Jerry smiling down on the boys?
Just saw the new Jazz at Montreux upload. Holy crap.
Honestly this show is blowing my mind. Just listened to it twice through at full volume lol.
This is the absolute tightest the boys have sounded in years. I don't normally go online and gas up bands a lot.
Louis Cato is no poor man's Theo. He's bringing his own thing and absolutely nailing it. Incredible performances all around. The mix is great and crisp. (I would pay $$ for a blu-ray with multiple lossless mixes)
This may sound crazy but I've listened to a lot of Grateful Dead all my life (I'm old) but a lot of Phish, and in the last decade or so, mainly Vulfpeck + Fearless Flyers + Cory Wong related stuff.
Watching this performance in particular, I really think Jerry Garcia would have dug this band hard if he could have seen this performance or have been there. They have that incredible free-form group energy that he was into, where they're almost like a musical collective more than an ego band. With a great respect for both song form and composition and incredible performance skill, improvisation and interpersonal dynamics and live crowd energy. This band consistently puts a true smile on my face while also melting that face which is not something I can say about many other groups in a long time. Well done, boys.
Anyone else out there in Vulf nation that vibes with the Dead? Think Phil is smiling down from heaven at Joe Dart?
EDIT: it appears the video was taken private. It wasn't on the Vulf channel, it was on the festival's.