Talk:James Dewar (rock vocalist)
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No one , to my memory, called Dewar "The Pavarotti of Rock". His vocal style and range certainly didn't give any suggest anything in common with the Italian tenor. Ronnie James Dio,late of Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow and Black Sabbath, has, on the other hand, been awkwardly compared with Pavarotti; Dio's wailing, overwrought style is a closer fit with what the opera singer does.
Similarly, it's a bit much to say that Dewar is "perhaps the greatest white soul singer of all time." I know what the author meant, but the subject of white soul singers and "blue eyed soul" is a very broad one, and under discussed at that, and one cannot make a fast claim as to who is the greatest of the lot. White vocalists emulating black vocal inspirations in an attempt to create something unique and wholly theirs has resulted in varied results, both in quality , approach. Is Dewar better than Van Morrison, Felix Cavalari (Young Rascals), Frankie Miller, Jerry LaCroix, Paul Rodgers, Rod Stewart, Peter Wolf (J.Geils Band), Mick Jagger, Annie Lennox, Bob Seger? That he is the greatest among all these names is a matter of opinion that can't be substantiated. I think it a better idea to tone down the passage, qualify the description. --Unsigned comment by Ted Burke 13:27, July 5, 2006
I have deleted the comment about Brige of Sighs being a "gem generally considered one of the greatest classic rock albums ever produced" as it does not meet Wikipedia's standard of impartiality. --Unsigned comment by 62.64.166.188 06:15, April 3, 2007
