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Top male lead vocals-hard rock

TurtleDude said:
No right or wrong here-its about what the poster likes best.
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I was just screwing around.

I firmly believe that there is good music and great music, there is no bad music.

When one lives this belief he does not criticize what anyone enjoys.
 
Live Jorma, Paul Grace and Dave harmonies


 
TurtleDude said:
Yeah, the harmonies between Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, David Frieberg and Jorma Kaukonen in "Thirty Seconds over Winterland are pretty amazing. Same with the late greats Steve Marriott (Small Faces then Humble Pie) and Ronnie Lane (SF)
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Thirty Seconds over Winterland has always frustrated me.

You have Jack playing some of the best base you'll ever hear in rock (his improvisation in Crown of Creation on this live set is the rock gold standard for bass play) and arguably one of the 10 best live songs in rock ever recorded, Feels So Good... but the damned recording is crap! Listening at high volume will blow your speakers because of the damned distortion (clipping). Or, if you have a good amp, the amp will shut down.

They tried to clean it up on the full concert release many years later but Feels so Good was just butchered and can't be fixed. How unfortunate. One of the best performances ever.
 
noonereal said:
Thirty Seconds over Winterland has always frustrated me.

You have Jack playing some of the best base you'll ever hear in rock (his improvisation in Crown of Creation on this live set is the rock gold standard for bass play) and arguably one of the 10 best live songs in rock ever recorded, Feels So Good... but the damned recording is crap! Listening at high volume will blow your speakers because of the damned distortion (clipping). Or, if you have a good amp, the amp will shut down.

They tried to clean it up on the full concert release many years later but Feels so Good was just butchered and can't be fixed. How unfortunate. One of the best performances ever.
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lots of people forget how good that guy was. Same with Jorma. Jorma's song that he did with Tom Hobson (Genesis) is the gold standard for acoustic stuff IMHO

 
TurtleDude said:
Live Jorma, Paul Grace and Dave harmonies


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Papa John!

Magnificent!

I recall the first time I saw the Airplane with Papa John. We were all like, "what's that old man doing on stage?"

At the end of the show we were all like, "damned, can that guy play!"
 
noonereal said:
Papa John!

Magnificent!

I recall the first time I saw the Airplane with Papa John. We were all like, "what's that old man doing on stage?"

At the end of the show we were all like, "damned, can that guy play!"
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Ever see Dave Swarbrick play violin
 
TurtleDude said:
lots of people forget how good that guy was. Same with Jorma. Jorma's song that he did with Tom Hobson (Genesis) is the gold standard for acoustic stuff IMHO

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I love this song! I mean it's as good as music gets. No joke.

He does not perform it very often the last 30 years or so but he did rather recently and it was wonderful.

Tuna, with Papa was a true privilege to see and hear play.

I was at a Tuna show one night where they played so long that when I left the theater the sun was up!

I head Jack interviewed a few years ago he recalled the show as being the longest performance of his and Tuna's career.
 
Roger Daltry's "Love Reign O'er Me" immediately springs to mind.
 
This is what a San Francisco rock band looks like.

These guys look the part more than anyone.

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Taylor said:
Roger Daltry's "Love Reign O'er Me" immediately springs to mind.
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a young Roger Daltry, like a young Greg Lake-beautiful vocals. both lost lots of range later on, but the stuff they did at their peaks were among the best. RD's singing in the LIVE AT LEEDS\HULL was amazing stuff. Many critics concerning the Live at Leeds to be the best recording of a live concert ever


 
TurtleDude said:
In 77 I saw the second of two LZ concerts at the infamous venue where a bunch of people were killed watching the Who a couple years later. 18 years later, I saw Page and Plant there. Without a doubt, his best vocal performance was "the Song Remains the Same. Sadly, I never saw Cornell live
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I'm jealous. I would have enjoyed a Led Zeppelin concert.

I did get to see Chris Cornell, though. It was his Euphoria Morning tour in November of 1999. The concert was general admission, so I showed up five hours early. I was front row, and i could even read his set list. It was an amazing night.
 
TurtleDude said:
a young Roger Daltry, like a young Greg Lake-beautiful vocals. both lost lots of range later on, but the stuff they did at their peaks were among the best. RD's singing in the LIVE AT LEEDS\HULL was amazing stuff. Many critics concerning the Live at Leeds to be the best recording of a live concert ever


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Live At Leeds is all about Keith Moon.

I heard this and knew he was the best drummer in Rock.
 
noonereal said:
No.

But I saw Vassar Clements and it was one of the most impactful performances on me of my life.
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Swarbrick was a lead vocalist and violinist for Fairport convention. He often played with FC's original guitarist-Richard Thompson years later. My familiarity with Vassar is limited to the stuff he did with Jerry Garcia, Peter Rowan, Dave Grisman and Joe Kahn-Old and in the Way. A guy I knew who knew Garcia well (Garcia's last wife grew up with some of my friends though I never met her) said Jerry was in awe with VC's playing.
 
noonereal said:
Live At Leeds is all about Keith Moon.

I heard this and knew he was the best drummer in Rock.
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Certainly the most entertaining to watch. Bonham-I saw once-not nearly the showman but the guy's speed and accuracy was amazing. a computer geek from my HS managed to tape LZ in 77 and had the drumming analyzed on our school's computer. The timing was essentially machine like
 
TurtleDude said:
Swarbrick was a lead vocalist and violinist for Fairport convention. He often played with FC's original guitarist-Richard Thompson years later. My familiarity with Vassar is limited to the stuff he did with Jerry Garcia, Peter Rowan, Dave Grisman and Joe Kahn-Old and in the Way. A guy I knew who knew Garcia well (Garcia's last wife grew up with some of my friends though I never met her) said Jerry was in awe with VC's playing.
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Yes, I know who he is and I enjoyed Fairport.
 
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Helix said:
I'm jealous. I would have enjoyed a Led Zeppelin concert.

I did get to see Chris Cornell, though. It was his Euphoria Morning tour in November of 1999. The concert was general admission, so I showed up five hours early. I was front row, and i could even read his set list. It was an amazing night.
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concert started at 8. Day two-meaning all the bugs from the night before were worked out. the arena went jet black. other than the people lighting up joints, dark. A billboard flashed LED ZEPPELIN. spot light comes on Jimmy Page in an Elvis like White Jumpsuit. He hits the first note of The Song Remains the same and Plant opens up. he had the mike balanced on his palm. Amazing stuff. Later that night-they do Kashmir. Bonham has a tray full of acrylic drumsticks set up near the top hat. He constantly was bouncing them off of it into the crowd. A blue laser beam was on a crystal cymbal-every time he hit it the beam sort of fractured and went bouncing around the stadium
 
TurtleDude said:
ah you are a most educated man when it comes to good music.
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I like to consider myself one of the worlds greatest appreciators of music. :cool:

I was "that guy." I had the biggest audio system and the 1,000 plus album collection all the way back in college.

Now I am at about 5,000 discs.
 
noonereal said:
I like to consider myself one of the worlds greatest appreciators of music. :cool:

I was "that guy." I had the biggest audio system and the 1,000 plus album collection all the way back in college.

Now I am at about 5,000 discs.
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One of the guys I worked with probably had 2K. No one I knew in college came close to that but one of my brother's roommates-the nephew of YSL, had a bunch and he (we're talking 1980) had some record player on his stereo that IIRC had magnetic suspension and heat sensitive control buttons so when you touched them (say to turn up the volume) there was no "moving" parts to disturb the sound. That guy had at least 1000 records
 
The Late Great David Byron. Many people don't remember how good this band was and how good a singer DB was

 
noonereal said:
I like to consider myself one of the worlds greatest appreciators of music. :cool:

I was "that guy." I had the biggest audio system and the 1,000 plus album collection all the way back in college.

Now I am at about 5,000 discs.
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I had a Sony quad system with four Altec Voice of Theater speakers in college,all of the bells and whistles and about 700 albums. Plus I had the best Columbian pot connections. ( everyone else was smoking that old dirt weed ) My own apt., pool, brand new Olds Cutlass....the works....Needless to say, my pad was a very popular hangout spot. Even Billy Sims ( Heisman Trophy winner ) and other jocks dropped in occasionally. I can't think of any major group I didn't see at least once except David Bowie. My first five concerts were 1) Jethro Tull 2) The Animals ( highly underarated IMO ) 3) Iron Butterfly 4) Steppenwolf 5) Cream ( backed up by Blue Cheer. Can't really remember the exact order. I was only 12 when I first got the green light to start my 'hippy wannabe' phase in 1965. Best concert ever: Jimmy Morrrison and the Doors in Miami. Dude was 'Lizard Kinging' all over that stage.
 
Oh what a fun thread. Music and animals make the world go around.

So as some of you may have noticed, I like all kind of stuff.

My favorite is always Luther, Mr. Vandross that is. While his voice failed him a bit in the end 'Dance with my father' is right up there.

Long time ago, and not revealing my age, having seen Chicago in concert ( Earth, Wind and Fire opened) whas one of the highlights, so
Peter Cetera still does it

Then Deep Purple concert, so yes
Ian Gillan Sweet Child of mine

Another favorite, hopefully not forgotten
Louis Armstrong
with some Jeepers Creepers

not a great voice, but Joe Cocker, you are so beautiful


Willie Nelson, he doesn't have a great voice but he can hold a tune
Blue eyes crying in the rain

Johnny Cash - Man in black

and the one who makes me purr and my toes curl, every time, no matter what they say about him
Plácido Domingo
anything he sings
 
Logician Man said:
I had a Sony quad system with four Altec Voice of Theater speakers in college,all of the bells and whistles and about 700 albums. Plus I had the best Columbian pot connections. ( everyone else was smoking that old dirt weed ) My own apt., pool, brand new Olds Cutlass....the works....Needless to say, my pad was a very popular hangout spot. Even Billy Sims ( Heisman Trophy winner ) and other jocks dropped in occasionally. I can't think of any major group I didn't see at least once except David Bowie. My first five concerts were 1) Jethro Tull 2) The Animals ( highly underarated IMO ) 3) Iron Butterfly 4) Steppenwolf 5) Cream ( backed up by Blue Cheer. Can't really remember the exact order. I was only 12 when I first got the green light to start my 'hippy wannabe' phase in 1965. Best concert ever: Jimmy Morrrison and the Doors in Miami. Dude was 'Lizard Kinging' all over that stage.
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Tull was one of my first concerts. Ian Anderson was dressed like some sort of medieval character with an overstuffed cod piece. Martin barre was in a kilt. During a short break IIRC-Anderson stuck his flute in the cod piece so it looked like a two foot pecker and snuck up behind Barre and mimicked boning his with the flute. Then he squatted down and quickly lifted up the kilt and dropped it. He stood up and said

THAT WAS GRUESOME

and it GREW SOME MORE

I saw him outside of cincy about 5 years ago -=doing his Thick as a Brick tour. During an intermission-he did a public service announcement to men about getting checked for prostate cancer. He had a sheet hung up and went behind it and pretended he was getting an exam/ Brilliant strange dude he is
 
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