![]() I didn't know anyone had any video of TMNS and have never heard any audio recordings (that's something-in all those ten years I only ever heard about ten minutes in total of anything we ever played.?.) Our biggest event was the Earthball which ran for many years until it got so big that we couldn't find anywhere to do it that didn't require insurance etc which was all beyond our means.so we let the (Earth)ball drop there and life went on at least back then there was always Dead tour to look forward to.Īnyhoo hey I would like to check out any footage people may have as I was just recently saying what a shame it is that there was none.maybe I was wrong. Perhaps if we had more resources it would have been different but we hit the wall. Longbottom had the same fate as TMNS in that people just moved on and left that crazy music part behind. ![]() It wasn't long before other bands formed such as Gold Nugget Express, 4 Way Street etc and we had quite a good scene for a few years. We started playing around town in the early to mid eighties and had many riotous nights at the Laf, Downstairs Club etc etc and played whatever we wanted in 'Dead fashion' so I know you don't have to be a tribute band to make the magic happen (or let it happen which is more accurate). ![]() I don't know if anyone around here remembers Longbottom but that's where it started as far as Ottawa goes and the jam band scene hereabouts (back then there was no such thing actually-it was long before PHISH etc.). I know from the past that you don't need to play only Dead to have a night of music with similar results. I'm getting the urge to get it happening again (well I never lost the urge) but don't see the need to have a Dead tribute band since they are doing it themselves again.(of course I'd be up for anything from time to time just for the fun of it). This music will always be with me and I will never let it go and I will always honour my muses.that's just me. You can see with my signature below that I have kept up with the writing of the music that moves through my soul some of the others have done the same.and everyone's doing something or other. In the end most of the band decided to move on with their personal lives and not continue at all. We had been talking about going different directions as far as keeping the same vibe but adding original music and panning out since some of us had originals and the Dead themselves seemed more ready to keep on with their legacy. We never planned that last show as being the final but there seemed to be some kind of an intuitive understanding that maybe it was.we had played as TMNS for ten years since Jerry's passing (we couldn't believe it when we realized it had been ten years as we didn't feel like a band that had gotten as good as one should after playing together for that long). I always thought of us more as an event than a band. It wasn't until quite some time after and many requests that we decided to do it again.and again.just to keep the Deadhead spirit alive. We started as you may recall at the gathering in memorial for Jerry just after he died we played the Laf totally unrehearsed and just made it up on the spot. ![]() I miss those days as well.I suppose that's the nature of having had 'those days'. Ok.maybe it's time for bob to get his buds!!!Īnyway it's nice to read this post as I am the guitarist in question here.
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