Yep. There is a lot to be said for experience and knowledge. Someone who's been signing fifty or sixty years is always going to have something over a twenty year old voice that hasn't learned how to phrase or breath or feel out a song yet.
I bought the John Stewart CD Havana a while back. The voice that recorded California Bloodlines is pretty much gone now. But in it's place is an even better songwriter who gets better with every passing year at crafting lyrics, and a singer who's phrasing and feel for a song gets more intuitive with every CD.
I'd rather continue to hear them both write and record for years to come, and I'll pick them everytime over the Josh Grobans of the world.
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