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Syntharachnid 
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Posted: August 20 2005 at 23:45 |
Does anybody know of a good prog band that has a baritone/bass voice in the lead? I'm interested because I myself am a baritone, and I've noticed that prog is sung mostly by tenors, or male alto/sopranos.
Just curious.
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Syntharachnid
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Posted: August 21 2005 at 00:18 |
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Posted: August 21 2005 at 00:25 |
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barry & ray white?
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Posted: August 21 2005 at 00:28 |
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Been thinking about this... and can't come up with any. There are a few
that have ranges that start at this level, but most of their singing is
done at higher ranges. Some of gilmours later ones, such as learning to
fly were done in a low range (not really sure of the musical range
baritone is set in, so I could be wrong here), but for the life of me,
with my limited knowledge, I can't think of any band with a deep,
mellow vocalist.
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Posted: August 21 2005 at 00:37 |
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I haven't heard the actual band, but if Ayreon's The Human Equation is
any indication, Eric Clayton's band, Saviour Machine, features a
baritone lead singer.
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cobb
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Posted: August 21 2005 at 00:39 |
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Found one- Eric Clayton. Only have him on Ayreon's Human Equation, but
if he is on this he probably has a high profile band out there
[edit] damn, someone beat me to it.
Edited by cobb
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Posted: August 21 2005 at 01:21 |
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Yeah, I was also going to mention Eric Clayton.
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Posted: August 21 2005 at 01:27 |
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Not prog, but the one guy who comes to mind is Brad Roberts of The Crash Test Dummies "fame"...
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Posted: August 21 2005 at 01:32 |
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Daniel Gildenlöw (Pain of Salvation) is a baritone, I believe, albeit one with an
ungodly range. Mikeal Åkerfeldt (Opeth) also strikes me as a baritone.
Of course, I might just be an idiot.
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BaldFriede
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Posted: August 21 2005 at 02:01 |
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Peter Hammill sings in a baritone a lot, though he can also climb tenor heights. But his natural voice definitely is a baritone.
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Posted: August 21 2005 at 02:10 |
Andy Latimer (Camel) in the early days (although there wasn't much singing, and not all of it was by Latimer). I think he is a baritone, but I don't know much about this, so I may just be dumb. And how about Roger Waters?
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Syntharachnid
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Posted: August 21 2005 at 13:26 |
 Fearless wrote:
Andy Latimer (Camel) in the early days (although there wasn't much singing, and not all of it was by Latimer). I think he is a baritone, but I don't know much about this, so I may just be dumb. And how about Roger Waters?
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Waters actually has a naturally higher voice than Gilmour, I think. Gilmour just sings in falsetto quite a lot.
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Posted: August 21 2005 at 13:28 |
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Listen to Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Of Natural History. The first track features bass/low baritone vocals.
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Posted: August 21 2005 at 13:31 |
Greg Lake and John Wetton are both baritone's are they not?
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Posted: August 21 2005 at 13:34 |
Syntharachnid wrote:
Fearless wrote:
Andy Latimer (Camel) in the early days (although there wasn't much singing, and not all of it was by Latimer). I think he is a baritone, but I don't know much about this, so I may just be dumb. And how about Roger Waters?
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Waters actually has a naturally higher voice than Gilmour, I think. Gilmour just sings in falsetto quite a lot.
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What about songs like "Shine on You Crazy Diamond", "Brain Damage", "San Tropez", "Comfortably Numb", and "Happiest Days of Our Lives".
Waters always had a low voice until Animals and the Wall. That's when he took over the lead vocals, and sounded very strained at that.
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Posted: August 21 2005 at 15:27 |
richardh wrote:
Greg Lake and John Wetton are both baritone's are they not?
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This is what I thought too. If Jon Anderson is a tenor, then they're both baritones. A bass voice is much lower - for instance, like the guy who plays Caiaphas in the film version of Jesus Christ Superstar.
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Posted: August 21 2005 at 16:03 |
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Jon Anderson is a counter-tenor.
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Syntharachnid
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Posted: August 21 2005 at 18:27 |
BaldFriede wrote:
Jon Anderson is a counter-tenor. |
He's a very very very counter-tenor. 
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Posted: August 21 2005 at 18:31 |
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Daniel Gildenlow is a natural baritone, but has one of the most powerful falsettos I've ever heard. Awesome
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Posted: August 21 2005 at 18:33 |
Hey, how about the obvious one . . . Greg Lake!!!
I admit he often sings at the upper extremes of the baritone register, but as a baritone myself, I find many of ELP's songs quite singable.
(Check out ELP's later records especially; Lake's voice has become much lower with time.)
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