This is my impression of his singing too. He limits his playing on stage as well, and tends to avoid guitar now. Leaves the heavy lifting to the band. Eric's tone is really sweet though, really enhances the sound of Neal's music.
Thinking about his singing though, he never had a really great range. Nick D'Virgilio used to sing all the high notes when Neal was in Spock's Beard. That was the problem though when Neal left and had been trying to take on everything himself. Amazing in some respects, but lacking in others.
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