I actually like a decent number of Grateful Dead songs. As they are recorded on albums. Last year, in anticipation of the reunion show at Soldier Field, I tried to listen to a live Dead show. That's the way to do it, right? I googled "best Grateful Dead live show" and found one that is pretty much consensus among the best. I couldn't make it halfway through. I like country rock and I don't doubt the musicianship, but I just kept waiting for it to go somewhere. They noodled on and on and I grew impatient. It had no oomph and meandered about and I couldn't take it.
Enter one of my favorite bands, Earthless. They have long, instrumental songs and the genre would probably fall under the metal umbrella, but is more accurately stoner rock, a label I discovered from my brother, who definitely has better musical tastes than I. The songs are long and take their time, but they go somewhere. They build. At points, they straight up rock and you're glad that you took the trip to get there. To me, it sounds like a metal jam band and I love it. Go figure that the metal stoners would be more focused than the hippies!
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