Vacant Horizon

I'd love to see all the song titles and how then ended up where they are. I also hope for another Tweedy album at some point. So great.

Byrdmanix comparison is scathing! :-) I actually like Dark Neon and Bull Black. Dark Neon would've been a good replacement for Sonny and Glad It's Over for I'll Fight. The rest I can live with.

There is a contingent of NY fans who just become more convinced of his on going genius with every successive shitty album he puts out. I really do wonder if we are hearing the same music. Check Thrashers Wheat blog if you want a taste. Crazy. For me, even listening to vintage Neil reminds me of the cartoon character he's become over the last decade. I keep waiting for him to get to the end of the joke and quietly release the acoustic masterpiece he's been sitting on for the last 15 years. Then, like Dylan, go on the never ending solo acoustic tour. With stage banter about how bad Landi

The itun s music app is an absolute nightmare. For the most part I've just gone back to CDs.

Similar situation. Had a classic and loved the low tech interface. Got a touch used for $80. I absolutely hate it. I actually prefer to just keep all my music on the Mac and just put current obsessions on a shuffle. Alas, I lost it. I really can't believe how much classics are. They are as much as when they came out.

I wonder what the order could've been. Bull Black Wilco Deeper Down One Wing Dark Neon You And I Country Solitaire Everlasting

It's got a great solo! Now, if Sonny was your fav then embarrassment would be in order

What I don't get about the recent drama (last few years) is that the band had this amazingly prolific period with Before the Frost (double album of amazing songs!), Log Cabin DVD, Warpaint, Warpaint Live, Croweology, acoustic/electric tour. What happened? It seemed the band was moving in a direction of what CRB has become. Band politics are interesting.

Betty was hard to miss. Right up there bopping around! I think the first two albums come from the same sessions. All of them in the same room, recorded live. Very warm, immediate sound. They just split the songs up. I think it worked. Average length being 10 minutes per song. Phosphorescent seems to have been recorded completely different. More produced? Not sure, just doesn't sound the same. Definitely some overdubs with acoustics etc. I hope the new one is more like the first two. It is pretty fun having a band like this around. Touring regularly and putting out new music eve

Yeah, for a Head it was very cool to see her at the 'boards'. God bless that woman and her ears!

He definitely is a nonlinear thinker.

My hunch is that they'll settle in with a drummer and bassist. I hope they get a more dynamic bassist (a la Phil) rather than one just playing root notes on the bottom end. Would add so much to the jammy stuff. I think they're in it for the long haul. They tour so damn much. Been to Atlanta several times since their inception. Coming again in June. I actually love the random synth stuff from the keys player. However, I wish he'd use that a bit more sparingly and stick with the same instrument for entire songs (rhodes, organ etc.). I really love the original stuff because it's not jus

I'd love to see Roger Waters doing a varied set rather than the Wall.

It had potential but seemed to have developed into a novelty song. BTW, when there are only a few good songs on an album I'm always torn as to whether I should rip the entire CD on iPod, just buy the downloads, sell CD after ripping. The perils of the digital age.

Great thread. I am not a Crowes fan and could give a shit about the recent drama. I absolutely love CRB. Those first two albums are killer. I still haven't digest Phosphorescent Harvest or any of the Betty Blends. I'm also so curious about their repertoire. Of course I know all the Dead stuff, but they play a bunch of deep tracks from random artists. Not sure about their versions of New Earth Mudd tunes. Wasn't a fan of that project. I too love Neal Casal. He and Chris write well together. Any fan of CRB and Casal needs to check out the music he put together for the Dead Fare Thee W

I didn't like the cover either and caught lots of flack stating such things on this board. SBS album cover is just classic. WTA would've made a good ep with The Wilco song being a non album single like The Thanks I Get. You Never Know is awful as is I'll Fight. There's no words for Sonny Feeling. However, I adore Deeper Down, One Wing, Bull Black Nova and Solitaire. Country Disappeared is pretty good too.

Deep Purple is one of those bands that I'm not really into, but am fascinated by their history. The various members etc. They've had some crazy changes over the years. As far as Morse goes, it's interesting that he has been playing with the band longer than was their heyday, but not really considered part of the band. The bands that get in seem to be inducted based on their first 10 years of music...the classic years. Yet they have to be around for 25 years to be eligible. Very convoluted.

http://www.jambands.com/news/2016/04/08/bob-weir-says-he-s-open-to-recording-dead-company-album/ Weir and Mayer open to recording Dead and Co album. That would be interesting. I wish Furthur had done that or at least put out a curated live set with all their originals. I hate when that 'new' stuff just gets left in the dust. Kind of like then Other Ones songs or the unrecorded Ratdog originals. Would love a tight studio take on Money for Gasoline...for example. I know lots of Heads aren't into the studio output, but i think it has its place.

I wonder if Steve Morse was inducted with them. He's been in DP for over 20 years now. Longer than any other project of his. Also, did Cetera show up for Chicago? I know of some folks who planned on going just for that.

Yeah, I love that entire album as well. As far as the recent albums go, although the song choice might be suspect, the band sounds great!

Mississippi is a classic. I really like the version on Love & Theft. All the other random versions on Tell Tale Signs are interesting, but not as good.

Definitely one of those interesting situations where all of them together was the ultimate. JGB was pretty close though. Loved John Kahn. What also made the Dead cool was the fact that there were two major songwriters both of which were amazing. Add in Phil and you've got for some very interesting song combinations.

Probably not magical. I'm sure when Bob felt like the show rocked Phil thought it sucked..at one time or another.

Love Pride! I was thinking about this issue recently. Bobby really didn't write that many tunes for the band. Hence, lots of covers. I do not like him singing lots of Garcia songs. That has been a huge problem with the post jerry incarnations. Would've been really special if he just sang a few like Touch or Brokedown.

it is fascinating how a band can get on a streak. it's like they don't even have to try...the instruments play themselves. not to get too mystic, but it is kind of magical.