one of max's picks: max is the sound guy for congress and he selected four shows from their east coast swing '02 as his favorite shows to delight us with.

i do not know what i can say about the additions of russo and bernard to this group that is not glaringly obvious when you just listen to the music yourself. the band was already on fire...they just take it to another level. one that has you shaking your head in disbelief sometimes. and don't get me wrong...i do not want it to sound like i do not feel the same way about robert and cochemea...robert is my absolute hero-god on keys and i would take cochemea over ANY wind instrument player right now. HANDS DOWN.