[COVERS] ANNOUNCE: Queen It's A Kinda Magic - Edmonton, AB - 2009/05/21

For Pesco? Horrible live sound (apparently very harsh and loud). I don't remember too many people being impressed by his Freddie, but this was some years ago and I haven't seen too many videos of him.

For the South American guys that are doing it now, I don't know a lot. I heard that the crowd interaction was minimal and that there might've been a bit of playback. Again, I wasn't at the show though. This was passed onto me by someone else.

Well here's Pesco. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJgNzLpEsPI Doesn't look or sound anything like Freddie!

He's still more Freddie than a lot of pisspoor S. American / Italian bands I've checked out on YouTube.
And he's a pretty nice guy, he and the band always took the time to meet and greet the fans after the shows.

He probably would sound a bit more like Freddie if his vocal range didn't force him to sing a semitone lower

"he's a pretty nice guy"

I'm sure he is .. but he's a terrible Freddie, if the criteria is 'look or sound like Freddie Mercury'. If he wasn't dressed up like him, I wouldn't be able to tell what he's doing.

Gary Mullen is the best Freddie sound-alike!

I think they cover different areas. Gary (when his voice isn't shot ..) is pretty powerful and he has a lot of the mid-80's articulation down. The Queen for a Day guy is probably who I'd go to for the 70's approach. The bloke I play with (Tom Crane) has a great range and excellent control. Sometimes (moreso during soundcheck when he's doing impromptu stuff) it's actually spooky to listen to.

There are good singers doing Queen in other countries, but I tend not to bother with them because their accents are frankly hard to listen to. I know they're doing the best they can, but yeah.

I'm pretty much with you on that: Gary's got the 80s stuff down (especially the mid 80s stuff), and Gregory Finsley (Queen For A Day and Queen Nation), is the man for the 70s stuff!

I only know that when I saw Pesco he was very good (and I'm pretty picky).

My wife was blown away - but she's not as much of a Queen purist as me.

I don't think anyone has got it down like Gary Mullen though. He's the only guy I'd pay to see at this point.

"when I saw Pesco he was very good"

Was it some kind of golden age before people knew how to record him?

I dunno. He seems like a nice guy from what I've heard people say when they've met him, and he's not even a bad singer - but he's nothing like Freddie in any way.