For me these things are like all grand finale jam songs. It seems most everyone likes them but as a performer I never have enjoyed being onstage doing them. they are a jumbled wall of noise most of the time. It is an unatural thing. I prefer to see each player in his element playing his thing vs. these highly orchestrated things where no one is ever very comfortable. Walter ---------- walter tore's spontobeat - a real one man band and over 1 million spontaneously created songs and growing. I record about 300 full length cds a year. " life is a daring adventure or nothing at all" - helen keller
Walter: I agree with you, by and large. Big across-the-front-of-the-stage jam finales have a leveling effect. If one player's volume is lower than another's, as Jason's is here, he doesn't quite measure up. And if a player has developed an individualized sound or approach, that sometimes fails fully to materialize--as Jason's unique approach, I think, doesn't quite materialize here.
I like the stylized, Kabuki element of it, though. As long as you understand that that is what's going on, these sorts of jam finales can be interesting.
Last Edited by on May 01, 2011 10:05 AM
Ive been to more blowouts than i can count including five or six of them this year. I'm not usually a fan of the last tune at the Blowouts. It tends to be a wall of noise, but every once in a while they turn out well. I saw a couple of them that were quite good. It helps when the played listen to what the others are doing and plays off that. This year, Billy Branch, Sugar Blue and Rod Piazza turned out an interesting one.
