# James Otto (My most favorite singer)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-my-most-favorite-singer/642613>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 30, 2012, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-my-most-favorite-singer/642613 "2012-11-30T21:19:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-my-most-favorite-singer/642613/41 "2012-12-06T05:56:32Z")

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James Otto never once made fun of Engelbert Humperdinck’s name.

James Otto is a trained statistician.

James Otto personally knows manny peoples.

James Otto _is_ the fucking hall monitor.

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**Author:** ![James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Otto_Sweet_Heart)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-my-most-favorite-singer/642613/42 "2012-12-06T10:45:09Z")

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> [@Tangent](#):
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> I’m making up my 2013 Death Pool list. Does James Otto have any known health problems?

Nope. 🙂 🙂 🙂

God bless you and him always!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂

Holly

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-my-most-favorite-singer/642613/43 "2012-12-06T14:46:41Z")

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> [@Tangent](#):
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> I’m making up my 2013 Death Pool list. Does James Otto have any known health problems?

Maybe **James Otto Sweet Heart** is eligible? How famous do you have to be?

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**Author:** ![James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Otto_Sweet_Heart)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-my-most-favorite-singer/642613/44 "2012-12-06T17:08:58Z")

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^^^ I don’t have any health problems, but if you should happen to have any, just let me know, and I will pray for you. 🙂 🙂 🙂

God bless you and James always!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂

Holly

P.S. By the way, go [here](http://www.broadjam.com/artists/songs.php?artistID=3714&mediaID=319792) and [here](http://www.broadjam.com/artists/songs.php?artistID=3714&mediaID=330701) to check out two more awesome songs from James named “Wide Open” and “What I Got Coming”. 🙂 🙂 🙂

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-my-most-favorite-singer/642613/45 "2012-12-06T18:15:50Z")

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I never thought the Counting Crows had any edge too them at all, but having watched a couple of those videos, I now know what the Counting Crows would sound like with their edge blunted. He’s OK, I guess, but he sounds exactly like a million other generic 90s influenced singer-songwriters.

Pro-tip to the OP. If you are trying to get people to listen to (watch, read, whatever) your favorite artist, don’t oversell them. It turns people off, and no artist, no matter how great, can live up to the gushing hype of their more enthusiastic fans.

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**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-my-most-favorite-singer/642613/46 "2012-12-06T18:31:20Z")

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I :):):)🙂

Like :):):)🙂

Posting :):)🙂

Smilies. :):)🙂

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**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-my-most-favorite-singer/642613/47 "2012-12-06T19:06:02Z")

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“as blind as a bat”  
“as black as coal”  
“as happy as a clam”

I like posting similes.

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**Author:** ![James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Otto_Sweet_Heart)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-my-most-favorite-singer/642613/48 "2012-12-06T20:53:38Z")

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> [@Larry\_Borgia](#):
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> Pro-tip to the OP. If you are trying to get people to listen to (watch, read, whatever) your favorite artist, don’t oversell them. It turns people off, and no artist, no matter how great, can live up to the gushing hype of their more enthusiastic fans.

Thank you for the good advice! I try not to. I just love James so much that I can’t help but want to share everything that I find of him. I know that not everyone will go for him and if they don’t, that is okay because we are all different, but first people have to know of something before they will know if they are missing out on anything good or not. 🙂 🙂 🙂

God bless you and James always!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂

Holly

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-my-most-favorite-singer/642613/49 "2012-12-07T02:49:23Z")

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Does the OP listen to any other music? How does she – I’m going out on a limb here and assuming female – feel about the Dead Kennedys’ “Too Drunk to Fuck”?

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**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-my-most-favorite-singer/642613/50 "2012-12-07T03:40:39Z")

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> [@Siam\_Sam](#):
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> …assuming female … “Too Drunk to Fuck”?

Isn’t that an alien concept to women?  
d&r  
I second the comment on the oversell.

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**Author:** ![James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Otto_Sweet_Heart)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-my-most-favorite-singer/642613/51 "2012-12-07T03:57:10Z")

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> [@Siam\_Sam](#):
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> Does the OP listen to any other music? How does she – I’m going out on a limb here and assuming female – feel about the Dead Kennedys’ “Too Drunk to Fuck”?

I’ve never heard of that act or song. To answer your first question, my top ten favorites are the following. 🙂 🙂 🙂

1.) James Otto  
2.) Alison Krauss  
3.) LeAnn Rimes  
4.) Tanya Tucker  
5.) Trace Adkins  
6.) Darryl Worley  
7.) Brad Paisley  
8.) Kenny Chesney  
9.) Toby Keith  
10.) Hal Ketchum

Brooks & Dunn, SheDaisy, and Diamond Rio are my most favorite duo/trip/group. 🙂 🙂 🙂

God bless you and all of my favorites always!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂

Holly

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**Author:** ![James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Otto_Sweet_Heart)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-my-most-favorite-singer/642613/52 "2012-12-17T21:00:35Z")

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If you have never seen James sing live before, you can see him on your screen tonight at 8PM EST by going [here](http://www.stageit.com/james_otto/last_thirsty_thursday_before_the_end_of_the_world_according_to_the_mayans_anyways/17360). 🙂 🙂 🙂

God bless you and him always!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂

Holly

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**Author:** ![James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Otto_Sweet_Heart)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-my-most-favorite-singer/642613/53 "2012-12-18T00:11:48Z")

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The performance that I tell about in my previous message here has been moved to this Thursday night December 20th at 8 PM EST.

God bless you and James always!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂

Holly

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-my-most-favorite-singer/642613/54 "2012-12-18T02:33:51Z")

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Aw, God Fucking Damnit! I missed it. ☹

EDIT: Oh wait! No I haven’t! That’s later this week. Praise be!

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**Author:** ![James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Otto_Sweet_Heart)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-my-most-favorite-singer/642613/55 "2012-12-18T04:45:29Z")

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^^^ Yeah!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂

God bless you and James always!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂

Holly

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**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-my-most-favorite-singer/642613/56 "2012-12-18T15:31:15Z")

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But the world ends the next day so I don’t know if I would want to waste my time watching James Otto on the night before.

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**Author:** ![James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Otto_Sweet_Heart)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-my-most-favorite-singer/642613/57 "2012-12-18T16:23:15Z")

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^^^ James could very well sing his song named “Soldiers & **Jesus** ” because of that. 🙂 🙂 🙂

God bless you and him always!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂

Holly

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**Author:** ![James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Otto_Sweet_Heart)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-my-most-favorite-singer/642613/58 "2013-01-06T22:34:06Z")

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Go **[here](http://www.toledofreepress.com/2013/01/01/%E2%80%98shake-what-god-gave-ya%E2%80%99-with-james-otto-at-hollywood-casino/)** for a brand new write up on James! 🙂 🙂 🙂

God bless you and him always!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂

Holly

P.S. If any of you here are in the Toledo area of Ohio, you missed a great performance from James and I believe that it was a free one too!

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-my-most-favorite-singer/642613/59 "2013-01-07T00:44:49Z")

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I am almost suicidal because I missed his concert broadcast. ☹

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**Author:** ![James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Otto_Sweet_Heart)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-my-most-favorite-singer/642613/60 "2013-01-07T01:44:42Z")

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^^^ What concert broadcast?

God bless you and him always!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂

Holly

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