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Originally Posted by ham on rye
i saw mangum solo a while ago and while i think it's cool that NMH are getting back together, does it really matter other than it being mangum playing with a full band? like, he could hire 3 high school kids to back him up and it would sound the same. main difference imo is maybe somebody will actually bring a trumpet and play it instead of the crowd pretend-buzzing through the horn parts on "holland 1945".
I saw Mangum also and agree with this, the music won't be that much different. Something about an "official" reunion after 15 years off just makes it a cooler moment imo.
In theory a good amount of music can be duplicated by solid cover bands, but for various/obvious reasons there is something about seeing the original version in as true a form as possible.