I have some similiar feelings about this too. Last night was an exception because it was played with a special guest. I feel that if you are trying to create an individual image, you need to explore your songs more, even if that means extended them in time length and putting fewer songs in the set. But, def. the Dead was 2 generations ago, in jamband terms(i.e. what I mean is, GD era, Phish era, ???era). They can definately play the tunes well, but I don\'t think it "attracts" a crowd, maybe older people who have a connection to the dead(I do not, never saw them). Personally, I think 1 cover a night is enough. or 2 well chosen ones. It wasn\'t for a couple of years before I started to notice how many songs phish covered.
