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Title: I was at the show, and it wasn't good live either..
Review: I was at the 2nd night's show at the Warfield, and left the concert thinking "eh, not a great show, the band seemed like it wasn't clicking, maybe the dvd will show me what I missed". Waited a few months, and it turns out I didn't miss anything, the band was not playing very well together. I'm a big Scofield fan, and have seen Phil's other various bands many times, but the two styles really don't mesh well. Osby barely plays at all, and it sounds like he's not very interested when he does play. It looks like Phil and Sco are having fun on stage, but I don't think people uninitiated to the Phil/Dead style would find this dvd entertaining.Phil has brought the world alot of great music, but I don't think this band is as pleasant to watch for people who are critical & unbiased towards Dead songs. If there's one upside, it's Joan's singing, but I think her best songs ended up on the cutting room floor.
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