Good point Tony. Many years ago I worked with a vocalist who sang terribly out of tune. Why did I do that you might ask? Because he had such a great stage presence it didn't seem to matter to the audience- they just loved him. Go figure!

We made some recordings at the time and they sounded awful. I guess his personality just didn't carry over into the recording.

The frustrating thing was I knew he could have sung well if he'd had the self-discipline to take lessons or just practice. Like many 'musicians' he was a temperamental type and ran off to Germany with a girl he met on holiday in Spain leaving me with booked gigs I couldn't fulfil Never saw the guy again. Ah the good old days