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Derek is not afraid of eastern tonality or even taking it "out" in his solos, but he is a master of building a solo and simmer and boil. Same with Kebbi their sax player, the cat is a beast. Everybody in that band is a stud!Saw them a while back, and I'll agree with all the comments about Susan's voice - she was amazing. Derek, however, I found really hard to listen to. Meandering solos that didn't fit the song they were inserted into, with seemingly random key changes, horrible pacing, then he'd do it again in the next song. Maybe it was a bad night for him (his reputation is stellar), or maybe I'm missing the big deal, but that night - oy vey!
I'd see them again if I had the chance, but when the band leaves the stage for Derek to do his LONG solo I'll go hit the restroom and snack bar.
Perhaps an unpopular opinion, but IMO the tightest The Grateful Dead sounded live in the '70s was when Mickey Hart was on hiatus and it was just Bill Kreutzmann on drums.I guess once you get used to having two drummers, it's hard to go back to just one…
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