Bob Weir

@dcdiscs I never saw them with Keith and Donna. What about you?

@goofyfoot No, they were long out of the band at my first show in 89

@dcdiscs Yeah same, my first show was November 30th 1981.

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Everyone has different natural aptitudes/challenges and now there are so many more teaching approaches/methods available than there were in the mid 70’s. I’m envious of people learning guitar (or any instrument) now.

Wayne Krantz has an interesting style. When listening to him, I find I really have to stay focused and pay close attention. I can’t just space out. It seems to be constructed of many incremental variations, as if one is observing some sort of slowly unfolding biological proces occurring at a microscopic level. 

That's an interesting approach Bob Wills took. No doubt it was advantage for Garcia, having played Bluegrass.That's not a genre that tolerates sloppiness. It must've been an excellent foundation in terms of discipline and developing technical facility. 

There are so great many musicians of the past who lacked the type of conservatory training that is available today. It's really perplexing but I personally place a lot of importance in higher education. Also, AI seems to be getting to a place where it helps with composition and other aspects of musical development. So yes, there are ways of learning now that weren't available to us in the 60's and 70's. I played a lot when I was in my teens and twenties but I do other things now.