Singers that sound similar to Stevie

[Bryan]

The Pierces. imo.



P.S. Lissie=bitch.that is all.

[WildHearted]

If we can cross the gender barrier.. then.. I've always thought (Grown up) Taylor Hanson actually has a similar sound to Stevie, only, male. Lots of vibrato, some rasp, a slight reed-like quality at times, characteristically nasal... as far as pronunciation - equally hard to understand, emphasis on weird sounds (s's and h's) hah. Except, he sings higher than she does, nowadays.

[bombaysaffires]

I always got a kick out of people who deliberately tried to imitate Stevie. The worst is Quarterflash who called themselves the "updated FMac" and completely tried to imitate "Dreams" with their song "Harden My Heart". I was so happy when everything after that flopped and they faded into obscurity. The cheek!

[rubylounge]

Originally Posted by jcfree

rubylounge, thanks for your post about Vesper Sparrow, I went to their link on reverbnation and listened to the songs listed there, and was really taken with their music. Clicked on their Amazon link and purchased their cd, wow, got 30 songs with it! I am so loving their music!

Wow, I'll have to go to Amazon and get that cd. I only have 10 of their songs on disc. I like their lyrics too! I'm glad you like their music!

[rubylounge]

Originally Posted by olive

thanks for posting this ,I have been trying to remember Maria's last name and band , now to find some of their music what I had from the 80's is lost

You mean Maria McKee from Lone Justice?

[jcfree]

Been playing Vesper Sparrow today and my DH said, "I've never heard these Stevie songs before." Told him it wasn't Stevie and he didn't believe it. He kept saying, " you are kidding me right? This is Stevie and you're just fooling with me." Got to say, after listening many times to the songs, she does sound like a young Stevie, (when Stevie had the higher range.) Even the sound of the songs and music are so like Stevie and FM. Even the guitar riffs in the songs are so like Lindsey B., great music a real good find I would say!

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by bombaysaffires

I always got a kick out of people who deliberately tried to imitate Stevie. The worst is Quarterflash who called themselves the "updated FMac" and completely tried to imitate "Dreams" with their song "Harden My Heart". I was so happy when everything after that flopped and they faded into obscurity. The cheek!

I just youtubed that song and... good lord, what a piece of crap. If they were comparing themselves to Fleetwood Mac... well, they certainly had a high opinion of themselves.

[caterwench]

Originally Posted by WildHearted

If we can cross the gender barrier.. then.. I've always thought (Grown up) Taylor Hanson actually has a similar sound to Stevie, only, male. Lots of vibrato, some rasp, a slight reed-like quality at times, characteristically nasal... as far as pronunciation - equally hard to understand, emphasis on weird sounds (s's and h's) hah. Except, he sings higher than she does, nowadays.

Thank you, I've always thought the same thing too.

[WildHearted]

Originally Posted by caterwench

Thank you, I've always thought the same thing too.

I'm glad someone agrees! Now I don't feel so crazy for connecting the two

[caterwench]

Janis Joplin at Monterrey Pop fest 1967. Doing Big Mama Thornton's "Ball and Chain" Moreso the performance, than voice

[mottabam]

Originally Posted by rubylounge

In a recent post someone mentioned Maria McKee from Lone Justice had a sound similar to Stevie. Here is a link to a little know band called Vesper Sparrow from Fort Lauderdale, Florida that I have been following since 1988. I have always felt that the lead singer sounded similar to Stevie. My uncle dated the lead singer of Vesper Sparrow and she gave him their demo tape in '88 which I had for years. The tape broke a few years ago so I tracked down the lead singer and she sent me a cd. The song that I feel sounds a lot like Stevie is called "Don't Give Your Love Away" and also "Highway" The songs are in the middle of the page if you want to listen to them.
Link:
http://www.reverbnation.com/vespersparrow

Thanks for posting this. I remember seeing Vesper Sparrow a few times while living in Lauderdale in early 90's. My favorite local band during that time period was Black Janet, Jim Worster and Amy Baxter had great voices.

[Blueletter18]

She isn't that similar to Stevie, except for the raspiness, but Joss Stone has a REALLY unique voice- I especially like her latest album, which Dave Stewart (!) helped produce and cowrote a few songs on. Check these out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXz29XHrycQ&NR=1

This one is funny, but really cool-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twi2m...1&feature=plpp

[Travis]

Thanks for posting about Vesper Sparrow. I am loving "Don't Give Your Love Away." I just purchased it from iTunes.

[Travis]

Tiffany has been saying since the start of her career what a big fan she is of Stevie and it's pretty evident in her early recordings. I think these are 2 great examples - she has the Rock A Little voice going on here.

Hold An Old Friend's Hand



Should've Been Me

simply scroll down and play the sample

http://www.amazon.com/Tiffany/dp/B00...50716&sr=301-1

[pryderi]

Definitely check out devonsquare's 'if you could see me now".