Saw Medeski, Martin and Wood last weekend

jallen97 · #1 02-27-2010, 11:10 AM

Finally getting around to post about it. It was great to see that many people come out to see them!! It was a Thursday night at a club in LA. I don't know how people were there but I'm used to going to shows wear there are maybe 100 people there(and most of the crowd are probably musicians

. I guess there were probably 300-400 people there. And they were playing House of Blues the next night.
It was a great show! I have to admit I wasn't too dissappointed when Wood broke a string on the violin bass. Don't get me wrong, it was totally the right vibe for the tune they were playing, but I was ready for some more P(I am a recent P/J convert)!!

Deluge Of Sound · #2 02-28-2010, 03:31 AM

MMW has a lot of cross-over fans with the Jam band crowd. At least, that's how it is around here, maybe its just geographic.

Nevertheless, I have yet to hear of anyone not having a blast at one of their shows.

Oric · #3 02-28-2010, 07:24 AM

I'm going to see them at Bonnaroo! None of my friends understand why I want to, they're going to be busy seeing "cool" bands, but I still like them.

gribuski · #4 03-01-2010, 08:10 PM

I've seen 10+ shows and have thoroughly enjoyed them all...pure chemistry when they're on stage together. They're all monsters, and very cool guys. I'm a big fan of all of their recordings, too.

jallen97 · #5 03-02-2010, 11:10 AM

Yeah, there were a few subtle tempo changes that were just so locked in that I had to confirm with my friend that they actually happened!

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Originally Posted by gribuski

I've seen 10+ shows and have thoroughly enjoyed them all...pure chemistry when they're on stage together. They're all monsters, and very cool guys. I'm a big fan of all of their recordings, too.

jallen97 · #6 03-02-2010, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Deluge Of Sound

MMW has a lot of cross-over fans with the Jam band crowd. At least, that's how it is around here, maybe its just geographic.

Nevertheless, I have yet to hear of anyone not having a blast at one of their shows.

Yeah, being a bit of a jazz-head, it was cool to go to a show where there were so many people there!! I also just really enjoy the creativity of their music.

SMASH · #7 03-02-2010, 11:26 AM

I've seen them a few times now, always a blast.

They draw about 1000 on average here, also with lots of 'jam band' crowd crossover.

Joe Gress · #8 03-02-2010, 12:39 PM

Still want to go see them one of these days. It would be awesome if they came to Colorado other than Boulder and the mountains.

pmcd · #9 03-02-2010, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Joe Gress

Still want to go see them one of these days. It would be awesome if they came to Colorado other than Boulder and the mountains.

They are opening for Jon Butler trio at Red Rocks on June 4. Price might be a lil' high to see them open, but seeing them even play an hour at Red Rocks would be pretty great.

Floridabwoy · #10 03-02-2010, 01:14 PM

John Medeski is the man.... crossover into the jam band scene? MMW are a jam band.

Shovelbone · #11 03-02-2010, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Floridabwoy

John Medeski is the man.... crossover into the jam band scene? MMW are a jam band.

MMW transcends the jam band scene! These guys live in the jazz world as far as I am concerned.

pmcd · #12 03-02-2010, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Floridabwoy

crossover into the jam band scene? MMW are a jam band.

Depends who you are asking...The jamband scene kind of adopted them after Phish got into them, but they have never aggressively pursued any one "scene" over the other. They are musicians and creators first, which frankly is not the case with a lot of jambands.

gribuski · #13 03-02-2010, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Floridabwoy

John Medeski is the man.... crossover into the jam band scene? MMW are a jam band.

I disagree completely...they'd be doing pretty much the same thing musically even if a jamband scene never existed. Their early stuff is straight jazz, and they've gradually evolved. Hippies adopted them. What are they gonna do?

I was into the whole Phish/moe. scene for a few years in college, and can't stand that stuff now. MMW is waaaaaaaaaay different.

Elmo Oxygen · #14 03-02-2010, 05:10 PM

They were here on Friday, I couldn't make it. I'm still bummed about it as I've been a MMW fan since about '96 and that *would've* been my first time to see them live. Oh well, next time.