>I think some of the "deadhead" following grew out of MMW's (particularly J.
>Medeski's) association/collaboration with a few people from Phish.
>MMW opened for phish on several tour dates recently. Also...
Thanks for these explanations because I too was baffled about this at their
last NYC show! Since then, I also heard they also had the same road manager
(or agent?) as Phish. Usually acid jazz shows here in NYC draw a real mix
of ethnicities and ages, but their audience was so homogeneous I knew it was
coming from somewhere else. And they didn't smell so hot either. Let me
tell you. The deadhead thing doesn't work so well in NYC; the city has lots
of pollution as it is, so bathing takes on an added hygienic significance,
and then there's the space factor: you end up having to ride on the subway
home pressed against lots of strangers so it's just not polite. But for all
I know, there must be lots of fans of acid jazz I don't know much about out
west. Don't skate/snowboarders love it too, for example? (That's not such
a huge scene here either; you risk getting hit by a bus...)
Victor E. of Inviolate
fischbav@moodys.com