I just gotta say that in the light of DMB, and it\'s community, I don\'t feel as if they should even be classified as a jam band. To me, and keep in mind the words "to me" imply a totally subjective statement, Jam bands are bands that hold a solid foundation for a song but allow the song to change and take totally improvised form on stage. Dave Matthews, DMB, D+T, all of them, don\'t do this. While they do take on some role of making the live act interesting and changing up a few solos, while keeping the sections the same time, they do not in anyway produce entirely improv material (with the exceptions of guests who generally tend to improvise).
the crazed and devoted fans, and mind you there is nothing wrong with devotion, need to come to some senses on what is what. I understand that some feel entirely happy with listening solely to 500,000,000 million versions of two step, crash, stmts -->astb--> something, and that someone can live entirely happy with just one band. However, don\'t let a one tracked musical taste deter you from what the fine tunning definitions of a jamband are. Understandably, DMB does "jam" from time to time, and, this current DM+F jam\'s also; however, they are far from the likes of real jams in terms of the current community\'s, as well as past relics, abilities and solid playing skills that we all call jams.
Please, dont take me as a DMB hater. I have been to 7 DMB related shows and I plan to attend my 8th tonight at MSG. I just don\'t see any link between them and what the major jam band communities see as the qualifications of a jamband other than their taping policies.
~Dan
