Favorite Jam Band?
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The Allman Brothers and it's not close.
I don't like jam bands as a rule. The dead trigger my narcolepsy. The Allmans were tight and talented as fuck though and never bore me. -
That's obvious.YellowSnow said:
I don't follow.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.
Grading a jam band by its number of chart-toppers is like judging an AH-64 by its air-to-air ability. Sure, some have sidewinders, and that's great, but the main purpose is to destroy the enemy on the ground. -
Christ Gallipoli, you're dense on this topic. I never said chart toppers. You think the Grateful Dead, the greatest of all jam bands, had a bunch of chart toppers? They had one top 20 single in the 80s and that was it. But they were great songwriters none the less, something a band like Phish is not.Dardanus said:
That's obvious.YellowSnow said:
I don't follow.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.
Grading a jam band by its number of chart-toppers is like judging an AH-64 by its air-to-air ability. Sure, some have sidewinders, and that's great, but the main purpose is to destroy the enemy on the ground.
I'll tell you what - if you play your cards right I'll let you come over and flip over Mountain Jam on the turntable halfway through 32 mins. And you can get me a beer out of the fridge well you're at it. -
I guess it depends on what your tastes are ... I’m personally a big fan of good musicianship
I’m a big fan of a band that can play for 10+ minutes and you aren’t waiting to go to the next song and wanting to cue up Dave Chapelle’s Wrap It Up skit
I definitely enjoy listening to DMB and The Central Park Album has some pretty good longer takes that I enjoy listening to and is a good proxy to seeing them in concert.
I haven’t seen them in concert but I can definitely see myself enjoying a strong 10-15 jam from Chicago with the different instrumentals being focused.
For anybody that hasn’t seen them live Id put the Zac Brown Band in that category. Their last tour had a version of the Allman Bros Whipping Post that was strong. They also were doing a regular dueling guitars last year that was strong. Overall, they are strong players that you can jam out to. -
I've seen Zac brown band
Was pretty fun -
YellowSnow said:
Christ Gallipoli, you're dense on this topic. I never said chart toppers. You think the Grateful Dead, the greatest of all jam bands, had a bunch of chart toppers? They had one top 20 single in the 80s and that was it. But they were great songwriters none the less, something a band like Phish is not.Dardanus said:
That's obvious.YellowSnow said:
I don't follow.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.
Grading a jam band by its number of chart-toppers is like judging an AH-64 by its air-to-air ability. Sure, some have sidewinders, and that's great, but the main purpose is to destroy the enemy on the ground.
I'll tell you what - if you play your cards right I'll let you come over and flip over Mountain Jam on the turntable halfway through 32 mins. And you can get me a beer out of the fridge well you're at it.
(Vanilla won't let me poast images) -
Ram Jam???
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Who knew that a forum for music would create a new bored feud?
Yellowsnow vs. Dardanus
FWIW, I have the attack helicopter in this one. I am also known for limited capacity. -
Limited capacity indeed. ISAFNRC.Swaye said:Who knew that a forum for music would create a new bored feud?
Yellowsnow vs. Dardanus
FWIW, I have the attack helicopter in this one. I am also known for limited capacity.
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Well, I gotta give a chin for the effort and for being a fellow vinyl guy. Looks like you just might be qualified to be my apprentice record flipper, but please no 3M products on the grooves.Dardanus said:YellowSnow said:
Christ Gallipoli, you're dense on this topic. I never said chart toppers. You think the Grateful Dead, the greatest of all jam bands, had a bunch of chart toppers? They had one top 20 single in the 80s and that was it. But they were great songwriters none the less, something a band like Phish is not.Dardanus said:
That's obvious.YellowSnow said:
I don't follow.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.
Grading a jam band by its number of chart-toppers is like judging an AH-64 by its air-to-air ability. Sure, some have sidewinders, and that's great, but the main purpose is to destroy the enemy on the ground.
I'll tell you what - if you play your cards right I'll let you come over and flip over Mountain Jam on the turntable halfway through 32 mins. And you can get me a beer out of the fridge well you're at it.
(Vanilla won't let me poast images)
I'll tell you what @Dardanus - I'm always open to have my mind be changed and like any of us, my musical palate has evolved over time. Give me your top pick for a live album by any jam band in the Top 30 years and I will have a detailed listen.






