BOC: cut the crap

[Stephen Swann]

Ted Jackson jr. EL 84 writes:
>
> > Casual fans at these shows?   I doubt it.   These are the die hards.
> >
> > They (BOC) seem to be afraid to loose the minimal audience they have left if
> > they were to abandon the "hits" from the past.   I don't get them at all.
> > Their audience is aging and moving on and they seem to continue to
> > retreat, afraid to test anything new...
> >
> > RR
>
> Really!  'When you ain't got nothin', you got nothin to lose...'
> theo

I doubt that they're actually washed up creatively.  I have a feeling
it's more like they're just mummified by the necessity of conforming
to the "BOC sound".

I'd like to hear whatever it is that Buck has had brewing for the past
several years (but that has never gotten out because it "isn't BOCish
enough").  The man is a brilliant musician, I don't for a minute
believe that he's over the hill - he's just... stifled.

Personally, I think he should do some gigs with tBS to loosen up those
musical tendons.  And then go form the guitar pop band of his dreams,
and give us some new Don Roeser tunes.  ;-)

Steve
swann at panix.com