Also not steel guitar (though it could be) but beautiful

[Susan Alcorn (deceased)]

Most of my favorite musicians are singers -- the ones with subtlety in phrasing, dynamics, timing, and (most of all) feeling.

This is my favorite song of Pavarotti's:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v7ryXvM ... ed&search=

When I watch this I like watching the body language of the string players. I think about what it must take emotionally and physically to sing this, and I like that his handclasp with the conductor and their smiles seem so utterly genuine. They both seem happy.

[Charlie McDonald]

This is my favorite song of Pavarotti's:

Mine too, and I'm not an opera fan.
The opening chord (Nes-sun dorma...) is wonderful.

I think Bob Dylan must have heard this somewhere (when he was much older then) and it crept into 'Bob Dylan's Dream' ("While riding on a train going west /
I fell asleep for to take my rest /
I dreamed a dream....")
An enduring theme.

[Dave Van Allen]

Let no one sleep!... Let no one sleep! Even you, o Princess, in your cold room, watch the stars, that tremble with love and with hope.
But my secret is hidden within me, my name no one shall know... No!...No!... On your mouth I will tell it when the light shines.
And my kiss will dissolve the silence that makes you mine!...

The Chorus: No one will know his name and we must, alas, die.

The Prince: Vanish, o night! Set, stars! At dawn, I will win! I will win! I will win!