Southern Empire's vocalist!
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Topic: Southern Empire's vocalist!
Posted By: Squire Jaco
Subject: Southern Empire's vocalist!
Date Posted: January 21 2021 at 11:48
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Nearly every reviewer of Southern Empire's albums makes a special note of how great the lead vocals of Danny Lopresto are, and I agree. It wasn't until today that I finally realized which other famous vocalist he sounds like at times: Burton Cummings from The Guess Who! Check it out for yourself. (and Cummings is one of my favorite rock vocalists.)
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Posted By: Homotopy
Date Posted: January 22 2021 at 05:34
| I only saw negative reviews and would rather agree with them. |
Posted By: RoeDent
Date Posted: January 22 2021 at 11:39
| You're reading the wrong reviews then. He's brilliant, one of the best vocalists in recent times of prog. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 22 2021 at 14:16
I enjoy this band quite a bit, didn't find anything wrong with the vocals. 
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Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: January 23 2021 at 14:16
| This is a band I certainly have to check out. |
Posted By: Gerinski
Date Posted: January 23 2021 at 17:04
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I really like his vocals, and the band in general |
Posted By: foregonillusions
Date Posted: January 23 2021 at 21:22
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The vocals are quite good, but I wish their instrumental sections were longer because the interplay, melodies, and solos put a smile on my face without fail--as the video above me shows. Also, more violin and saxophone, please! |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: January 23 2021 at 21:30
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I can’t tell if the vocals are great or not, and don’t care much about such evaluations, but they sound too AORish for my tastes. The band rather reminds me of Transatlantic, which isn’t my cup of tea. ------------- Just a fanboy passin' through. |
Posted By: Nomadic
Date Posted: January 29 2021 at 14:07
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Big fan of Southern Empire here. Danny is a monster vocalist and super cool guy. I met him in Chicago a couple of years ago with some of the Unitopia guys. I get the AOR comment - that's generally not my thing - but they go so far beyond that. There are great vocal harmonies and hooks, but the instrumental sections that come along later in some of the tunes are well worth the wait. Brody kills on the drums, and Sean Timms is an excellent keyboardist and soundsmith (is that a word?). I put them right up there with Frost*, Haken, Riverside, etc. ------------- http://nomadichorizonband.com |
Posted By: POTA
Date Posted: September 18 2021 at 22:59
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Anyone know what's going on with their latest album? They said it was going to be released earlier this year, but things have been completely silent since. Also, to stay on topic -- he's gotta be one of the better vocalists in the game right now. And with Civilisation, the band as a whole is one of the best in the business right now.
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Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: September 20 2021 at 11:11
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I really like Southern Empire but NOBODY can sing like Ol' Burton Cummings could back in the day. That's how you get an international airport named after you!! ------------- The Prog Corner |
Posted By: POTA
Date Posted: September 20 2021 at 17:27
I don’t really hear the resemblance. But yeah, Burton is truly one of the all time great voices in popular music history, and unfortunately massively underrated at this point in time.
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miamiscot wrote:Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: September 22 2021 at 14:19
Come to think of it, I don't really hear ANY resemblance there at all but it was an excellent opportunity to expound on my Burton Cummings fandom... ------------- The Prog Corner |