I was the minority report. Joplin for the range. She's got an interesting vocal fry in that she can hit it from the bottom to the top of her register, and then flip right back to being in harmonic accord. I don't know that I've ever heard another singer be able to do that. She can't take the low vocal fry down to zero (males can do it, I can), but close enough to be one of a kind. Dead far, far too soon.
Always Tom. A friend played ‘Swordfishtrombones’ for me and I was hooked, but was mainly a fan of that album and everything that came after.
But then one day I picked up a second-hand copy of ‘The Heart of Saturday Night’ on a whim, when trading some unwanted CDs, and absolutely loved it for its different vibe. So now I have every studio and live album, plus a few bootlegs… I have a Tom for any given mood… 😉
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