It all began on Thursday, which was a bit of a nostalgic evening for not only the fans, but for the musicians from several different bands that have friendships going way back. They left it all out on the table, and they succeeded in not only satiating the fans that stick with them through thick and thin, but also reeling back in those disenchanted fans that have been left unfulfilled in recent history and claimed to be giving them a “last chance” at Camp. Marc Brownstein, Aron Magner, Allen Aucoin, and Jon Gutwillig (kudos to some serious shredding on the axe, by the way, Barber) simply brought it. What we received by our beloved Disco Biscuits was a weekend of energized, inspired, and motivated musicianship. What can be agreed upon by all of us in attendance this weekend, or at least from most of us (if you were listening to and watching the reactions of those around you) is that the latter was simply not the case. This past weekend at Camp Bisco, you had that loyal following ready, willing, and able, to either get down as hard as possible to that feeling we call “ Bisco”, or to jump down the throats of the band for not practicing enough, not touring, not playing any “warm-up” shows, and for simply not giving enough of a shit. ![]() But….that’s the way love goes, right? It’s like, “What have you done for me lately? I don’t see no ring on this finger!” You don’t bring your A-game on a nightly basis, you flub that one part in “Hot Air Balloon” and you have just opened up Pandora’s Box you better have some thick skin, because this congregation believes in the Good Note, only when it is played the right way if not, may the Music Gods be with you (and also with you). Go on and it is like an open market for dissent, disagreement, and a schism between warring factions of fans all of whom claim to LOVE the band. Like Phish, The Grateful Dead, moe., and Umphrey’s McGee, Biscuits fans are loyal and dedicated in their love for the band, almost to a fault, yet can also be their harshest critics at the same time. Over the years, The Disco Biscuits have become one of the most controversial acts in the scene when it comes to these assessments from their loyal devotees. Bands that rely heavily on jamming, improvisation, segues, and taking their songs through different peaks and valleys each night, as opposed to bands that run through songs in a fairly similar fashion from night to night, open themselves up to the critique of fans that are not only rabid, but relentless in their opinions and reviews of every show that “their” band plays. It can be widely agreed upon that the fans of the jamband scene are highly fickle individuals when it comes to their bands, comparing show to show, setlist to setlist, song to song, and even a particular jam in one song to how it was jammed on another night. – Chris Meyer (cover photo by Matt Enbar/MenbarPhotos ) ![]() Home Again: The Disco Biscuits Bring Back That Feeling Called Bisco
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