She had such a beautiful voice and she played drums! How can you beat that?
I have to say, though, that I’ve never liked him.
It would have a great duo if Karen and Allison Krause could have sang together. That would have been an angelic choir bar none. The same holds true for Joey Feek. Karen died before either Allison and Joey came along but that would be on of life’s big what ifs. Karen’s version of Ave Maria is by far the best rendition of that song EVER.
“She had such a beautiful voice and she played drums! How can you beat that?
I have to say, though, that I’ve never liked him.”
I am a musician and a vocalist. I have long considered hers to be one of the greatest popular voices in recorded history. She is typically damned with faint praise by the elitist rock musicologists (who want everyone to be edgy and depraved), but, interestingly, both Madonna and Chrissie Hynde hold her in high esteem.
I understand your attitude about Richard: He could not match her performing ability, but some university music departments have advanced classes that study his arrangements; he is a deceptively sophisticated and original arranger, somewhat like Brian Wilson.
I once heard them live, at a university, and yes, Karen played the drums.