Adam Free!

Perfectly said.

I agree completely

There's always change at least home free. Is staying together I give them a lot of credit and he has a Beautiful voice welcome

No one is saying he's Austin, he's his own performer, Austin was Austin, Adam is Adam

I completely agree, I want to hear him do something new and I can’t wait to hear his stuff when they release a new album but Austin will be missed, no one can quite match his persona and voice

Wow I'm impressed. Yes Adam is not Austin but his voice is so good and it seems that he fit in. I think Home Free did a very good job. They will change a lot but they are always here. I love you and I am excited to see we're the Journey will go to. Greetings and Hugs from Germany

so you want them to drop like 90% of their songs and just start over Bc Austin was the lead or was a major role in so many of their songs? That's ludicrous! Adam B is just going to have to put his own spin on things just like when Chance took over for Chris Rupp and he sang songs that he had previously sang. Austin didn't want a farewell concert. they honored his wishes. he got exactly what he deserved, people honoring his wishes.

@@marytramp5678 Chris and Chance were not major players in the group. Austin was, and he had the pipes to prove it. I would not want to follow in his footsteps and yes perhaps all new songs are a better way for him to start. Let Rob do Austin's leads! If you have followed and been to shows with Austin......I really would not want to hear someone else doing his leads. Just me but that is what I think. This is a MAJOR change on many levels, and I am not sure how this will play out.

@@franblakely6361 you're not serious when you say Chris Rupp wasn't a major player in HF right!!!? without Chris there would be no HF, he and Adam CREATED HF!!!! That kind of makes both of them extremely major players! so had it not been for the fact that there was a HF they wouldn't have been on that cruise where they just happened to see Austin performing and asked him to join their group.so Austin's career at best could have been delayed for years or at worst never happened and he would have ended up on the very long list of undiscovered very talented singers. In a capella no singer is more important than the person sitting next to them. In this case HF is an quintet a capellla group. a quintet is incomplete without one singer. However, since you insist on making one member more important than another it has to be Adam. no only is he the co-founder, but he is the beat boxer. without a beat you have no tempo. without out a tempo you have no music. now let's talk about technical singing since you brought up, "he has the pipes to prove it!" Sorry to bring you down, but Austin is no more or less talented than any in the group. In fact within the group he's only average. Austin, Rob, Chance, and Adam all have a 3-4 octave while Tim has a 5 octave range.Rob, Chance, Adam, & Tim, can all sing with or with out the country twang depending on the song. While Austin can't. Not even when he sang the Italian opera with Rob. (seriously Southern country twang in a classical Italian opera?).And while Austin has formal raining in theatrical music, Rob in Classical music, and Chance took 2 semesters of college choir. The only thing it's really done for him is to be able to ham it up to the crowd a little better. but that's theatrics, not singing. Tim's forml training ended in HS and he shows others how to widen their vocal range. makes you wonder what good is formal training when you have so much natural talent. And there's Adam who is a self taught beat boxer who can do things with his mouth that make you wonder wth? Now let's talk about the replacement for Austin, Adam Bell-Bastien. HF didn't just randomly pick some guy off the street and say hey will you take the place of Austin Brown? they picked up a Very talented singer! this guy also has a 5 octave range. which will be interesting to see how they put that to use in the future. he also didn't have any formal training, he only sang as a hobby for 25 years before going professional.Now just from what we've heard he doesn't have the country twang. however, that's not unusual for people from MI. But it isn't unusual from for people from MN to not have a country twang to have one either and Chris, Adam, and Rob can all pick one up when they need to. Adam Bell-Bastien's only been singing on stage with HF for about a month. He hasn't had time to find his place with the group or had time to win over Austin's fans. Just bc Adam doesn't sing like Austin doesn't make him not as good as Austin. it just means his style is different. However his style will open the doors to many new genres to HF and this is always good. you're comparing apples to oranges and you can't do that. both are equally good in their own right, but they aren't the same thing. Change is hard, i know. nobody likes it. especially when it means the loss of one singer and a new one is brought in. But we have to remember that Austin wanted to go. he wanted to pursue other avenues. start a family and be there for that family. so we wish him well and we wish Adam Bell-Bastien well in his new place in HF. to not do so is to wish ill will on HF. And that is Not what Home Fries do. That is Not what Home Free is about.

@@marytramp5678 I realize that, but he 'surrounded himself with very talented people' and yese he and his brother started the group but all others 'out shined' him, which is what a great manager should do. I have wished no one ill will so you are getting way too carried away. Austin brought the group out to the public. We had not heard of them before him. He and Tim have IT. IT is something that you have that gets the people to come to the shows. For the new guy time will tell. Also, Austin drew in the younger fans, handsome, kind, funny, energy, single (meaning not married), the list goes on.......time will tell how HF does with the new Adam. My grand daughter , daughter and I bonded over the members of HF when Austin was there. Saw them at UVIP many times, and Austin related to the 5 year old that was still relating to him at 16. Seems that you were not a fan of Austin....so be it, we all were and that is why I would not want Adam B to copy him or try to sing his songs, that we loved with that 'country twang." Also, I think that Adam B was part of HOME FREE originally......yup check it out, pretty sure on that.

Same

I'm not thrilled either. I think they just lost me as a fan.

Are you a musician or music teacher? What makes you an expert? Because on my end, I’m a singer. And he sounds nervous, but his voice blends perfectly…

Yeah I agree what gives you the credentials to comment on his singing abilities you can list them if you want

No one's saying he's Austin, get over it, they can perform the songs they want

@@denisemares1177 there's too much negativity in this world Austin chose to leave home free give Adam a break or don't listen to them anymore

Welcome Adam 3, you bring a different flavor to Home Free. I'm with the other lady, three men named Adam is enough. I have an Adam of my own.

Good thing that he wasn't, he was singing like Adam B.

If you don’t like HF with a new member, then don’t complain. And go listen to Austin. And knock. It. Off. Full stop.

@@drieuxkoeppel4157 I can have my on opinion. Will keep you in prayer. I like home free, I'm not complaining . Just my opinion. God bless

Maybe you can sing it better hahahaha