Looking to Fill You String Cheese Void???

Check out Barefoot Manner! These guys are based out of Raliegh NC and kick ass. They are a four peice including mandolin, bass, banjo, and drums mainly. Though they do through in some keys and an acoustic in the mix, oh and how can I forgot the washboard! They are listed on the archives if you would like to download some shows.

http://www.myspace.com/barefootmanner
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www.barefootmanner.com

 

I think Tea Leaf Green is the next big shit. Sex in the 70s 7-15-2006 < COME ON

 

Tea Leaf Green is not in the same genre of music, much yet league! But we all have different opions.

 

Tea Leaf is bad ass. If you haven't seen them then you wouldn't know. If ya have...to each their own...

 

There both in the Jam band genre. Newgrass is included in that.

 

Jam is actually not considered a genre of music. Genres are based on the instrumentation of the band.

And how is Manner not in the same as Cheese?

 

lol, whatever, yea cheese is more country/grass, they are still a jamband. You'll notice they all cross over into each others' territory. I find TLG to be like a younger amateur phish. Keep in mind they haven't been together long, and are younger than cheese. Which is why I say they are the next big thing, but whatever, they're big in the domain I call my mind.

 

Dj's and Livetronica is were its at.

 

And that's all that matters. I saw TLG along with LOS in 2004 @ Haymaker. I like TLG and you are right they are def. a young version or style of phish. Cheese's latest stuff was not really all that grassy in my opinion.

I just know Barefoot Manner has revamped there line-up and style. They have a new album coming out in a month or so, not to mention that have there own festival!

Even if you have listened to Manner in the past, give them another listen. They are a four piece now and there new bass player is phenomenal, as are the other guys.

 

To each their own. Personally I feel that Livetronica / rave stuff is going to be the death of the Jam band scene (or could be). The rave scene has brought in a bunch of people who aren't hippies into our scene. Sideways visors, nasty drugs, ghetto attitudes...the kinda stuff that will bring a festival down.

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I think everyone should listen to whatever they enjoy. I try not to make any judgements on what other peple listen to.

 

I totally agree with you on that-it has really affected the scene in the last couple years

 

Personally festivals like Camp Bisco, Emerge N See, RE: Generation, and Shambala do alot more for me than jamband fests. Bands like Hallucinogen in dub are doing shit beyond anything i have ever heard.

 

I dont know if i would call it a "rave" scene. Raves are loaded with shitty techno and excstacy. I think theres just as much of a psychedelic scene if not more.

 

Its all about pushing the boundaries and making fresh and innovative music. Thats what the dead did, thats what phsh did, and thats what bands like sts9 are doing. STS9 has completly blown me away. Their music is like nothing else. Even though its electronic it has such a natural and organic vibe. I cant get enough of it! I still havn't warmed up to dj's and I cant find a way to like bisco, but bands like sts9, JFJO, lotus, pnuma even - are the bands in this scene pushing the envelope, tapping into something new. What ive noticed though is recently the bands ive been listing to are either bands like sts9 in the electronic realm or HBRSB in the bluegrass/jam area. Those are the bands of the future in this scene. WIth all of these young bands right now that have all of these influences - im exited to see what going to come out in the future. SCI kindof fathered this mix of bluegrass and trance - and I anticipate a flow of great music to emerge in this scene. This isn't a lull - this is a new begining, with amazing bands like sts9 and jfjo (boy am i glad for abreviantions) leading a revolution.

 

Yeah, even bands like SCI, Barefoot Manner, Keller, and many others who were rooted in other forms od music have started getting into a electronic vibe.

 

sorry to go off this topic but i just wanted to say that a lot of the major cheese fans, like my sister and brother in law, are going to Railroad Earth. I dont really think that there is going to be one band that fills the void of cheese because there is not enough time to establish one band, they all said that this break up was only temporary and they intend to start touring again in 2 years(probly with a new name seeing as billy was one of the founding members of the band).