BOC: Born to be Wild, etc.

[Ted Jackson jr. EL84]

> From:          John A Swartz <jswartz at MBUNIX.MITRE.ORG>

> >Since right back in the 70s, I have always felt a slight sense of
> >disappointment at the amount of time BOC spend on stage "wasting time" on
> >bass and drum features - and on jams that link one song with another that
> >take more time than either of the songs being linked - and on general
> >messing about.
>
> Hmm... I wouldn't go that far, but if what you want to hear is more of
> the stuff that is on the albums (perhaps not note-for-note), then I can
> understand your point.  However, BOC really started out as a band that
> did a lot of jams (Soft White Underbelly's songs were very free-form
> improvisational in a similar vein as the Grateful Dead), and also did
> many covers, so the roots of the band show through.  Personally, I find
> a lot of that stuff interesting, and something you can't get by sitting
> at home listening to the albums.  I would also imagine that these bits
> are done not only with the fans in mind, but a bit with the band in mind
> as it must be fun to do these jams and solos where they don't have to
> feel like they need to do stuff the same way every night.  Certainly
> in a shortened set some of these things need to go, but in a full show,
> I think some of these things add something to the show.
>
> John

Plus, often a song idea will emerge from jamming.  Someone plays a
clever lick, and the rest of the group jumps on it...
theo