Close Your Eyes - A Tribute to Nick Massi

[gardentractor]

in my 35 years of listening to the four seasons, i never heard nick massi sing a song with the group until i bought the dawn go away and 11 other great songs cd last week . the song he sings is called Don't let go. he sings the entire song in a more natural voice and he's really awsome! its my new favorite song by the 4 seasons and i've been humming it ever since. a nick massi solo album would have been a huge success on its own!!!!

[spacepatrolman]

@gardentractor Right he sings in a low baritone voice like the original singer of the song roy hamilton frankie sings high background parts nick did an interview on the do wop shop on wcbsfm with don k reid he said he still had some ideas for song arrangements that he wanted to try

[leng21]

I'd never heard The 4 Seasons, with Nick Massi on lead vocals, perform this song before! What a treat to hear Nick fronting the band with Frankie Valli supplying some excellent background singing!! Thanks for the post! Most enjoyable.

[JaiSea1]

What a surprise to find this. Thanks alot from the UK.

[kimstar75]

Simply awesome! Thanks for posting this.

[Jaybird1103]

Nick Massi (born Nick Macciolo) does a great job with this song. He left us all too soon in 2000. In my opinion, he could have done well as a solo artist.

Resto nella pace, caro amico.

(Rest In Peace, Dear Friend-in Italian).

[Jaybird1103]

If the people who did the play "Jersey Boys" (which pays tribute to The Four Seasons) heard this, they should put this song in the play and have whoever plays Nick Massi sing the song as a tribute to him.

[LuCaRiOfan94]

RIP He died on this day

[aquasat02]

wow what a voice!!!! elvis -like;)

[spacepatrolman]

@aquasat02 interesting that you said elvis because when nick sang dont let go on the dawn album he was trying to sound like roy hamilton who was elvis friend and influence

[aquasat02]

@spacepatrolman ahhh ;) his voice is better than elvis's... lol at least to me anyway.

[Polyphemus47]

Nick was a great talent, and it broke my heart when he died. I had the unbelievable privelege of spending an afternoon with him playing guitar and singing, drawing (he was a very talented man!) and eating pizza. The 4 Seasons would NOT have sounded the same without him.

[jpoe141]

nick you were always my favorite, god rest your soul. jim petrecca 4 seasons historian

[rslitman]

Oh, I know this song as done by Peaches and Herb. I didn't know it was older than their version, which was a hit in 1967. Since you're calling it a "tribute", I wondered if he had died and if so, if this was recent. I Googled him, and yes, he's gone, but it's been almost 9 years.