Rate the band members

Lexington Steele · Post by **Lexington Steele** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 2:02 pm

So i read a post on nancies about how stefan needs to be replaced, and i've read plenty of threads about boyd. So lets rate the band members best to worst, as far as how talented they are (the insturment they play only).
1. Carter
2. Stefan
3. Dave
4. Leroi
5. Boyd

DropD-MB · Post by **DropD-MB** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 2:47 pm

1. Carter --
2. Dave --
3. Leroi --
4. Boyd --
5. Stefan--

I never thought Stefan was talented. I've seen local bassists blow him away

gravesRR7 · Post by **gravesRR7** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 2:58 pm

-Carter
-Dave
-LeRoi
-Boyd
-Stefan

I think Stefan could be much better, but he doesn't have enough opportunity

Lexington Steele · Post by **Lexington Steele** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 3:24 pm

wow-stefan. I've always thought he was badass, but i don't play bass, and don't know many bass players so i guess i don't have much to compare him too.

bmblmoo5 · Post by **bmblmoo5** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 3:33 pm

if ur just talking about the instrument, not lyrical genius or songwriting, then dave has got to be at the bottom..hes not up there song after song improvising like everyone else is...u gotta have at least carter and leroi above him, probably stefan, and boyd..well...i dont know anything about violin

DropD-MB · Post by **DropD-MB** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 4:28 pm

bmblmoo5 wrote:if ur just talking about the instrument, not lyrical genius or songwriting, then dave has got to be at the bottom..hes not up there song after song improvising like everyone else is...u gotta have at least carter and leroi above him, probably stefan, and boyd..well...i dont know anything about violin

Who the hell improvises in that band? Very rarely will you hear an improv jam just amongst the members.

unccharlotte07 · Post by **unccharlotte07** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 4:29 pm

bmblmoo5 wrote:if ur just talking about the instrument, not lyrical genius or songwriting, then dave has got to be at the bottom..hes not up there song after song improvising like everyone else is...u gotta have at least carter and leroi above him, probably stefan, and boyd..well...i dont know anything about violin

Yeah, I would agree with that. If you're just talking about how well they play their instruments, I would say:

Carter
LeRoi
Boyd
Stefan
Dave

Stefan has some pretty awesome bass solos sometimes, though. I wish he would do more of those cause those rock.

unccharlotte07 · Post by **unccharlotte07** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 4:30 pm

DropD-MB wrote:
bmblmoo5 wrote:if ur just talking about the instrument, not lyrical genius or songwriting, then dave has got to be at the bottom..hes not up there song after song improvising like everyone else is...u gotta have at least carter and leroi above him, probably stefan, and boyd..well...i dont know anything about violin

Who the hell improvises in that band? Very rarely will you hear an improv jam just amongst the members.

LeRoi does, dude! Unless I just know absolutely nothing about sax.

GSR · Post by **GSR** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 4:31 pm

wait..talent? oh damn i don't have enough musical knowledge to rate them that way..but i like em in this order
8)
dave
stefan
carter
boyd
leroi

bmblmoo5 · Post by **bmblmoo5** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 4:34 pm

yea leroi solos a lot, boyd does but they get a lil repetitive, but hes still doin it, example tripping billies jam...stefan does too, you just cant tell because they turn the bass way down , but if you watch him in videos hes doing some crazy shit that we dont notice, which is a shame...and carters just awesome so he gets props

Speenis · Post by **Speenis** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 4:46 pm

I don't think Dave is the most talented, but I wouldn't say he's the least. I don't really know anything about the other instruments so I can't really say. But look at Daves older songs, they have some real cool rhythms... Like Warehouse, Typical Situations, LIOG, etc. Pretty much anything pre-everyday has some cool shit. Not to say that everything from everyday on is crap.

riffduster01 · Post by **riffduster01** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 5:09 pm

-carter
-dave
-leroi
-stefan
-boyd

Im not a big fan of Boyd (but he is still essential to DMB)

unccharlotte07 · Post by **unccharlotte07** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 5:16 pm

BigSpeen3436 wrote:Pretty much anything pre-everyday has some cool shit. Not to say that everything from everyday on is crap.

So you're saying that everything from Busted Stuff is? lol

Edit: Ignore that statement. I missed that little word "on".

DJR · Post by **DJR** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 5:18 pm

riffduster01 wrote:-carter
-dave
-leroi
-stefan
-boyd

yep, say what you will about dave, but my argument is he's a good rhythm guitarist, you'd have to classify him in that catagory, not just "guitarist"

carter is just the shit. hands down.
leroi knows a WHOLE lot of jazz and he's a pretty good soloist

2stepingJ · Post by **2stepingJ** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 9:06 pm

unccharlotte07 wrote:
bmblmoo5 wrote: Carter
LeRoi
Boyd
Stefan
Dave

... I'll have to agree w/ yall. My music knowledge is limited, but I manage to learn while I can. I once talked to my uncle about this same subject. He's got a masters in music theory/appreciation, and while I've gotten him to like DMB more and more, he's still much smarter than I am when it comes to these things.