Originally Posted by
FORD
The only thing that would make Keef sing better would probably kill him, especially at his age. And that would be to go back on heroin. Because his voice started changing the minute he quit. Compare his voice on "Before They Make Me Run" which was recorded fresh out of the detox clinic, to "Little T&A" which was recorded a couple of years later. Or for that matter, compare the demo version of Little T&A which I posted a few pages back in this thread.
Obviously that's not a sound medical strategy, especially for a guy who is getting rid of his remaining bad habits. So his voice probably ain't going to revert to what it was pre-1979. Maybe if he lived to be 120 and was still making records he might replace enough cells in his vocal cords by then?