Lead singers who didn't write shite or very little.

[RaceFan3]

Kenny Rogers
Linda Ronstadt
Emmylou Harris (early in her career. She started writing her own stuff after a while)

Semi-related, but does anyone else get annoyed when people think that an artist wrote a hit song that's a cover? As one example that just came up last week at a bar I was at, some fuckin' boneheads thought Shinedown wrote "Simple Man."

[Deege]

Arnel Pineda
Ray Gillen

Ray Gillen wrote a lot. In fact, most of the lyrics on Dusk were on the spot improv except the few songs they had written for years.

[Ryan81]

Geddy Lee of Rush and Tom Araya of Slayer come to mind.

Geddy Lee wrote almost all of Rush's music. He just didn't write the lyrics.

Geddy and Alex wrote the music and The Professor wrote all the lyrics (except on the first album of course).

Something I have always wished for was to be able to be present or have footage of the making of some of my favorite albums. Like Screaming For Vengeance for example. I'd give anything to see what the process was when they made that album. From the writing to the pre-production/demo phase to the real recording of the album. Just to be able to see the creative process at work and to see how different bands go about doing it would be fascinating. I'd imagine these days a lot of the initial writing is just done at home since the advent of DAW's and how easy and affordable it has become to have a decent studio in one's basement or spare room. That has got to be killing the pro studios financially to have it where everybody has their own little studio at home.

[DonJuanDeMarco]

George Strait was mentioned. He’s old school country where he is the star, the voice. People bring the songs to him to record.

Watch the Dean Dillon documentary or listen to his versions of the songs that George recorded. George is the charismatic, good looking guy with the golden voice. Deans version pale by comparison.

As for Sludge bands, I’ll add Ted Poley to the list. He didn’t write in Danger Danger at least.

[kytepunches]

Geddy Lee of Rush and Tom Araya of Slayer come to mind.

Geddy cowrote every Rush song. And Araya has enough cowrites. What are you retarded?

I must be. I was just thinking lyrics , not music. Never go full retard.