Famous Whiskey Voices. Post 'em Here!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

[Tobin S.]

1. Billie Holiday in her later years, but I don't know how to find a good example.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

2. She passed in '59 and I found this recording from '56 --

Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Harris[1][4] April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo.

more at link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Holiday



on edit: adding this for those interested (from 1955)

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[UTUSN]

3. I don't know what this thread is about, but I love you n/t

[Tuesday Afternoon]

4. backatcha, UTUSN

these links might help define and explain:

scroll down on this one:
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=130016

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=whiskey+voice&title=Special%3ASearch&fulltext=1

[UTUSN]

5. I only follow LOVE not links, got it?!1 nt

[Tuesday Afternoon]

6. got it

It just means a gravelly, low, deep voice. Sometimes it's natural and the person can't help it but often it is the result of drinking too much hard liqor and smoking too many cigarettes, hence whisky voice. Although to be honest smoking is nearly always the reason for such a voice rather than booze.
I don't think it has anything to do with needing to be drunk to apreciate it!! I remember my folks using the term years ago. But it is usually about a speaking voice and people with a whisky voice aren't usually good singers as the voice tends to be monotone and flat.

some examples:
Cory Branan
Sarah Rudinoff
Johnny Bush
Webb Pierce
Amanda Lear
Clem McCarthy

[UTUSN]

7. I can do "gravelly" - n/t (I'm not into gourmet shit)

[Crabby Appleton]

8. Kim Carnes

[HarveyDarkey]

9. Janis

[musette_sf]

10. Tallulah

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[AllenVanAllen]

11. Mark Lanegan isn't hugely famous...

But his voice is as smooth as a shot of whiskey. Simply classic.

[Graybeard]

12. Ann Sheridan

Actress billed as the "Oomph Girl" her husky, sultry voice was always sexy in her movies of the 1940s & 50s.