Gold City - Ezekial Saw the Wheel 1986

[wmden1]

Opinion only; J. D. the lowest, no question, but not the most pleasing voice. Riley, powerful, very low, and accurate with pleasing voice. George, low enough, lyrical most pleasing voice and most accurate. Mike Holcomb, very low, possibly most powerful, accurate and pleasing voice until he fries at about F below Low C. Must mention London Paris, Isaaic Freeman, Jimmy Jones. My favorites are George Younce and Mike Holcomb.

[armyguy1893]

What was up with Ivan Parker shaking? I've never seen him do that before...

[ivanparkerlover]

Ivan is awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ivanparkerlover]

Ivan is awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!

[ashstrat07]

Ivan Parker was more about being a show than being spiritual. A lot of those guys were really. I am really disappointed with the direction southern gospel has gone. I stopped listening to it about ten years ago. Whenever I run across the new stuff on Sirius it makes me gag.

[ashstrat07]

Ray reese was smooth, Sumner could sing low, and Riley sounded like a chain saw that was fresh our of oil. He really is not that good.

[Sheka190888]

Ivan has an accent...Amazing...he sounds kinda southern...Wow!!

[satisfied001]

guys stop comparing 2 different people. Tim can never be J.D. visa versa. Another great bass is Paul David Kannemar Jr of Valor (formerly of Vocal Union)

[rscoville82]

These guys rock!

[masonbarge]

This would be a lot better without 90 seconds of talking at the beginning.

[Rev1981]

@masonbarge make it 1:30

[rgouge1]

Sorry, but Tim can hit every note that JD can, and at much better resonation. He is always dead on!

[gmfrk197]

@rgouge1 I love Tim, but proof of a Double low C put out by TIM?

[ericphillipsmusic]

Who cares if Tim Riley can't hit some of the JD notes? Vocal quality, in the end, is what matters. The guy has killer tone.

[brianisawesom]

the thing I like about tim. is that he is a little more iconic to me than JD or Tim Storms or any other bass singers.

[dphillips81]

It depends on what a person likes, if someone just wants bass alone, go with JD, if a person wants voice quality and a good singer go with Tim Riley, or even George Younce who are both great singers, with a bass tone.

[Row6Seat8]

I love Tim Riley's voice. He just got better with age. His performance of "Under Control" is absolutely stunning, in both technique and heartfelt delivery.

[ashstrat07]

Under control is a great song. Tim Riley is a mediocre bass singer. However, that song seems to fit his voice

[GamingDrummer89]

If "mediocre" meant "the best there probably is", then you'd be right.

But since it doesn't, you're dead wrong, sorry.

[balsata]

Vaya bajo ese Tim Riley, es excelente.

[vadwayne1964]

J.D Sumner is not even close to being Tim Riley. Sure he can sing a low note but can he do it a clearly as Tim? NO WAY

[brucekirk89]

@vadwayne1964 yep he really smooth

[johndoe590]

man i miss this group with this cast.

[sugarfreak564]

not only is aron mcune(gold city) better than jd but so is the guy for brian free and assurance as well as tim riley they all have far better vioce quality than jd ever had and they sing just as low so idk what ur talkin about bigmrclean

[uglymoon78]

Yeah, I like the low voices too. That's why I like Johnny Cash more than Buck Owens in country music, for instance. A lot of terrific bass singers in Southern Gospel, I gotta say! Richard Sterban of the Oak ridge boys, for one, and then there's that new guy in Gold City, he took over from Tim Riley. He's tremendous!

[uglymoon78]

Better voice quality as JD Sumner and every bit as deep and cavernous.

[bigmrclean]

Apparently you've never heard jd sumner. Jd can sing that 2 octives lower than they just did it. He holds the world record for lowest note recorded in genious book of records. Althought i do like this guys voice better and im a huge jd sumner fan. Jd was just so low sometimes it didn't sound normal..tims voice is just baratone mellow deep and HE is a GREAT bass singer..i would KILL to have a voice like that!

[uglymoon78]

Sorry, meant "better voice quality than JD ..." I know that JD sang a double low C occasionally. Maybe Tim Riley never hit such a low note (although he could hit a low G as tunderous as any). I meant more like the sound of his voice was cavernous. Jd was great, but his voice got a little hoarse and raspy at times.

[uglymoon78]

Correction: Tim Riley hit a thunderous DOUBLE LOW G. Listen for instance to Gold City doing "God's building a church" right here on YouTube.

[bigmrclean]

yeah I loved ol jd and i will admit he could get lower than anyone...but that hollow baratone BIG MANELY sound just wasn't there. Tim has a good bit of that...Bass is my favorite part and man i love to hear a good ern. I would love to hear someone like him in person...or richard with the oaks...or someone like that. My dad heard jd in person and he said on "way down" the building started shaking lol that would be really amazing

[smn76]

If Tim Riley is a baritone, I'm a soprano..... C'mon... I know Gold City members personally, and I can tell you that Tim would hit lower notes than you ever hear him sing just goofing aroumd in the studio. He was never into showing off his range just for show. He only went super low if it meshed with the character of the song. He has the goods, he just doesn't always play his full hand.

[BnCSGMusic]

Actually JD does not have the lowest note in the genious book of world records. That title goes to Tim storms if i am correct.

[bigmrclean]

Tim for some reason has the record for widest vocal range and an 8 hertz note. He's not even in j.d.'s class and needs 3 huge subwoofers to even hear the note that doesn't sound half as deep as what j.d. talks. If J.d. were still alive tim storms name would not exsist. I wouldn't even really consider him a bass singer.

[biglhot75]

Tim Storms does, not Tim Riley. And Tim Storms is not a bass but a vocal fry pos

[georgeandersonjr]

@BnCSGMusic Even his record was broken by another person cant recall his name at the moment though.

[BnCSGMusic]

@georgeandersonjr Yes, I know. I remember seeing a video recently about it.

[biglhot75]

Tim Riley talks as low as JD did. And he could hit a double low C if he chose to. He hits an F below Low C with little effort. Its on youtube.

[GVFans]

Gold City shoulda done a video of their of their live album back in 1982.

[iamgrace2007]

WOW!! This brings back memories!!

[HCFan39]

What an interesting video -

Love the music of Gold City

since SGM Radio times. Can

hardly believe how "thin"

Ivan once was. He looks like

a whole lot better now since

he gained up some weight.<3

[ivanparkerlover]

@HCFan39 Ivan looked better when he was young, he's old now...but i still love him

[chowman007]

what a set of hair Tim has!

[gospellover90]

Tim Riley shares my last name

[glorialeeyoung]

This is a really great rendition of this song,

Dean.

[lilwildkatgurl]

CUTE!!! I enjoyed this, Thanks Dean

[choosdad]

Vocal Union does a great rendition of this classic spirtual song. Riley is a great bass.

[newlifeworship]

Wig or not, Tim Riley is still the best bass singer of all time.

[paulmcb]

Is that a wig Tim Riley is wearing or is that his real hair?

[adkinsda]

His real hair had disappeared some years before!

[GRAFITE123]

Great, continue posting

[hugedell]

It's soo good to see this, I've heard the mp3 before and didn't know why the people were laughing, now I can see:))