just saw two of the the niche\'s final three shows this past weekend. final show is 12/23 at milestones in rochester. so i guess their keyboardist Willey O\'Riley is now available plus he can sing too.
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He was supposed to sit in with the breakfast at Milestones a few weeks ago but never showed up......
Not to knock what those guys are doing as a trio. (No one else could pull off such a sick full sound) but I have to admit that I liked the band 10 times more with Jordan. When I listen to jam-bands my fav part is the spontanious jamming (obviously). It seems that bands with a keyboard player take the music to more places. In my opinion 4 is the magic number. With that added person, that is just one more mind that is going to take the jams a different way. Just my 2 cents.
Not to knock what those guys are doing as a trio. (No one else could pull off such a sick full sound) but I have to admit that I liked the band 10 times more with Jordan. When I listen to jam-bands my fav part is the spontanious jamming (obviously). It seems that bands with a keyboard player take the music to more places. In my opinion 4 is the magic number. With that added person, that is just one more mind that is going to take the jams a different way. Just my 2 cents.
Could not agree more with this post.
The sound is undeniably richer with Jordan!
as stated numerous times in this thread, i agree
If Jordan were ever to return, I would welcome that completely..
but, that said, I love the trio! They\'re playing super tight and jammed-out shows like the 2nd to last Burlington show and the most recent Century Lounge have included some of the headiest type-III jams I\'ve heard PB/Breakfast ever bring.
Tims definitely got a lot better with his key / synth setup since the first time I saw it, so, props man. Credit where its due, I almost forget how freakin sick the dude is once in a while..!
They definitely know what they\'re doing and where they\'re goin. I\'ve griped about little things in the past, but f*ck it, I might as well just kick back and enjoy the good ride
as much as i love jordan as a friend and musician,i love the band right now as it is.
Personally wish Tim would give up the key experiment and just play his guitars because every single key jam I have heard live or in person is the same deedle deedle dee bs.
Pretty tired of hearing subpar playing in a band I am used to hearing nothing but quality out of.
leith,do you even like the breakfast
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leith,do you even like the breakfast
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Well let\'s see.
Tim = One of my top 5 favorite guitarists of all time.
Adrian = one of my top 5 favorite drummers of all time.
So there is that.
However I have a hard time enjoying someone so talented on one instrument wasting time during a show on an instrument he is much less talented on and one in which there seems no place for what is played. It always sounds forced.
So the fact that I even bother to make my displeasure known leads me to believe that yes I do indeed love this band.
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he\'s been workin out the kinks on the keys brah. I had the same gripe a while back but the last few shows I\'ve seen were a whole lot tighter with the integration of the keys. And its only gonna get better.
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he\'s been workin out the kinks on the keys brah. I had the same gripe a while back but the last few shows I\'ve seen were a whole lot tighter with the integration of the keys. And its only gonna get better.
Not really. Just because he plays a theme longer on the keys does not make it better. I still hear the same key progressions being made. I can pretty much pick out when he is going to go to this in a jam and prepare for a few moments of boredom.
ok, i gotta chime in here. the breakfast is my favorite. i think timmy, ron, and adrian are phenomenal and i love the music. however, i gotta say (even though gencs swears i\'ll change my mind), i\'m quickly losing my enthusiasm since jordan left. i respect what the trio is trying to do, but it just sounds
hollow to me. that\'s the word that comes to mind. i hate thinking this, cause i love the guys and want to support them no matter what. but i think they need to find a keyboardist. to my ears it just sounds like an integral part is missing. keys are essential. i\'m really not a fan of timmy taking time out to work on the keys because i don\'t want to see him taking time out from the guitar! and it just doesn\'t sound right to me without the key parts there. again, it sounds hollow. they need someone on that instrument full time. it\'s killing me because i love the band and i love those guys as people, they\'re just so awesome. but i feel like they\'re pissing away their potential right now. if this is a temporary situation i\'d be fine with it, but from what i can gather they\'re not even trying to find a keyboardist. it just makes me really sad that i can\'t get excited about my favorite band anymore.
