Amazing Grace was added by Home Free. This one makes me cry every single time

Someone else may have mentioned it, but this song was written by Vince Gill & he sang it originally. He wrote the song after losing his brother, as well as a good friend. I'm really surprised you haven't heard it before. When Ralph Stanley passed away in 2016, Vince attended his funeral and sang this song, accompanied by Patty Loveless & Ricky Skaggs. It is such a beautiful song & Home Free does an amazing job. Darren Rust is HF's regular producer. You see him in some of the videos. He's a singer himself & has been with a group called The Blenders for a number of years.

My dad has stage 4 lung cancer. He's a retired USArmy chaplain and is still working as a chaplain at a local hospital, mostly with cancer patients... he can relate with them like not many chaplains can. When I hear this song, it feels like a precursor to his funeral. It does tend to bring on the tears.

I'm retired Air Force, with three tours in Iraq. My father was a Marine. Lost an uncle in Vietnam. This video is HARD to watch without memories, but it is still a pleasure! Such harmonies are hard to beat, and they get to you on an emotional song (along with a very well done video). HF does it yet again!

Thank you. Home Free is amazing. And you bringing your acapella knowledge to it is so cool. Get ready. Going down the rabbit hole of Home Fries. Welcome!

Adam Rupp is a genius beat boxer who has not only swallowed an entire drum kit. He has also got a harmonica, a digery do, and a number of other wonderful sounds.

If you havnt checked out their version of “how great thou art” then please do. Its a master piece

Their cover of “Helplessly Hoping “ is incredibly impressive as well. An example of perfect 5 part harmony!

Home Free's newest release is "Traveling Soldier" to celebrate Memorial Day. I'm interested in hearing reactions from someone who knows acapella. I really hope you do more Home Free.

Those high notes are the amazing Austin Brown their high tenor.

It brings me to tears everytime I hear this song by Home Free. What's amazing about Tim's vocal range is that he sings everything with no real effort.

I can never get through this cover without crying. I'm not American so I didn't know this song prior to Home Free making this and I also don't really have any connection with the military but the lyrics of the song and the music video just bring me to my knees everytime. It's so powerful.

I found them just as Covid hit! I could not have gotten through it all without their uplifting, amazing music. EVERYTHING Home Free does is amazing! I’ve joined ... Thank you for reaction! 😁👏👏👏❣️

Yes that’s how this goes. You watch the video the first time and you cry. You listen again for all the words and you cry again. Then you listen to the chords ring and the vocals change which brings you to tears again. Grab the tissues and listen again. Thanks for your reaction. You probably need to listen to “Mayday” now that you know what each person’s voice is in Home Free. {wink}

Vince Gill wrote this after the death of his brother. You should hear him sing it with Ricky Skaggs and Alison Krauss.

This song bring tears to my eyes every time I hear it so your not alone there.

Your intuitive comments on the musicality of this video are, as always spot on. But your emotional response mirrored my own, as well as so many others. One of the most amazing I have ever seen. I cry every time I watch it.

Yes that was (Adam) Chance doing that bass, during Amazing Grace. You know this but it's worth stating over & over, (Adam) Chance coming on board in May of 2016 was the best thing to ever happen to Home Free. Chance's ability to do a credible baritone...but hisability to be able to confidently carry that bass while Tim goes higher gives them so much better dynamic range than when Chris was with them. Chance has made them and their sound COMPLETE. Have you heard their collab with Peter Hollens on Amazing Grace ? I have it in my Will that version be played at my memorial service ! even if you've seen the videos before, I'd love to hear your breakdowns & analysis of many of Home Free's videos. Have you heard their version of Auld Lang Syne ? I've played it at midnight New Years Eve the last 3 years....it's outrageously good ....not beatboxing so its like this basically 5 part harmony...also have your heard them do "Helplessly Hoping" it's the most beautiful 5 part harmony ....your ears will love you for hearing that ! More Home Free...a new sub...but also listen to some Straigh No Chaser & Voctave....they are excellent too

The Amazing Grace part was added by Home Free. It really adds to the feeling of the song. If you want to see Tim truly blow your mind, you have to see their cover of Mayday. Chance will surprise you in that one too.

Another great reaction, your love for misic and good musicianship is so obvious to anyone.💗

Mr. Mortius I am a huge Home Free Fan and I tend to listen to each song 5-6 times so I can concentrate on each singer individually and then the group as a whole, and yet you pointed out stuff that I missed, I seriously enjoyed your reaction and you teaching me about what's really going on. Thank You Sir!! You should listen to "Do you hear what I hear" Arranged by the beatboxer Adam Rupp, It is truly amazing I think you will love it.

I have heard this song and watched this video so many times, but I learned a lot through your reaction! Love how you're able to pick out the details and actually help us understand exactly what's happening there. So cool! New sub for more Home Free!

Actually tim never covered bass in this song. It was all chance (the baritone). Chance is originaly a bass but takes the baritone role in home free but takes over bass when tim sing baritone or lead.

They did an absolutely phenomenal job with this song. This song makes me cry too. I would have to say that this is my favorite reaction from you. Thank m.j you so much.

Loved your reaction💖 I believe Vince Gill started writing this song after Keith Whitley passed away, then finished it after his brother passed away. Vince tries to sing this song at the funeral of George Jones but could not. Just subscribed, after listening to quite a few of your Home Free songs😜

They do this song on what they call The Church videos. All of them just sitting in a church singing.

I love your reactions! You pick up every single aspect of Home Free's music - the vocal percussion, the harmonies, the amazing and sometimes subtle contribution by each member. Please react to more of their music. If this song made you cry make sure you have the tissues ready if you react to How Great Thou Art. It is truly amazing.

Great reaction! Tims range is actually more than 5 octaves 😊 So he can go higher than he did here. He is absolutely amazing!

This song came out not long after my Mom died. She had the most amazing soprano voice... I still can't listen to that line that got to you without crying. I would love to sing it myself, but I'd never make it through it. 😭💔😭💔

They put Amazing Grace because in Vince Gill’s original was guitar and other instruments so they needed something.

For some deep, rich harmonies, check out their cover of Trace Adkins song, I Can't Outrun You. The Amazing Grace part was put in place because the original had an instrumental in it.

“How Great Thou Art” and “Amazing Grace” and probably a hundred more from Home Free are all worth reacting to! They are such an awesome group!

Vince Gill wrote and recorded the original back in the early 90s. HF added Amazing Grace in their cover.

If you want to hear tims higher register check out “greensleeves” with him and peter hollins

Pretty sure Adam Chance is doing most of the bass on this... they have another video recording of this in the church sessions. Darren Rust is genious.

Lovely song and great reaction. Love that you get so into everything. That is why we are here: to share the experience and learn. I just laughed, because this is how HF affects us. We laugh we cry we sing along. We are just not as experienced at picking out the little gems from the collective beauty and understanding how unique or difficult some of the things they put in is. Love that you go back for the good bits. Just love it. And with HF it is the whole experience that floors us every time. Your reaction to the technical, lyrical and visual is exactly why I am subscribing for your next HF reaction. Just ignore the guys complaining about your style. THIS IS A REACTION VIDEO. Go watch the original on HF's channel if you want a play through I say to those idiots. Your channel your rules. Plus bonus, you are not only NOT talking over the music, but you restart properly. Thank you this was a great reaction from someone actually knowing what they are talking about, but also sharing their passion for good music. Just one thing. HF has a great fanbase that swarms among all our favourite HF reactors. We are friendly, respectful, enthusiastic and grateful for the reactor experience allowing us to share our excitement about our favourites with you. However other fanbases have a lot of trolls among them. We do not tolerate trolls spoiling our community experience. Please block any trolls as soon as possible. We love commenting to you, but also reading the other comments posted to you. Nobody wants entitled idiots spoiling this for all the others or you. Thank you. Hopefully we'll be doing this again soon. Oh and HF is one of the few acts that appreciates the reactors.

I love this song. Even singing makes me want to cry, let alone hearing it.

Now try "Helplessly Hoping" and "In the Blood"...

Thank you for a wonderful reaction - you really managed to bring out bits in the music no-one had commented on before while still reacting to the words and the video. I'm definitely looking forward to more Home Free reactions from you. Darren Rust is Home Free's producer and does a lot of their arranging, though they say a lot of things get finally settled in the studio when they are recording. He's also a talented singer himself - he sings with vocal harmony group The Blenders. Can I second the suggestion you watch the Church Sessions version of this on the Country Rebel channel, you don't need to react to it again, but it really shows what they are doing with just the five of them.

Darren Rust is an absolute Arrangement Genius!!!!

Chance is actually the baseline most of this song. Tim is singing tenor harmonies as well. They donit live in the church sessions and you can see who's singing which part.

They are "all" extremely and very, very talented ♥️ Infinite Love and Gratitude 🎉

Just subbed. I cant wait to see you do more of Home Free because you've just barely touched the tip of the iceburg with these guys. They never disappoint and they constantly amaze me. Absolutely LOVE them !💗

There's another video of this. It's just the guys singing in a church. It's CHANCE on the base line & Tim singing back & forth in base & harmonies. Astounding arrangement. 😉😍 Great reaction as usual from you. 🥰

This one made me cry too Mortius! I absolutely love Home Free and a few I would reccomend from them would be Man of Constant Sorrow, Folsom Prison Blues, and God Bless the USA

Well Tim does have a 5 octave range so he can do high pretty well. You should listen to Mayday to hear him sing tenor. This is beautiful. I think the Amazing Grace part was Home Free’s idea but I’m not sure. Adam Rupp is an amazing beatboxer and you can see him in Adam Rupp drum solo on youtube - yeah he swallowed a drum kit for sure...hahaha. Also you probably know Peter Hollens (another amazing ‘a cappella’ singer) and he does Amazing Grace with Home Free you might really like. Helplessly Hoping, Country Roads, How Great Thou Art to hear their incredible harmonies. If you like bass, try Folsom Prison Blues, Down to the Honkytonk, I Can’t Outrun You. Also for fun Peter Hollens and Tim Foust sing Misty Mountains from the movie the Hobbit. All kinds of bass. It’s great. Good reaction!

If you want ground breaking Amazing Grace, you need PTX again.

Oh no. I was so excited for your first reaction to Home Free, but now that I know it's this song idk if I can watch. It is absolutely beautiful but I cry every time I listen to it because my grandpa passed away a month ago and he loved this song. We even had this version played at his funeral

The original by vince gill was beautifull too. It had harmonies but just on the chorus. It did not have amazing grace but a violin solo

The guys of Home Free are such a talented group of singers. Each and everyone compliment each other to have such harmony. What I love about their musical talents, is their talent of video making that visual aspect matches the vocal. 100% joy.

This song always makes me emotional --and this video tells the military story so well. Another 🎯 on my ❤️ by our Home Free fellas. (And getting to hear Adam Rupp's sweet tenor singing is a real treat too❣️)

FYI, bass on the song was done by Adam Chance, who usually sings barritone

Love your reaction and subscribed, any Home Free is appreciated and plenty good suggestions are already in the comments.

Home Free.....I can listen to any of their recordings a hundred times and still be blown away. Their harmonies and arrangements are so complex that one must listen many times to hear it all. This is a musical group that only comes along once a century....or maybe milliana. A few songs I would suggest are "How Great Thou Art", "Man of Constant Sorrow, " Seven Bridges Road" , "Helplessly Hoping", and" End of the Road" . But honestly, you can't go wrong with any of the songs they have recorded.,

As its armistice day i had to come back to watch you review this. This song and also brothers in arms make me reflect so well being a serving British solider on how important today is. Your reactions are always a true reflection on how this band captures the art and power of music. Lest we forget the fallen and thank you for being so amazing in reacting to artists that help so many

This is a regular part of my listening rotation while I'm working. I loved watching you hear it for the first time. Tim started in high school as a tenor, then his voice dropped his senior year. He worked hard to keep the tenor registers. He has said the 5-octave range is about 10% natural voice and about 90% work on his part. Definitely check out some of their other original work, such as Dive Bar Saints, for Adam Chance ("Chance") on lead, and "It Looks Good" for Tim & Austin on lead, with a video featuring the respective wives/girlfriends of Tim, Austin & Rob (the tenor with the full beard). Those are both originals For another blow-your-mind cover of traditional gospel, try "How Great Thou Art".

Subbing because I am really interested in your point of view! Love Home Free and agree Helplessly Hoping is a must! It's always beautiful when we get so wrapped up in the video that we " feel " it...that's what this does to me

I hope you've had the opportunity to watch Home Free' "Amazing Grace" video. I have watched it more than 11 times and each it time it brings me to tears. They take this vintage religious song to a whole new level while staying true to the original. Beautiful reaction thank you.

Chance is also doing the bass part. Especially when Tim is singing solos, Chance is singing what you have been covering this whole time!

I loved your reaction and the input on what you are hearing from your experience as an acapella singer. I'm here to learn and experience what I've already heard many times in new ways. Keep it coming with Home Free! It's hard to recommend what your should do next since I have no idea what you haven't already heard, so just pick one. The Home Fries will be here whichever of their songs you choose to react to. Great reaction!

This song makes me cry every time I hear it. Subscribed, I enjoy your vibe and hope to see you do more home free. ❤️

I enjoyed your reaction and breakdown of the song, I learned so many new songs. And don't let the negative comments get you down, we are here for the reaction and analyses after all!

I'm having this played at my funeral. There is no more beautiful song in this land.

Everyone sheds a tear when they hear this song. Even Vince Gil who wrote it has a hard time getting through it.

I loved your detailed breakdown of the song. And I loved that you weren't embarrassed to cry. New subscriber. Hoping for more Home Free. Just pick anything of theirs and it will be awesome. They don't have a bad song in their catalogue.

Amazing song! So emotional! They all great, I'm a big fan, but nobody said something about Rob's Lead. He's awesome. So much soul and emotions in his voice!

New subscriber, came for the Homefree reaction and hopefully more. This is a beautiful rendition of this song. You should check out their cover of " How great thou art" for some amazing harmonies. Or for one of their quarentine videos check out their cover of " When a Man loves a Woman" in this one Adam Rupp their beatboxer/ vocal percussionist does an amazing job, as always. Thank you for your emotional reaction.

To hear Tim’s high register listen to Mayday

This song really hits home for me, I have seen my brothers fall in battle and at this moment I'm crying, I thought I cried all I could possibly cry over the years but I guess we never truly stop crying. 😪😪

Really enjoyed your reaction and insight to this song. As you pointed out, There's a lot going on in acapella and sometimes difficult to catch all that is happening in the background.

So beautifully done. There is nobody out there like these guys.Just a beautiful song. When these guys sing. The universe aligns. 😁

I love this reaction, with you analysing it, pointing details out that I've overheard before. I need more of this!!! Am a sub now🧡 PS do your reactions the way you feel it works for you. If people want to see the whole video, they should go watch it on the artist's page 🤷‍♀️ you do you!

It's a moving song for sure. Amazing Grace was added in the arrangement by Home Free. You should also personally check out their live version of this where they were singing it at the Ryman in Nashville for a large country music network... and it sounds just as good as the video!

Their version of “AMAZING GRACE” …… it’s a Peter Hollens featuring Home Free…..is INCREDIBLE 🙏☦️🙏

That is what good music does for you. It adds the emotion that drives the the message home to the heart and even the soul. Thank you for your observations on how they accomplish that. I know how it makes me feel to see these guys' videos, but to understand the work and choices that go into it just makes it more satisfying.

Home free did do a phenominal version of Amazing Grace with arranging genius Peter Hollins. If you're a fan, you need to check it out. By far the best version of that song I've ever heard.

Yeah, some Home Free songs bring out emotions you don't expect they would.

Good reaction Your strengths as a reactor in this is your knowledge of acapella we have many other reactors we can watch who can listen with us with less pausing but with less knowledge to share on the subject. There are not many who can fill this niche. Just provide a link to the song you are reacting to in your information for those who need it uninterrupted and be yourself. I just subscribed.

That was phenomenal, and one of the few Home Free songs that I really enjoyed. So well done, with purity and honor to the point of the song, beautiful video, and lovely harmonies.

You point out things that people don't generally point out when they react to videos like this. I've been watching your vids for a bit so it's bout time I subscribed lol. Keep up the work man, you're really knowledgeable and entertaining.

Love your perspective. Coming from a completely different direction. Subscribed and hope you will do a lot more of home free. Agree Helplessly Hoping would be an excellent next choice. Thank you for your insight into Acapella.

Great reaction!! Looking forward to more.

Wonderful reaction. Thank you.

Colder weather is amazing too. Don’t see a lot of people react to that one!!

If you want to tear up then listen to their version of "Tranling Soldier".

I have watched you in this several times - this reaction was one of the best - I actually felt this more because of your reaction than any other - just forgot to write it down.

I love this song, and yes, the whole thing makes me cry - every time…. Thanks for a beautiful reaction!!

If you haven't heard the original, I'd definitely recommend that as well... Vince Gill ft. Patty Loveless and Ricky Skaggs - the Official Video. I've heard it hundreds of times and still nothing tops that version for me. Their 3 part harmonies are incredible and bring me to tears every time. As for the meaning of the song, Vince started writing it after the death of fellow country music singer and friend Keith Whitley (the verse "You were no stranger to the rain" is actually a reference to one of Whitley's songs), and then finished it after his older brother passed away. So it has a lot of meaning for him and you can tell when he sings that he is pouring his entire soul into it, sometimes to the point where he is unable to get through it himself without choking up. Those are some of the absolute best performances of this song. Anyway sorry for rambling, I just really love this song lol

This song by them always brings a tear to my eyes.

If you really want to hear Tim's vocal range, check out Home Free's cover of Cam's ~ Mayday.

Okay, Mister, you get a new sub because of an absolutely captivating Home Free reaction. Looking forward to hearing more HF from you and you haven't heard much from them if you haven't heard Austin's their high tenor go off or Tim in his tenor range. Good Sir, you are barely skirting the edges of the HF experience and I hope you will dive right in! Cheers!

Every time I listen to Home Free sing this song I dissolve into a shivering puddle of emotional goo! (Yes, that's a technical term🤣) The original song by Vince Gill does not have Amazing Grace integrated into it. If you want to see an emotional video of this song, there's one of Vince Gill at George Jones's funeral. It will rip your heart out. It truly shows how much Vince loved George Jones. A few other Home Free songs with tremendous harmonies are How Great Thou Art, In the Blood, and Helplessly Hoping, which is absolutely haunting in its simplicity and makes you wish the song was at least twice as long. Great reaction! I adore it when a reactor is real in their emotions. I will recommend the song Mayday also, but PLEASE DO NOT react to it until you've got a good feel for the group! I promise that it's worth the wait! You'll appreciate it so much more, and you'll understand why when you do it! ❤

Tim’s 5 octave range is phenomenal. If you want to hear the other end of his range, check HF original song, Snow Globe, (co-written by Tim) or HF Mayday cover. Love Adam Chance’s bass notes and Rupp’s percussion in Mayday.

Awesome reaction! Love Home Free! ♥️

Surprise! Tim has a 5+ octave range, and Adam Chance has a 4+ octave range. You already know Adam Rupp (vocal percussion) is a freak of nature by his own admission, and Austin Brown and Rob Lunquist are both awesome tenors with completely different tonal quality that makes damn near everything perfect. The entire group is a pack of unicorns.

Song was written by Vince Gill. The first verse references Keith Whittley and the second is for Vince's brother that passed away. Listen to Vince Gill, Ricky Scaggs and Allison Krauss sing the song. Then Vince Gill at George Jones Funeral. Great Reaction.

WOW!! Love Home Free!!!❤ Love your reaction and analysis!❤

I understand music so much better now because of your videos. You are a awesome teacher. Love Claudia

Love, Love, Love your reactions. Thank you so much for doing Home Free,. New sub here.

Home Free! Yes, Their covers are better than the originals!❤️