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Originally Posted by Antiramie
This argument begs the question...do people that like their sound now more than when Boyd was around not think they could still sound even better? I think that's the exception people are taking with the current sound. Why not sound great AND have a violin?
Or do some people actually like the sound of this band without a violin?
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First off most people that like their sound more than when Boyd around are referring to various points from 2009-2016 and Boyd wasn't the only problem. Tim was a complete wall of sound, everything was played too hard and too fast with little dynamics, Boyd was all over the place with no desire to improve ..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvhF1tYMR3A
A lot of people wanted them to slow down, be more dynamic and mix in softer playing while being more balanced. I personally had missed the jazzy DMB and wanted piano back ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLGmqJwxrhI
I haven't seen anyone argue that this version of the band sounds better than the 90's through 2004, they have sounded their best with a violin. I love how they sound currently without a violin but if they were to add one that works too. In a perfect world this would be the steps I would want to get the sound exactly right ... get rid of Tim and Rashawn, have Buddy play more piano and less organ, add a world class violin player or someone like Hamilton.