Last night, right before we watched the new Big Lebowski double-DVD set, my brother Joel informed me that Aaron Neville didn't make Rolling Stone's list of Top 100 Singers.
I told Joel that's crazy, the Crescent City big man with the angelic voice had to have made the cut.
And then I took a look for myself this morning. Goddamn, no Neville! I'm outraged.
Few singers have made me dry my eyes. Neville is one of them. I've heard him to do Sam Cooke's "A Change is Gonna Come" twice in concert. Manly tears both times.
Photo of Aaron Neville at New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2008 by Wade Tatangelo.
Aaron Neville: "A Change is Gonna Come"
This article appears in Nov 19-25, 2008.