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June 20, 2023
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Amazing
I saw my only other ones show at the Boston garden (at the time known as the fleet center) in November of 2002.
I was blown away. And I had never listen to the previous other ones lineup. But then I got the double live album release of the other ones that featured this line up and I could not believe how amazing it sounded.
This band Has to be the most underappreciated, underrated and unknown entity that I have come across. The music that these guys created in the wake of Jerry Garcia’s death is nothing short of pure ecstasy.
The exemplary, technical performance Aside, they take the songs into all kinds of new directions. And you can hear within this band the nascence of the ratdog sound, and the eventual phil and Friends quintet sound.
Certain songs are elongated and made into orchestral movements, such as Phil would go on to do with his band. While other songs are stripped down to their bare naked levels of rhythm and deep, deep, dirty groove that exists to support them, as well as incorporating the sax as an instrument of color, which would portend the eventual ratdog sound
Hornsby is a stand out here and the sound is crisp and crystal clear. Steve kimock and Mark Karan form an incredible guitar duo both capable of emulating Jerry Garcia riffs, while adding a substantial amount of their own flavor.
I am a huge Billy Kreutzmann fan and feel that he is one of the most underrated drummers in classic rock. For whatever reason, though, John Molo really fits in here, just as Jay lane did at some dates.
I really can’t say anything negative about the shows. Other than Mickey rapping occasionally and maybe phil singing occasionally are about the only things I could say I don’t love. But I don’t hate them either.
Awsum opening truckin >jack straw.
I like this mystery train.
Huge fan of the jam>Rainbows Cadillac
This is just one show of many crystal clear soundboards of this band and you will hear some of the most rapturous jazz fusion that you’ve ever heard in your life If you explore what the archive has to offer on the other ones 1998 and 2000 lineups respectively.
By 2002 they were not allowing soundboard recordings anymore. But ironically they don’t sell the soundboards anywhere, so I’m not sure at this point why they don’t just a release them.
The band was still very good with jimmy, and with the two keyboard set up, but I feel like the other ones with Bruce and Steve kimock, etc. especially with the socks was a greater band
What’s interesting is that in 2003 the same lineup from 2002 came back as “the dead “ instead of the other ones and they played the songs differently. It was literally a different philosophy even though it was the same musicians. Because it was “the dead” they felt inclined I guess to play certain parts of certain songs more closer to their original.