Tooly Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 quote: Rumors have circulated and now they seem to be true of a tournament style face off between top jam musicians. Their will be sixteen teams (bands) of five band members, each chosen by the captains of the respective teams. The captains are as follows in the order that they are seeded: 1. Trey Anastasio 2. Stanton Moore 3. Victor Wooten 4. Robert Walters 5. Jimmy Herring 6. Phil Lesh 7. Mike Gordon 8. John Herman 9. Les Claypool 10. Jon Fishman 11. David Schools 12. Bob Weir 13. Karl Denson 14. Robert Randolf 15. Bela Fleck 16. Warren Haynes ***The following seeds will pick musicians from a list of the following bands in a lottery style draft on April 20, 2003. Here is the list of bands in which the captains will choose from: Umphrey's Mcghee, moe., Sound Tribe Sector Nine, Soulive, MMW, Topaz, Mofro, Perpetual Groove, Galactic, KDTU, North Mississipp All Stars, RAQ, Particle, The Wailers, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Ween, The String Cheese Incident, The Slip, The New Deal, The Codetalkers, and OAR.. Dates and locations of each jam face-off will be released in the near future, with the two finalists squaring off at the Main Stage of Bonnaroo on the last night of the festival. Go Georgia! ! Andrew Lennox Relix Magazine ok so it says rumours but now they seem true, i fuggin hope theyre true for all the souls on this board that will be at Roo to see the showdown, wonder if trey will wear a cowboy hat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 This better not be your idea of a sick joke. This sounds like fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooly Posted March 28, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 not MY idea thats for sure, i got an email called the REAL march madness it didnt come from editor@relix.com though but i know a fwe other ppl that head about it a while ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 Sounds kind of silly to me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 Silly? Most original idea among the "community" i've ever heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bONES Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 Far Out man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcO Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 Silly, agreed. Just ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phunky Cauldron Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 Greatest Idea Ever. Take a bunch of really talented musicians who specialize in improv and basically select them at random to play together and see what they can come up with. To me, that's what jammin' is all about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 Back just before the Dr. Huxtable / ferriswheeler set-blender, I commented to Aljee about how I was excited to see "The Al vs. Phred show." Al paused, and said, "It's not about competition, it's about collaboration." (This one comment made me realize just wise a musician Aljee is.) I'm really interested to hear what gets produced, but fear it might turn into a "this is better" vs. "that is better" fight. Aloha, Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 True or not I think this is something the Canadian Jam Scene should look into, sounds like a lot of fun, and the finals could be at Ghost Town!! peaceinjam.jamesd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooly Posted March 28, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 looks pretty divided yeah Ctowns we should try hoooking something like this up up here, showdown at the ghost town Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms.Huxtable Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 Well said BradM and Aljee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 I wonder if Dave from Nero would wear a cowboy hat........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondtube Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 I'm calling bull shit on this one... sounds way to silly to be real. if it is real, i still say its very silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 I dont want to be a part of that popularity contest, but I want to hear it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phred Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 quote: Originally posted by bradm: Back just before the Dr. Huxtable / ferriswheeler set-blender, I commented to Aljee about how I was excited to see "The Al vs. Phred show." Al paused, and said, "It's not about competition, it's about collaboration." (This one comment made me realize just wise a musician Aljee is.) I think I kicked his ass though . Just kidding of course. All of this setblender, jam stuff is all about collaborating. And that's how it should be treated, never this person is better than that person. Phred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Musicface Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 Yeh right on Phread! Also I think you'd agree that many of best jams you see, with jazz or blues players especially you'll notice this, there's always a bit of competitive spirit that leads to people playing their best stuff. The sense of "oh, you played that?!? Well take THIS!!!" can lead to some of the best playing situations. Good musicians should totally push each other. Certainly I know when I trade off with really good players, it makes me play better, no question! This sort of idea, whether it's setbenders or this whole "team" concept is just an extension of that, like you say. - M. P.S. Your sig quote is VERY funny to me, showing once again what a geek I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Musicface Posted March 29, 2003 Report Share Posted March 29, 2003 Sorry to burst the bubble, but I have to say, this sounds like a really cool idea but I can't IMAGINE it all happening before Bonnaroo. Just off the top of my head looking at the list, you've got a full-on Flecktones tour starting in a week or so and basically going right through to Bonnaroo, right? That basically eliminates Fleck and Wooten as "captains", and that's just for one example. And coordinating all those other working musicians (isn't Warren Haynes already in 20 bands?) and pulling it all off before mid-June... I dunno folks, sounds like a pipe dream to me. Having said that, it would be a RIOT to try something like this for CTMF - probably not for May but maybe for the July or August fests. Personally I'd be TOTALLY into jamming with any combination of the great musicians from any of those bands, and seeing the results of any other combinations. Peace, Mr. M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Freak Posted March 29, 2003 Report Share Posted March 29, 2003 16 teams?? I could try to believe it if it were 4 or 5 teams. But 16 teams is more like a league. That kind of set up would need league play, then play offs and then some sort of a Jammly Cup. It would take months. Running of the Bulls.... not buying it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Musicface Posted March 29, 2003 Report Share Posted March 29, 2003 Yeh SF, that was the other part of it I thought sounded a bit insane - maybe if you had a whole year or something you could have 16 teams, but two months? Forget it. But hey, what do you think of doing something like this for Frontier Town anyway? Just as a concept? Peace, Mr. M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooly Posted March 29, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2003 yeah i thought it sounded sketchy from the beginning, did anyone try going to relix and seeing if the guy who wrote this can do anything to vrify it? if it does happen up here i wanna be a judge cuz its my idea:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Musicface Posted March 29, 2003 Report Share Posted March 29, 2003 Actually Tooly, looking at the thread it seems it was c-towns idea to do it here... but hell I'm easy, you can both be judges! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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