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GrammCummingsfan

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  1. In my opinion:   Curbers: Sting, Paul Rodgers, Lou Gramm, possibly BB King Edgers: The other ones on your list
  2. Interesting topic. A few "Edgier" singers to my ear would be early Meat Loaf, Brian Johnson, and Phil Collins. A few "Curbier" singers would be Michael Bolton, Michael McDonald, and early Chuck Negron (he's a lot "edgier" these days).
  3. Another good song might be "Hey There Lonely Girl" by Eddie Holman. I think it tops at F5. Anything sung by Eddie Kendricks in the Temptations like "Just My Imagination", "Get Ready" "The Way You Do The Things You Do" would be good, too. On the more recent side, Sam Smith's songs have lots of head voice work.  
  4. I think Burton Cummings of the Guess Who qualifies as a baritone with high notes. He gets up to some E5s and F5s in a couple of songs. Tom Jones gets up to some very high notes as well, and I think he's a natural baritone. Jeff Scott Soto is another, I think. He certainly can sing very high. 
  5. Really cool track. It reminds me of some of my favorite Genesis/King Crimson tracks, but with it's own unique sound. The vocal is very good and serves the song well. The whole thing is well-mixed and mastered to my ears; instruments/vocals are all audible and nothing sticks out of the mix too much. 
  6. Fantastic voice! I loved everything about your performance; range, tone, energy. I think you should consider taking a stab at the song "Smoke From A Distant Fire" by Sanford Townsend Band. 
  7. '>   This is just incredible. Such unbelievable power and range. I always want to give up when I hear someone like him, haha. I'm too stubborn to quit, though.
  8. Good job! Levi Stubbs and David Ruffin have always been favorites of mine, too. I remember when I first started "seriously" singing, I used to try to sing this song and "I Wish It Would Rain". To say it didn't sound as good as your version would be an understatement. I had no idea how to sing those notes around the high G so I would just yell and sounded awful. I don't know how old you are, but you've got very good control of that area.
  9. It was the Canyon Club in Agoura Hills, CA. Really great small venue, so I got to be really close.
  10. :D:D:D Well, the ultimate magic moment for me was something I just saw and unfortunately cannot share with you all: Lou Gramm live. I didn't think it was possible to have more respect for him as a singer and performer, but I do. I now see what Regis meant on that YouTube video: "intensity"! He could easily sing without a mic and be heard. Since the surgery, his voice just keeps getting better and better, and he sang some notes I couldn't believe. Probably the peak was "I Wanna Know What Love Is", it was completely bone-chilling. A lot of people took videos, so I imagine there will be some on Youtube soon. I'll post if I see any.
  11. Here's "Juke Box Hero" from the same event. I noticed that here he's able to put more "meat" in the high notes (E flat 5s) at the end than he has in a long time (since the surgery). I think that's pretty impressive.
  12. He did "Hot Blooded", and it sounds awesome!
  13. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcFvU59HX9s Great footage of early Foreigner.
  14. I'm a big fan of Don Henley, especially "The Boys of Summer" and "Sunset Grill". I have seen him live twice, once with the Eagles and once solo, and he's really a great live singer. Does anyone here have any thoughts about his technique? I'm pretty sure he never trained or anything, but it seems to me his stuff is really hard to sing.
  15. Really nice singing and song choice! I've always loved this song, though I'm way too young to claim I remember when it came out.
  16. This show has a great performance of "With Heaven On Our Side".
  17. I think the Joseph Shore clip exemplifies what Benny82 said about lower voices losing oscuro (in the classical sense) as they go higher. His high C sounds quite different from, say, Pavarotti.
  18. Definitely. That tone on those really high parts in "I'm Gonna Win" and "Night Life" (neither of which I had heard live recordings of before) is unbelievable.
  19. I've been wanting to hear this one live for so long! Thank you!
  20. Another great performance. I thought it was interesting that most of the keys were actually lower than the originals, except for "Drift Away". He sounded surprisingly strong in this middle register.
  21. I saw John Fogerty live last month. He's still got it. Just an amazing show all around. :)
  22. I agree with the above statement; even within classical music there's quite a bit of controversy about who's a "true" tenor or a "true" bass, etc. It's based on very specific (and often very subjective) sound ideals that have little to do with contemporary music. Enrico Caruso, the famous tenor, was considered to have a "baritonal" timbre for his time.
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