Black Sabbath - Star of India (Jeff Fenholt Vocals)

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  • @randallbrooks5787
    @randallbrooks5787 9 років тому +128

    One of the reasons I love Black Sabbath so much is because even their unfinished/unreleased “demos” are better than stuff from other bands that’s polished and officially released for airplay.

    • @micharosa6201
      @micharosa6201 4 роки тому +2

      I doubt that, but okay

    • @randallbrooks5787
      @randallbrooks5787 4 роки тому +4

      @@micharosa6201 Fuck off, troll!

    • @micharosa6201
      @micharosa6201 4 роки тому +2

      @@randallbrooks5787 Chill out man and that wasn't a troll, but rather an acceptance that obviously everyone got a different opinion.

    • @randallbrooks5787
      @randallbrooks5787 4 роки тому +2

      @@micharosa6201 No, it's a troll, just like you are, someone with nothing better to do than argue with a complete stranger online. I actually feel sorry for people like you. Have a nice day. :)

    • @micharosa6201
      @micharosa6201 4 роки тому +1

      @@randallbrooks5787 If you like that's okay, i only said that his voice isn't great for me.

  • @charlesdoyle7600
    @charlesdoyle7600 2 роки тому +20

    Jeff Fenholt sounds awesome on this song.

  • @garyhighley9022
    @garyhighley9022 2 роки тому +19

    He really did have a great voice.

  • @NetParrot
    @NetParrot 14 років тому +37

    We can dispense with whether or not Jeff Fenholt was really in Black Sabbath, whether or not he's an asshole, and all that. Can we simply agree he's pretty fucking good on these demo tracks?

  • @lucaszubelli3188
    @lucaszubelli3188 5 років тому +46

    RIP JEFF FENHOLT!

  • @donfrancisco9297
    @donfrancisco9297 5 років тому +12

    Wow fenholt head great pipes

  • @bluesapphire7548
    @bluesapphire7548 3 роки тому +23

    Thank you Iommi for the timeless riffs .
    RIP Jeff, you deserved so much more!
    Love and deepest regards from India 🇮🇳

    • @garyhighley9022
      @garyhighley9022 2 роки тому +1

      Blues Minot scales with some chromatic walkdowns...simple as can be. This riff sounds like it was a Blackmore rip off ...would have been right at home on perfect strangers.

  • @gabriels.carvalho4852
    @gabriels.carvalho4852 3 роки тому +18

    Man, this song, (and the original Seventh Star) is VERY zeppelin-esque for me. I love it. It sounds like Kashmir.

  • @vaneipontes3279
    @vaneipontes3279 5 років тому +18

    Jeff fenholt "R.i.P" 🎤🎵🎼🎶🎤😎👊
    Simply Great Singer 🎤🎼🎶🎤😎👊

  • @donfrancisco9297
    @donfrancisco9297 5 років тому +12

    RIP Jeff miss your preaching brother

  • @donfrancisco9297
    @donfrancisco9297 5 років тому +13

    Great vocals on this song

  • @Trashfished
    @Trashfished 12 років тому +14

    Jeff Fenholt has a lovely and gracious daughter named Shaye whom I named me kid after. Jeff is awesome. What a voice.

  • @alnka1974
    @alnka1974 5 років тому +22

    RIP Jeff Fenholt.

  • @MrFrostien
    @MrFrostien 5 років тому +13

    Ohhhh-oh
    Pages of past,
    Let my spirit flow,
    From the ancient land,
    From the coming of the dawn,
    Visions of the door
    Star of india
    Hmmm
    I can feel the start,
    The scorchin' of the sun,
    Faces cold and gray,
    And my life has just begun, oh
    Visions of the door
    Star of india
    Yea
    Oh-ho
    In the rivers of the day
    Flow like riders on the dawn...drowning
    One who turns from prayers
    My life has just begun
    Star of india
    Oh yea
    Star of india
    Shape
    Ahhh
    Feeling my love
    Take my love take
    Iommi?:(shut me off)
    Call me from the pain
    I can shade my eyes some.
    Let my star turn to lead
    Visions of the door
    Star of india
    Oh no
    Star of india
    Oh yeah
    I saw a blindin' light
    It lead me through the night
    I found the stairway to the star
    Could this be god i see
    The place i really hold to me
    I found the stairway to the star
    Star of india
    Star of india

  • @Adolfo_drummer
    @Adolfo_drummer 6 років тому +20

    OK, I just have to come out and say this. This song has been my guilty pleasure for the past two weeks. I love how Jeff Fenholt sang this because it doesn't sound like a Black Sabbath singer, it sounds like something else that is so wrong but so delicious at the same time. It's like listening to outtakes of amazing guitar solos that didn't make the final cut but that still resonate deep within your heart. Let it be known that this and the other 2 Fenholt audition tracks have been added to a UA-cam playlist I made ESPECIALLY for this audition.
    They're so good, even the "demos" are amazing!
    I love you, Black Sabbath.

    • @bradbarnett5464
      @bradbarnett5464 7 місяців тому

      Thanks
      Let's hear a powerful
      'How Great Thou Art'
      from Jeff

  • @LeroyHeidrich-rk6dg
    @LeroyHeidrich-rk6dg 6 місяців тому +1

    I saw Jeff Fenholt preach in our church decades ago he said he sang for Black Sabbath... This is the first time that I heard him sing for them. I believed him then...but had my doubts until now.

  • @CalebePriester
    @CalebePriester 8 років тому +24

    I'm mesmerized by this song... great riifs... great vocals... great song...

    • @rambolambo007
      @rambolambo007 Рік тому

      i know it just amazaes me not more people know about this era

  • @CaminanteNocturno
    @CaminanteNocturno 5 років тому +17

    RIP Jeff!

  • @jimspeirs1264
    @jimspeirs1264 6 років тому +10

    Tremendous riff

  • @JohnTheBaptised
    @JohnTheBaptised 6 років тому +7

    An outstanding session that would lead to the stuff we finally heard on 7th Star. Love this and Fenholt's treatment, too.

  • @anaalmeida5137
    @anaalmeida5137 5 років тому +15

    Todos os cantores que passaram pelo Sabbath tiveram ótima fase, eles são muito bons no que fazem 😃

    • @vaneipontes3279
      @vaneipontes3279 5 років тому +1

      Greats Singers 🎤🎶🎼🎵😎👊

    • @DobyElfoSalvaje
      @DobyElfoSalvaje 2 роки тому

      Uf y cuantos pasaron por Sabbath? Se corrio el rrumor de que David Coverdale podria ser el vocalista...

  • @mark_beastpriest5539
    @mark_beastpriest5539 4 роки тому +8

    This material needs an official release.

    • @Vorticy135
      @Vorticy135 2 роки тому +1

      It was officially released on the 2cd version of seventh star, Goodluck getting your hands on it though

  • @diegorios1.9.7.9
    @diegorios1.9.7.9 15 років тому +5

    great voice men!! amazing band!

  • @roinebloom2807
    @roinebloom2807 3 роки тому +8

    Jeff had a great voice!

  • @thatspacecadetteglow
    @thatspacecadetteglow Рік тому +5

    This is arguably better than some of ozzys stuff ngl

    • @Fongolitus
      @Fongolitus 8 місяців тому +1

      Ozzy was good for the original sabbath stuff, but they were getting bored, and in constant disagreement with each other, they're had to be a split. The first solo Ozzy shit actually worked though. Guys like Fenholt and Ian Gillan are real singers though, they both played the part of Jesus in JCS.

  • @leteciavenegas-shong68
    @leteciavenegas-shong68 5 років тому +29

    Jeff sure had a voice from God. See you in heaven Jeff

  • @tylercox1875
    @tylercox1875 5 років тому +10

    Rip Jeff fenholt

  • @jorginhomattos9772
    @jorginhomattos9772 4 місяці тому

    Great song! Great singer!

  • @dcfanchris
    @dcfanchris 13 років тому +3

    Love this song.

  • @Vincent-bs5mf
    @Vincent-bs5mf 7 років тому +13

    This is Tony Iommi working on his suposedly first solo album,the management made him call it Black Sabbath.

    • @Apostolic757
      @Apostolic757 4 роки тому +2

      I heard years ago,He was still under contract to put out another Sabbath album,Thats why he had to put the Sabbath name on it

    • @Vincent-bs5mf
      @Vincent-bs5mf 4 роки тому +2

      @@Apostolic757 Thanks for the info! 👍

  • @AnnaAnnaYes
    @AnnaAnnaYes 8 років тому +8

    Cool Vocals!!

  • @ingolfrvargr
    @ingolfrvargr 5 років тому +7

    I prefer Seventh Star, but still, holy crap what a great song! Love the high notes!

  • @LucianoRochaSD354
    @LucianoRochaSD354 4 роки тому +3

    É impossível decidir entre Fenholt e Hughes. Cada um foi insuperável em seu auge.

  • @rockinyouallnight
    @rockinyouallnight 2 роки тому +1

    Jeff Fenholt for the win!

  • @michaelquintana1161
    @michaelquintana1161 4 роки тому +3

    i read his book of his testimony from darkness to light. what an amazing testimony. all praise to Yaweh God the father. heaven an earth may pass away but Jesus words will remain forever. i like this song. it could swimg eitherway .

  • @MattSVK1
    @MattSVK1 14 років тому +4

    good drums , good vocals and ofc good riff :)

  • @FUSCKEK
    @FUSCKEK 8 років тому +2

    You are damn right Randall, totally agree with you

  • @shanepowers7566
    @shanepowers7566 Місяць тому

    😮They have some of the best vocalists.

  • @carolinamoraes7621
    @carolinamoraes7621 10 років тому +31

    Apesar de todo esse troca-troca de vocal, o Black Sabbath sempre trouxe ótimos cantores.

    • @jackreacher5395
      @jackreacher5395 7 років тому +7

      E todos melhores que Ozzy! Principalmente tecnicamente...

    • @carlosjosedasilvameirelles5278
      @carlosjosedasilvameirelles5278 4 роки тому +1

      Exatamente, só vocalistas fenomenais🎤🎵🎶🎵🎶🎤

    • @wilianaalmeida
      @wilianaalmeida 5 місяців тому

      ​@@jackreacher5395fato, talvez só o Tony Martin cante menos que o Ozzy dentre todos os vocalistas que a banda teve, porém era mais técnico

  • @rideon77
    @rideon77 14 років тому +6

    Great voice! He sounds like Hughes in the Highs!

    • @markrago7217
      @markrago7217 4 роки тому +1

      At no point do I hear him matching Glenn at any register here. He comes close on the highs, but he's flat on those notes. Glenn hits them true.

    • @venomagent76
      @venomagent76 3 роки тому +1

      I think he is a great singer, Hughes was just ok in my opinion!

  • @MrRafaelBCK
    @MrRafaelBCK 5 років тому +18

    Its like Tony was trying to make his own Cashmir

    • @davesaenz3732
      @davesaenz3732 3 роки тому

      Huge Iommy fan here and yes it does sound inspired by Kashmir. You got a good ear. 🎸

  • @sanat66
    @sanat66 5 років тому +2

    Ohhhh-oh
    Pages of past,
    let my spirit flow,
    from the ancient land,
    from the coming of the dawn,
    visions of the door
    Star of India
    Hmmm
    I can feel the start,
    the scorchin' of the sun,
    faces cold and gray,
    and my life has just begun, oh
    Visions of the door
    Star of India
    yea
    oh-ho
    In the rivers of the day
    Flow like riders on the dawn...drowning
    One who turns from prayers
    my life has just begun
    Star of India
    Oh yea
    Star of India
    shape
    ahhh
    feeling my love
    Take my love take
    Iommi?:(shut me off)
    Call me from the pain
    I can shade my eyes some.
    Let my star turn to lead
    Visions of the door
    Star of India
    Oh no
    Star of India
    oh yeah
    I saw a blindin' light
    It lead me through the night
    I found the stairway to the star
    Could this be god I see
    The place I really hold to me
    I found the stairway to the star
    Star of India
    Star of India

  • @CristMFH1
    @CristMFH1 2 місяці тому

    ⭐⭐⭐Brilliant⭐⭐⭐

  • @qwertyman321
    @qwertyman321 3 роки тому +2

    Thank you razorfist for this.

  • @jake6887
    @jake6887 7 років тому +2

    Check "surrender love" by Joshua. Not the remastered version but the original first press, with the black and white cover. (Fenhold on vocals)

  • @BITESIZEJONES
    @BITESIZEJONES 2 роки тому +3

    Killer riff

  • @carlosjosedasilvameirelles5278
    @carlosjosedasilvameirelles5278 4 роки тому +4

    O tema "asiático" é simplesmente fantástico. Sempre fui fascinado pelos riffs do mestre Iommi

  • @timjonesvideos
    @timjonesvideos 6 років тому +3

    A Sabbath album with Fenholt would have been cool- though probably much the same as we got anyway with big voices like Dio, Gillan, Hughes and Tony Martin..

  • @Baleburg
    @Baleburg 9 років тому +4

    What a bass!

  • @gracefaith5383
    @gracefaith5383 4 роки тому +8

    Jeff is in Glory with the Lord

  • @TheTaskmaster
    @TheTaskmaster 11 років тому +10

    wow! i've heard everything Sabbath there is, or so I thought.
    guy sings really well.
    little lackluster in the writing department but it's a demo after all.

    • @robbraddock5004
      @robbraddock5004 7 років тому +4

      TheTaskmaster 3 years later and I thought I'd heard pretty much everything too. Clearly not! Think I like this more than the album track, and I like the album track a lot 😬

  • @Trashfished
    @Trashfished 15 років тому +4

    @husq48 Yes he did I used to watch him, He also played His role in Jesus Christ superstar, But I think he is a great singer with an awesome life story. He once asked us to pray for Iommi, which I and others did.

  • @3434Fitness
    @3434Fitness 7 років тому

    Great song but hard to find for download! I have it on a cd somewhere from the napster days...

  • @dwevors
    @dwevors 4 роки тому +2

    Jeff Fenholt (Original Star of "Jesus Christ Superstar") had an awesome voice. I refer everyone to his Testimony on UA-cam. He addresses his time with Black Sabbath and his reasoning for not staying with them at the end of it.

  • @powpow03
    @powpow03 13 років тому

    absolutely!

  • @alnka1974
    @alnka1974 10 років тому +8

    From Google, not sure if these are 100% accurate lyrics
    Pages of past,
    Let my spirit flow,
    From the ancient land,
    From the coming of the dawn,
    Visions of the door
    Star of india
    Hmmm
    I can feel the start,
    The scorchin' of the sun,
    Faces cold and gray,
    And my life has just begun, oh
    Visions of the door
    Star of India
    Yea
    Oh-ho
    In the rivers of the day
    Flow like riders on the dawn...drowning
    One who turns from prayers
    My life has just begun
    Star of India
    Oh yea
    Star of India
    Shape
    Ahhh
    Feeling my love
    Take my love take
    Iommi?:(shut me off)
    Call me from the pain
    I can shade my eyes some.
    Let my star turn to lead
    Visions of the door
    Star of India
    Oh no
    Star of India
    Oh yeah
    I saw a blindin' light
    It lead me through the night
    I found the stairway to the star
    Could this be god i see
    The place i really hold to me
    I found the stairway to the star
    Star of India
    Star of India

  • @acecool4449
    @acecool4449 12 років тому +2

    Definite evidence and proof Jeff Fenholt worked with Black Sabbath on the Seventh Star album.
    "Fenholt says several of his melodies were used in songs that appeared on Seventh Star (and subsequently did not receive credit for them)."
    Sounds about right! Use other musicians to write an album, then fire them, but keep some of their ideas. 7Th Star just happens to be one of my very favorite Sabbath albums.

  • @cubby3o5
    @cubby3o5 13 років тому +31

    "Iommi went on to say that he thought Fenholt had a good voice, but it didn't work, due to Fenholt having difficulty improvising any coherent lyrics during jam sessions."
    That sounds about right.

    • @christopherpacheco6943
      @christopherpacheco6943 5 років тому +4

      Possibly, maybe, but this a demo! Listen to Joshua's Surrender Rockin' The World! Have any issues with these lyrics and production? Seven years ago and you're out of it! I Won't have to see you in heaven! See you in the LIGHT Jeff Fenholt!

    • @aa-qx1cg
      @aa-qx1cg 3 роки тому +4

      Why would you want someone to improvise lyrics? that sounds stupid

    • @GiacomoCagnin1995
      @GiacomoCagnin1995 2 роки тому +1

      That's an utterly childish motivation. How could somebody ever be supposed to be improvising lyrics? It sounds like he claimed that a vocalist, to be called that, should fire off random lyrics with no sort of logic. Lyrics must be studied, analysed and eventually written before someone sings them, in order for that bunch of words not to remain what I just said they are. It's called basic syntax, you will study it in elementary school.

    • @daviddrennon4089
      @daviddrennon4089 Рік тому +2

      I really love this. This guy is a great singer. I would have loved to hear him with Iommi doing a lot more. Great stuff.

    • @daviddrennon4089
      @daviddrennon4089 Рік тому +1

      The music is really superb

  • @Rbl7132
    @Rbl7132 2 роки тому +6

    Jeff's voice was given to the glory of God....but his vocal ability is in top 1% comparable to ANY OF THE GREATEST ROCK VOCALISTS OF ALL TIME!!!! IN FACT, SUPERIOR!!!!

    • @hanc37
      @hanc37 Рік тому

      To bad he sold his soul to the WoF and NAR false Christianity.

  • @TheRealCitizenGhost
    @TheRealCitizenGhost 13 років тому +3

    C'mon y'all! Fenholt's not a prick and he's not acting like he was "never with Sabbath because of his current position". I've met Jeff and he's a great guy. Now unless you consider session recordings to mean that some artist was "with" the band, then Jeff was never "with" Sabbath. However, Jeff ALWAYS says how much he respects Iommi and how he truly enjoyed his time working with him and what a great artist Iommi is. So please quit hatin', y'all ok? What good does it ever do to hate? Hate Satan!

  • @KurtHall-yy2zd
    @KurtHall-yy2zd 5 місяців тому

    Wow

  • @lalmuanpuiapachuau6121
    @lalmuanpuiapachuau6121 7 років тому +4

    remind me of Cardinal Sin from Cross Purposes lp

  • @mariluguzman768
    @mariluguzman768 6 місяців тому

    ☠amazing🤘

  • @TheElPajero
    @TheElPajero 16 років тому

    You're not the only one. :) I can hear "the star of India", but that's pretty much about it. Same deal with some other demo songs he sang on.

  • @robertcam7090
    @robertcam7090 8 років тому +7

    Bass by Gordon Copley

  • @j800r
    @j800r 5 років тому +20

    Not bad, but prefer Seventh Star tbh. This guy's really good, but Glenn's on a whole other level.

    • @markrago7217
      @markrago7217 4 роки тому +1

      Bingo. Dude got a voice, but he's no Glenn Hughes.

  • @mcpeko
    @mcpeko 4 роки тому +3

    Interesting! Eric Singer on drum?

  • @noiseruption
    @noiseruption 17 років тому

    what other songs are on the Star of India demo? please post more! more! Thanks.

  • @THECLARENCES
    @THECLARENCES 2 роки тому +1

    Long live Jeff’s memory.
    xoxo The Clarences

  • @fallandbounce
    @fallandbounce 2 роки тому +3

    What a great voice. Too bad it didn't work out.

  • @DobyElfoSalvaje
    @DobyElfoSalvaje 2 роки тому +2

    Me gusta mas esta version con Jeff Fenholt que la de Hughes...

  • @petertazky
    @petertazky 9 місяців тому +1

    Why was Fenholt replaced by Glenn Hughes? He would be a perfect singer of Black Sabbath?

  • @vaneipontes3824
    @vaneipontes3824 2 роки тому

    Mr. Geoffrey James Nicholls Rip 🎹 😢
    Mr. Geoffrey Fenholt 🎤😢😭

  • @dirkzink9204
    @dirkzink9204 Рік тому +1

    jeff fenholt was a dynamic singer and the first guitarist of blacksabath he said no...he would not sell soul it was inthe contract ...i read it otherwise its hard to believe...jeff because of his tallent has made a normal living and is still a musician..and does some christian music also...he is everybit as good as toni iomi

    • @dirkzink9204
      @dirkzink9204 Рік тому

      sorry jeff rip,...till we meet again....a true man who never sold his soul to satan,...i would mention more but they want to stay off mainstream

  • @Fongolitus
    @Fongolitus 7 років тому +1

    kind of blows stairway to heaven away eh

  • @blacksabfan
    @blacksabfan  17 років тому +1

    Not really. Fenholt was never in Sabbath. Remember that Seventh Star was initially an Iommi solo project. Fenholt's contributions can be debated with regards to that solo endeavor, but not whether or not he was in Sabbath...because he wasn't.
    Besides...Seigler already knew about these tracks; I'm not posting anything an extreme diehard Sabbath fan wouldn't already know about...it's just that some have never heard them.

  • @dr.know-it-all5148
    @dr.know-it-all5148 4 роки тому

    Jeff Fenholt was an employee of Tony Iommi and the Black Sabbath group.

  • @LibertyisandofChrist
    @LibertyisandofChrist 2 дні тому

    A better song than the reworked?

  • @АндрейАрифулин-у2ж

    Тони Айоми -великий генератор риффов!!!

  • @timnauer5666
    @timnauer5666 5 років тому

    You people do realize that this is the song Seventh Star but with a different title and lyrics??

  • @husq48
    @husq48 16 років тому

    What are you talkink about? Fenholt played the Sabbath card to the hilt!

  • @JohnnyangelNIU
    @JohnnyangelNIU 12 років тому

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  • @taunoctua245
    @taunoctua245 11 років тому +6

    Jeff was already a televagelist when he auditioned for Iommi. I guess he thought he needed "Sinner Street Cred", which he didn't need since he was having an affair with a 95 year old sugar moma who gave him a million dollar painting. I think it was a Salvidor Dali. But the real money isn't in music, its in tele-Jesus. Fenholt claimed once that he was THE singer for Black Sabbath, not A singer for BS. Mendacity seems to be a Protestant trait, as well TV Crimes.

    • @mickblack2800
      @mickblack2800 3 роки тому +1

      Still waiting for my plastic Jesus that I sent away for

  • @Fongolitus
    @Fongolitus 7 років тому

    whispers from forgotten psalms ;)

  • @facundo98
    @facundo98 17 років тому

    Later ill be "...hear the call of the Seventh star..".
    Great song in whatever demo or final release, and what good voice of Fenholt. I think that the Hughes "Seventh Star" its better only beacuse its he who sing and the precious intro.

  • @FRANKAXEL
    @FRANKAXEL 4 роки тому +3

    Very impressive! I honestly think Iommi settled for second best with Glenn Hughes. Fenholt has a greater vocal range and his vocals on this track are on a par with the late Ronnie James Dio IMO.

  • @markrago7217
    @markrago7217 4 роки тому +1

    This isn't too bad. He has decent pipes. That being said, I think Tony made the right move ditching Jeff bringing in an experienced professional like Glenn Hughes, even with Glenn's baggage. The official album with Glenn sounds great, and his voice completes it. Too bad he was out of Shape from binging on Mars Bars and blow, then got punched in the face for being a dick at beginning of the tour.

  • @robertstanfordcam2649
    @robertstanfordcam2649 2 роки тому

    Para Paula kkkkk

  • @notthesameman
    @notthesameman 12 років тому +1

    Great album, not the best but like brockDI said theses demos are pure gold.

  • @themechanix8804
    @themechanix8804 3 роки тому +2

    The guy sounded interesting, had a powerful voice, but I don't like his melodies, its kinda lost.

  • @rybnikpl
    @rybnikpl 2 роки тому

    Sounds like Nicolls on bass.

  • @joaoantoniocruzdias859
    @joaoantoniocruzdias859 Рік тому

    This is not Black Sabbath. only a Tony Iommi solo.

  • @juanfranciscobarragan2566
    @juanfranciscobarragan2566 7 місяців тому

    Considero una versión mejor que la definitiva de Seveth Star. La voz de Fenholt se aproxima mucho a la de Glenn Hughes , se destaca mucho más y como interactua con el solo

  • @337camo
    @337camo 11 років тому

    lol that is great!
    it is true...i really cant understand what this guy is saying. you can tell it is english but you cant understand the words he is saying.

  • @allans2642
    @allans2642 3 роки тому +1

    And then came Glenn Hughes...

  • @4eyedCyclopes
    @4eyedCyclopes 14 років тому

    the main riff sounds like Zep's Kasmir...da da da dadada dadada.

  • @eventsmorewithchrisg
    @eventsmorewithchrisg 11 років тому

    Hang on, I always thought it was Ian Gillan doing the vocals in Jesus Christ Superstar, at least the televised version?

    • @frogtheone
      @frogtheone 11 років тому

      Indeed. Jeff just sang a live version of it in 1971 (the first authorized concert in the US)

    • @tbnterprises
      @tbnterprises 10 років тому +9

      Jeff Fenholt was Jesus in the touring and Broadway productions of JCSS. When Fenholt was hired, Ian Gillan was supposed to do the play, and Fenholt was Gillan's understudy, but Gillan dropped out and Fenholt was moved to the lead position, and then Ted Neely - the guy who wound up in the movie - was brought in as Fenholt's understudy.
      Make no mistake, Jeff Fenholt is an amazing singer who is trained in opera, and has a music degree. Unlike most rock singers - he really does know what he is doing as a singer.
      Was he in Sabbath? I would say no, but for sensationalist reasons they ran with that idea. He obviously sang on these demo's, and it did get released as a "Black Sabbath", but to claim he was the lead singer in Black Sabbath was somewhat disingenuous, but it got his name around - and that is the name of the game in celebrity circles.

    • @robertbishop5357
      @robertbishop5357 8 років тому +2

      Chris Geoffrey Ian Gillan is on the original recording. he did the title role when he was in Deep Purple. he rejected the lead role on stage because Deep Purple was not going to be part of the stage production. Yes, Fenholt has an incredible voice, very underrated.

    • @michaellindenauer8259
      @michaellindenauer8259 7 років тому

      Agreed.

  • @philmac7474
    @philmac7474 5 років тому +1

    Vocals a little like Lou Gramm from Foreigner

    • @roberthouston9272
      @roberthouston9272 3 роки тому

      I hear kind of a cross between Lou Gramm and David Coverdale. He would have been a great R&B, Blues or Soul singer.

  • @DDDINC420
    @DDDINC420 11 років тому

    This album was supposed to be a solo album for Iommi it only became a Sabbath album after Glenn Hughes came on board wrote coherent lyrics and reworked all of the vocal melodies so Fenholt not only wasn't in Sabbath he doesn't have the right to say his contributions went uncredited. He has no contributions on the final result and he's your typical hypocritical evangelist looking to capitalize on anything he can. Still not a bad singer though

  • @andrewgreenwald3424
    @andrewgreenwald3424 10 місяців тому

    Would have enjoyed hearing Jeff Fenholt sing, "After and Forever" from The Master of Reality album.