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)

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..

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.

Koko Taylor is one of my faves, so much power in that woman, damn.

Here's she is, at around 80 years:

http://www.youtube.com/wa...LU&feature=related

Something from when she was younger:

http://www.youtube.com/wa...Xc&feature=related

That voice... oh my

Last weekend while working in my shop I
enjoyed a guest artist on a local PBS broadcast...

Linda Ronstadt.

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