Slightly Worn Out Voice???!!

It's great that Randy placed Ninth, but "a slightly worn out voice???" Quite the contrary, Randy's voice gets better and better with more vibrancy and passion IMO.
Dr Don Givens

I agree with you, countrybug and Dr. Givens that Randy just gets better and better. Randy has the best voice in country music and like Dr. Givens says: He sings with reverence and passion that was missing when he was young. I get so mad at the negative comments about Randy. There will never be another singer that will be as good as Randy. Butterfly

I sometimes wonder what these people are hearing that we don't hear when they make such comments regarding Randy's voice. His voice is like fine wine. Just gets better and better ( more emotive, expressive) with each passing year.

I guess what they think is an aging voice, is a voice that has probably been effected from his many allergies (especially so when he has a lot of out door concerts) As he has had more of these last few concert seasons.

I think it was Bert Reynolds who said," he would die, just to have Randy's speaking voice'!

I doubt that many of these critics even pay attention to artists except when they have to do a review on their album, or concert. So wouldn't know about the allergy issues Randy deals with on a daily basis. That can certainly have an effect on the voice. But I certainly wouldn't call it worn out, if he really listened to his deliveries of those songs on "ATB" . None of which are easy to sing properly.

One of the many things I have always loved about Randy's choice of material (besides the positive moral messages ) is that he doesn't play it safe as they would say...pick easy songs to sing. Dee