You know, I don't know if we'd be having this disagreement if the title of the tread had only had the term "rough" in it. Everybody we've mentioned has a "rough" voice. It's just that when you add "gruff" to it, that really narrows what we're talking about.
You know, I don't know if we'd be having this disagreement if the title of the tread had only had the term "rough" in it. Everybody we've mentioned has a "rough" voice. It's just that when you add "gruff" to it, that really narrows what we're talking about.
Frankly I think you guys are absolutely insane for discussing it at all. But don't take that as an insult, I much preffer the company of the insane. Normal people are as boring and useless as cornflakes.
Someone mentioned that guy from Skynyrd? I heard one of the later Skynyrd songs with him in it today and it was pretty sweet. Not quite my thing but it reminded me of Alvin Lee so that was a good suggestion.
Some of the choices made on this thread are completely baffling. John Fogerty? Neil Young? To each their own, I guess...
Good call on Maggie Bell, Joe.
Here's some that come to mind for me...
Mike Harrison (Spooky Tooth)
David Johansen ( NY Dolls)
Janis Joplin
Richard Thompson
Paul Rodgers (more so when he was with Free rather than Bad Co.)
Rod Stewart
Paul Westerberg
Shane MacGowan (the Pogues)
Quite surprised we are four pages deep and nobody has mentioned the Quireboys, aka: London Quireboys, and their singer "Spike."
Surprisingly, I'd also highly recommend the first two or three solo albums by ex-Guns N' Roses guitarist Izzy Stradlin. He has a surprisingly good singing voice that falls into the same sort of category as other artists in this thread. Those records didn't sell well but definitely showed where most of the talent in Guns N' Roses lied.
His first single got a little radio play. I have that at the top. The bottom two songs are random selections I culled from his second solo album, 117.
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