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(One way to illustrate the Dead's 'jazzier' approach: compare Billy and Mickey's drumming to Fish's. Fish isn't a jazz drummer (though he could be); he's always laying down mile markers and structural indicators as he goes. At their wooliest, Billy K. couldn't even be counted on to have the same downbeat in mind as the other guys. He was a jazz drummer of a kind. I'm not even sure what Mickey is/was. A nerd, maybe? ;v)
(One way to illustrate the Dead's 'jazzier' approach: compare Billy and Mickey's drumming to Fish's. Fish isn't a jazz drummer (though he could be); he's always laying down mile markers and structural indicators as he goes. At their wooliest, Billy K. couldn't even be counted on to have the same downbeat in mind as the other guys. He was a jazz drummer of a kind. I'm not even sure what Mickey is/was. A nerd, maybe? ;v)
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