The "other" singers you enjoy.........?


Most on this forum can name the well known great male and female (pop/Jazz) singers.....usually meaning the gift of a great voice with intelligent use of great song writers.  But what about those "other" singers of both genders that you enjoy that are not the "usual suspects"?

Roseanne Cash, Valerie Carter, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Dinah Washington, .,...gosh, even Del Shannon (Tom Petty and several other's favorite) ....Mel Torme, Chet Baker....etc. 

.....and one that many consider a great voice,  but still often left out, Roy Orbison. 

And your "other" singers?    And,....as one of the most mentioned would say...."thank you, thank you very much".


whatjd
Here are some of mine,

Dawn Landes
Caroline Spence
Colter Wall
James Fullbright
Gill Landry
Jenny Lewis
Neko Case
Sarah Jarozs
Nicole Atkins
John Moreland
John Fogerty
Annie Lennox

I could go on........

Brian Protheroe
Millard Powers
Johnny Rivers - today while playing all his own licks
Fred Astaire and older Willy "Mink" DeVille.

Recall Burt Bacharach playing the piano/singing his own songs on a TV special (years ago) and thought he was really good for a guy without much of a voice.

Also Eric Clapton who became a good vocalist later on in his career, and the same for (older) Buck Owens.

DeKay