I , technically , subbed for Farren , once , about 10 years ago. My friend , Plastic Crimewave , puts on a big Psych festival at The Empty Bottle in Chicago , yearly. So , Farren was slated to be the uber - special guest and headliner (Over Michael Yonkers.). But , he cancelled at the last minute and myself , and our friend , Chris Connolly (I am NOT into that Waxtrax stuff in the least , but Connolly is a prince among men.) were asked to sing some of the songs Mick would have sang. I did "Slumlord" and "Trouble Coming Every Day"(With a verse thrown in for the recently deceased Arthur Kane. He'd been beaten , nearly to death , during the Rodney King riots in Watts.) , and Chris Connolly blew my shit off the stage with a cool - as - fuck "I'm Coming Home".
He had the name recognition , but , we both went over really well. The band sounded great , playing those songs. I always felt that Farren missed out.