Sphere!

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

Huh? Did Garcia's widow manage to have him cloned? 

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I've been aware, just not interested. Is the outfit with J. Mayer the Dead? ? ? 

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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.

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I see. I agree about the quality of the Dead’s songwriting. Some will disagree, but I rate their best songs as equal to those of The Band. I enjoy their singing on those occasions when they’re singing in tune. My ear is pretty sensitive to pitch, which means Garcia’s "inexact" intonation can be a difficult listen at times for me. I find it very difficult to enjoy sloppily-played, out-of-tune music of any genre.