BTF wrote:Although I hated pop rock when I started playing guitar, as I've aged I've come to like Steve Perry of Journey. The timbre and range of his voice is very pleasing. Much different from Iggy Pop or Johnny Rotten...
Ha, ha!....glad someone else said it first, but that's who came into my mind when I saw this topic.
I was wondering when Paul Rogers would be mentioned, one of my favorites. Also,
Freddie King
Eric Clapton
Warren Haynes
Greg Allman
Vince Gill
Allison Krause
Tom Petty
Jewel
Sheryl Crow
Depends if one judges the performance over the voice. Quite a large number of rock/pop singers really have no voice at all, but are still great performers, like Rod Stewart who has the voice of a crow...
Freddie Mercury is probably one of the very best rock singers ever - an incredible voice with a very large register....
Brad Delp... the other "man with the golden voice".
Joe Cocker... more soul and feeling in his baby toe, on a bad day... that I could ever muster (or dream of) on my very best day.
Sam and Dave... technically, a duo.
Janis Joplin... 'nough said.
Paul Stanley... back in the day, it wasn't all 'smoke and mirrors'.
Steve Perry... he's Portuguese, ya know?
David Coverdale... here I go again, in the still of the night, I wish I had his voice.
Jack Bruce... Cream.
Brian Adams... after all, I AM Canadian. Go Leafs!!!
Ian Gillian... no love for Ian???
Cheers,
Rob
Music is an expression of the inexpressable ~ Vernon Reid, Musician.
Mike Finnigan has been a long time favorite for me.
Killer B3 player that has played with Hendrix, Etta James, CSN, Joe Cocker, and countless others. Fronts the Phantom Blues Band when he is not on the road with Joe Cocker or Taj Mahal.
