1) that was hysterical, wolf! :lol:
2) as for rust and tricky ways, yes, they are much more mainstream pop-y, but as was said above, they are needed in the repetoire. i\'ve been thinking about bands and what\'s happening with the jamband world in general lately, and th thing that jumps out at me most, is that the late, great bands that had the biggest followings all had several genres and styles of songs in their bag. they always sounded like that band doing that genre, but the diversity of what the audience experienced each night added to the why so many folks liked them. lately, it seems, bands are zeroing in on subgenres and sticking to them. the trance-y bands, the bluegrass-y bands, the space-y bands... but you don\'t really hear many bands that can play an old appalachian ballad, a straight ahead rocker, a deep and atmospheric exporatory jam, a folk tune, a jazzy tune.... the dead is, of course, the best example of this, but phish (especially in the earlier years) works, too. one of the best parts about the breakfast is that you do get diversity in what they play, though not yet nearly as much. so, are tw & rust the best examples of those styles? no. but they are great first steps to adding more to the total sound of the breakfast. which is a direction i think dropping the psychedelic showed they wanted to head in, and which i think is confirmed by the shift in style of live play and variety in styles of the latest batch of tunes. they don\'t want to play the same things the same ways every nihgt, i\'m sure, and that will only helping the band i the long run.
3) hi joe.
