“I don't know how he does it. Really, Howe Gelb shouldn't be making music this enjoyable, not with that voice of his. Gelb's larynx commands a staunchly unmelodic rasp, hovering in a range that's obviously too low for his natural delivery. And the perverse thing about it is, I think he does it on purpose-- his past records with Giant Sand (and there are a lot of them) suggest he has quite a range, ”
