Don's voice

[Ive always been a dreamer]

Of course, I absolutely love Don's voice. To me, it is so distinctive and unique. It rarely that I would hear him sing anything and not recognize that it is him. His voice has such a masculine and sexy quality to it, and is full of soul.

[shunlvswx]

I agree, IABAD. Don has soul to his voice. That's the word I was thinking of for his version of She's Got a Way last night. He's brings emotion and soul to that song. I heard nothing, but good things about Don's version of She's Got a Way.

I agree. If a song comes on the radio that you never heard of, you know its him.

Now there's one song that his voice was different. EIDN. When I first heard that song I was like that's Don, but than he goes into his usual singing voice.

[Ive always been a dreamer]

Yeah - I guess I should qualify my post a little bit. There are songs such as EIDN, The Garden of Allah, and Damn It, Rose (and others) where he uses more of what I call a 'talking' voice that sounds different from his usual singing voice. I guess it's no accident that many of those are some of my least favorite of his songs.

[shunlvswx]

I like EIDN, I just don't like the video. Very scary.

[Brooke]

I love, love, love Don's voice. Smoky, raspy, sexy! It was 'that voice' that I loved for years and he was my favorite Eagle for a long time. Somehow, Glenn managed to take over as my very favorite Eagle, but Don is still back there, lurking.

[shunlvswx]

I still can't believe he sings like a tenor, but talks like a baritone. But I have seen some artist who can sing bass, but then go into falsetto. I guess Don has that too since his singing voice is very different than his talking voice.

[luna65]

If he had to sing hard, wouldn't that had hurt his voice over the years?

He kinda did though but luckily for him not enough to fully damage his voice, just change it.

[Houston Debutante]

Catching up on this thread, learning things I didn't know! So interesting.

Don's voice is incredible, as everybody knows. We are so lucky that his talent was discovered.

I like EIDN, I just don't like the video. Very scary.

For real, I'm with you, that video is freaky. Bet it didnt' do much to help sales.

[shunlvswx]

Yeah. Nothing wrong with the song. I love the song. I like the meaning behind it. He's a change man. He's not like the guy he was in the 70s. Now the video is a different story. Its very freaky and scary especially the end.

[Lilah]

I love music and listen to various genres from all eras several hours a day. Don's voice is my favorite of all time! I like a timbre and texture in a voice not a pure, clean one that leaves me cold. I can't sing a note, but I enjoy listening to those that can so much. Grace Potter has my favorite female voice, and I am loving the Civil Wars, right now. However, Don's voice will always be the one that I derive the most pleasure from…