bobot
June 14, 2015, 1:56am
#2
Yvonne Fair - It should have been me
Wot, no Etta James?
Big Mama Thornton - Hound dog
Lorraine Ellsion - Stay with me baby
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - This train
Hard to imagine this predates WW2, it still sounds so fresh - Ruby Turner does a good version of this song - might fit into the OP criteria
Staple Singers - I'll take you there
Paloma Faith - Just can't rely on you
Dorothy Moore - Misty Blue
Loleatta Holloway - Love Sensation
If you think this sounds familiar, its because this has been sampled so many times.
Sister R
This has been in heavy rotation on the radio lately. I could listen to that opening screech over and over again.
Alabama Shakes - Don’t Wanna Fight
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x-5OX7CO26c
Live version: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nin-fiNz50M
Not sure if this qualifies as ‘raspy’ but a recent artist might be Elle King.
Trivia: Her dad is Rob ‘The Rich Man’ Schneider from SNL*!*
P-man
June 14, 2015, 5:46pm
#10
Loved the Alabama Shakes. I need to catch them when they hit the DC area.
allyn
June 14, 2015, 6:01pm
#11
If you like Courtney Love/Brody Dalle style vocals then check out Lauren Tate of UK band Hands Off Gretel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IF9pFi-vYk
You can take every one of the above mentioned women, put them in a bowl, and **Barbara Morrison ** will eat them for breakfast!
Love Letter Bonnie Raitt at Farm Aid 1990 in Indianapolis- and I was there!
Rock Me Right - Susan Tedeschi channeling Janis Joplin
bobot
June 14, 2015, 11:55pm
#16
Cathy Richardson is a Chicago secret (shhhhh…) Here she is with Big Brother singing some Janis Joplin stuff, it’s a montage:
Here she is singing about a Chicago Suburb called Berwyn:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOo9zve07is
Nobody
June 15, 2015, 1:21am
#17
OP, I’ve been having a grand time exploring these voices – thank you!
Sasori
June 15, 2015, 1:28am
#19
I don’t know a single song of her I could recommend, but Gianna Nannini has nails for breakfast.
These I like:
Marla Glen - Run and hide
Sam Brown - Stop
Cassandra Wilson - Fragile
Teréz Montcalm - Voodoo Child (really interesting cover)
Mariska Veres of Shocking Blue might fit the bill - The long and lonesome Road
and maybe even Daliah Lavi - Here’s to you (a curiosity in English, French and German)
Her content is blocked here, but Melanie Safka (Ruby Tuesday ) has quite a raspy voice.
Eliza Gilkyson – Think About You or The Party’s Over . Or really, anything from Beautiful World or Paradise Hotel .
Or a blast from the 80’s: Ferron’s Shadow’s on a Dime . Try Snowing in Brooklyn or Ain’t Life a Brook? .