This is an original Oak Ridge Boys song. The "Oaks" thought Home Free would do it justice, so they planned this collaboration. Home Free had done it with them at their concerts too. This is a mutual admiration society for sure. Thank you for reacting to this.

Best disclaimer EVER!! LOL 🤣 5:25 - ...that low note though!!!😲 You're right, such a fun song. They're all having such a great time singing together. and last thing... you two are an adorable couple! 💘

I got my cowboy hat signed by the white bearded dude when I was little. I wore it to my 8th grade graduation with a cowboy tux. Lol The Oak Ridge Boys have been around a LONG long time.

@bryancross5051

3 жыл бұрын

That's cool! William Lee Golden is his name. He once left the Oaks and lived in a teepee for awhile, then came back. Richard Sterban, the bass, sang backup for Elvis back in the early 70s. My best friend from high school was their guitarist from about '93 or '94 thru 2014. Great people!

Good eye...yes, Home Free has changed. In this video, you see Chris Rupp (brother of the beat boxer and original founding member). Chris left the group soon after this and they were joined by Adam Chance, who has brought a new energy to the group.Chris is recording solo these days.

@jonahhicks747

4 жыл бұрын

Why did Chris leave?

@silversagerae6353

4 жыл бұрын

@@jonahhicks747 Chris wanted a solo career and they parted ways cordially, he has even performed with them a few times since.

@miamidolphinsfan

4 жыл бұрын

@@silversagerae6353 yes his brother is still the beatboxer for Home Free, and the bassist, Tim Foust has done a duet with Chris....check it out the old Alabama song from about 1992, "Angels amount us" it's wonderful

@mettesrensen6116

4 жыл бұрын

@@jonahhicks747 He wanted to go solo but they still does different songs together , check out Chris Rupp ft. Tim Foust - Angels among us

@thomasarussellsr

4 жыл бұрын

@@mettesrensen6116 link?

It’s fun to see HF get schooled by The Oak Ridge Boys! They have a great relay since doing this!! Great Reaction!!

I've been a huge fan of the Oakridge Boys for over 40 years. Home Free is now my new most favorite group. Together they are outstanding.

The Oakridge Boys had a hit with this way back when, maybe late 70's. My son was infatuated with them. They were his very first concert when he was 5yrs old. Home Free needs company when you listen to them, I enjoy you both having fun with them..... oh yeah HI!

Oak Ridge Boys. True music legends. The current group has been together since 1973 and are in the Gospel Music Hall of Fame as well as the Country Music Hall of Fame. Elvira took the country by storm in 1981 and is probably the group’s biggest hit. This is truly amazing to see Home Free sing this song with these guys.

I'm a fan of Donovan. For some reason he makes me chuckle when he sits there looking back and forth at you and the camera with a big smile on his face. Lol I guess it has an infectious effect.

I love watching you do Home Free reactions with your husband. You really need to check out "Do You Hear What I Hear", "Mayday", "The Butts Remix", "Hillbilly Bone", "Helplessly Hoping", "Boondocks/Fishing in the Dark". Those songs will blow both your minds!

This is special because The Oakrige Boys are known for this song. Now, the Home Free guys doing a cover with them is so Special....

The Oak Ridge Boys had a crossover hit w/this song in both pop & country charts..It was an honor for Home Free to sing w/them & The Oaks said they were passing the torch to they feel is the BEST new group out there & had to get used to beatboxer Adam's spitting..They're all very tall from 6' + up to 6'4"", songwriters, arrangers, multi-instrumentalists, who love a cappella & they're hilarious!!.. You guys are l▪ ove-ly couple! NEW sub & your hubby looks like a sweetie..😊

I LOVED Gitana's smile when they sang, "Her lips like cherry wine ... " Ohhhh yeah! You have to react to Home Free's "How Great Thou Art" and their cover of "End of The Road" by Boyz to Men

You’re just scratching the surface of the Home Free list of covers and original music.

I've been a fan of theirs for a couple of years now. I've discovered that it's nearly impossible to be in a bad mood listening to Home Free. 😍🔥😍🔥 You two are adorable together; great chemistry!! Being an American, it's also fun to hear each of your accents too. 😁

Love watching ya'll together! If you want to see a different side of Home Free try: Butts Remix Champagne Taste on a Beer Budget Hillbilly Bone Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer

I'm first! Hi Donovan and Gitanna! You will love Elvira. Oak Ridge Boys are the original artists for the song...been in the business for decades. They asked the Home Free guys to record with them.

@Katie-mb8zj

4 жыл бұрын

Not quite true. The Oaks had the most successful cover which came out in the 80s. The first recording was actually in the 60s, but didn’t get a ton of traction.

@JeshuaSquirrel

4 жыл бұрын

How much is that t-shirt worth now you think? LOL

@rcinsley

4 жыл бұрын

@@Katie-mb8zj Yep, yep, yep! The Oaks sang the definitive cover version of this song, but according to SecondHandSongs, there were several other covers between 1965 and 1981. secondhandsongs.com/work/120954/versions#nav-entity

@rebeccawaid9323

4 жыл бұрын

@@Katie-mb8zj Good point. I didn't remember the first one (busier playing outside than listening to the radio...lol), but I know what a hit the Oaks had with it. Thanks for the info.

@MatthewvMayo

4 жыл бұрын

Also this arrangement was actually done for them by Geoff Castelluci from VoicePlay.

The Oke ridge boys were really big when when I was a kid and I'm 60 now and it had to be a Honor for Home Free to sing with them.

@Gutslinger

4 жыл бұрын

It's crazy how long they've been a group. I read about their history, but forgot what year they were formed. They're all in their 70's, I believe.

Y'all are adorable!! 😄 If you want to feel really good, these guy's songs will definitely do it! Check out their latest, "Meet In The Middle". Fun song & video! Great reaction! Loved it!

The Home Free's and The Oak Ridge Boys doing Elvira was something out of world. Its was that good, because Elvira was one of The Oak Ridge Boys biggest county hits in the 80's. Together Home Free's and Oak Ridge Boys did make its something special to listen to.

The Oak Ridge Boys, (the old guys) were a gospel group that changed over to mainstream country in the late 70's and though the 80's LOTS of good music from them. "Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight" "Come on In" "Never Hurts to Hurt sometimes". I think you'll enjoy them, again good to see you both keep up the good work.

The Oak Ridge Boys are the original singers of this song... I love the deep voices....

You HAVE to listen to more Oakridge Boys! "Thank God for Kids" and "Angels Among us" are two of my favorites.

Love love Home Free!! Thanks for your reaction!!❤

Elvira was a #1 hit for The Oak Ridge Boys in the American Country chart in the early 1980s (although their version was a cover from the 60s original) so I suppose when Home Free decided to record it too, they collaborated with The Oak Ridge Boys for this version, so that's why there are so many voices here.

Love having Donavon in the reactions! He can pause anytime he wants!

They knock the song, "End of the Road" by Boyz to Men out of the ballpark! Give a listen.

@pnwcruiser

4 жыл бұрын

Boyz II Men's Shawn Stockman was one of the judges on the season of The Sing Off won by Home Free. He clearly enjoyed Home Free's performances during the competition...bet he loved their cover of End of the Road as well.

@JoeSmith-iv3sf

4 жыл бұрын

I don't understand, as good as Home free is why ppl wanna hear a cover from Boys to Men. Why not actually get a reaction to Boys to Men live. This isn't bashing but no one is doing what Boys to Men did. There are very few artist that you don't really touch or it's just a cheap knock off, Whitney Houston, Adelle etc. Boys to Men is in the group.

@GitanaAdelle

4 жыл бұрын

I love boys to men ! Good idea I could do both 💓

@GitanaAdelle

4 жыл бұрын

I could do both as I know boys to men I love them too 💓💓

@JoeSmith-iv3sf

4 жыл бұрын

@@GitanaAdelle Plz try Boys to Men Its So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday at Michael Jordan's Retirement Ceremony. Maybe their best performance and no one has done it.

Home Free: The Butts Remix...freaking awesome and fun!

They have had a change of of one member and have taken their music to a new level. They have a plethora of music for you to listen to. I'd suggest their Boys II Men remake of End Of The Road. You will enjoy it.

Two great groups performing together. I love the respect each group is showing for the other. You should go back and do an Oak Ridge Boys song, perhaps Bobbie Sue.

Home Free is amazing and they almost always have a fun upbeat vibe. Their cover of Can't Stop The Feeling is over the top and End Of The Road is more R&Bish. btw, Donovan is totally a keeper.

I used to play this and sing along for my little girl when she was fussy as an infant. Instant smiles from her when she heard it.

It's amazing. The oak ridge boy's bass man is pushing eighty years old in this video and still sound great

There’s a video of the guy that does drum sounds doing a drum solo. Adam Rupp. Y’all should react to that together too

@AJfanboy1

4 жыл бұрын

I just posted a comment about this. I didn't see yours until it was posted... sorry.

@annkline6183

4 жыл бұрын

She has done it.

@AJfanboy1

4 жыл бұрын

@@annkline6183 , ?? When? I posted asking her too also, and I went through all the videos and didn't see it.

@ThisIsDonovan

4 жыл бұрын

I'll put this one on the list😁

@annkline6183

4 жыл бұрын

@@AJfanboy1 Sorry, I start watching 2 new reactors at the same time & it was the other 1 that did him. Again, sorry!

The Oak’s bass is Richard Sterban... he used to sing bass for Elvis. The man has one hell of an impressive voice!

Home Free was founded in 2000 by the original baritone, Chris Rupp. He (the one in the snapback) and the Adam (the beatboxer) are brothers . They've had a few members come and go. In 2012, the guys you saw in their Elvira cover became the full-time members. In 2016, Chris left to do solo work and they brought Adam Chance on, the former bass for another group, Street Corner Symphony. In videos before early 2016, you'll see Chris. In videos after 2016, you'll see Adam. If you look for some of their very old music, you can hear some of the previous members.

According to my daughter who teaches pre-school, this video is the hands-down #1 favorite of the 3 to 4 year-old crowd! She plays it on a loop and they dance until they can't stand up!!!

@GitanaAdelle

4 жыл бұрын

Ah that’s awesome !!! Say hello for me 💓💓

And I believe they have them sitting with their vocal counterparts in each band

It's okay to leave your hair anyway that feels comfortable for you. Donovan is a delight and should be included whenever you feel comfortable to include him. Keep making your content the way you are pauses at all, you'll do well. Great video!

@GitanaAdelle

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much ! Hope you make it the live later 💓😊

@HoldmyWine2024

4 жыл бұрын

@@GitanaAdelle Yay lol I doubled checked phew I was about to get up 2 hours earlier than I needed to your live here at 6am not 4am like I thought Lol so expecting a big shout out while I'm watching having breakfast in bed ROFL.

@GitanaAdelle

4 жыл бұрын

lisa anderson oh gosh !!! Haha where are you again ? I’ll give you that shout out haha 😘

@HoldmyWine2024

4 жыл бұрын

@@GitanaAdelle well I'm new Zealand born but living in Australia.

Good to see Home Free doing this song with the original band of The Oakridge Boys it looks like they had a good time.

The Oak Ridge Boys were a popular country band when I was young. This was their biggest hit, or at least from what I remember.

The featured group members have become mentors to the guys in Home Free. If you haven't heard the collaboration of these two groups with Jeffrey East on O, Beautiful Star of Bethlehem, you see Austin's gospel style come through and these guys look like proud uncles when he does it.

The Oak Ridge Boys wrote and did this back in the early 80's.

Home Free's bass singer is Texas native Tim Foust, who has a 5 octave range, from super, super low to high tenor.

Today's forecast...YOU ROCK!!!!!!!

I love this Song and Band, my First Cassette was one that had this song on it back in the 80s! (long before we had heard of Home Free but they are Amazing too!)

Before they recorded this one , the guys from HF warned the oak ridge boys not to sit near Adam the beatboxer , one of his nicknames is SPITTER LOL

Chris Rupp founded the band with his brother, Adam (the beatboxer). Chris left a few years ago, and chose Adam Chance 'Chance' to be his replacement in the group :) Since they've been singing for years, you'll see videos with each of them there. I think there's even one or two that have both Chris and Chance together. Whoever is in there, they're amazing!!

I love Richard Sterban, the bass for the Oak Ridge Boys. Tim Foust is a great bass, with amazingly low growls, but Sterban is the powerful bass you hear in this video. Foust is softer, smoother, and definitly deep, but Sterban brings the strength to the range.

I love Donovan! he's got such a great accent..and he is indeed adorable

First time I've heard Home Free do this particular song. As usual they kicked ass. I remember this song from when I was a kid though.

The two groups still perform this when they get together. Two or three times Home Free's version now, and once The Oaks. That I know of. Tons of fun for everyone when they do. Thanks! ^_^

It is so much fun seeing you and your husband react together. You are a wonderful couple

Definitely more videos together. You guys gel well together. Love the channel!!

What a good tribute to the Oak Ridge Boys, they are the older gentleman

Love your reaction!!! Definitely check out their cover of Man of Constant Sorrow!! Both of you, lol!!

Great reaction guy's, Oak Ridge Boys had a huge hit with this song. They were big in country for about 30 yrs. Awesome video so glad you liked it. LOVE Y'ALL !!!

Same guys..That was fun!! Loved seeing them with Oak Ridge Boys just fun...

Gitana I want you to know I’m a fan of Home Free and I’m also a big fan of yours Thank you for all your reactions on this wonderful music

Y’all are awesome, this is a great reaction to a great song. We all love y’all both y’all need to react together more ❤️❤️

@ThisIsDonovan

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, i think that's a great idea😁

@tedharvick9010

4 жыл бұрын

I agree, and more Home Free. We'll have y'all "countryfied" in no time. You'll be sayin Y'all and drinking sweet tea after that, lol.

The Oak Bridge Boys recorded Elvira in 1981 and has been one of country music's top country bands, but they have never performed A Capella until they did this with Home Free. Since then, the two bands have performed this song together on stage Capella at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville a couple of times.

G drops hair.. Instant "Elvira" moment!.. 😂 Miss cassandra would be proud!

I grew up with the Oak Ridge Boys. I'm a fan of Home Free and to seen these 2 special groups perform together is a real thrill.

You are the cutest couple. Love seeing you together.

I just love the way Donovan looks at you...He is so much in love with you

Awesome to see both of you together more

The oak ridge boys was my grandfathers favorite. I seen them live at the Grand Ole opry in Nashville Tennessee. Love you popa jack r.i.p. thank you guys for bringing back some fond memories for me.👍❤️😃

Love how exciting you guys are! So glad to see Donovan in the reaction!

He can stay both of you have great reactions

You need to hear Tim Foust (Homefree' bass) and Peter Hollen's version of the Misty Mountains from the Lord of the Rings. Peter does all the parts except the bass and Tim takes his bass to an all time low.. Simply Amazing

Welcome Donovan. It's always fun to see couples do reactions.

‘You’re adorable, why wouldn’t you have fans?’ ....as a man, it always crushes a small part of me when I’m called adorable haha! Keep up the good work guys, give some Kenny Wayne Shepherd, some blues-y stuff a listen

@ThisIsDonovan

4 жыл бұрын

Haha, 😄. Thanks.

Oak Ridge Boys were one of the big three Male Country Groups at their time. Sharing that Honor with The Statler Brothers and Alabama.

This was awesome The Oak Ridge Boys had a member pass this year not for sure wish one though Good to see both of you together again . Great reaction and both of of you Stay Safe 😍 😍😍 😍

@terifringer8560

4 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure, but I think you may be thinking of the gentleman from the Statler brothers that passed.

@donnamhall8491

4 жыл бұрын

Gary McSpadden also passed away recently and he was a former member of the Oak Ridge Boys (back in the 70's, I think). The four current members in this video are all alive and well.

@rickwallace8747

4 жыл бұрын

@@terifringer8560 you know I think your right thanks for correcting me. I always did get them mixed up

now Gitana it's time for the curve now listen to the range of all the guys Mayday and for just pure harmony How Great Thou Art

Im a big fan of both of you because you's make my day

I love seeing you 2 reacting together. Hope to see more 😊🎶

Hahaha y'all are GREAT together....Do more reactions together :) Glad you liked this one...Home Free is always a winner - yes the good vibes come from their videos. Can you react to one of their originals, "Cross that bridge" I think you'll love the song & video :)

I love y'all's relationship The real and opened talk

Not a great big fan of Home Free but have not heard a bad song they have done! Grew up with The oak ridge boys! And love the song Elvira! My heart's on fire for Elvira! Y'all stay safe! From Texas!

The Oak Ridge Boys are older. The guys are all the same except Chris. He is wearing the ball cap. He left the group in 2016 and Adam Chance took his place. Adam Chance has black hair and a short black beard and sings baritone and some bass. He is in videos after 2016.

Love it! ❤️ Grew up with the Oak Ridge Boys! Love the collaboration! Y’all are adorable together! 😊😉

We need more of this! I love the chemistry between the two of you!

"Elvira" was actually a huge hit for the Oak Ridge Boys. So if you are covering a huge hit might as well invite the origonal artist if you can.

The 'old guys' are The Oak Ridge Boys who had a HUGE hit with this song in 1981

Y'all make me smile. God bless.....

Greetings from Washington state. Hello to both of you, Donovan & Gitana. Love to see you both reacting to this song.

Just so you know Donovan, the Oak Ridge Boys have been around for over 40 years and still go on tour, so you should find a lot of their recordings out there to buy.

They always have fun. The butts remix they can't help but laugh having fun

@andyharris3154

4 жыл бұрын

Oh and if you do the butts remix, afterward there is an outtakes video. Not worth reacting to, but worth watching them having fun

Loved y’all’s reaction. Especially the “Tough” to people who don’t like ya stopping the video. That cracked me up😂😂😂. Loved seeing The Oak Ridge Boys together with them. They were very popular back when this song originally came out. They had a number of other hits as well. Worth giving a listen even if you don’t want to react to them. Thanks for keeping it real!! Both you guys are cool 👍

@GitanaAdelle

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I hope you can make it the live later tonight 💓💓💓

A great one is there new one "Meet in the middle ". Its one of the quarantine videos they have done it is so good. Huge Home Fry here!

Someone probably already told you this but the Oak Ridge Boys had this as a hit years ago. Of course we love Donovan!!

"Fishing In The Dark/Boondocks" is a great song to check out. Tim (bass singer) hits his second lowest note, a B0, a couple times in that song.

im not a lady and not gay but i still want to se more of you guys together. IM A FAN!

Donovan, keep hanging out. You guys are great together.

What happens when u meet your hero's? That.. Thats what😁

Yep, fan of HomeFree and of Donovan... and you too 😉 And yes, they lighten your spirit if you need it, or make ya feel good. Even with a sad or slower song.

It's like they are singing with their fathers or holding time and or singing with themselves

The old guys are the Oak Ridge Boys and they were the ones who made the song famous. They are the ones that Home Free is covering.

I've seen this video a bazillion times at least and loved it each time but the best thing about it was Tim Foust didn't put the BASS HAMMER on Tony Sterban. That was very kind of him. Oh, and Donovan, your wife is a cutie!