Originally posted by: TerryMathews
Originally posted by: fitzhue
Wooten is the bassist for Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. Bela Fleck has guested on one of their albums, Before These Crowded Streets. Having said that, I think DMB is extremely talented and they make fantastic music. It seems like its becoming cool to hate DMB now because they've gotten very popular.
Not only that, they're extremely liberal. Much to my ire, I might add - I love their music but I'm very firmly a conservative. Then even vocally support the legalization of hemp, something that's so extremely liberal that it draws flack from the moderates.
Some of their new stuff is meh, but nothing beats their oldies - and their live albums are ten times better than their studio stuff.
Live at Red Rocks 8.15.95 is one of the best live albums I've heard from any band, ever.
Plus, even if you hate Dave, you've got to give him props for supporting fans trading bootleg recordings of their concerts. BMG would've stopped it years ago if Dave didn't keep them from it. bt.etree.org is a good place to look for them.