For a good demonstration of Geoff's range, check out the VoicePlay cover of "Oogie Boogie's Song." You will really get to hear him go from one end to the other - RAPIDLY.

NOT a chain gang song! It's a mining song, as the lyrics and scenario very clearly indicate. He's saying he can't die yet ("Saint Peter, don't you call me, 'cause I can't go"), because he "owes his soul" to the company store that's run by the mining company, because he's over-extended his debt to the store for food, tools, supplies, etc. He's not a chain gang prisoner, but a prisoner of debt to the company store.

Fun fact: Geoff was a decent bass, then, a few years ago, a vocalist published the result of his research on medieval monastic deep singing, during which he rediscovered the lost technics and methods used by the medieval monks to sing really low. In interview Geoff said, when he found the vocalist works, he started training for several months to learn and master those technic. Geoff is really talented, for sure, but make no mistake, his voice deepness and mastery is the result of continuous effort and hard work

If you don't know Geoff, check out some more of his wonderful videos where he shows off his range of five octaves. His version of Blackbird is a good example of this. He is the bass in the acapella group Voiceplay where he either sings or becomes the bass guitar sound. They are brilliant in all genres but especially theatarical pieces such as their latest, Dragonborn Comes, from the video game Skyrim. You can't go wrong with anything he or they do. And yes, he clones himself to become what I call Geoff and the Geofftones. :) This song isn't about chain gangs but coal miners back in the day who had to buy everything from the mining company store so never had anything to call their own. Voiceplay and Geoff have many many fans and patrons who will certainly watch your reactions to them.

So glad you've discovered Geoff. He has a superb voice over wide range including ridiculous subharmonics. This video concept was put together by him & his wife Kathy. Geoff is the bass for the group Voiceplay & they do pretty much everything themselves including arrangements & videos. Geoff's done about 14 solo covers & they're all brilliant. Voiceplay is definitely worth a look their new one Dragonborn Comes is epic. Belated Happy New Year from London

Hey guys thanks for reviewing this song, Geoff is making some of the old folk songs popular again. However, the story behind 16 tons has little to nothing to do with the old prison songs. 16 tons is about coal miners in the Appalachian region in the US. Since the depression was raging in the US work was very difficult to find. Families would move to coal mining camps with the promise of steady work. However, these camps were extremely far away from other communities. Families would not be able to get needed supplies except through the "Company Store". The prices and your wages were calculated so that you didn't make enough each month to afford what your family needed to survive. However the "Boss Man" was happy to help your family out by giving you credit in the company store. Each month you were "Deeper In Debt". Your employment contract stated that you had to clear any debt before you could leave the Coal Mines employment. Basically they were trapped working for the coal mine all the while getting deeper and deeper in debt.

It's always fun watching someone discover Geoff. He's also a member of the acapella group Voiceplay. They're amazing as well.

The funny thing about this song, is that Geoff tries to stay in his bass without using subharmonics. He is one of the best at that. Listen to Voiceplay doing the Halo theme for his lowest note or High & Dry for his upper and lower combined. He has a 5 octave working range. He also has a channel where he explains how to sing lower (as well as awesome covers).

All the women squirm when the bass comes out. They all tend to feel overdressed(looking at you, Cheryl) when Geoff starts to sing. On another note, checkout his a capella group, Voice Play, for some fine entertainment.

Enjoyed your reaction, thank you. Listen to the a cappella group, VoicePlay, that Geoff sings bass with. They just dropped "The Dragonborn Comes" and Geoff's opening notes are just impossible. It wasn't just chain gangs/criminals. When you went to work for many mines, you lived in a company town, you're paid in company script that can only be spent in the company stores, and never enough to quite live on. So... people ended up in debt to their jobs. During the depression, where people were without choices and many were homeless, it sounded good. Until they became enslaved to the job and unable to leave until they paid the debt - and there was no way to get it paid.

He shows off his range in his cover of "Blackbird" by the Beatles, so maybe you can check that out. He is also the bass singer in the a cappella group Voiceplay.

Welcome to the 5 Octaves of Geoff Castellucci. He is really brilliant. He also sings bass with Voiceplay, an incredible acapella group.

I love watching people first reacting to Geoff! He is an amazing artist! Please do more reaction videos of him!

Geoff's acapella group Voiceplay is a candy shop for vocal coaches, with no instruments hiding their wonderful voices. Rumbling bass, kick ass beatboxing, soaring tenors, luscious baritones, powerful rock tenor belts, gorgeous harmonies, all wrapped into the most theatrical acapella group out there! They don't just SING their parts, they ARE their parts. And if that requires a full on musical theatre performance, these guys take that challenge on head first! They just released a new song on Saturday called The Dragonborn Come, definitely worth checking out!

Geoff is a Phenom! Welcome to the Geoff and hopefully Voiceplay rabbit hole, they are nothing short of AMAZING!! If you loved this I can't wait to see your reaction to some of his/their other content! I recommend Shenandoah and Misty Mountains(Geoff solo), and him in VP, Hoist the Colours, Oogie Boogie, Wicked Medley to name a few!

I just discovered this phenomenal singer this week when I stumbled upon a Voiceplay video by random clicking on youtube, and I tell you I'm already a Patreon for this guy. Suggestions for Geoff videos by himself I'd have to put his latest 'Shenandoah' on the top of list. Definitely also would recommend Voiceplay's Little Mermaid Medley just to show you something that combines his terrific range with his acting ability and their 'Wicked' Medley as well. Although Geoff doesn't have as much of the spotlight on him in the latter, he did the arrangement and it is outstanding! I second Christine's comment that the fans and patrons will definitely like to watch your reactions to more of his work.

Geoff has a 5 octave range he is amazing check out more of his stuff and also Voiceplay they are amazing ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Hot dang finally! Been hoping you'd find this!

You will enjoy pretty much every one of Geoff's songs. As well as Voiceplay's songs. They do so much musicals, musical theater, Disney medelys, the list is endless.

Loved this reaction!!! Yes, Geoff is easy on the eye as well as the ear. There’s a lot more to hear on his channel-and also his group, Voiceplay. They just dropped a new one, Dragonborn from the game Skyrim. If you think he is low here, you ain’t heard nothing yet. Thanks for checking this out.

Gotta check out his cover of shenandoah, absolutely beautiful and more high stuff in there

Geoff has an almost 5 octave range. And by range I mean comfortably singing and able to sustains notes with very good control and fullness.

this song was actual one where Geoff challenged himself to not go below his chest voice, he also has several notes below the lowest used in this video that he has access to via subharmonics. and Geoff really has great control of the subharmonic register.

The headless horseman is a great song to here how low he can go.

Y’all are too much fun. Can’t wait to watch more of your reactions

This was such a good reaction video! I'm really lookin forward to what you do next!

You guys are so much fun!!!

Geoff is amazing! You really can’t go wrong with anything he (and his band) does! Hopefully you’ll react to more of his stuff :)

is it just me who focus my attention to the window and watch the one who's taking the video?🤣😂 anyway that a great reaction video

The three of you have a winning combination. Your reactions are spot on and humorous. You are entertaining and insightful. Great job.

Dude Sean! I just randomly found your channel watching a compilation of Geoff Castellucci. I was like “that guy looks like Sean” and sure enough!

Such a fun reaction!

Thanks for the video. I enjoyed it.

Really enjoyed this reaction! You should check out more of Geoff's music (High and Dry is one of my favorites). And VoicePlay, the a cappella group he's part of.

More Geoff and y’all should check out voice play his a cappella group!

I had so much fun watching this! Geoff sings with a group called Voiceplay. The just released several songs you should check out. Wicked, the Greatest Showman, and Dragon Born. But my favorite is Halo!

Loved y’all’s reaction to geoff. He’s a beast. He and his acapella group have a decent following and we always follow where they are. :) love reactions like your guys’ to them. (And tbf, lots of us find him hot)

Geoff is a bass for Voiceplay. They are wonderful also. They just released the Dragonborn comes from Skyrim. Geoff has his own channel. Nice review

Lol that little jump when Geoff started singing ;P very relatable 👍

Geoff Castelucci is amazing. Great singer, great person.

You really need to hear his versions of Blackbird and Misty mountains.

You can hear Geoff hit an E1 in his cover of "Blackbird" on his solo channel and in the cover of "Oogie Boogie's Song" on the Voiceplay channel. He probably has some songs where he goes lower than that, but I don't know offhand.

This was fun to watch. It's getting harder and harder to find people who haven't heard of Geoff, or the group he belongs to, Voice Play. So, finding someone who is just starting on this journey is a treat. I'm glad that others in the comments were able to point out the misinformation about the chain gang thing. Though it's still great that you knew it came from the depression era. Knowing even that much of the history puts you ahead of the curve. And, unless you've had reason to find information about such things, or seen some of the old movies my parents subjected me to as a kid, you wouldn't know a lot of the specifics. It's also the same time frame, and same industry, that coined the term "redneck". They were the folks the mine owners contracted to bust up unions before they could start. You could tell them by the red scarves they wore around their necks. Thus the term "redneck". Surprise your friends with that little gem. Lol. As for Geoff, or Voice Play, I would make two suggestions. First, if you can manage a way to do so, I would suggest using headphones. You'll get more of the various voices, the complexities they put into their arrangements, if you're able to hear them without distraction. The second suggestion I would make is to simply go onto their page here on KZfaq and spin the dial, so to speak. Just click a random video, because there aren't, so far as I can tell, any bad ones from either of them. So, surprise both yourselves and your audience with which of their videos you do next! Have fun! Play! That's what Voice Play is all about! That, and some awesome talent. Thank you all for doing this video. As I said, it was a lot of fun to watch. We'll see you on the next one!

Geoff (pronounced 'Jeff') Castellucci is indeed a force of nature, and both his channel and that of the _a capella_ group he's in, VoicePlay, are the best of rabbit holes -- enjoy! The information about the song's origin, however, is incorrect. Rather than prison chain gangs in the Great Depression, it was written in 1947 by singer/songwriter Merle Travis about the coal mines in western Kentucky, though the most popular version was released in 1955 by 'Tennessee' Ernie Ford. The songs lyrics talk about mining coal, loading 16 tons of it (a large amount) into the cars used to transport it from the mine, and being too much in debt to die. So the only 'chains' were financial. The song's author remembered something his father once said about the practice of paying miners in "scrip," credit vouchers that could only be used at the nearby company-owned general store. He told a neighbor, "I can't afford to die. I owe my soul to the general store," inspiring the lyric. Coal miners were, for example, offered their pay either as $10 in cash or $12 in scrip, and were fooled by the easy credit and enticed by the scam of an apparently favorable exchange rate. Scrip could only be used in the company's in-house general store, to buy items whose retail prices were greatly inflated above those in the distant towns. Miners would buy what they thought was $12 in goods with their scrip, when they could have gone to the regular stores that were farther away and paid only $8 cash. So the company store system both underpaid them and overcharged them at the same time. Plus the cost of the goods to the company would have been, say, only $5 wholesale. So for the cost of $5 to the company, it could get $10 worth of labor, from a miner who thought he was purchasing $12 worth of goods, and who was left to wonder at the end of the day how it was that he could never dig out of his debt to the company store. A very abusive system.

Please check out Voiceplay's Oogie Boogie Song, has even more Geoff in it and others 😍🤯🤯🤗

Hi from Daytona Beach, Florida ⛱️🏖️. I'm a new subscriber and enjoyed the reaction that you gave 👌. The ladies I think we're to "Shocked" from Geoff's voice 😂😆!! Anyway, looking forward to seeing more reactions from your channel ☺️

Love you're reaction guys,...next BLACK BIRD by GEOFF

You made a good choice for your Induction to Geoff Castellucci fandom. 👏

I will never get tired of hearing people discover Geoff. Please check out his acapella group Voiceplay too. My Mother Told Me is unbelievably epic.

Geoff is incredible. Watch all of his music, both solo and Voiceplay. You won't regret it!

BTW, loved the reaction by the 3 of you.

Another awesome bass singer is Tim Foust with a 5+ octave range...he can go super low (has blown out subwoofers) and go up to high tenor. He is the Bass singer for Home Free a capella group which leans more towards country, but covers all genres. Check out Misty Mountains with Peter Hollens and himself to get a taste of his bass....then listen to Austin Brown and him sign My Maria (Austin is the High Tenor in Home Free), also Tim has released his own Doo Wop album where he sings all the parts. Geoff is amazing and has a lot of his own videos and with his group VoicePlay.

Welcome to the rabbit hole of Geoff Castellucci! As others have probably already mentioned, he has an impressive catalog of music as a solo artist, as well as being the bass singer for the a capella group Voiceplay. On his KZfaq channel you can also find some dramatic readings (Edgar Allen Poe, The Jabberwock, and The Cremation of Sam McGee, among others). He, and his wife, just posted a video discussing hearing loss. It turns out that Kathy has to wear hearing aids in both ears, and they discuss what that has meant in their lives, and how others can cope with it as well.

Good reaction, just wanted to let you know that the song was about Coal Miners that were being taken advantage of the companies they worked for. Coal Miners were being put into debt to the companies they worked for with no way to quit.

Welcome to the rabbit hole that is Geoff Castellucci(& Voiceplay Geoff is their bass), they’re not brothers, they’re clones, what I call the Geoffettes lol, Kathy is Geoff’s wife and his and VoicePlay’s manager. I’m NOT a Christmas song person but Geoff’s God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen is fantastic, also his covers of House Of The Rising Sun, The Monster Mash and Bare Necessities I highly recommend. Geoff also does narrations and his The Raven and The Cremation Of Sam McGee are my personal favourites. Geoff did the arrangement for VoicePlay’s Wicked, and I believe their latest The Dragonborn Comes, Layne(who is the beatboxer/percussionist in Voiceplay)also does a lot of the arrangements and The Showman Medley is also fantastic by Voiceplay as well as their Nightmare Before Christmas covers

"I can't even think that low" made me actually LOL! So very funny!

omg hi from HK!!

Check out all his stuff. AMAZING STUFF

Geoff's version of The Misty Mountains, has both his rumbling sub harmonic bass notes and his very light and pleasant upper range.

You guys are a kick. Lol. Glad I stumbled across this channel. I agree with Wes' suggestion to listen/react to Voiceplay's cover of the Oogie Boogie Song. Voiceplay is the A Capella group of which Geoff is the bass. Every one of Voiceplay's singers, past and present, are incredible talents.

Geoff's cover of '16 Tons' and his video is an amazing complete package of a wonderful experience. Visually, well, self explanatory here - he is a very good looking man, nice muscles showcased with the the wife-beater tank top minimalistic background eluding to the industrious hard labor in the song. Then there is his little slight modification to the tune itself, giving it a little swing in the middle, and his nice smooth velvety sub bass low purrr. Definitely gives you the tingles when listening with headphones on. 😵😲👍🎇❤💜

Do more Geoff

Yall should react to him singing misty mountain cold. I think you will be even more shocked and thrilled

Thank you all for an awesome reaction. Geoff ( Jeff ) Castellucci has his own page where he does a lot of solo videos. Try The Headless Horseman. He is super low. He is part of Voice Play group. They are a very theatrical acapella group. They are a total package. They do all their own production & arrangements. Check out their page.

Definitely gotta check out voiceplay.

Far over the misty mountains cold of him is actually sickkkkk

Omg! I would love to see You react to Oogie Boogie from Voiceplay. Geoff goes even higher (and lower) there. It is earth shattering

Elizabeth Zharoff, the opera singer responsible for the channel called The Charismatic Voice, interviewed Geoff for over an hour. It was an intereting interview about his origins as a singer, his practices, his strengths, and his weaknesses. It's an interesting interview and worth tracking down if you want to know more about Geoff. Also, Axity looks super pretty in that dress!

I agree with many of the other comments if you want to see Geoff really show his range of awesomeness Blackbird.

Welcome to the geoff castelucci and voiceplay rabbit hole....enjoy the ride

Geoff is the best! Many solo videos but his his the bass from Voiceplay, a fantastic a cappella group. Check them out.

Geoff and Tim ( Foust) are two of the best low bass singers out there. Incredible agility and range

Loved the reaction 😀 he's a member of an Acapella group Voice Play, there's another very good Bass Tim Foust he has an amazing range, he's part of another Acapella band Homefree... If possible please check them out as well.. 😊👍🏼

I love how women’s jaws drop lower than Geoff’s notes on all reaction videos lol

GEOFF IS AN AMAZING GUY WITH A FANTASTIC RANGE HAVE BEEN LUATING TO IM AND VOICE PLAY DOR AWHINLE HE IS A FAVORITE💝💝💝😊

Welcome to Geoff. Check out voice play as well.

Geoff "blackbird" cover is prolly his greatest display of range.... It is a must watch

Geoff also has a tutorial video on how to hit those sub bass notes. My son who is 26 has been a bass singer since he was 13, and one watch of the video and he was able to hit the low E#. I was quite impressed!

"I can't even think that low!" 😂😂

I love how it took a full 15 seconds for them just to process his voice, and then started grooving

Love the Columbus T-shirt. That's the abbreviation of this fine city. Love you ladies! If only I were thirty years younger. lol Geoff, in my opinion, is the best bass singer ever.

Welcome to the rabbit hole of Geoff, as others stated he does solo stuff besides being in an Acapella group, Voiceplay. Voiceplay was in a contest called Sing Off with other Acapella groups such as their friends, Home Free. All of you wondering how Geoff does it? His vocal range is from 4 to 5 Octaves with low Bass notes into subharmonics. He has a YT channel, Geoff Castellucci. For the guy, (I don't know your name yet) Geoff recorded on how to sing low notes without damaging vocal cords even at subharmonics. He does covers. Plus, Voiceplay has its YT channel too. My favorite from Geoff is Misty Mountain Cold (song from The Hobbit: Unexpected Journey) and with Voiceplay is Oogie Boogie Man (Nightmare before Christmas)

Welcome to Geoff Castellucci's world. We're all just passengers in it XD He is hands down my favorite bass singer around. I'm enough of a bass singer that I can _mostly_ keep up with him, I just don't have the subharmonic range that he does. He's an amazing vocalist, and he knows when to go big, and when to hold back. For example, his cover of Danny Boy was beautiful, and he knew to hold back and not showboat on it, because that would have been wrong for that song. Anyway, keep on enjoying him, both on his own channel and on VoicePlay. And, just so you know, Geoff isn't the sole powerful voice in VoicePlay. In my opinion, every member of the group is wonderfully skilled, and across the various songs that they do together, each one of them gets their chances to shine.

Great reaction you should check out his rendition of Far over misty mountain cold 👍👍👍

You really need to check out Voiceplay and more from Geoff they are awesome and amazingly talented ;)

Man headphones are must while you are listening him.

1:40 love how she gets literally frightened. such an honest reaction

For geoff hitting an A#5 watch peaches cover by Voiceplay I think he has a Bb0 sub on way down cover (not the whole video) To see him hit an A0 growl watch Enemy cover by Voiceplay To see him hit a C#0 fry watch one of his bass tutorials To watch a 3/4 octave slide depending on who you ask watch the little mermaid medley cover by Voiceplay

Welcome to the Geoff Castellucci / Voiceplay obsession!!

Voice play were you find Geoff as the bass I highly recommend my mother told me. Geoff show's off alittle lol love the show

As i as growing up and my voice started to change, i sang as a bass for my church choir. My mother heard my voice and made me learn this song and another old one "blue moon" because she said she liked the bass. When i became choir director, i had to learn all 4 voices, strange thing was when i sang soprano i noticed my speaking voice became very low. The opposite happened when i sang bass, i spoke in a higher level than my sisters. Lol

Blackbird will break your brain...5 octave range on full display and it's beautiful. Please react to this.

Geoff is the bass for Voiceplay. They have a LOT of great productions out. You should check out "Hoist the Colours", "Skyrim - The Dragonborn Comes" and "We Don't Talk About Bruno". Geoff also has a lot of solo work out as well. ALL are exceptionally well done!

You really should check out more of Geoff's videos. He recently released a cover of "Way Down" by Elvis. He hits a low C at the end.

Check out his prose too!

I love that Sean is ribbing the ladies about their visceral reactions to Geoff (both voice and looks) but I think at 7:42 point in the video I think Sean has a moment himself!

I think you would love Blackbird. shows so much range and musicality.

AXITY😍

Without headphones? Great

react to geoff castelucci with voiceplay group, sensational!