Although I don’t see them as aggressively as I used to, I have been following your beloved Breakfast since day one. These guys are great friends of mine that I care for. I would love to see them succeed at tremendous proportions, as they definitely deserve to. But for the last three years going into the fourth, I’ve asked myself and “The Save” Spears over and over again…
“WHY, YEAR AFTER YEAR, DO I HAVE TO THUMB THROUGH RELIX AND SEE FESTIVAL AFTER FESTIVAL NOT INCLUDING THE BREAKFAST?”
Even though I don’t post here ever, I do read and see what you guys and gals have to say about the band. Yet this issue is rarely brought up. There seems to be more love for the “side projects” rather than the band’s success.
Now, I know one thing for sure. (Sorry Al Z) Going out to San Fran to play at a bar is not going to get it done. ("Sports, live music and food make this Potrero Hill bar a favorite for locals and ex-New Englanders.
¬weekend nights with live music. Jam bands deliver blues, funk and post-Grateful Dead vibes from a tiny stage. There is no jukebox but the proprietors keep a library of good CDs on hand for background music. The vibe is friendly and mellow.)
T.B. should be at higher level of touring whether it’s touring with a band or not. I would assume that the management would know that starting in the spring and continuing until the fall, playing festivals is where it’s at for the jam band scene. That’s where the buzz is created. That should be the tour…..festival to festival all summer!
I’ve seen, as have all of you, a drop in production. There’s been talk about the drop, but nothing’s really been done about it. As of now, the drop could only be attributed to one thing - the dismissal of J. Kroop. If T.B. doesn’t rise to their potential in the near future, letting Josh go could have been a mistake. The kid got it done. And with that said, this present management is not getting it done. So I do have a couple of questions that I think about…
1. Could it be that the Breakfast isn’t that well known and promoters don’t know who they are?
2. Is it that the management doesn’t have the pull to get them onto festival bills? There are tons of them every year.
3. Why not a tour of just festivals?
4. Does the management just suck?
I’ve seen, heard or watched just about every band that was at the same level as T.B back in ‘99- 01. I do know that a bunch of them ARE playing big time festivals all the time and are playing at big time venues. In addition, I do know that T.B. has just as much or greater talent than most of them. So I guess it’s either a matter of not making the right decisions or just not being able to get the break you need to get to the next level. But I do know that playing festivals is where it’s at.