Blue Highway AFBA 2006 08 05 2213 "I am Near the Gate" 01:47

[FishookPicker]

Just curious, but does anybody know who sings the bass vocals in the live versions of the song such as this? I can't figure out if it's Tim or Rob. I know Tom Adams did on the record and Rob sang baritone, but I'm not sure who it is now with Tim back in the arrangement.

[jocwalk]

Neither. Jason Burleson (banjo) sings the bass parts . Tim sings baritone while Rob sings low tenor. Jason isn't typically in this song. I guess they arranged it without a bass part. He sings the bass in "Some Day" and some other songs. How these guys have never won the IBMA Vocal Group of the Year, I will never know.

[FishookPicker]

I hear you, it seems like a real rip-off to me. Anyways, thanks for the info. I was just curious - I have a video of this song that I took when I saw them at Gettysburg BG Festival in 2007 and it just seems like it's Rob singing the bass parts. I know he took bass for "Mountain of the Lord" on their "Still Climbing Mountains" album.

[jocwalk]

I don't think I've ever seen Rob sing on a song when Jason didn't. I know one of the reasons they brought Jason back to the band (he didn't play on one CD) is for "his growling bass" according to the CD liner.