Older singers that still have it.

[nonsequitur]

James Taylor. Saw him in concert and at 70 yo sounded like it was 1970.

[paulguitar]

nonsequitur said:

James Taylor. Saw him in concert and at 70 yo sounded like it was 1970.

Agreed, I saw him about 5 years ago and he sounded amazing. He has never abused his voice and sings in a lovely, relaxed style and never really pushes his range. He is a real inspiration to me, as a singer and guitarist.

[thebraketester]

paulguitar said:

nonsequitur said:

James Taylor. Saw him in concert and at 70 yo sounded like it was 1970.

Agreed, I saw him about 5 years ago and he sounded amazing. He has never abused his voice and sings in a lovely, relaxed style and never really pushes his range. He is a real inspiration to me, as a singer and guitarist.

Agreed. Fantastic voice and guitarist....

[Hian]

Rob Halford - Judas Priest
Danny Bowes - Thunder
Simon Fowler - Ocean Colour Scene
Tony Bennett - saw him at the age of 90 in Bridgewater Hall.

[Monkeylegend]

Cliff Richard

[CardinalFang]

Johnspex said:

Townshend not Townsend.

Ar*e! Not exactly covering myself in glory here am I.....!?!?

[russell_ram]

Hian said:

Danny Bowes - Thunder

Massively underrated and better now than he ever was. Thunder put on a great show if you get the opportunity. Their Christmas gigs are especially entertaining.

[Hian]

russell_ram said:

Massively underrated and better now than he ever was. Thunder put on a great show if you get the opportunity. Their Christmas gigs are especially entertaining.

Saw them last year on the 'Rip it up' tour, they were excellent. Got tickets for the Bridgewater Hall in Feb '19.

[StevieBee]

Whilst a somewhat divisive chap....I think Bono's voice has improved with age.



The bloke out of U2's voice has got better too!

(F1 thing for those that don't know

[K12beano]

Saw Spam Spence last month.

Wonderful characterful voice is still there.

[nonsequitur]

Definitely Barbra Streisand after listening to some tracks from her new album. Superb.

[aeropilot]

nitrodave said:

Rolling Stones... saw them a few years ago in Hyde Park and they were epic.

Last time I saw them live was in 1990 and Jagger's voice was terrible back then, and the odd film/tv gig I've seen of them since then doesn't lead me to believe that the 1990 gig was a one off bad example that I saw.

[Frank7]

They’d probably both get the raving zig at being described as older singers, but Stevie Nicks, 70, and Bonnie Raitt, 69 today, can blow Little Mix and The Spice Girls out of the water.

[paulguitar]

Frank7 said:

They’d probably both get the raving zig at being described as older singers, but Stevie Nicks, 70, and Bonnie Raitt, 69 today, can blow Little Mix and The Spice Girls out of the water.

Well yes, hardly a high bar there though!

[Trophy Husband]

Joni Mitchell
Tom Waits

[aeropilot]

I know someone that saw John Fogerty live last month and they reckoned his voice was not far off what it had been back in the hey day of CCR.

[Frank7]

paulguitar said:

Frank7 said:

They’d probably both get the raving zig at being described as older singers, but Stevie Nicks, 70, and Bonnie Raitt, 69 today, can blow Little Mix and The Spice Girls out of the water.

Well yes, hardly a high bar there though!

Very true paul, note to self, think before typing.

[Loyly]

Trophy Husband said:

Joni Mitchell
Tom Waits

Has Joni still got it? Yeah, her last album 'Shine' had some of her very best songs on it, but that was released in 2007 and she didn't tour it. I don't think she has even made a live appearance since.

[paulguitar]

Frank7 said:

paulguitar said:

Frank7 said:

They’d probably both get the raving zig at being described as older singers, but Stevie Nicks, 70, and Bonnie Raitt, 69 today, can blow Little Mix and The Spice Girls out of the water.

Well yes, hardly a high bar there though!

Very true paul, note to self, think before typing.

[PurpleTurtle]

ElectricSoup said:

paulguitar said:

Billy Joel.

I clicked this thread to post just this. Saw him at Wembley, think it was two years ago. Absolutely magnificent, tear inducing joy.

I knew you’d be all over this thread dude!