and this one also... is the man holding down the bottom end.

Pino Palladino is a great bass player and seems like a lovely bloke, but I'm sorry: He is not funky at all. I felt he held the band back on Voodoo, and was one of the biggest obstacles to D making the kind of legit funk he seemed to aspire for.

When this new tour was announced, I was surprised that Pino was invited back. I mean, I'm sure there's a real personal--and even musical--bond there, but I think that as long as Pino is there, D is not gonna be truly funky.

(The little bit of the "Lady Cab Driver" stuff I heard didn't sound too bad, though... but that was more in the guitars)




*EDIT: let's make that ONE OF my problems... lol