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Two of my favorite pure male vocal performances were Sledge's above and Redding's Lover's Prayer.
I miss the days when they mastered music to capture the nuances of vocal skill.
When Redding 'pops' the end of his phrases and when Sledge roared through the end of his, it would literally pull tears from my eyes. For some reason they'd always seemed spiritually connected to me.
****ing hate compression and autotune. Give me a performance with character, like Muscle Shoals used to give us.
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We need the kind of courage that can withstand the subtle corruption of the cynics - E.W.
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