You are making an assumption, Jerry. A singer is NOT one of my favorites.

No, seriously. Mississippi John is also one of MY favorites, as you say he sang the hell out of those songs. But I also love Jesse Fuller, who just sounded like he was having fun with his drums and fotdella and guitar and kazoo and harp.

I love Nic Jones' recordings from the early 1970s; his voice has an indefinable "chuckle" in it during the humorous songs.

In Cowboy/Western music, I love Skip Gorman; he just sounds "right."

Niamh Parsons is one of my favorites in Irish music; a slight smokiness to her voice.

I also agree with just about everyone on here; Kieron Means, Lyle Lovett, Dick Gaughan, Stan Rogers...all great!