@@powerpopaholic876 Sorry to disappoint, but no it is not. I was there in the audience, front row, eight feet from Sammie, close enough to hear her without the mic. She sings in tune, as do the other two ladies. They all grew up in church choirs, and two of them studied Professional Voice at Belmont U in Nashville. You don't get into private art school in a Voice major without first demonstrating you can sing in tune.
Other than the vocals and music being super incredible, the bass line is really interesting to me. This is just the perfect everything. Thank you for posting. Glad you're appreciated these days.
What I've been saying for years - I ran out of superlatives to describe the harmonies, lead vocals, and rock solid backing from the fossils so now I just add a comment to say so.
The entire group is made up of musicians. There are no persons who were selected solely becuase they were just cute. This group is solely real musicians, and they make very good music together.
@@kevinkelley3657The band was formed specifically to highlight the 2 cute girls who could really sing Sammie and Maggie. Tims full time band for 20+ years was the Mustangs. Now this little "side project" is in its 13th year.
This is the result of many hours of dedicated practice and hard work. Remember that all these people have other lives and most have other jobs. Fantastic.
Their sound man since 2014 is Doug Godbold.(Toby did it before that) Tim does the video editing (9 cameras used) and mixing for the youtube videos. Runs it past the Patreon patrons and Doug before the videos are released.
@@sharonwilson7077 Rick Meeder on bass on this one and most of the concert. Ross was able to fly down from Virginia and play on a half dozen, had to hurry home the next day to play in his band for New Years.
Fact: John, Denny, Cass and Michelle were great. Music, lyrics and harmonies 5 stars. However you folks are outstanding. Whatever the song EVERYTHING is spot on. Continued great success from a long time listener in suburban Chicago. I am in awe. STILL!!!
I always look forward to Maggie's smiles as well as Darwin's musical genius. Chase is a powerful voice and she has a captivating smile as well when it's available.
I was at that concert, the first one, on Thursday night, in December, and it was all simply amazing. Better than I could have hoped for and every song for me was as good as or better than the original. This whole group is just something very special, every member, and they are my favorite cover band...period. I also liked those couple of originals as well from the concert. This song was just as good as I remember. Thank you F&F.
dont…oh yes! I was twelve when The Beatles hit the US in ‘64 and suddenly music was important to me. Then all the amazing music that followed seemed to just flow in and out like it all just belonged there. Of course looking back now we realize what an extraordinary time of music it was!
These old tunes, my tunes, just takes me back to ‘the old beach’ - 17 years old - blasting on the radio, all my friends playing fresbee or swimming or whatever. So glad I’ve found a band who put a fresh coat of paint on my youth and does the music justice. This band, F&F, is ‘my band’. Thank you so much, F&F! ❤️
It's only over this past couple of days or so that I have discovered Foxes and Fossils, over at the 'I Can't Let Go' video on the channel. I follow a band local here in Derbyshire, UK, Godfrey's Grit 'n' Soul Band, as their 'Fifth Beatle', as they say (the resident dancer) and they occasionally put on outdoor gigs in the summer, so that 'I Can't Let Go' performance was very reminiscent of those events. This very seasonal performance of 'California Dreamin'', indoors in the depth of winter, also reminds me very much of GGnSB as the song is in their repertoire and very impressive it was, too.
Sounds so fresh, hard to believe that the song is heading for its 50th Birthday. The vocals and instrumentation shine through from everywhere during the song.
Kick back, close your eyes... and just listen and enjoy..........no need to say anything..... because the smile on your face and the memories it brings back says ot all.........
Foxes all grown up & Fossils looking "Like Fossils"! Such God given talent! Amazing artist! " STOP AGEING "! This country needs you more than ever! Love you guys! Your right up there with the best ; albeit minus the super-star accolades!
I was watching the Lakers' playoff game on TV last night and saw the producer of The Mamas & the Papas "California Dreaming," 89 year-old Lou Adler, sitting courtside. Sure hope he gets to hear this masterpiece.
I just discovered them today. I am certainly a big fan of this group. Excellent vocals!
The Fossils keep getting older & better!
Very nice ... Harmony is spot on..
They were great to begin with and keep getting better with age.
The best group of singers of this generation, I love them, perfection.
Which of the two generations?
@@markkmiecik9797 Both
Sounds great. It is autotuned..
They're good, but that is a stretch.
@@powerpopaholic876 Sorry to disappoint, but no it is not. I was there in the audience, front row, eight feet from Sammie, close enough to hear her without the mic. She sings in tune, as do the other two ladies. They all grew up in church choirs, and two of them studied Professional Voice at Belmont U in Nashville. You don't get into private art school in a Voice major without first demonstrating you can sing in tune.
Lovely rendition.
This band is high professional AND talented. Most of there covers are much better then the originales
Good to hear another standard classic brought up to date. Thank you.
Brilliant. I'm 70+ years now and grew up with this music and I can truly say that your performance is amazing,
ahhhh, 70 here, I hear you!
Same here.These guys, gals ARE good@@johnrogers9481
F&F's star was rising quickly just before March 2020. The last couple years shot them into the heavens. God gave us all a great gift to get by. :)
Wow! I can't believe what my ears have just heard. Bravo!!!
Listen up folk's. Wonder what real music sounds like ?? Just listen to these guys. No Autotune, Just real talent. God bless you all, Jim
I love it when Toby and Darwin harmonize with each other on the guitar.
Love this band, absolute class.
Other than the vocals and music being super incredible, the bass line is really interesting to me. This is just the perfect everything. Thank you for posting. Glad you're appreciated these days.
I've totally given up trying write something to express my feelings about this group....words cannot do justice to this excellence and purity
What I've been saying for years - I ran out of superlatives to describe the harmonies, lead vocals, and rock solid backing from the fossils so now I just add a comment to say so.
AGREED!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The entire group is made up of musicians. There are no persons who were selected solely becuase they were just cute. This group is solely real musicians, and they make very good music together.
I agree….
@@kevinkelley3657The band was formed specifically to highlight the 2 cute girls who could really sing Sammie and Maggie. Tims full time band for 20+ years was the Mustangs. Now this little "side project" is in its 13th year.
Love this group its great to see them having fun playing music again.
Been watching them since that first video at the pizza shop. Sammy has really grown up into a very pretty young lady.
WOW!
I would love to see Them in concert!
Sound mixing is perfection!
This is the result of many hours of dedicated practice and hard work. Remember that all these people have other lives and most have other jobs. Fantastic.
As good as everyone on stage is, whoever they have mixing and recording is equally talented.
Their sound man since 2014 is Doug Godbold.(Toby did it before that) Tim does the video editing (9 cameras used) and mixing for the youtube videos. Runs it past the Patreon patrons and Doug before the videos are released.
I agree 100%
@@resipsaloquitur854 clean vibrant audio presence! Good job Doug! 😉
Outstanding job by all
Успех выступления - заслуга музыкантов.
Провал выступления - вина звукорежиссёра.))
Wow! Ten years and I’m still listening to your song.
Darwin killing it on the solo.
And Ross on the bass!
@@sharonwilson7077 Rick Meeder on bass on this one and most of the concert. Ross was able to fly down from Virginia and play on a half dozen, had to hurry home the next day to play in his band for New Years.
Toby wasn't visible much, but he was doubling much of what Darwin was doing. They play really well together.
This wasn’t a solo by Darwin, it was a duet with Toby. You’ll see that if you watch the studio version.
Thanks for the info Lynn. Excellent performance Rick !
Those sweet sweet harmonies! They could sing the phone book. Wait, do we still have phone books?
A breath of fresh air in these tumultuous times.
Papa Fossil has the voice of an angel.
Tim Purcell.
Fact: John, Denny, Cass and Michelle were great. Music, lyrics and harmonies 5 stars. However you folks are outstanding. Whatever the song EVERYTHING is spot on. Continued great success from a long time listener in suburban Chicago. I am in awe. STILL!!!
Lead guitar is awesome...what a group...absolutely amazing
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
P E R F E C T I O N !
Wonderful job.
Talent beyond and above Talent
Just the best
0.22 when the girls first break into harmony … amazing!!
Damn, they are good.
This song was #1 in 1966. I was born December 12th of that same year. This song has a lot of meaning to me.
Awesome.
A+
The girls can harmonize - excellent.
Wish I coulda been there!
Great!
Their vocals are simply top tier and so is their instrumentation ... I'm always impressed ...
I wish they would do more live concerts. They are fabulous.
I have the same which , but not during the holidays this time.
i like there mid 2010,2011,2012 was amazing.
Well done, gang.
I always look forward to Maggie's smiles as well as Darwin's musical genius. Chase is a powerful voice and she has a captivating smile as well when it's available.
amazing ;-) ... no words ...
Darwin just ROCKS!
Best cover of this song ever!
Mamas and Papas are the bench mark along with Abba, because there harmonys are so good, this song just shows how good this group are.
Found them today! Very good!
Hit the orange F&F for well over 100 excellent cover songs.
Sammie melts my heart 😍
I come for the Foxes and stay because of the Fossils! Dig those guitar duets!
And Tim is just as cute as ever ! What a great group of artists !!
Darwin is becoming quite a rock star with his superb lead guitar! Fine rendition, as good as their studio version.
im alone..woodworking in my shop..i actually clapped loudly and yelled .whoooo...when it was done..fantastic
Obviously the foxes are a revelation but I can't get enough of Tim's lead vocals, so damn good! Man, this group is special.
Foxes and Fossils..........And Memories! Thank you So Much! Cheers From Ohio
I was at that concert, the first one, on Thursday night, in December, and it was all simply amazing. Better than I could have hoped for and every song for me was as good as or better than the original. This whole group is just something very special, every member, and they are my favorite cover band...period. I also liked those couple of originals as well from the concert. This song was just as good as I remember. Thank you F&F.
Thank God for the songwriters who wrote the original material ....weren't we lucky to live in an era that will never be replicated. ..ever..
Me too Jim, awesome!!!
dont…oh yes! I was twelve when The Beatles hit the US in ‘64 and suddenly music was important to me. Then all the amazing music that followed seemed to just flow in and out like it all just belonged there. Of course looking back now we realize what an extraordinary time of music it was!
These old tunes, my tunes, just takes me back to ‘the old beach’ - 17 years old - blasting on the radio, all my friends playing fresbee or swimming or whatever.
So glad I’ve found a band who put a fresh coat of paint on my youth and does the music justice.
This band, F&F, is ‘my band’.
Thank you so much, F&F! ❤️
Hell yeah from New Zealand
@@tomricketts7821 I'm lout from Wales and for sure New Zealand stinks!
Tim just needed a 'top hat" ... Great job! ... EXACT harmonies and lead lines!
Another master class rendition for us mere mortals. Thanks from Texas. We all love you.
Incredible, F&F!!! Just incredible.
I am a big Mommas anPoppas fan. F&F does this song proud. Great cover
It's only over this past couple of days or so that I have discovered Foxes and Fossils, over at the 'I Can't Let Go' video on the channel. I follow a band local here in Derbyshire, UK, Godfrey's Grit 'n' Soul Band, as their 'Fifth Beatle', as they say (the resident dancer) and they occasionally put on outdoor gigs in the summer, so that 'I Can't Let Go' performance was very reminiscent of those events. This very seasonal performance of 'California Dreamin'', indoors in the depth of winter, also reminds me very much of GGnSB as the song is in their repertoire and very impressive it was, too.
Sounds so fresh, hard to believe that the song is heading for its 50th Birthday. The vocals and instrumentation shine through from everywhere during the song.
60th, released 1965
Good job
Kick back, close your eyes... and just listen and enjoy..........no need to say anything..... because the smile on your face and the memories it brings back says ot all.........
What a most excellent retro flashback, long live the 1960’s !!!..🤘🏻
Grew up loving M&P, now love F&F breathing new life into their songs!!
The GREATEST cover band ever!
As a 22 year old LA born and raised native, this song always feels like a flashback to a different time of life here.
My favorite on TH-cam. The attention to detail is incredible. Such talent from all of you.
Great take, the harmonizing is wonderful.
The duel lead solo is awesome!
Foxes all grown up & Fossils looking "Like Fossils"! Such God given talent! Amazing artist! " STOP AGEING "! This country needs you more than ever! Love you guys! Your right up there with the best ; albeit minus the super-star accolades!
Wonderful. Just wonderful.
As great as ever ! Love me some F& F
Brilliant... Outstanding... Extraordinary... Exceptional... Magnificent... etc etc.
Yeah, what R J said !
Great instrumentalists, great vocalists, great choice of music, and I love the name of the band.
my favourite band!!
Wow I keep on coming back to the 2 guitars duet. The whole band is another level. Tim can definitely kick it!
Thanks!
My favorite song of all time, GOOSEBUMPS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you guys always nail it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG...Tim is rocking.....he has become the voice.....
The secret was borrowing Chase's bottle of Pro Performance throat spray.
... live is life and Best wishes from Austria.
The concert ppv video (26 songs) airs May 5-8. Tickets on sale link in the description.
Excellent!
I listen, and I happily smile contented
Awesome band covering great songs and doing it live is amazing.
In the studio or live on stage, the result is the same. Incredible music by a group of talented musicians and singers. Wow!!
Awesome. Tim especially in good voice on this one
Love how Sammy grabs the microphone stand when she is reaching for those high notes.
Oh gosh! What singers!! What a solo guitar break! WOW!!!!
F&F : astonishing !!!
Thanks so much!
Both Darwin and Toby playing that
Ah, that’s a double-lead guitar solo! But they highlight only one guitarist.
I loved it ! I have daughters that also sing, but I was never able to get them to sing along with me.
I was watching the Lakers' playoff game on TV last night and saw the producer of The Mamas & the Papas "California Dreaming," 89 year-old Lou Adler, sitting courtside. Sure hope he gets to hear this masterpiece.
My goodness but the gals’ harmonies are beautiful on this. They always are, but this really showcases it.
Except for the fat girl in leather that ruined it 😢
Absolutely!
A backline of angels!
OMG, the talent is unmatched
Absolutely Incredible !!!!
My lord!! Just beyond words how great this is!! And live!
It’s difficult to sound this good outside the studio.
Bravo!! Love it!
This is why, 15 months later, I still adore this band. No spin, no record company cynicism. Just pure talent. And ticket bought for the concert!