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Re: PTs MP3s & tight progress
> The 'tight' playing with improv carries a different type of risk. That is
> the risk that the improvising leads into an area where the other musicians
> get lost - hence chaos. Great improvisers like Hendrix and Moon fell into
> that from time to time. Especially when they improvise the rhythmic or
> melodic center of the music.
Jeff's first statement above nearly sums up the current WHO tour. Tight playing
with improv. The songs seemed well-rehearsed apart from the occasional silly
flub-up. They knew the changes & so forth. That's it. That's about as tight
as you'd want The WHO.
Any improv occurs in Pete's extended solos ("My Wife," "AAA," "5:15," etc.)
& on any "add-on" jams they might include at the end of a song. Pete is entirely
in control during these portions. He's the one everyone else listens to & watches
for all cues.
Pete doesn't really have to worry about Rog or OX but he does often turn & face
Zak to cue *him* on endings. But Zak's the most important person in that regard &
besides, Pete did the same with Kenny & Moonie.
- SCHRADE in Akron