no judy, i have not popped my cork (i was born without one). the tradition of tranposing songs does not really exist in rock. (part of this is due to the problem of tranposing downward on a guitar. some resort to de-tuning a whole step, at most.) so, there is not the option to say "i'm a bass-baritone. i shall sing it in the low key". therefore, if the same singer is going to sing a rock song, he's stuck.
Mike,
While I agree with you in that there is a problem in transposing and keeping a similar sound on the guitar (often due to the chord shapes and position used, and the fact that the guitar is quite limited in its choice of good keys- mainly sharps), many bands do transpose when they need to, without de-tuning. We used to have another singer who had a low voice, and we would transpose on the spot for him. we found it easy to transpose on guitar. When the song is based around the lower register of the guitar, you can be in trouble, as you will have to de-tune, but usually, it's easy.
Mirko
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