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@larsman

I will check them out. Are you familiar with Chris Robinson Brotherhood ?  

I wanted to catch Phish missed out on tix and then got offered a Sunday but it was too last minute. My friends who went loved it and sent some cool pics back.

@stuartk - Hi Stuart - yes I am, but I'm not much of a fan of Black Crowes or the brothers - they're great, for sure, but just not for me.... 

@larsman

Perhaps we simply hear differently, but to my ears, The Brotherhood sounds very little like the Black Crowes, who were clearly drawing from 70’s Rock bands such as Free, Faces and Let It Bleed/Sticky Fingers/Exile period Stones. The Brotherhood’s roots were in Jam bands with a strong G. Dead influence, except that, unlike the Dead, The Brotherhood eschewed the "ragged but right" ethos. In other words, they were consistently tight and in tune. Neil Casal’s playing in that band was very much in the Jerry vein. My two cents.

@stuartk - Indeed, they are different sounds, but neither does that much for me. I'm not really into the 'jam band' thing. What I love about the Grateful Dead that most other 'jam bands' lack, in my opinion, is songwriting chops and distinctive singing. Nobody else has Garcia/Hunter or even Weir/Barlow.