04-20-2015, 04:07 PM
I would have to say not the same since Brent died. Vince was good but didn't get enough time with the band, and Hornsby's playing is too busy and pretty.
And related to ED's questions, I read in Long Strange Trip (which was a pretty good history to me, but I imagine DM might have more on that) that when they went to earphone monitors, everyone basically listened only to themselves and turned everyone else down. So it sounds to me like the communal feeling was pretty much gone. Maybe Jerry was the one holding it together.
And of course no other guitar player can fill Jerry's shoes; he was a genius of playing both towards and away from your expectations - sometimes even in the same phrase. I've heard some (admittedly not that much) of the post-Jerry stuff, and all the guitar playing sounded too conventional to me. But then he was a genius of the instrument, so I guess that's inevitable.
But enough of that. Have a good show!
And related to ED's questions, I read in Long Strange Trip (which was a pretty good history to me, but I imagine DM might have more on that) that when they went to earphone monitors, everyone basically listened only to themselves and turned everyone else down. So it sounds to me like the communal feeling was pretty much gone. Maybe Jerry was the one holding it together.
And of course no other guitar player can fill Jerry's shoes; he was a genius of playing both towards and away from your expectations - sometimes even in the same phrase. I've heard some (admittedly not that much) of the post-Jerry stuff, and all the guitar playing sounded too conventional to me. But then he was a genius of the instrument, so I guess that's inevitable.
But enough of that. Have a good show!
the hands that guide me are invisible