The greatest vocalist..........
 

....you have never heard of.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngZh6ZSRoYg

In 1942 Alan Lomax who worked for the Library of Congress was roaming the south looking to record anyone with some talent. So he comes upon a church in Clarksdale Mississippi, this is what he found.....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt-af4wp_nU

First time I heard that I was stunned.

It's Bruce Dickinson and/or Rob Halford and/or Eric Adams.

There, now this thread can die without going into some long weird Ubeja and/or Coop nonsense thread.

And no you never heard of them till you Googled them.

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Way better version of the 2nd song.

https://youtu.be/il2xXRSJLmc

I've got the Skyliners live doing Since I don't have You from a 1998 concert on DVD. Here's Guns N Roses

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The Brazilian GNR Tribute Band is good

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My favorite vocalist is the late David Byron of Uriah Heep, saw them live in '74

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Maiden and Priest are two of my faves but I’d hardly call them vocalists (although Bruce is better than Rob). I don’t count anyone with a shitty voice either (sorry, Neil Young). Even Bowie didn’t have a great voice. Freddie Mercury is closer to a real vocalist.

Chris Cornell needs to be in the discussion...

Chris Cornell is well known, this is about....who???

disagree on the bolded. He may not have had a huge range (although he showed off some impressive range on Sweet Thing), but he had exceptional creativity with timbre, creating an iconic sound. He also was an absolute genius at creating vocal melodies and phrasing. He could wow you with power too, e.g. on the backing vocals that end Lou Reed's song "Satellite of Love".

Bruce and Rob are DEFINITELY vocalists, and excellent ones at that. Not many can do what they do, as well as they do.

Agree with Mercury being a brilliant vocalist.

Paul Rodgers of Free and Bad Company is one of the most effortless and cool rock vocalists. Scott Walker for a genius baritone who's career has spanned bubble gum pop to the most dark avant-garde imaginable. Donny Hathaway is hard to beat in the R&B and Soul category. David Ruffin, too.

Just to name a few. I love talking about music. Sorry to ramble but i had to defend my homie Bowie.

ya well, let's change that.

I'd say that Robert Plant is the greatest vocalist!

Your're not getting it.

This is about that guy nobody has ever heard of.

I obviously "get it" because I said "let's change that"

Go ahead start a thread...The Greatest Vocalist Ever.

LMAO