Nice try, Little Hawk, but I suppose at 47 I'm too old to be converted! 'Intensity' and 'life' are not terms I'd associate with his voice, and I find that my aversion to it distracts me from the contents of his songs. So I prefer others' versions. Have you heard the Ballad of Hollis Brown by the Old Blind Dogs (on 'Legacy')? Spine-chilling!