Question:
I am in the process of starting a new band. At a recent jam a singer/guitar player joined us. He has a very good voice and plays guitar well. I started talking to him at break to ask if he was interested in joining the band. He said "yes". But that was all he said. Then I asked him what songs he likes to sing. He rattled off the titles to about 10 songs but not a word of it was in English. After talking a while longer I found out that he just moved here from Bulgaria. When he sings he sings perfect English. He even has a southern accent on some songs. I decided to bring him in to the band because he is really good. But I can’t imagine him being our front man. Maybe we can incorporate some SNL "we are two wild and crazy guys" stuff in to our act. Pt
Response:
John Kay, the leader of Steppenwolf, was born in East Germany, raised behind the Iron Curtain, and didn’t move to the West until he was a teenager. It could happen, y’know. Your guy might have one hell of a fire burning in him. Edward G. — "You don’t always get what you pay for, but you always pay for what you get." –Don King —
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I am in the process of starting a new band. > At a recent jam a singer/guitar player joined us. > He has a very good voice and plays guitar well. > I started talking to him at break to ask if he was interested in > joining the band. > He said "yes". > But that was all he said. > Then I asked him what songs he likes to sing. > He rattled off the titles to about 10 songs but not a word of it was > in English. > After talking a while longer I found out that he just moved here from > Bulgaria. > When he sings he sings perfect English. > He even has a southern accent on some songs. > I decided to bring him in to the band because he is really good. > But I can’t imagine him being our front man. > Maybe we can incorporate some SNL "we are two wild and crazy guys" > stuff in to our act. > Pt
Response:
My band has a foreign singer too,he’s an American. I keep telling him "Wup yo booty" is’nt English …. 
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I am in the process of starting a new band. > At a recent jam a singer/guitar player joined us. > He has a very good voice and plays guitar well. > I started talking to him at break to ask if he was interested in > joining the band. > He said "yes". > But that was all he said. > Then I asked him what songs he likes to sing. > He rattled off the titles to about 10 songs but not a word of it was > in English. > After talking a while longer I found out that he just moved here from > Bulgaria. > When he sings he sings perfect English. > He even has a southern accent on some songs. > I decided to bring him in to the band because he is really good. > But I can’t imagine him being our front man. > Maybe we can incorporate some SNL "we are two wild and crazy guys" > stuff in to our act. > Pt
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>After talking a while longer I found out that he just moved here from >Bulgaria. >When he sings he sings perfect English. >He even has a southern accent on some songs. >I decided to bring him in to the band because he is really good. >But I can’t imagine him being our front man. >Maybe we can incorporate some SNL "we are two wild and crazy guys" >stuff in to our act. >Pt
Why can’t he be the front man? Audience interaction? Pshaw. I saw Cheap Trick a couple of weeks back and Robin Zander didn’t speak word one into the mike. Sang plenty, of course. But he left the "stage banter" to Rick Nielsen. Odd, yeah, but it worked …
Response:
>>After talking a while longer I found out that he just moved here from >Bulgaria. >When he sings he sings perfect English. >He even has a southern accent on some songs. >I decided to bring him in to the band because he is really good. >But I can’t imagine him being our front man.
Why not? I think it would be a badass gimmick. As long as he can talk without stuttering and is relatively understandable, he could be a killer frontman. Then everyone will know your band as "the band with that foreign guy who sings."