[tigerstrat]

But for me it's too full tilt all out, they don't really observe silence in their songs. For me, nobody was able to play silence like Jerry and the boys.

Miles.

[cunamara]

But for me it's too full tilt all out, they don't really observe silence in their songs. For me, nobody was able to play silence like Jerry and the boys.

Miles.

Yah. Check out "Kind of Blue" and listen to the warm silence that band left in those songs. The Dead very obviously listened carefully to a lot of jazz, especially Miles (and Coltrane, too).