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Topic: When did it happen.....

that Joe went from chubby, long hair, jean and t-shirts, rough voice ...... to slim, slicked back hair and shades, suits and smooth voice?? I am thinking the influence is Kevin Shirley but just curious. Heard one of his older songs on the radio this weekend and was reminded how far he has come.

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Re: When did it happen.....

Bonafan78 wrote:

that Joe went from chubby, long hair, jean and t-shirts, rough voice ...... to slim, slicked back hair and shades, suits and smooth voice?? I am thinking the influence is Kevin Shirley but just curious. Heard one of his older songs on the radio this weekend and was reminded how far he has come.

I met him in 2002 and he was slim. He slowly gained weight till 2006 then slowly lost it with him down to his current fighting weight around RAH 2009. The voice was gravely which I always loved but it was too hard on his vocal chords had to change to continue to sing and smoothed his voice out over the years with constant work and training.

My photo records have him wearing a suit in 2008 and that was when the weight really started coming off. You and Me was out in 2006 which was when Kevin entered the picture. So even if it were Kevin's idea it took awhile before Joe was on board. I'm just speculating but I think RAH was the inspiration and the the goal set to be slim and trim and suited up because it was such a big deal to be playing there and I think everybody knew it was going to be a game changer.

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Re: When did it happen.....

When I saw him in October of 2008 he had already lost a good amount of weight and had the "new" suit and glasses look going. His voice had improved dramatically, so much so that some songs sounded better than the studio recording, remembering that I was amazed at the difference.

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Re: When did it happen.....

I remember him saying back then that he was taking online lessons from a voice coach while he was touring. He also gave up smoking and hard liquor when the coach said he could either sing or abuse his instrument, his choice. Other than the rare few blessed with superb natural voices, it takes hard work and discipline to keep a singing voice trained and in shape.  Joe has worked very hard at improving his product and it really shows.
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