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Originally Posted by Dougie Jones
This release, given it is five days after Red Rocks, made me wonder what Tim will bring to some of these songs. I looked it up, and Red Rocks was the *only* show he guested on with the band that year. So strange. Makes me wonder why he only played Red Rocks, and why he didnt play more with them in the early days. Always assumed because of Red Rocks, Tim played with them more often back then - when in reality - it was incredibly, incredibly rare until the later stages of '98. And then after the Dave and Tim 99 tour, they did not appear together for over four years. Anyone know why he didnt guest more back then? I know he had his own band, etc., but makes me wonder...
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From my understanding, they wanted Tim on their first officially released live recording, but he did not want to be part of the band full time due to raising a kid and having his own things going on with solo career and TR3.
Perhaps post 2000 with what we all know about the tumultuous season DMB was in, he didn’t want to be a part of it or the band didn’t want him to be. He was not invited to the LSW or Busted Stuff. Think it was a fairly dark period in the bands history.
Tim joined back up with Dave in early 03 for a short spring tour likely to get warmed up for the some devil sessions. I believe Dave asked him several times between 03-07 if he like to join full time but he always said no.
Not too sure what changed in 08 except for $$$? Being in his 50s at the time and wanting a decent paycheck with a steady 50-75 gigs a year must have sounded good compared to a van packed with 6 dudes, motel stays, bar gigs..