How many people in a band is too many? To me, it is simply a question of how well you can pull it off live. Use as many instruments as you want within the recording process, but when you bring 10 people on the road, please make it rock.
So the music works better for Lambchop when there are more involved. But the energy is, well, probably what you’d expect from Lambchop.
Local band Jacob and the House of Fire put on a great show – and there are 10+ of them at any given time. They seem to have the idea of an intense and frenzied performance thought out quite well.
Did anyone else ever think “Wow, George Clinton and P-Funk are dull.” Talk about misuse of a cast of thousands.
If you’re going to bring more than 10 people with you, one way to keep people interested is to beat the shit out of anything in sight.
