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Favorite Jam Band?

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  • RoadDawg55
    RoadDawg55 Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 30,543 Swaye's Wigwam
    YellowSnow said:

    RoadDawg55 said:

    Jam bands are all shit. Learn how to write a real song. Talent in music is mostly irrelevant. Nobody gives a shit about your 5 min bongo solo.

    Depends on the era of "jam" band. The neo-hippy ones - i.e., Phish, Widespread Panic, Stingcheese, etc. - are generally shit. The Grateful Dead and The Allman Brothers were legit and great bands. The difference between great and shit as it relates to jam bands is could they write good fucking songs or not. Both the Allman Brothers and Dead were still capable of writing terrific 3 to 5 min tracks that weren't just senseless, self indulgent noodling. The modern era of jam bands...not so much.
    You got exactly what current jam bands I was talking about.
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,853 Founders Club
    RoadDawg55 said:

    YellowSnow said:

    RoadDawg55 said:

    Jam bands are all shit. Learn how to write a real song. Talent in music is mostly irrelevant. Nobody gives a shit about your 5 min bongo solo.

    Depends on the era of "jam" band. The neo-hippy ones - i.e., Phish, Widespread Panic, Stingcheese, etc. - are generally shit. The Grateful Dead and The Allman Brothers were legit and great bands. The difference between great and shit as it relates to jam bands is could they write good fucking songs or not. Both the Allman Brothers and Dead were still capable of writing terrific 3 to 5 min tracks that weren't just senseless, self indulgent noodling. The modern era of jam bands...not so much.
    You got exactly what current jam bands I was talking about.

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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,853 Founders Club
    pawz said:

    Sven and the Harvey Road All-Stars

    I wish someone would Free Harv so we could bro out about the Grateful Dead.
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  • LebamDawg
    LebamDawg Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 8,855 Swaye's Wigwam
    Yes - but not sure if they were a jam band or most of their songs were just 8+ minutes long or roundabout that
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  • Dardanus
    Dardanus Member Posts: 2,623
    edited March 2018
    YellowSnow said:

    RoadDawg55 said:

    Jam bands are all shit. Learn how to write a real song. Talent in music is mostly irrelevant. Nobody gives a shit about your 5 min bongo solo.

    Depends on the era of "jam" band. The neo-hippy ones - i.e., Phish, Widespread Panic, Stingcheese, etc. - are generally shit. The Grateful Dead and The Allman Brothers were legit and great bands. The difference between great and shit as it relates to jam bands is could they write good fucking songs or not. Both the Allman Brothers and Dead were still capable of writing terrific 3 to 5 min tracks that weren't just senseless, self indulgent noodling. The modern era of jam bands...not so much.
    I like to take a band purposed for live performance and criticize them for not writing good radio tracks. I do that.
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  • Dardanus
    Dardanus Member Posts: 2,623
    edited March 2018
    RoadDawg55 said:

    Jam bands are all shit. Learn how to write a real song. Talent in music is mostly irrelevant. Nobody gives a shit about your 5 min bongo solo.

    You prefer Gagaku?
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,853 Founders Club
    edited March 2018
    Dardanus said:

    YellowSnow said:

    RoadDawg55 said:

    Jam bands are all shit. Learn how to write a real song. Talent in music is mostly irrelevant. Nobody gives a shit about your 5 min bongo solo.

    Depends on the era of "jam" band. The neo-hippy ones - i.e., Phish, Widespread Panic, Stingcheese, etc. - are generally shit. The Grateful Dead and The Allman Brothers were legit and great bands. The difference between great and shit as it relates to jam bands is could they write good fucking songs or not. Both the Allman Brothers and Dead were still capable of writing terrific 3 to 5 min tracks that weren't just senseless, self indulgent noodling. The modern era of jam bands...not so much.
    I like to take a band purposed for live performance and criticize them for not writing good radio tracks. I do that.
    I like to say jam bands that were both (a) great at writing radio friendly songs AND (b) a great live show are better than jam bands that suck at songwriting. I like to do that.
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  • BlastDoor
    BlastDoor Member Posts: 711
    edited March 2018
    Pearl.

    but for sure, The Black Crowes are fucking awesome.
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  • Dardanus
    Dardanus Member Posts: 2,623
    Predictably, Yellow Snow is trying to sideswipe an otherwise lukewarm thread. It's unfortunate, but expected.

    At least Race had a solid take. Plus Swaye came with a positive contribution, even with his limited capacity. God bless him for that.
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,853 Founders Club
    Dardanus said:

    Predictably, Yellow Snow is trying to sideswipe an otherwise lukewarm thread. It's unfortunate, but expected.

    At least Race had a solid take. Plus Swaye came with a positive contribution, even with his limited capacity. God bless him for that.

    Defending the OG Jam bands while not being into the newer ones in a jam band thread is sideswiping? I don't follow.
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