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LS: You did a fabulous rendition of the LS: You just finished a fantastic run of
popular Phil Collins' song 'Easy Lover.' the Paradise Tour. Do you have any
Do you have plans to release any more other plans for touring in 2022?
reimagined cover songs? Maybe even
an album of cover songs with that GGFO: It was amazing to be touring
distinguishable GGFO sound? again after so long! We never thought
we'd go 2+ years without performing.
GGFO (Jon): Thanks! That was a fun one! We don't have another tour planned,
It was brought to our attention that I but I'm sure we'll be back out soon.
sound a lot like Philip Bailey, and our
friend Peter Kirk (Panama Wedding) LS: What advice would you give to a
sounds shockingly similar to Phil Collins. new artist seeking a career in music?
The rest is history. Being huge fans of
other artists, we love to pay tribute with GGFO: Just do it! If you're inspired to
covers. I'm sure we'll do many more! write songs, just start writing. Don't worry
about being "great". Success and
LS: If given the opportunity, which happiness are all in the process and
artist/band would fulfill the role of 'the the journey. You have to love doing it
ultimate collaboration' for GGFO? regardless of any outcome. Be
prepared for a crazy rollercoaster!
GGFO: That is such a hard question
since we'd be thrilled to collaborate LS: What aspirations do you have for the
with so many artists. I could see us doing future of GGFO?
something really special with The 1975.
A GGFO + BTS collab would be GGFO (Jon): I have so many goals and
epic. Beyoncé! dreams for GGFO, but mainly I'd love to
just keep making music! My favorite
LS: With the success of your previous thing about touring is meeting fans and
releases including your recent singles seeing firsthand how much joy our
such as 'Paradise' and 'Love Runs Out,' music brings to people. It's so fulfilling to
can we expect a new album to follow in feel like we're contributing something
the near future? positive at a time when there's so much
negativity.
GGFO: In the last year we released our
5th EP and three new singles. It feels like LS: Where can our readers learn more
we're entering a new chapter which will about GGFO?
surely come with much more music!
Maybe an album! GGFO: You can follow us everywhere
@greatgoodfineok or you can go to
www.greatgoodfineok.com
