Of course we all know Justin has the best voice in the world. The main reason is it sends a chill up my spine, but he sings precisely in-tune, he's smooth and clear, and there's something about his inflections, for lack of a better word. When he sings bass notes, I go crazy.

But I was listening to something that reminded me of Roy Orbison, and I started mentally naming voices I liked. So, the question is, who out there do you think has a great voice. Here are some of my faves, not in any order:

1. Maggie Skroski - I used to work with her a lot doing music for the kids at church. Her voice is beautiful and about as unpretentious as one can get.
2. Katie Jevne - You don't know her either. She lived here awhile. She was a soloist, and I couldn't listen to her without crying. I wouldn't mind hearing how she does backing up Justin
3. Roy Orbison - goes without saying
4. Johnny Mathis - so unusual, it's beautiful
5. The lead singer of Remy Zero - I can't nail down why
6. Perry Como - nice intonation and inflection
7. Jim Morrison - great voice, like Perry Como doing beat poetry
8. David Bowie - hard to believe that red-headed kid so jittery could sing so well.
9. Tom Jones and Englebert Humperdink (sp?)
10. Ben Carson - I've never heard him sing, but his voice is delightful. (The Mentalist talks like him, too; but looks like Rand Paul).
11. Eric Woolfson - smooth and clear
12. Steve Vai - same
13. John Lodge on "Street Café" - not so much Lodgey, as that is what somebody told me was the name of his falsetto, but I don't know if I believe that story.
14 Ray Thomas
15. Garth Brooks - kinda reminds me of Justin some times

I'm gonna post before this site does something else weird. It erased some of my posts, called me MusherTom, and who knows what-all. Webmaster?