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Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

Well obviously you have not gone grocery shopping in Manhattan recently! ;-)

I have read this (very) long thread and I find it interesting how FM is compared to all of these jam bands like the Dead, Allman Brothers, etc. when FM is really all about tight 3 to 4-minute perfect pop songs. Even performers like Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, etc., who tend to have varying set lists from night-to-night, have jam band-like qualities. And one big distinction here is that none of these performers are as meticulous in the studio as Lindsey. And jamming, with all of its inherent sloppiness and looseness of structure, is the diametric opposite of what Lindsey and FM are all about.

FM in it's early days was a jam band. Anytime you can play a ten minute guitar solo numerous times during your set, you are certainly capable of being a "jam band" IMO.