Not sure if this is the right sub-forum for this comment/topic, but I'm listening to Capital Center 11-23-78 right now. US Blues is the Encore. I know Bobby has taken a lot of guff over the years for his slide playing, and particularly the fact that he basically learned slide during shows on the 78 tour, with often-painful results. As I listen to this song, though, Bobby's slide parts actually are pretty good, technique/performance-wise. I wonder if the problem is that his amp/rig is set to a kind of brittle/metallic rhythm tone that sounds good in the Dead mix when he's using a flat pick or his fingers, but just grates too much with slide. If he'd dialed in a warmer/rounder tone perhaps it wouldn't have been so grating? Thoughts?
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