Pete
I have been involved in music most of my life. I was even a "wannabe" rocker back in my youth. Now I sit around with my two Grandaughters and play what they like to sing. They saw The Sound of Music at Theater Under The Stars, and I had to learn 'do-re-me'. At this moment, it is "Don't Stop Believing" by Journey, because they heard it on the Television Show Glee. Really a great tune. They don't even know who Steve Perry is.
It would amaze most concert attendees as to how little "live" singing actually takes place. For the past years, artist have been very dependant on "voice beefers", those electronic filters that can even make a singer such as Ashley Simpson, (who is tone deaf), sound presentable.
That is why I rarely go to concerts. That, and most of the time, the group, (be it the Drifters, Platters, or who ever), is not the group we remember. Heck, some do not even contain any originol members, because most of them are dead.. But, people pay their money, trying to re-live something that was gone long ago.
One exception was when my Wife made me take her to see Neil Diamond. Mr. Diamond was always a better song writer than singer, but he did, and still does have a unique quality that appealed to the Ladies. I could tell that what we were hearing was actually ole Neil, no enhansers, no beefers, just that same gravely voice, coupled with a great stage presence, that made the show worth the price of admission. I had a great time, and my Wife came home in a good mood
...........jackie