And by the way, decades of musical training have nothing to do with having a musical ear. Have you gone back, like CD Guy suggested, and re-listened to his early material and the one from last year without pitch correction, and compared them to the newer projects WITH pitch correction technology? You go back and re-listen, and tell me there’s no difference.

I don’t care how much musical training you have, if you think EH is “magnificent”, or sings on-pitch, YOUR EAR IS TIN!

Many on this site feel EH would not have made it, had he not had the BG machine behind him. I don’t know whether that is true or not, but it is a popular opinion here. It would be interesting to see what Garry’s group could have done, if he’d had the BG machine behind him, like EH has. I guess we’ll never know, will we?

You’re right, Garry never sold out the big auditoriums night after night, like Ernie does. But the times I saw Garry and Mercy’s Mark, their “spirit bore witness with my spirit” in a much greater way than I’ve ever experienced in an EHSSQ concert.

That may not mean much to some here, though. But the fact remains, in the musical quality department, MM was ALWAYS high above EHSSQ.

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t hate EH or SSQ. I always enjoy their show. But musically, EH is FAR from “magnificent”.

No, let me restate that: EH’s vocals are not the on-pitch vocals we should ALL expect from one of the biggest money makers in the bidness. His hired help does much better.

I think if Ernie had put as much effort into the vocals early on, as he did the choreography, Garry Jones would probably not have left to start his now defunct Mercy’s Mark.

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t have a problem with the choreography. I just think it shouldn’t be an either/or situation. But then, EH wasn’t any better with The Cathedrals than he is now. Why should we expect better now (other than advanced technology)?