Top 20 Favorite Vocalists

Yefa

Neil Young
Aretha Franklin
Frank Sinatra
Diamanda Galas
Ronnie James Dio
Eddie Vedder
George Jones
Dinah Washington
Dax Riggs
Marvin Gaye
Hank Williams
Billie Holiday
Ian Curtis
Mikael Akerfeldt
Eddie Hinton
Thalia Zedek
Prince
Bruce Dickinson
Sandy Denny
Emmylou Harris

sj.brodie

craigb wrote:

1. Eddie Vedder
2. Chris Robinson
3. Robert Plant
4. Neil Young
5. Stephen Stills
6. J Mascis
7. Julian Casablancas
8. Liam Gallagher
9. Paul McCartney
10. Stephen Malkmus
11. Raine Maida
12. Alison Krauss
13. Jack Bruce
14. Layne Staley
15. Jerry Cantrell
16. Nic Cester
17. Steve Winwood
18. Thurston Moore
19. Kurt Cobain
20. Keith Relf

Definitely agree with Alison Krauss. I'd probably have her higher on the list. A show of her's has surfaced on Zomb Torrents!

http://zombtracker.the-zomb.com/details ... p&id=40797

intodeep

No particular order

eddie vedder- pearl jam
neil young-csny, buffalo springfield, solo/w/crazy horse
chris cornel- soundgarden, audioslave, solo
issac brock-modest mouse, ugly cassanova
jeff tweedy- wilco, uncle tupelo
josh homme- QOTSA (guitarist in kyuss)
mark lanegan- screaming trees, solo, twighlight singers, qotsa and many others
jim morrison-doors
j mascis- solo and dinosaur jr
ryan adams- whiskeytown and solo

Those are probably my 10 favs taking into account singing and lyrics I might as well throw bob dylan on there too.

Mamasan23

Kinda surprised nobody's mentioned Sebastian Bach...he's got some insane pipes...gotta respect even if you hate hair metal!

uninnocent-

Off the top of my head (I'm probably missing some other of my faves):

1. David Bowie
2. Layne Staley
3. Ben Harper
4. Chris Cornell
5. Eddie Vedder
6. Roger Daltrey
7. Shannon Hoon
8. Chino Moreno
9. James Hetfield
10. Trent Reznor
11. Bruce Dickinson
12. Geddy Lee
13. Jerry Cantrell
14. Axl Rose
15. Saul Williams
16. Maynard James Keenan
17. Zach De La Rocha
18. Scott Weiland
19. Robert Plant
20. Wyclef Jean

Edited to include BEN HARPER (how could I forget him?)

drlovemonkey

1. Eddie Vedder
2. Ann Wilson
3. Robert Plant
4. Jim Morrison
5. Geoff Tate (Queensryche)
6. Shannon Hoon
7. Chris Robinson
8. Phil Anselmo (Pantera, Down)
9. Ed Kowalczyk (Live)
10. Jerry Cantrell
11. Kevin Martin (Candlebox)
12. Raine Maida (Our Lady Peace)
13. Bradley Nowell
14. Dolores O'Riordan (The Cranberries)
15. Kurt Cobain
16. Eric Burden
17. Layne Staley
18. Maynard Keenan
19. James Hetfield
20. Jeff Keith (Tesla)

josevolution

Kermit has a great voice

Lifted

Lifted wrote:

in the spirit of all the lists we've been doing, i figured this could be a cool one. your top 20 favorite vocalists of all time. without much thought, (not much needed) here's mine..

1. Bob Dylan
2. Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes)
3. Jim James (My Morning Jacket)
4. Neko Case
5. David Crosby (The Byrds, CSNY)
6. John Lennon (Beatles)
7. Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)
8. Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead)
9. Michael Jackson
10. Win Butler (Arcade Fire)
11. Lauryn Hill (Fugees)
12. Jeff Tweedy (Wilco)
13. Paul McCartney (Beatles)
14. Bonnie Raitt
15. Marvin Gaye
16. Ray Charles
17. Etta James
18. Thom Yorke (Radiohead)
19. Kevin Drew (Broken Social Scene)
20. Erykah Badu

Edit: let's try and note where they're from if neccessary. i've never heard of some of these people. i think most of mine are pretty obvious, but ya never know.

funny what a difference a year makes. this is a nice list, but i think i would edit it quite a bit if i were to re-do it right now.

samjam

Cool thread, this is pretty tough!! In no particular order:

1. Eddie Vedder
2. Paul McCartney
3. Paul Simon
4. James Taylor
5. Chris Cornell
6. Dave Matthews
7. Michael Stipe
8. Marvin Gaye
9. Adele
10. Neil Young
11. Ben Harper
12. Jack Johnson
13. David Gilmour
14. Jeff Tweedy
15. Chris Robinson
16. Adam Duritz
17. John Mayer
18. Robert Plant
19. Layne Staley
20. Stevie Wonder