11. Fewer bands are doing them. 12. For a band to avoid the sound of the Coltrane quartet, as the Carnegie band did, is crucial. 13. For example, the band has done songs about the evils of cultural imperialism and racism and in support of the rights of Native Americans. 14. Four years ago, though, the band did a short reunion tour, but some matters still were unresolved. 15. He comes home on the weekends, and so does the band. 16. Instead, the band did. 17. Instead, the Bay Area band did something far riskier. 18. It insists on walking through the streets rather than riding on a sound truck the way other bands do. 19. Nor can I find anything else the band has done, despite a well-received previous album. 20. Now very, very few bands can do arenas, never mind stadiums. |