Well comparing them is a bit like comparing apples and oranges, they are so very different. But voice wise I'd say Grace hits and holds some notes that Stevie never will (not necessairly high notes...) Sorry guys but hearing her belt out Somebody to Love Live is pretty awesome.
As for intensity, Grace is awesome when she's not being TV filmed, Monterrey POP is a great clip to see her in, but the Fly video though good is not Grace at her best, she isn't a great TV persona. I wasn't around to see either of then in their "hey days" but my Dad saw Grace several times and she was one of the best performers he ever saw (and he saw them all including Joplin). Unfortunatly for Grace I often feel she gets overlooked in the rock category. And yes I'll agree that I would never want to meet her in a dark alley, although her book is a hoot, she is SO blunt with such take no sh*t attitude.
I do love Stevie as well, and live she is great, but a completely different type of intensity more one of emotion and bittersweetness, she doesn't have the "rip you heart out" intensity, even in the older boots I've seen from her.
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