Love them, and actually I don't own any, but they are on my Pandora favorites along with a bunch of other bands in the same vein - New Mastersounds, etc - would love a disc and we need to hook up sometime, its been a minute since!
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What about Jam bands??
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Love them, and actually I don't own any, but they are on my Pandora favorites along with a bunch of other bands in the same vein - New Mastersounds, etc - would love a disc and we need to hook up sometime, its been a minute since!
jam bands that are really good at what they do are extremely entertaining, to me, for about ten er fifteen minutes. After that they're excellent background music while I'm talking to my friends or hittin on chix or staring at my phone. As long as they're not loud.
yes, only it's music that I'm not really interested in listening to or watching.
That does sound much more jamband-y than anything I've heard from the dead. Awesome groove
What's up with all the generalizing/bashing of metal bands??
You know what ... Nevermind!! You'll be in good company here on TB with the "all you need is a fender P/tort/straight to the amp" types here...
Or the same five minute blues ... I can't stand the blues anymore, man.
Now you gonna make me pull out all my Miles Records again. My 5 year old will say "waahhh daddy is listening to that music again!!". He only says that about the jam bands. Wazup with that.
Never mind the blues. I can't stand the major scales man. It sounds too damn happy all the time.
I generally agree.
The only really long song I like is Thick as a Brick which as far as I know was all carefully written.
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Beg your pardon?
Whaaaaaat?
Yeah, I dunno either guys.
What a hoser.
Sorry, wasn't listening.
Wait, guys... Isn't this thread supposed to be about jam bands?
Whoops!
Wait, guys... Isn't this thread supposed to be about jam bands?
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My favorite jam bassist might be Scott Tunis. Zappa's band probably has the tightest most difficult arrangements anyplace Jazz included. But Frank always loved the extended jam as well as impromptu changes and new songs. Scotts playing on " The Best band you never Heard in Your Life" is one of the most insane bass performances ever. He does tend to vamp reggae style but i have no doubt Frank decides the flavor. Listen to this album even if you are not into FZ.
Frank Zappa Best Band You Never Heard - Yahoo Video Search Results
Frank Zappa Best Band You Never Heard - Yahoo Video Search Results
I said it was a joke. I played in a metal band for seven years. Read the whole post before you comment.
WOW! Didn't expect this kind of feed back. The only reason I listen to the Jam bands is because my wife got me Sirius XM radio, and I stumbled on to it one day, so left it on as background music, you know what I was actually into some of the things they were doing. So when I say jam band myself I just know the ones from the Sirius XM station Jam On. I wasn't digging deep to find is this a jam band or not. This is fun though. And to the metal guy's it was a joke I played in metal for years, just brooding my horizons. Like all metal bass plays don't look at the whole song just pick out your cool parts. Start to read from post one. Another joke to all!!!! Every music is good we all find a song in all kinds.
I agree with you! Anyone suggesting that Miles didn't work in/heavily influence the Jam band genre hasn't done their listening. I would recommend the "Jack Johnson" record as a prime example though really everything he did from about '73 through his retirement in '76 has that sound. I'm too lazy to provide a video link, however.
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I didn't fully read all of the thread, but I have been in my band for 15 years. We do play 22 minute tunes. Never the same twice. Easy to do if you have the experience and ability. Jamming or Jam Band stuff is not a free for all crap shoot with playing a million notes in a scale. The fact is, they can be very well maintained vamps within a key and can live and breath with the band and the audience. That is the key to up close and personal jam bands like we are. No crowd, no vibe. No vibe shows usually end up 6 minute rock tunes. If the crowd is thumpin and are of like minds, then the 22 minute songs carry over into 6 hour shows.
