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Re: The Vocal Range of Richie Sambora - E♭2-C♯5(-F5)
[youtube]The Vocal Range of Richie Sambora - E♭2-C♯5(-F5) [/youtube]
Richie Sambora is the main guitarist and occasional vocalist from legendary hard rock group Bon Jovi. He also had his own respected solo career during 90's which exposed him to more blues rock-loving audience. Along with his hugely respected guitar skills, Sambora has also showcased really great vocal skills.
Sambora's raspy but powerful voice started out as low tenor during 80's Before early 90's, it had lowered to baritenor-like voice ranging from really light tone into deep tone, but his voice type could mostly be described as really ligh high baritone. During late 90's his voice had lowered to high baritone which it has been for the rest of his career.
Sambora has showcased some fantastic vocal performances, and the best ones can be found in his debut solo album Stranger in This Town, which I highly recommend.
1. 0:00 - Strong and deep-sounding B2 from the cover of Deep Purple's "When a Blind Man Cries", it can be found be in Stuart Smith's album 'Stuart Smith's Heaven and Earth'.
2. 0:13 - Subtle but easy B2 from "Hard Times Come Easy".
3. 0:18 - Good B♭2s from "Rest in Peace", also notice the powerful G4.
4. 0:44 - Low passage from "River of Love" bottoming around subtle A2s.
5. 1:05 - Powerful B4s with slide down to quiet G2, the song is "Rosie".
6. 1:19 - Short G2 from "Made in America".
7. 1:23 - Whispery F♯2 from the cover of The Jimi Hendrix Experience's "The Wind Cries Mary", the song can be found in the soundtrack of The Adventures of Ford Fairlane.
8. 1:26 - Short but strong F♯2 from "Harlem Rain".
9. 1:32 - Lots of short A2s and one E2 from the cover of "O Holy Night" from Christmas guitar-compilation album.
10. 2:01 - "Blood on the Ground" with somewhat fryish E2 and then strong full E2.
11. 2:19 - Sambora's lowest note, good and strong E♭2 from the intro of the live performance of"Just Older".
12. 2:25 - Excellent G♯4s from "Mr. Bluesman", his vibrato on the notes is fantastic!
13. 3:51 - Lots of great G♯4s from the live performance of "Heaven Help Us All" originally performed by Stevie Wonder.
14. 4:14 - Good G♯4s from "Long Way Around".
15. 4:37 - "The Answer" with heavenly G♯4s, really powerful!
16. 5:36 - Fantastic A4s from the live performance of "Drift Away" originally recorded by John Henry Kurtz. (Dobie Gray's version is the most famous one) I really recommend checking the live performance of this song, the vocal harmonies of this performance are simply incredible, especially in live settings.
17. 6:07 - Powerful cluster of A4s, the song is "Downside of Love".
18. 6:37 - Great A4s from "Fallen from Graceland".
19. 7:05 - "Wanted Dead or Alive" with Jon Bon Jovi and Sambora hitting lots of A4s, Jovi is singing the lead vocals.
20. 7:41 - Live performance of "Wanted Dead or Alive" with Sambora taking the lead line, hitting powerful G♯4s and B♭4s. After that Jon and him sing the melody together.
21. 7:54 - Clean B♭4s in the background vocals of "Bed of Roses" with Jon Bon Jovi singing the lead vocals, really light high notes!
22. 8:04 - Jovi going up to great A4s while Sambora goes up to screamy but powerful B4s in "I'll Be There for You".
23. 8:12 - Really powerful notes from "The Wind Cries Mary" topping at B4.
24. 8:32 - Powerful B4s from the demo version of "If I Can't Have Your Love": BAAAABEEEEEEEE!
25. 9:16 - Fantastic high notes topping at B4, the song is "You Never Really Know".
26. 10:06 - Great A4s and quick C5 from "One Light Burning", really clean and good!
27. 10:24 - Short but really powerful C5 from "Rest in Peace".
28. 10:33 - Really good and clean glide up to C5 in head voice, the song is "Father Time".
29. 10:48 - Really powerful C5s and flat C♯5s from "Stranger in This Town".
30. 11:13 - Lots of powerful C5s and C♯5s (Sambora's highest full voice notes) from the live performance of The Beatles-cover "With a Little Help from My Friends".
31. 11:45 - Screamy but powerful falsetto E5 from another live performance of "With a Little Help from My Friends".
32. 11:56 - Another great falsetto E5 from the earlier live performance of "With a Little Help from My Friends", great and clear note.
33. 12:03 - Finally, Sambora's highest notes ever: falsetto F5s from "Southern Belle". (It is actually Sambora singing: Bruce Foster sings in other tracks but this track features Sambora on lead vocals.)
