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From: dandb@cmu-cs-k.ARPA (Dean Rubine)
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Subject: Re: Mr. Mydland
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Date: Thu, 25-Jul-85 13:23:02 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 25 13:23:02 1985
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     My biggest complaint about Brent and the Dead is that usually
I can't hear what Brent is playing.  I see him up there really tearing
up his organ, but I don't see how his motions correspond to what
I'm hearing.  I'm sure that it would be noticable if he stopped playing,
but during your average song, he seems to be mainly rhythm filler.

     Now, I know he's a great player.  Most recently for me, there was a
beautiful piano part in the Pittsburgh "It Must Have Been the Roses".
They turned up the piano and I could hear him.  He also plays a mean organ
on "The Other One" when they give him a chance.  With all the blues tunes
the Dead play, it seems that Brent only gets to solo on at most a couple
of choruses during a show.  His blues solos are always good, and good
contrast to Jerry's guitar.  Also, he has that unique bell-like electric
piano sound which stands out brilliantly against the electric guitars,
but is used very sparingly (probably a good thing).  Finally, though he's
into synthesizers and the like, it seems to me he hardly ever participates
in the Space jams.

     Of course, it could be that I haven't been to the right shows.
I have this Kansas City tape (8/3/82) which has a 20 minute Shakedown
Street with Brent and Jerry trading licks back and forth.  It's hot!
I think if the Dead let Brent show his stuff more, there would be more
variety in the music, and the shows on the whole would be better.

			Just one man's hazy opinion,
			Dean Rubine

"It's all a dream we dreamed one afternoon long ago"
"Like perversion - whipped for the very first time"