@AlbanyYEM said: [quote] They don't have a trademark style in their jamming to fall back to so the way they approach jamming seems to me to be about inter-band dynamics. Kind of a 'passing the baton' relay-race style thing where everyone says their own 'hey' if they feel inspired.

Yes, I would offer that it's always been about that, except during those times when those dynamics have been tested to their limits, such as the latter portions of 2.0.

An interesting bit to build upon what you're saying was during the second set of night 2. Not to spend much time on it (since this is a blog for night 3!), but after over 45 minutes of brilliant jamming, they lost the flow in Boogie On. Now, this Boogie was OKAY, but you can clearly (to my ears) hear Mike try to go into uncharted waters as he slowed down his tempo slightly and hit a few low notes, seemingly inviting his band mates to type 2 with him, but Page, God bless him, just kept chugging along with his funk-shuffle. I actually hear Trey pause to let Fish and Page catch up, but neither took the bait. Subsequently, the song was awkwardly wrapped up a minute or two later when it became clear that they were no longer on the same vibe. At the end of the awkward stop, it sounded as though Trey was beginning to scratch into a segway, when Page played the telltale first notes of Theme. Once those were played, there was no turning back.

I've found over the years that some of the most interesting type 2 moments are when Mike leads the jam. I can't begin to catalog how many times that has been the case. He often seems to be the one most willing to break away from the norm at any time.

Anyway, I'm rambling now so I'll stop. You've got my wheels turning.