Mike Viola, as you all doubtless know, was the front guy/chief songwriter of the fab gear Candy Butchers, and voiced the lead singer of fictional band The Wonders in Tom Hanks' perpetually amazing That Thing You Do.
I was unaware of the above clip, however, until the other day when a musician friend turned me on to it, and it totally blew my miniscule mind. I mean -- wow.
I should add, and just for the record, that I am beginning to think it might not be an exagerration to suggest that Viola is, conceivably, the world's greatest living male rock vocalist. In the meantime, you can find out where's he playing live in the future -- and see some more utterly amazing video clips -- over at his official website HERE.
And je répète-- wow. 😎
[h/t Frank Burrows]
5 comments:
The Wild Honey Orchestra rang a bell, as one name stood out.
As a youth many a white tee was tigh dyed...John Sebastion
Nice subtle Something Fierce reference in there.
Steve - I was fortunate to be in the audience for that performance of Mike's. Totally blown away at the time.Have you seen the Pure McCartney - Ram concert with Mike, Tim Christensen and Tracy Bonham from 2012? Again, absolutly amazing. On the tuber - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNHdqbhlWlk - Thel
Thanks for the link.
Oh Wow, that's an amazing performance. His song We May Never be this Young Again from a few years ago just slays me and a great vocal performance. I need to check out more of his stuff.
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