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Originally Posted by chiliD
So when exactly did Christine crossover from "helping fill out the sound" to becoming a member? When they started the sessions for Future Games or sometime DURING the Kiln House tour?
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Based on the Madison Blues cd (which includes live material from the Kiln House tour) it was clear that Christine's presence in the band was pretty much up front right from the beginning. She sang lead on a number of songs, chatted with the audience between numbers, often provided count-offs and directions for the rest of the band (chaps, she calls them).
So, whether FM initially wanted her to "fill out the sound" it almost immediately blossomed into full participation. (The band did some live-in-studio cuts before the tour with Christine singing lead on two of them.) Some writers have even suggested her involvement would have been more prominent on Kiln House itself if it weren't for existing contract with Mike Vernon/Blue Horizon.