HOCUS POCUS FOCUS - Virtual Band

[@saxonsteve]

Great Job! Very Well Done! All you guys kicked butt!

[@prboyd]

Hey Joe. Thanks so much for jumping onboard with this. What an amazing live one take performance! Massive part of driving this whole collab :) Rock on. Phil

[@quiteright623]

Another great job on a classic Joe ... I was a Focus freak and a great admirer of Guitarist , Jan Ackerman's work back in the early 70's ... You guys did it justice and truly rocked it !!

[@TheDrumChannel]

Thanks Joe glad you enjoyed it.

[@saxonsteve]

I’ve seen the drummer in action with GFR covers and you my brother are an incredible drummer!!!

[@TheDrumChannel]

saxonsteve thanks Bro I appreciate that

[@stratocasterbob]

Hey Joe ! Nice rocker song to collab with !!! Brilliant drumming!!!! Keep on rockin', Bob

[@readyeddy101]

Haven't heard this tune in decades. Superb job from all. Joe good see see you back in the saddle. You are getting better with age. Such a great driving rock tune. Insane guitars, vocals keys and drums.

[@Donn713]

Hey Joe, I'm really glad you joined us for this one. Having live drums made this 1000% better! Thanks for all your hard work Bro :)

[@CraigClingan]

That was great! Took me back to my childhood, walking around the local carnival. That song was always playing. It's not Grand Funk, but it's still way cool. :)

[@Phrase]

Awesome job brother! Rest of the band too, amazing!

[@AlainHubert]

Great cover ! As always superb playing Joe ! For a second I thought it was Geddy Lee of Rush on bass !

[@Beerchasers]

Welcome back Joe. I look forward to your collaborations. They seem to be getting fewer and far between though. Step it up man!

[@PDXguitarfreak]

Hey Joe, that was pretty darn epic, and you probably did it one take! :)

[@johneasler9967]

Absolutely awesome. Just as good as the original! Awesome drumming as always, Brother Joe

[@TheDrumChannel]

Thanks John - much appreciated

[@Cast412]

Over the top! Great job by all.

[@justsingit72]

Dammm... Who covers this? Only the best!!! You guys nailed it!

[@TheDrumChannel]

Such a funny song - only JC could have done this -

[@bentleyaudio]

I've got to drop a quick comment, only to say, I've come across many versions of this on KZbin, most recently the one with Gabriela Gunčíková on vocals (if you haven't heard her yet... do yourselves a favor.... OMG the PIPES on that gal!), Rudy Sarzo on Bass (Little known factoid: Back in the eighties, apparently it was ILLEGAL for any major hard rock band release a classic hard rock record, WITHOUT including Rudy in the band's lineup (plus there were additional legal clauses requiring each of the hard rock bands to provide the basic neccessities for Rud during the subsequent tour, such as ample Ultra-hold hair spray and a variety of spandex pants (different colored stripes, preferred). Each of the players were rock royalty... with K. Mary - S. Van Zen - P. Bradley - G. Schutt. Then.... of course... from there KZbin lead me to Focus's orginal version.... and from there to lots of other interesting "cover" interpretations of the same song. Until it caused my eyesight (and brain) to lose focus... So, when I saw yet another version, with a bunch of guys that look about my age... I went "oh good.... another version of hocus pocus.....! ;-). And I now I feel terrible for nearly dismissing you guys! Glad I didn't! You guys are at least as good; DAMN! Can your guitarist shred! EXCELLENT version!

[@TheDrumChannel]

Well on behalf of everyone who contributed to this- thank you

[@AJs-guitar-bass]

Hi Joe - incredible collaboration and performance on this by all! Showed it to a friend last night who happened to love this song back in the day and he was blown away! By the way I loaded four new GFR Live Album bass covers you might enjoy. Let me know if you get to check them out! Hope you are doing well! Andy

[@fabiocollina]

Great, even better than Pierre van der LInden himself!