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DMBzilla · 02-08-2012, 08:24 AM

It's important to remember that Dave had a ton of time off in 2011. He commented at Randall's that they hoped to be back with new songs in 2012, so it's certainly reasonable to assume that a good portion of that time involved writing music. Once Lillywhite got back into the picture (probably sometime around November if the D&T show in NYC was a sort of jumping off point for their reunion), I'm sure Dave went into writing mode so he could enter the studio in January with some new ideas ready to go.

I would be very surprised if there aren't any previously road tested songs on the new record (I'd put Shotgun and Blackjack as front runners), but I'm sure we'll get a handful of new tunes as well. That said, if the album looked something like this:

1. Intro
2. Crazy Easy
3. New Song
4. New Song
5. Sweet Up & Down
6. Sugar Will
7. New Song
8. New Song
9. Shotgun
10. New Song
11. New Song
12. Blackjack

...I'd have no problem with it.

02-08-2012, 08:24 AM	#27
DMBzilla tour. Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bucks County, PA Posts: 34,263 Shows Seen: 193 DMB Hub Stubs: 36 My Tour Central Stats	Re: Proof Of The New Theory: Unreleased Songs IS The Album It's important to remember that Dave had a ton of time off in 2011. He commented at Randall's that they hoped to be back with new songs in 2012, so it's certainly reasonable to assume that a good portion of that time involved writing music. Once Lillywhite got back into the picture (probably sometime around November if the D&T show in NYC was a sort of jumping off point for their reunion), I'm sure Dave went into writing mode so he could enter the studio in January with some new ideas ready to go. I would be very surprised if there aren't any previously road tested songs on the new record (I'd put Shotgun and Blackjack as front runners), but I'm sure we'll get a handful of new tunes as well. That said, if the album looked something like this: 1. Intro 2. Crazy Easy 3. New Song 4. New Song 5. Sweet Up & Down 6. Sugar Will 7. New Song 8. New Song 9. Shotgun 10. New Song 11. New Song 12. Blackjack ...I'd have no problem with it.