gravelly

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Lyrics are delivered in raspy, gravelly voices that sound as authentic as the real thing.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

His voice, once raspy and booming, had thinned to a gravelly whisper, but even then it drew people toward him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

On ballads like Tonight's the Night and First Cut is the Deepest, he found new ways around the melodies, accommodating the cracks and crevices that have appeared in his famously gravelly voice.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2025

In one clip, he uses it to deliver a gravelly, reverent takedown of Chuck E. Cheese: “A casino for the juice box crowd, where the ATM is your dad and the mouse always wins.”

From Salon • Jun. 20, 2025

Another mile and Mr. Lias’s gravelly old voice said, “I was pitchin’ hay one mornin’, Sal up thar on the wagon seat a-holdin’ the reins, when here come Mr. James Henry’s bull.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns