As she sings domestic dramas of love going wrong, Ms. Lavette shows every scar and every wily survivor's instinct in her leathery voice.

"Your trade goes mainly to alien ports," he said at last, in the leathery voice.

"Mr. Johnson," Jake said in a low, leathery voice.

Kalas attributed his leathery voice to his habit of smoking Parliament cigarettes, and some of the Phillies players lit up Parliaments after Kalas' death as a tribute.

Odetta has been a blues powerhouse since the 1950's, strumming hard and singing with a deep, leathery voice that harks back to field hollers and spirituals.

Mr. Ventre, from Uruguay, is a big man with the build of a football jock going to seed and a big, leathery voice to match.

Mr. Pons showed himself less gentle, as if matching the clumsiness of his character with a blustery, leathery voice.

Hermes also praised Bridges' leathery voice, which makes the music sound "lived-in".

It's an archetype that is reinforced by her songs, her autobiography, her leathery voice and her leonine presence.

Ric's leathery voice broke through the static.