SWITCH BEST CONCERT EVER @ Capital City Jazz Fest 2024

SWITCH PERFORM IN THE RAIN UNTIL THE SUNSHINE CAME OUT WITH ORIGINAL MEMBERS STILL SINGING AND PLAYING INSTRUMENTS @ 2024 CAPITAL CITY JAZZ FEST

[@Louie914]

Yaaaassss... Good job brothers. Bobby is smiling down.

[@JuneSwan-qt8cy]

Agreed!

[@JuneSwan-qt8cy]

This performance is on point! I've watched this video several times because Switch is my group! The lead singer has been with them over 20 years and his voice is beautiful. His falsetto is right in there. Look at the crowd, they were on their feet the whole time. Akili was handpicked by Tommy DeBarge and Tommy is the one who convinced him to join the group. I don't know what ya'll are listening to but he hits those notes with ease, grace and beauty, all while performing his butt off. The haters in some of these comments need to go somewhere. Great show! Great performance! Keep it up Switch!

[@geraldlewis4879]

I agree with you. The performance is on point. I wished I was there. Awesome performance.

[@ghenyajordan5205]

They should have hit up El Debarge…

[@lb89148]

El Debarge was performing also at the same show. It’s on KZbin..he put on a good show and hit those high notes

[@JuneSwan-qt8cy]

El Debarge and Akili are close. El sings with Switch on several shows and Akili is right next to him hitting note for note and they have a great time. Akili sounds great.

[@Nostaljack]

They didn't need him. Akili's killing it here.

[@LLewis-tm9yp]

I listen to switch just about everyday. They don't make good music like this no more

[@dovetales3]

Thank you for posting this! I didn’t go this year! Peace & Blessings ❤

[@dbass1201]

And He sing just like that live.

[@michaelmosley1385]

When I lived in Grand rapids I had this album before Motown recorded it. Even went to the same school as randy debarge. They was a very talented family and fun to hang around with. Gave randy his first motorcycle ride.

[@shamgarsitar1170]

When Chico married Janet, I was like : what do they have in common? I latter learnt that both families were Jehovah Witnesses & I also discovered that their arch rivals ( The OSMOND BROTHERS) were Mormons. The media never told us that because they knew that their target audience was Baptist & those theologies were frowned upon with skepticism. They did not realize that by being honest with us that divide could have been bridged through the 🎶

[@Nostaljack]

@@shamgarsitar1170 The DeBarge family were not Jehovah's Witnesses.

[@bigcartoonyIIV]

What happened to Phillip Ingrim?

[@househead67]

He's a Jehovah's Witness now.

[@Nostaljack]

He's still in the band. Yes, he's one of Jehovah's Witnesses but that doesn't speak to why he wasn't there. He lives on the west coast and he likely just couldn't make the trip. Nothing more to it.

[@user-ib6nk9zu8k]

I just recently found out that Phillip is James Ngrams younger brother.

[@bigcartoonyIIV]

@@Nostaljack oh cool. Bobby was the lungs and philp is the heart of the group

[@LLewis-tm9yp]

🎉🎉🎉

[@dbass1201]

Love and respect to the original members. But there are some of the most talented singers in America standing in line at “The Voice, American Idol, Call Rodney Poe just for 1 show. Or Mark Middleton “Time Will Reveal” Blackstreet cover.

[@Nostaljack]

Mark's voice is NOT what it was. He still sounds decent but the high notes he was known for are long gone. They don't need any other singer. Akili's got it.

[@lb89148]

The lead singer doesn’t have the vocals for their songs. This doesn’t look like any of the original members. They’ll never be?? 🤔😱

[@KlassyK513]

It's only 2 original in this band and they are the 2 keyboard players

[@JuneSwan-qt8cy]

I could not disagree more! He sounds great! Switch is one of the only groups where all the living original members are still with the same group and there aren't 2 or 3 Switches out there. The original living members here are Greg Williams, Eddie Fluellen, and guitarist Michael McGloiry. Tommy and Bobby passed away and Phillip just wasn't able to join this show but he's with them most of the time. Tommy DeBarge and the original members handpicked Akili and he's been with them over 20 years eating those notes for lunch. He hits those notes easily and this sounds great.

[@Nostaljack]

Just...no. Akili is hitting all the notes. He's as close to Bobby as you'll get. As for what he looks like, who cares about that? If he can get the job done, he can get the job done...and he CAN get the job done.

[@dbass1201]

His voice is too glassy. it’s like a bass amp with 5 inch speakers in it.

[@JuneSwan-qt8cy]

If you think it needs more bass then that's the sound engineers fault. I was there and I've seen Switch many times, even before a Tommy died and Akili and Tommy would sing all the old stuff Tommy would sing with his brother. This sounds great.

[@Nostaljack]

As has been said, that's the engineer's fault, not Akili's.

[@keithroberts4952]

Am not impressed,unfortunately. The lead singer is struggling with his falsetto leads. The band sounds ok tho.

[@JuneSwan-qt8cy]

Are we watching the same show? He's hitting those notes easily, while dancing and eating them like their brownies. He makes it look easy the way he's hitting those notes and dancing. In fact, he hits hem, holds them and then does a run higher than the original note to prove the point. What are you watching! Signed, a true Switch fan.

[@keithroberts4952]

@@JuneSwan-qt8cy I am watching a performance that isn't that great. Jon B was far better!! My opinion which I am entitled to just like you are entitled to yours. Have a great day!

[@JuneSwan-qt8cy]

Yeah, we will surely agree to disagree on this one. I watched the video of El's performance at the same festival and his sound is so much louder, and richer, with his voice booming through the music and with his whole band having a much more balanced sound. THAT IS ALL THE SOUND MAN and the fact Switch performed FIRST on this festival without a sound check and El performed almost last, 7 hours after the first act. The first group, Switch, does not have the benefit of a sound check and the sound people have to try and figure out the sound of everything on the fly with the first group. It's why you can barely hear them in this video and he isn't loud over the band even though he's eating those notes up and crushing it. By the later groups, they've had 8 hours of singing groups to figure it out, have the volumes louder, and have the whole overall sound sounding a lot better. I agree that this sounds itself is not in the same league as the sound for the headliners 8 hours later (El and Babyface) but the performance is awesome! We will surely agree to disagree about that.

[@keithroberts4952]

@@JuneSwan-qt8cy now that you explained about the sound, that makes sense. I wasn't aware that they were the first act on the bill. Shame that they fell victim to poor sound and mix.

[@JuneSwan-qt8cy]

I was there. Switch also didn't get a sound check. I know that because Jodeci was the headliner and their sound check went so late that Jodeci's band was still sound checking when the crowd came in right before they called Switch to the stage. So Switch never got a sound check. They literally went out there raw with the sound people and engineers having just plugged in their instruments before they just went on stage first. But did you hear Jodeci! GAWD their sound was fat. It sure helps to be the headliner and get a sound check vs being the opening act without even a sound check.

[@shamgarsitar1170]

How many of them are the from the original SWITCH? Why they always replace💡skin lead wit a 💡lead? This karaoke lead an’t no Chico De barge. His tenor is weak & other members sound like side men pick up musicians. They SWITCH in name only👎

[@josephwilloughby4178]

Look like only true members are both keyboardist.

[@user-ib6nk9zu8k]

@shamgarsitar well you know the new is never as good as all the original members. I can't tell who is the original members in the band. They sound pretty good although it's not as good as Bobby and Tommy.

[@shamgarsitar1170]

@@user-ib6nk9zu8k A lot of times the surviving members have to keep performing or copy cat groups will take over & milk the legacy. Right now they got fake 2PAC’s , MJ & Prince impersonator’s raking in the doe 💰

[@americangoldking]

Phil Ingram is MIA the singer is decent but his falsetto is not strong enough to carry the songs live possibly the sound system outside but his falsetto diminishes like a breeze

[@JuneSwan-qt8cy]

The sound system was fine overall but Switch didn't get the benefit of the sound system. They didn't get a sound check (because Jodeci's sound check ran over) so the music and instruments weren't mixed at all and the lead vocals weren't mixed over the musicians properly. No falsetto singer could outsing the volume of live musicians outdoors. Period. But listen to the video of El from that festival. As the co-headliner with a sound check and a banging mix 8 hours after the opener, El's falsetto vocals are loud and clear and mixed on top of his band perfectly. Akili didn't get that benefit at all.

[@americangoldking]

@@JuneSwan-qt8cy I never liked Jodeci anyway it's horrible that they would do that Switch over Jodeci all day long