@ericwyman said:

@Alumni said:

That wasn't Kevin's point. His point was that a band is more than the sum of its parts, and that the cohesion that developed from practice and repetition is no longer there. That's not a personal attack on any of the bandmembers. It's their prerogative to tour in short bursts. But their ability to finish each others' sentences musically depends on practice and repetition, and they simply don't have that any more. Again, no personal attack. They're pushing 50.

How was that not his point? Feel free to clarify @kevinAreHollo, but I don't see another angle. He even went so far as to characterize his point with (a steady loss of power, prowess or ability)

None of those things are accurate.

Again, it's more of a collective thing than any individual characteristic. Though I don't see how there's any doubt that Trey has substantially less dexterity these days. I'll keep it short because I'm not angry about it and I have no real wish to insult Trey. But there's no question that his mind is working faster than his fingers. Listen to a summer 11 GTBT and try to count the notes he doesn't play. This is as fair a test as you can use. There are songs where less is more, and you want to "miss" notes to create space. GTBT is not one of those songs. From the energy on stage to CK hitting every grand finale move he's got programmed into his lightboard . . . it's the epitome of a guitar-hero rocker.