@ForgeTheCoin said:

@FACTSAREUSELESS said:

@ForgeTheCoin said:

Especially given Trey's practice sessions going into GD50 as you mention, I am a bit surprised that the same perfectionism isn't coming through as strong thus far on summer tour.

Yes, I hear you. However, there's something else at work here. Musically, Trey has literally learned a new language, I think. He's discovered something heretofore unknown to him and it's as if it's 1983 again. That's really what I think is going on. I mean, his playing is otherworldly other than the fact that his timing has been off. It's not like we're dealing with Oxy-Trey and he's falling asleep on stage. On the contrary, he seems more focused than I've ever seen or heard him.

No, I think he's chasing something....something he tasted before this tour started and he doesn't want to lose the taste of. He's chasing a vision and he's lost in it. He's in a process of working it out. That's why I think the band just needs to roll with it. This may be a much different-sounding band by the end of this tour.

I think I might agree with you. Be interesting to see where the tour goes. This TX show is not helping matters in terms of this discussion about the band being off. If Trey is on his own discovery trip I hope the band can make the most of it.

This band will make the most of anything that comes down the pike. Trey has expanded his guitar vocabulary. This is evident in the tones and phrasing he has used in these first few shows. He will work it out - I wish I could go to every show to witness the process!