Comments on: Paul Smith returns to Classic Imperials

By: King's Ransom

King's Ransom — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:49:43 +0000

Paul Smith may have a tenor range, but I don’t think he has the timbre.

By: Daniel J. Mount

Daniel J. Mount — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:35:32 +0000

Yeah. But professionals are supposed to notice stuff like that. )

By: David Bruce Murray

David Bruce Murray — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:34:56 +0000

Daniel,
No worries. It was worded that way in the press release as well.

By: Daniel J. Mount

Daniel J. Mount — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:09:11 +0000

Alternatively, with two tenors, they now have the range to swap out leads if they want to.

By: King's Ransom

King's Ransom — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:07:16 +0000

Rick Evans has a tenor range as well, and in fact, when I first saw the “Place Called Heaven” video, I thought he sounded more like a tenor than a lead.

If I were Armond, Rick would take the tenor spot and Paul Smith would cozy back into the lead position.

By: Daniel J. Mount

Daniel J. Mount — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:19:47 +0000

Good point – poor choice of wording on my part.

By: David Bruce Murray

David Bruce Murray — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:14:23 +0000

Daniel,
How can Paul Smith “return” to the Classic Imperials? )

I’d love to hear them, though…the first time I saw the Imps in concert, Paul was singing lead and doing a tremendous job.

By: Gayla Fooks

Gayla Fooks — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:58:54 +0000

Thanks Wes, I thought it must be something like that! I need to pull out those old albums and listen. I appreciate your input.

By: Wes

Wes — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:44:35 +0000

Gayla, Paul sang lead with the Imperials, but if you’ll go back and listen to some of those albums, particularly the “Let The Wind Blow” album, Smith actually sang over top of Jim Murray pretty frequently. He definitely had the range at that time to sing tenor. I guess in that respect he’s similar to Roy McNeal or Roy Tremble. I would imagine he’ll be singing the tenor part.

By: Gayla Fooks

Gayla Fooks — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:27:55 +0000

I find this very interesting. I saw the announcement on Facebook. I remember the “Paul Smith Imperial years”, and they had some great songs. I always love to hear Armond sing! I have a question. Will they not have a tenor vocalist now? I do not think any of these gentlemen sing the tenor part. I do not mean anything negative whatsoever. I am simply curious.