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Originally Posted by HonestDenver1
Agreed on all counts here. In the early days into even early 2000's it seems Boyd and Roi both played pretty much all the time. Weaving into the background of the music and then soloing and trading solos when the time came. As the band progressed even before Roi's passing they took more of a traditional solo spot in the songs, and then once 08 came around it seemed Boyd was just playing 3-4 times a night in his featured songs, and not the rest of the show as much...
Boyd is why I started listening to this band. I thought his style of playing mixed with the music was so intriguing and different.. I dont miss the skree's either, especially in the last decade as they became more noticeable..
And agreed on Jeff too, Jeff is a more dynamic player and defintely more of a "trained" musician... I really liked his contributions in 08-10 before they decided to reel him in or he reeled himself if. #41 was just a blast those first couple years. After finding out Roi was not a #41 fan, it just brought so much fun energy to that song.
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100%.. Boyd and Roi were the bookends if you will. You can replace the sax and violin with electric guitar, trumpet, oboe and so on but that doesn't mean they sound better. But those bookends that started with the band were the reasons why i started listening too.. It was so wild to have a sax/violin in an alternative band back in those days. I was into hiphop and RnB bc i didn't like alternative at the time and i heard DMB and was completely flipped on my musical tastes in a period of weeks while absorbing the Big 3.
You're right.. back then they played more together and fluidly while transitioning into solos... now, as my friend says, "its your turn, ok, now my turn and now lets make a lot of noise on this part." haha i try to fight that but the more i do the more i realize its true.