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Originally Posted by two-by-twostep
i can agree with the "boring/bogged down" comment in relation to LIOG and Bartender that just went on wayyyy too long (which i think was more a function of what dave/the band wanted him to play) but his TS solos were almost always good to great imo
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Ya, it just seemed by 2007, hearing Two Step or LIOG was like oh no, it's a 12 minute jazz piano solo.. It just kept getting longer and more boring.. Carter would go into this downbeat, and the whole band would just let Butch play these kind of loungey keyboard solos that you'd hear at a cocktail bar or something. Cool for a minute or two but not 3 times a night.
Butch was a great musician, but going back and watching him now, I can't believe he was with the band for so long. He just didn't seem to fit. Buddy fits up there.
It was so refreshing when Tim came in in 2008 and turned the song into a face melter. But then that got out of hand with the 20 plus minute jams and crazy extended outros.
Now I think they've found a happy medium.