Did it feel different than playing with RatDog?
Sure. Of course there are similarities, but when those four guys lock up, they really create that classic sound. It was almost like I could hear Jerry blowing over the top of it. The second Dead tour was you alone on keys. It was nice hearing you play so much organ. Right. I hadn’t really had any B-3 experience at all. Basically from day one of rehearsals they were saying, “You’ve gotta play a lot of B-3” “I Do? [Laughs] Okay, I better get workin’ on that quick!” I’d worked with organ modules [in electronic keyboards] but it’s not even near the same thing. It’s such a blessing to be able to play the B-3… and I’m actually playing Brent’s B-3 in my rig-the one that used to have all the stickers on it. You can still see the outline of the stickers. It also turns out that I have the same birthday at Brent Mydland. That’s a little weird! [Laughs] Did that second tour feel significantly different than the first one? Well, I was by myself, so it was very different for me. I did miss playing
