Talk:James Dewar (musician)

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No one, to my memory, called Dewar "The Pavarotti of Rock". His vocal style and range certainly didn't give any suggest anything in common with the Italian tenor. Ronnie James Dio,late of Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow and Black Sabbath, has, on the other hand, been awkwardly compared with Pavarotti; Dio's wailing, overwrought style is a closer fit with what the opera singer does.

Similarly, it's a bit much to say that Dewar is "perhaps the greatest white soul singer of all time." I know what the author meant, but the subject of white soul singers and "blue eyed soul" is a very broad one, and under discussed at that, and one cannot make a fast claim as to who is the greatest of the lot. White vocalists emulating black vocal inspirations in an attempt to create something unique and wholly theirs has resulted in varied results, both in quality, approach. Is Dewar better than Van Morrison, Felix Cavalari (Young Rascals), Frankie Miller, Jerry LaCroix, Paul Rodgers, Rod Stewart, Peter Wolf (J.Geils Band), Mick Jagger, Annie Lennox, Bob Seger? That he is the greatest among all these names is a matter of opinion that can't be substantiated. I think it a better idea to tone down the passage, qualify the description. --Unsigned comment by Ted Burke 13:27, July 5, 2006

I have deleted the comment about Brige of Sighs being a "gem generally considered one of the greatest classic rock albums ever produced" as it does not meet Wikipedia's standard of impartiality. --Unsigned comment by 62.64.166.188 06:15, April 3, 2007

Does anyone have any idea how Dewar died? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.251.135.222 (talk) 14:16, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Fan sites, ad naseum
I removed all the following fan's tribute sites from the External links section of the page. Fan websites, Tribute sites, etc. are not considered RELIABLE REFERENCES by Wikipedia. Given the possibility that one of them may have links to actual reliable sources, I have moved them here. Please do not place anything that isn't NPOV into the article! It needs help, but people's die-hard affections for this musician (or not) does not improve the article. --Leahtwosaints (talk) 07:36, 18 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Steve's Place - 'In memory of James Dewar'
 * Steve's Place - '"Listen...listen to the Bluebird sing": James Dewar' (Steve's Place Fan Section)
 * JimmyDewar.com-Jimmy Dewar Tribute Site
 * AngelFire.com - 'James Dewar: Band/Career' History' (fansite)
 * Home.ca.inter.net - 'James Dewar Tribute' (Bridge of Sighs fansite)
 * Kneeling.co.uk - 'Stone the Crows: Teenage Licks' (album review)
 * ProcolHarum.com - 'James Dewar, 1942–2002: An epitaph to a Scottish legend'
 * ProcolHarum.com - 'Tracking down the Stumbledown Romancer: "...and somebody called me a rock-and-roll sage..."' (Stumbledown Romancer album review)

Citation added to "one of the most under-rated rock vocalists"
Hopefully, the citation I added (vh1.com) is an acceptable source. I find the referenced article interesting, although I would quibble with a couple of the selections and certainly with the order (but wouldn't we all quibble on matters of personal taste?)Son of RML (talk) 21:59, 24 March 2018 (UTC)