Which one do you think is the most distinctive, versatile, and, perhaps most importantly, sensitive to the needs of the song?

Sad day. Rest in peace, Black Moses.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ9_KBKCd-s

I happen to like Ornette Coleman a whole lot, but that's neither there nor there. This is a story about how Christian--a bland but ethical suite-mate I wound up stuck with my sophomore year of college--felt, and presumably still feels, about Ornette Coleman: A self-described Jeffersonian-Democrat, C...

Who's Geechie Wiley, by the way? m As for Robert Plant, he sings the way so few hard rock singers do: joyfully . Say what you will about his heavy-handedness, more-than-occasional shrillness, and inexplicible taste for ladyshirts, the man seems truly to appreciate the simple pleasures of making noi...

A lovely song. One of my most cherished show-going memories is of seeing Mule bust out a tender and humble version. (PW Long dedicated to a couple friends whose anniversary it was.) Up there with "Don't Walk Away Renee" as far as melancholy AM burners goes.

I used to work with a guy named Diogenes--Dio for short--who called The Weekly World News "the paper" and once called in "thirsty." One day while unloading a truck we had the following conversation: Dio: He's dead. Me: What? Dio: They found him. He's dead. Me: Who? Dio: That guy....