Jam Band Rant

[Mozy_Bot]

Love the jam bands!!!  Garaj Mahal, Galactic, Soulive - so many good ones - plus I fee like afrobeat is like jam bands - Fela Kuti, antibalas  ... etc.  SO MUCH FUN LIVE!!!!

[Mozy_Bot]

Cream, the Allman Brothers live at the Fillmore, Miles Davis. I guess I\'m a Jam Band fan. Have I dated myself yet?

Oh, Thanatopsis is a jam band.

I\'d KILL TO SEE Thanatopsis jam out live!  Wholly shiz bot that would be so cool!!!

Serious question for Travis - What can I do to help enable a live performance by you and BH together with a drummer playing tunes by Thanatopsis, Population Override, and both Chicken Noodles albums?

[zimbopolus]

are we going to have to write a petition to see thanatopsis live?

[beelzeBob]

Oh, Thanatopsis is a jam band.

Fuckin\' A!

[beelzeBob]

I\'d KILL TO SEE Thanatopsis jam out live!  Wholly shiz bot that would be so cool!!!

Serious question for Travis - What can I do to help enable a live performance by you and BH together with a drummer playing tunes by Thanatopsis, Population Override, and both Chicken Noodles albums?

I\'m booking a flight to Cali as soon I get word.

Seriously Travis, I know you guys are SUPER busy, but what if you scheduled it 2-3 years in advance?

[ella_mental]

I love live music.  Live music has actually helped me shape my life.  The jam band scene was a part of that.

My original post was actually the last part of my epiphany.  The realization came slowly over several years.

It all started when I dressed like a hippie to go to a show, saw pictures of myself and asked, who is that.  From then on I made sure I was dressed in a way that was true to myself.

Next, I stopped participating in lot activities, saw a band I had seen several times before and loved, and found myself asking myself why I ever thought they were good.  But, everybody around seemed to be having a good time...so I thought it was me and I lost my feel for the vibe.

Next, I went to a Yes concert and within minutes heard and saw a much cleaner and clearer sound than anything I had heard from a jam band in the past.  Plus, the musicianship blew any jam bad I had seen out of the water.

All this time I\'m seeing jam bands too.

At a Meshuggah show (opening for Tool), everyone around me seemed to be wondering what the hell was going on.  But I was thinking, I kind of like this.

Back to the jam bands.  Everyone around me is really into it and I\'m waiting for something to happen.  Four or five shows like that and I realized...it\'s not me.  My vibe radar is fine.  There is just nothing going on.

To me, the time the bands spend trying to find the groove is not jamming.  It is a waste of my time.  I didn\'t come to a show to see 5 minutes of brilliance every 1/2 hour.

One of the last jam shows I was at was a Phil Lesh show and it was fun.  I love live music and I will continue to see live shows.  I\'ve had enough of jam bands.

[rezonator]

I know what you\'re saying;some jam bands just do solos to go thru the motions and you can tell that their lyrics are more selling points to the masses than true expression.when I go to jam band fests I think most of the bands are pretty mediocre so I just walk around half-listening.Thought about getting some bohemian-styled stuff like you mentioned but then decided to stay with the style I\'ve worn for over a decade--that scene isn\'t me.with that said,yes,the hippy crowd might not be as in-tune with the technicality of the music because they\'re into the raw emotional aesthetic of how it makes them feel(I dig a combo of that and well-executed technicality);buuut I\'ll take a hippy crowd over a metal fest any day for the comfort factor alone.90% of hippies are waaay easier to get along with than 90% of metalheads(and I guess I consider myself half metalhead or something).also,the term jam band is pretty vast;I mean tool could be considered a jam band with the extended parts of songs that they do.

[Aequitas]

Thanatopsis.... my god that would be great live.

But on to my real topic, Ella Mental, we should get together and own the Jammy\'s. NO corduroys, NO tanktops, but a hellalot of pwn.