A couple that come to mind:
Matt Berninger of the National
Jim James of My Morning Jacket
Martin Sexton
Matt Berninger of the National
Jim James of My Morning Jacket
Martin Sexton
Wednesday OT: best "voice" you've heard at a concert
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The Journey/Def Leppard show in Hilton quiet a few years ago was awful. Joe Elliot was really bad and Journey was like in between lead singer. Probably the worst sounding one I've been to.
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Nick Hexum is always on point for 311. The one that always surprised me was Chris Cornell, you hear those Sonics on an album and think they are highly manipulated but then he just nailed it live too. Exceptional vocal talent. RIP.
I was there. Journey's singer was Jeff Scott Soto. He did wear a football jersey tho.
Forgot about Marty!
Sometimes Jim James isn't as clear but it might have also been a sound issue. It's not like he can't bellow...and the band itself blows the studio stuff out of the water.
I like your taste. I swear the lead singer for The National doubles as the singer for Future Islands.
Melissa Etheridge and hootie and the blowfish were solid. Stephen Tyler for his age and his screaming was very good. Must be that potato mush that looked like diarrhea that I had to watch him drink. That gave a person the dry heaves.
Had tickets for Elton John last year (cancelled owing to COVID), as was really interested to hear what he sounds like at 83. He's supposed to re-book, and our tickets are supposedly still good for that.
That is one hell of list. I don't bump into too many othe JTE fans, even in TX.
Chris Cornell at Adler
One of the last shows before we lost him.
Ryan Bingham at The Kessler is a close one too.
One of the last shows before we lost him.
Ryan Bingham at The Kessler is a close one too.
Never saw JTE in concert, but from youtube videos of him live it could be really hit or miss on his vocal quality - depending on his sobriety.
The one who blew me away was when we saw Norah Jones in New Orleans in 2001, just as she was becoming famous. She was awesome.
Saw him with bill Joel, many years ago. Both sounded fine.
For terrible, Sebastian Bach in his prime was just bad bad bad.
I was lucky to see him 3 times between 2009-2011 and it was great, accompanied only by fiddle/violin and upright bass.
After that was turned away after he added a full band that didn't fit and just wasn't very good. I'd imagine he was hard to tour with with all the baggage so lining up quality back up musicians was difficult.
Vocally and instrumentally he was simply better if he had to work harder to keep that edge.
Chris Cornell blew me away, he wasn't just a grunge singer, he was an amazing talent. Neil Young would be second. Maybe not the most traditional singing voice but very powerful and he sounded exactly like I expected.
Disappointing concerts (vocally):
Cars (can't reproduce their sound live)
Stevie Nicks ( stoned out of her mind)
Vince Neil ... absolutely terrible
David Lee Roth (2019)
Axl Rose
Cars (can't reproduce their sound live)
Stevie Nicks ( stoned out of her mind)
Vince Neil ... absolutely terrible
David Lee Roth (2019)
Axl Rose
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Steve Walsh.........Kansas. It was at Hilton. I know they weren't your typical R@R but that group had some talent.
Also........I know it's not the typical music being thought of in this thread, but went to an Andy Williams Christmas concert at the Civic Center years ago......and could that man blow! Even at his age.
Also........I know it's not the typical music being thought of in this thread, but went to an Andy Williams Christmas concert at the Civic Center years ago......and could that man blow! Even at his age.
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