Wow – Google Search was wrong! For May 22, it inserted a show that turns out to just be Alison Krauss and Union Station.
Caveat googleator.
If that’s the only issue they have with their voice now, they could, I suppose.
But, for a lot of aging singers, it’s not just that they lose the top of their range: it’s that their overall singing voice (and even their speaking voice) has gotten weaker, scratchier, less easily controlled, etc. due to decades of use and abuse.
An interesting gift link about Paul McCartney singing on SNL.
Excerpt:
“The online trolls were unforgiving, even with a former Beatle. Paul McCartney, on the cusp of turning 84, looked sharp holding his Hofner bass on “Saturday Night Live’s” finale two weeks ago, and yet these anonymous snark slingers couldn’t resist… At first I agreed with them…
…Two things changed my mind. First, my wife told me I was being a jerk and asked why I thought it was my job to tell one of the greatest artists of our time to take a seat. Second, I waited a few days before opening my keyboard.
I realized, after SNL, that it feels like we’re being asked to choose sides when it comes to McCartney and other musical icons who aren’t turning 64 but closing in on 94. Do we want to hear a diminished legend or force one into retirement?
Also, McCartney worked on me. This week, he released “The Boys of Dungeon Lane,” roughly his 40th album if you count the Beatles, Wings and his solo career. And the record is a lesson in what it means to grow old and refuse to make concessions…
Transposing down a few steps isn’t only lowering the high notes, it’s also lowering the low notes, which can present a different set of challenges.
Sometimes transposing down isn’t noticeable, but sometimes it is very noticeable.
I saw Graham Nash who was touring with his son on guitar. They sounded great, and their voices sounded almost identical (genetics and all…).
But I chuckled when I noticed that Nash was singing the parts David Crosby had sung, with his son doing the Graham Nash parts!
Never mind.
This story also sorta fits over here: