I'm a little worried too...about her voice not being able to handle the note ranges in those songs...I don't want her to change the melodies. I think Lindsey can do no wrong as far as her songs are concerned, so i'm not worried about his infuence at all. In fact, as someone recently pointed out either in this forum or Stevie's, many of the demos we hear her do solo and then with him definitely are more rock and edgier with his presence. I do hope Smile At You has a more raw and rough around the edges sound than Thrown Down which is totally polished.
The other day I was thinking about this, in fact, and while I was in the shower I was belting out Smile At You (it's usually either that or the "dreams unwind" verse in live Rhiannon), I tried singing it in a much lower key....and it worked (try it)!!! See if you can imagine her singing it in a kind of low, bluesy way (think At Last). But if it's gonna work, she still has to belt out the "FLAAAAAAMIN', FLAAAAAAMIN" part. I think she can do it- she did a great job on the TISL tour belting out "just to make sure you SurVIIIIIIIIIVE."
I hope there is killer reverb and a FLAMIN' electric guitar solo in Smile At You
-Sonia