Unique tones or "voice"/phrasing

You know when you hear a musician play and you can instantly recognize who it is. It's unmistakable.

For example, guitarests who have really unique/great tone. Or their "voice"/phrasing the way they play their instrument.

Post some examples of unique tone or "voice"/phrasing, of musicians you like (any instrument). You know those ones where you recognize them right away.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m7njvwB-Ks&ob=av2e"]Pantera - 5 Minutes Alone (Video) - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15eu7ar5EKM"]Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YIHvK5WN7I"]Stevie Ray Vaughan - Lenny (Live at El Mocambo) - YouTube

 

Same song, different instruments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoHeMlh_8A0&feature=related"]Chet Atkins - Black Mountain Rag - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVBtvKqJoUc"]Mother Maybell Carter - YouTube

OOps, YouTube disabled imbedding for the Chet Atkins video. Have to click on the title bar to open YouTube to hear Black Mountain Rag.

 

Chet Atkins, definitely!

Leslie West

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQHUwS03l1c"]Mountain - Southbound Train (Live at Woodstock) - YouTube

 

billy corgan, black sabbath, isley brothers, dmx, NIN etc

 

i'm not going to stick a vid in-their music is all over the place...Garcia. BB King. Clapton. Benny Goodman. Bob Wills. i could list a lot of great musicians.

lately, geoff peterson (the robot dummy) on craig ferguson has been doing several voices and they are a kick. he does Morgan Freeman so well, i want to look around to see Morgan's face...but it's just the robot dummy.

 

jimi

 

britney spears

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W0NN28NbQo&feature=related"]David Gilmour-Breathe Acoustic - YouTube

 

stephen hawking

 

Hendrix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoAXW30mMAg"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoAXW30mMAg

Les Claypool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=953PkxFNiko&ob=av2e"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=953PkxFNiko&ob=av2e

Kurt Cobain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USZzH1L6nKU"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USZzH1L6nKU

Danny Carey (drummer)
about as much 'voice' I can think of from drums
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiR1hmpk-x4"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiR1hmpk-x4

Michael Hedges
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaIN13aDbCc"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaIN13aDbCc

 

Robin Trower.J Cash. Van Morrison.

 

Mister Robert Cray, has a unique (as far as I know) staccato technique:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra2Qndv_xeE"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra2Qndv_xeE

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en7EKL1pX5w"]Angus Young Guitar Solo - YouTube

 

Slash's guitar tone, phrasing, and certain techniques make his playing extremely recognizable. A lot of people here really don't like GnR, but regardless, Slash is a guitar god.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L4yNqsLZm8"]Top 10 Guitar Solos of Slash (Saul Hudson) Guns N' Roses Era - YouTube

For those with less patience (pun intended), fast forward to 6:50 to hear his best solo ever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9VhD4SccSE"]Guns N' Roses - Civil War (Music Video) - YouTube

 

the god of the pentatonic scale perhaps.

 

pfft

 

In no particular order...

Tom Wait's
Bon Scott
Angus Young
Freddie Murcury
Cher
Alice Cooper <3
Ville Valo
Brad Roberts
Axl Rose
Dave Hole
Willie Nelson
Marley
Shane McGowan

 

voice


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaWIlzoZdH0"]Jeff Buckley - We all fall in love sometimes (Elton John) - YouTube

 

i really like guns n roses nonetheless - people give them a hard time

appetite for destruction is a masterpiece.

 

voice


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AlZnPZyHls"]Antony and the Johnsons - Hope There's Someone - YouTube