sharke
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The antidote to today's bland, sterile, shrink wrapped vocalists
Oh my...Karen Dalton is cigarettes and whiskey made audible.... Now WHO has a voice like this nowadays? No-one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raLXnnlPI_I
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Re:The antidote to today's bland, sterile, shrink wrapped vocalists
2012/10/16 22:44:17
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sharke
Oh my...Karen Dalton is cigarettes and whiskey made audible....
Now WHO has a voice like this nowadays? No-one.
No one? I thought you were implying that Karen Dalton did. Sooooo confusing! (   )
Time for all of you to head over to Beyond My DAW!
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Re:The antidote to today's bland, sterile, shrink wrapped vocalists
2012/10/16 22:47:05
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Well that was recorded in 1971 and she died in 1993...but she lives on, man 
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Re:The antidote to today's bland, sterile, shrink wrapped vocalists
2012/10/16 23:45:05
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sharke
Now WHO has a voice like this nowadays?
Amy Winehouse comes to mind.
"I pulled the head off Elvis, filled Fred up to his pelvis, yaba daba do, the King is gone, and so are you."
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Re:The antidote to today's bland, sterile, shrink wrapped vocalists
2012/10/17 00:00:39
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Bub
sharke
Now WHO has a voice like this nowadays?
Amy Winehouse comes to mind.
Not any more.
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Bub
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Re:The antidote to today's bland, sterile, shrink wrapped vocalists
2012/10/17 00:22:22
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Bub
sharke
Now WHO has a voice like this nowadays?
Amy Winehouse comes to mind.
Not any more.
Very true. I was going to say Mahalia Jackson too, but she's been gone quite some time now.
"I pulled the head off Elvis, filled Fred up to his pelvis, yaba daba do, the King is gone, and so are you."
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Re:The antidote to today's bland, sterile, shrink wrapped vocalists
2012/10/17 00:23:12
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To the hills of Borneo.
post edited by Linear Phase - 2012/10/17 00:49:03
too many lasers...  Sonar = audio editing ninja of a music software!
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Re:The antidote to today's bland, sterile, shrink wrapped vocalists
2012/10/17 00:25:07
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Bub
sharke
Now WHO has a voice like this nowadays?
Amy Winehouse comes to mind.
She still sounded a little shrink wrapped to me...like someone doing an impression of a great singer than actually living it... I don't know, I just hear a feeling and a swing in musicians from 30, 40 years ago that I don't hear today. I want to hear it, but I don't. Here's another great example....Little Feat....you just don't hear that feel and swing anymore http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEOlTZGuLKM
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Re:The antidote to today's bland, sterile, shrink wrapped vocalists
2012/10/17 00:26:21
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bapu
Bub
sharke
Now WHO has a voice like this nowadays?
Amy Winehouse comes to mind.
Not any more.
Speaking of Mahalia Jackson, I thought she sang the theme to The Jeffersons, so I looked it up on u toob to discover that Sherman Hemsley died a few months ago. If I knew, I had forgotten. Then that led me to read about his death and it says that he was a recluse, and left everything, which was nothing, to his agent. Then suddenly, a guy shows up claiming to be his brother and stopped his funeral and he's been frozen in a morgue in Texas since July until this guy can prove he's really his brother. Ain't the internets amazin? Sorry to derail the thread, but ya had to know it was coming, right? ;)
"I pulled the head off Elvis, filled Fred up to his pelvis, yaba daba do, the King is gone, and so are you."
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Re:The antidote to today's bland, sterile, shrink wrapped vocalists
2012/10/17 00:39:26
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sharke
Bub
sharke
Now WHO has a voice like this nowadays?
Amy Winehouse comes to mind.
She still sounded a little shrink wrapped to me...like someone doing an impression of a great singer than actually living it...
I don't know, I just hear a feeling and a swing in musicians from 30, 40 years ago that I don't hear today.
That's because there were actual musicians in the recording studio. Back then normally you went in with the people you gigged with and you knew each other so well the feel came natural. Now days it's all Sonar and studio musicians ... if that. For example, there will never be another CCR ... :( If you like Karen Dalton, check out Jessi Collin Young. He put out a couple of great albums in the early 70's. Hard to find, even on the toob. Morning Sun is one of his best imo. Not quite the same vocal styles, but the same kind of feel. This is one of those albums you must have the LP of. The CD kills it.
post edited by Bub - 2012/10/17 00:41:24
"I pulled the head off Elvis, filled Fred up to his pelvis, yaba daba do, the King is gone, and so are you."
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sharke
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Re:The antidote to today's bland, sterile, shrink wrapped vocalists
2012/10/17 01:35:46
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That's some nice stuff Bub, good to hear he's still around these days as well....usually when I discover a new great musician it turns out they died years ago (Jackson C Frank, Bill Chase etc)
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Re:The antidote to today's bland, sterile, shrink wrapped vocalists
2012/10/17 06:52:40
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Well at the risk of being boring I'm on a bit of a BCC/Joe Bonnamassa kick lately, and Joe really does have that smoky, husky soulful quality; Song of Yesterday Glenn Hughes ain't too shabby either.. 
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Re:The antidote to today's bland, sterile, shrink wrapped vocalists
2012/10/17 07:39:14
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Lots of good female singers have character in their voices....even today. So many come to mind.... I particularly have e number of favorites.....mostly in the country/folk world Emmylou Harris is first and foremost, Trisha Yearwood, Kathy Mattea, Allison Krauss, and going back to the 70's one of my early favs was Sandy Denny http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI_8ArJgDgc <<<< Sandy Denny singing a Bob Dylan song.
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Re:The antidote to today's bland, sterile, shrink wrapped vocalists
2012/10/17 07:41:53
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Re:The antidote to today's bland, sterile, shrink wrapped vocalists
2012/10/17 09:42:36
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Last weekend while working in my shop I
enjoyed a guest artist on a local PBS broadcast...
Linda Ronstadt.
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Re:The antidote to today's bland, sterile, shrink wrapped vocalists
2012/10/17 10:20:23
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What about Peggy Seeger singing The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face in 1957....today's "American Idol-esque" singers could learn a thing or two about vocal ornamentation from this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXYPb0rrwbA
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