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blastingas10 · 02-05-2013, 12:49 AM

He is really good at cross tempos/rhythms with his singing and guitar playing. The guitar playing in "crash" isn't terribly difficult, there's a pretty big stretch across the board, but its a different story when you sing along.

Saw them live at bonnaroo a few years back. Wasn't a big fan until then. They did some epic covers of "stairway to heaven", "needle and the damage done" and "all along the watchtower". Very talented band.

P A N · 02-05-2013, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by blastingas10

He is really good at cross tempos/rhythms with his singing and guitar playing. The guitar playing in "crash" isn't terribly difficult, there's a pretty big stretch across the board, but its a different story when you sing along.

Saw them live at bonnaroo a few years back. Wasn't a big fan until then. They did some epic covers of "stairway to heaven", "needle and the damage done" and "all along the watchtower". Very talented band.

that's exactly what i meant. his hands and his voice are completely separated from each other rhythmically, and as a drummer that's a quality i have a lot of respect for.

FRED HALE SR. · 02-05-2013, 12:40 PM

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that's exactly what i meant. his hands and his voice are completely separated from each other rhythmically, and as a drummer that's a quality i have a lot of respect for.

It took me til after his debut album to really grasp what a talent he has. Certainly one of the better jam bands you can see live. I gravitate more towards his ballads for some reason, I think he has a real knack for songwriting. There is just something beautiful that comes out in his songs that really hits me at times. I'm kind of in and out listening to him, but he certainly has a gift for songwriting and his band as a foundation is pretty incredible in both studio and live format.

P A N · 02-05-2013, 09:25 PM

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It took me til after his debut album to really grasp what a talent he has. Certainly one of the better jam bands you can see live. I gravitate more towards his ballads for some reason, I think he has a real knack for songwriting. There is just something beautiful that comes out in his songs that really hits me at times. I'm kind of in and out listening to him, but he certainly has a gift for songwriting and his band as a foundation is pretty incredible in both studio and live format.

i'm not trying to change your mind or anything by saying this. i totally respect a honed appreciation like that. but have you listened to groo grux king? i like his ballads too, but the orchestration on some tracks on GGK is so perfectly explosive.... ugh. and i'm with you.. i don't listen to dmb all the time... very on and off. but when i do i f*cking love it.

annnnd i'm gonna go throw on GGK and dance like i'm autistic and probably play some air drums.

misspoptart · 02-06-2013, 02:01 AM

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annnnd i'm gonna go throw on GGK and dance like i'm autistic and probably play some air drums.

I feel a little less guilty about dragging this topic up again now.

By the way, do any of you DMB appreciators have a thing for "Spoon" like me? I can't explain how the violin and banjo parts of that song make me feel. Maybe someone else can...

FRED HALE SR. · 02-06-2013, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by zevokes

i'm not trying to change your mind or anything by saying this. i totally respect a honed appreciation like that. but have you listened to groo grux king? i like his ballads too, but the orchestration on some tracks on GGK is so perfectly explosive.... ugh. and i'm with you.. i don't listen to dmb all the time... very on and off. but when i do i f*cking love it.

annnnd i'm gonna go throw on GGK and dance like i'm autistic and probably play some air drums.

I guess I should have stated i enjoy all of his music. I gravitate more towards his ballads, but I also enjoy his jam/rock music. GGK is an outstanding song indeed. I normally pop on DMB when i'm cooking or on a slow Sunday where I just wanna kick back and write a little bit on the computer.

P A N · 02-06-2013, 10:02 AM

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I guess I should have stated i enjoy all of his music. I gravitate more towards his ballads, but I also enjoy his jam/rock music. GGK is an outstanding song indeed. I normally pop on DMB when i'm cooking or on a slow Sunday where I just wanna kick back and write a little bit on the computer.

i was actually talking about the whole album, but that song in particular is pretty swell!

FRED HALE SR. · 02-06-2013, 10:13 AM

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i was actually talking about the whole album, but that song in particular is pretty swell!

I always forget that song is called Why I Am. I love the emotion he conveys in the vocals.

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blastingas10 Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,126	He is really good at cross tempos/rhythms with his singing and guitar playing. The guitar playing in "crash" isn't terribly difficult, there's a pretty big stretch across the board, but its a different story when you sing along. Saw them live at bonnaroo a few years back. Wasn't a big fan until then. They did some epic covers of "stairway to heaven", "needle and the damage done" and "all along the watchtower". Very talented band.