backing vocals so it’ll be easier to hear!
Just curious. Can you do this with Words of Love where only the backing vocals and instrumentation can be heard?
I can try! Not sure if I can separate lead vocals from backing vocals but I’ll see
Do you think it's possible to replace Barry McGuire's vocal with Denny's? It would be interesting to hear the full band combined with the harmonica instrumental.
I believe it’s possible, I’ll give it a shot. All vocals are on one side on Barry’s version so I would have to also insert the background voices