first of all, the damn thing has got to come out... and frankly, I am not holding my breath waiting for that.

But yeah... it's true that I have pooh-poohed most of D's attempts to play funk. I don't think he's very good at it. He's much better at ballads.

On the last tour, "Chicken Grease" was a lot better than it's been on past performances (including the studio version), thanks mainly to Chris Dave's decision to speed up the tempo and fill in the holes in the groove.

There's still a lot of work to be done, though... starting with perhaps finding a more aggressive bass guitarist.