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What does whiskey-voiced even mean?
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February 26th, 2010 at 3:00 pm
A lot of music reviewers refer to Tom Waits as “whiskey-voiced”, I always assumed it meant “Raspy”, no idea who thought it up, Ted Kennedy never sounded like Waits, and I KNOW of the two who drank the most whiskey!
February 26th, 2010 at 4:06 pm
I always thought of Janis Joplin whenever this term was used.
February 26th, 2010 at 4:24 pm
Yeah, it pretty much means raspy or rough.
I thought it was a commonly used term, myself.
February 26th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
“Whiskey” voiced? A bit deeper and harsher than the ideal for the vocal range. Phil Harris was a “whiskey baritone” for those who remember Alice Faye’s husband. Check out “The Thing” on YouTube for a sample.
Rod Stewart is said to be a “whiskey tenor,” but I don’t know. I have heard a few whiskey basses as well, but that was when we still had vaudeville.
Stranger
February 26th, 2010 at 5:52 pm
“Rod Stewart is said to be a “whiskey tenor,” but I don’t know.”
I once read a review of him back in the early seventies that described his voice as “the day after too much bourbon and cigarettes”. Sounded pretty accurate to me.
February 26th, 2010 at 6:38 pm
Drunken, unclear speech caused by years of alcohol and tobacco use/abuse.
Lamar! is a boozer and likes to tip a few back then? Well, given what we see in Congress today I don’t see how it would hurt. In fact, I may like it just fine if all of Congress was drunk most/all of the day.
Shootin’ Buddy
February 26th, 2010 at 7:11 pm
I think it means words that go down smooth but bitch slaps you in the end. Like all politicians.
February 26th, 2010 at 10:20 pm
Shootin’ Buddy: wrong-o. http://obit-mag.com/articles/a-whiskey-voice-and-a-lively-heart
February 27th, 2010 at 11:45 am
Roberta, wrong? Lamar is not a boozer? Former boozer then? Just a smoker then?
Anywho, whiskey voiced means boozer and usually a hardcore (because moderation is for those that lack committment) smoker:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080916064037AAKTQZV
Shootin’ Buddy
February 27th, 2010 at 8:00 pm
“You just find out, to oblige me, what brand of whiskey Grant drinks, because I want to send a barrel of it to each one of my generals.”
–Col. Alexander McClure, having the usual trouble
attributing it to President Abraham Lincoln
February 27th, 2010 at 9:46 pm
“# Robert Says:
February 26th, 2010 at 4:06 pm
I always thought of Janis Joplin whenever this term was used.”
Actually, Janis was a huge Southern Comfort drinker.
And I’ve always had a thing for Suzanne Pleshette’s voice.
February 28th, 2010 at 7:17 pm
When I think of Lamar, the term that comes to my mind is “panty-waist” – not “whiskey-voiced.”
March 1st, 2010 at 1:32 pm
I always thought of Maggie Bell of “Stone the Crows” as being “whiskey-voiced”, but I’ve also heard that style described as, “gut-bucket vocals”.
March 1st, 2010 at 9:34 pm
Melissa Etheridge. (Her first 2 albums are best, before her music became a defense mechanism for her sexual orientation.) Damned melancholy, but absolutely fantastic.