No frills, no studio effects...just on stage with a mic pushing wigs back. For me...no question, no doubt, get out my face...Chris Cornell. Dude did Black Hole Sun acoustic...just demolished the place. The other day I was listening to Dan LeBatard and Bomani Jones was on, just bullshittin. He started talkin about music...he said Stevie Wonder was the best live singer he's EVER seen...hands down. That made me start thinking about this post. Speaking of Stevie...who remembers this commercial?
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Honorable mention goes to En Vogue & Sade.

I saw both at Black Lilly countless times..

Jasmine Sullivan was like 14 at the time and sounded like a 30 year old church lady.

I didn't even realize it was her on the radio until my wife said "is that the same Jasmine Sullivan from Black Lilly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6Vk6CPUj9s

Amos Lee. Very talented and soulful. His show covers so many genres.
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This was the first real show Ive been too. He easily was the best part. Costello and Dylan were way past their prime. Dylan in particular sounded like the cookie monster with laryngitis. A lot of people left a few songs into his set.

That's quite a show you got to see. Wow!
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and johnny gill on the ne heartbreak tour

badu and jill scott and lauren hill-
lemme stop before this turns into a rabbit hole

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>and johnny gill on the ne heartbreak tour

I’m super jelly! If there’s one major tour from the 1980s I wish I could go back in time and witness, it would be the Heartbreak Tour.

NE, Bobby Brown, Al B Sure and The Gylrz!

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Well, aside from one of the Prince tours, of course.

prolly would have lost it if I ever saw her live.

saw her in a small spot in DC years ago (blues alley). She performs there once a year. she tore it down. best live performance I've ever experienced.

I WATCHED her, George Duke and Jonathan Butler go HAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM on youtube at the Montreal Jazz Festival or something.

I was mesmerized.

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but I don't really like his natural voice

but he can really do some thangs with it.

Hands down my fave from day 1. I've seen her numbers of times.

to name a few.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Patton#Technique,_influences_and_legacy

is there a big drop off with Sam's vocals since he lost the weight...or is it just "different"?

of his vocal, if that makes any sense.

could just be me though, i dunno.

I saw the Mr. Bungle tour for the first record and he was crazy.

1985 talent show with Bister Mungle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e12iKth6Vkw

Handsome Boy MOdeling School/Loveage got me into this dude

It's insane that He never REALLY got big

He did an acoustic set that was insane!

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I went home after seeing him at the Howard Theater and was genuinely disappointed to have to listen to his cd's/studio versions.

He really outdid himself in his performance.
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"To Each His Reach"

Lover's Rock Tour and Bring Me Home Tour.

Love.
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Saw him twice.

First at The Greek where I showed up 4 hours early because I drove from another city.

I heard his vocal warm ups.

Started out ROUGH and BAD, but after about an hour of him singing and drink some concoction his voice was 99.9% as sweet as it was on the records.

He had to work to get there, and he did.

Dude is CRAZY nice on some live vocal range shit even in his middle age. Saw Stevie back in 2008 and it was maybe one of the top 5 concerts i've ever been too, tho.

Avery Sunshine has to have the vocal thing AND the stage presence thing down to a science

Jill, Jaguar, Alicia Keys (early). I'm sure I'm forgetting a few.

Fred Hammond, Ben Tankard, Futrel, and a few choirs were there. I remember this lady singing so vicious that the host couldn't even talk for 30 seconds...crowd was still cheering, and he was trying not to cry. She sang something that was slow and emotional, but hit every single note, and had a crazy clear range.

I actually wonder if she is someone who became famous or even Gospel Famous...it was so long ago that I wouldn't have known.

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Listening to her made tears well up in my eyes.

I liked him prior to seeing him live, but after that concert I legit fell in love with him.

saw her at S.O.B.'s back in the day. haven't heard someone better live since.

only caught about the last 45 seconds or so but she sounded so good my world was slightly rocked.

breakup/sad/makeup song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69F66u8qeeg

Patti, Gladys and Luther are just legends.

I saw Luther when he first came out din't know who he was so I went to get some refreshments, when I came back he was singing house was not a home, needless to say I was amazed.

Rachelle really blew me over

but Prince doing playing adore on the piano was special as well

She did a cover of Hey Thats No Way To Say Goodbye that was incredible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C02nSVHdr_8

This was about 10 years ago.

Sun is so efortless widdit. Singing is basically like 'breathing' to that dude.

Shit was iLL!

all tore it up live.

In most recent years.

Maybe because I didn't know who see was prior to seeing her.

I saw Stevie too.

I've been watching both of their Tiny Desk concerts on repeat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HUV5a7MgS4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZOW4CvYAZ4

and she sang No Room For Doubt and everyone was singing it man it was like heaven for a few minutes and her voice live is just like it is on record no studio enhancement.

I was disapointed he wasn't very animated on stage, but dude sounded JUST like the records!

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They were just in Baltimore last month, and they ate dinner at a friend's spot where there is an open mic...they went up and sang 'My Girl' during the open mic!!! If that wasn't fucking epic in and of itself....but the lead singer, goodness gracious. He is not an original member (although the last original member, Otis Williams, was there!)...but this lead singer, dude's voice is ridiculous.

We had a talent show and this dude comes on stage and folks are like, 'OH THAT'S SMITTY, HE ONE OF THE JANITORS..."

Then dude started sanging...


"WHY THIS MUHPHUCKA A JANITOR? SOMEBODY CALL QUINCY JONES!!!"

EVERYONE OF THEM COULD SING. LIKE 'HERE IS OUR SAM COOKE'...and HERE IS OUR PATTI....

Sounded better than the records, the ultimate professional and very personable.

Saw them open for St Vincent back in Jan.

Can’t remember the last time someone’s voice alone tingled my spine.

I didn’t even get to fully enjoy Tuck’s guitar skills cuz I was so focused on Patti’s vocals!

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according to wikipedia.

that's crazy.


and he played with the Gap Band.

That’s wild!!!