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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by TrumanCoyote:

Great singers are interpreters of songs. That is what they do. If you don't like a singer's interpretation, don't listen. The southern accent is a part of what makes country music what it is. It's not necessary, certainly, but a performer should do it the way he FEELS it. Anything else would be dishonest, doncha think? What is dishonest, in my opinion, is ranting about how other singers ply their trade, using loaded words like "dishonesty" and "faking," and holding yourself up as an example of the "right" way to do it. What a load.

A whole generation of British kids built rock and roll careers, and changed the world, by trying (and failing) to sing like Ray Charles and ELvis. But the music was pretty good, and lots of people liked it.

Jeez. So, I should not play a blues lick on my guitar unless I am a black man from Mississippi? It would be "dishonest?"


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You shouldn't purposely try to make your voice sound like BB King, because that's not you, that's FAKING it. The only load here is the load of people who don't understand what being themselves means.