Re: Snow - I consider Snow to be one of my all-time favorite SB albums, although I'm not sure if it's my ABSOLUTE favorite at this point in my life. It was for the longest time, but I think I've mellowed out on it a bit in recent years, though I think the 2 performances of it may have livened up my love for the album. I guess I am an odd-one-out as far as SB fans, since I don't see many ranking Snow that highly, or perhaps it's just here at DTF, but I love it, front ot back. I love the reprises on disc 2, I love the songs and Neal's singing, the whole band's performances are on fire, and I must have watched the Making Of Snow DVD at least a couple dozen times by now.
Re: Morsefest 2016 - I think I am even MORE excited for this one BECAUSE of Snow. I've watched the European performance of Snow that is on YouTube, which is recorded fairly well for an audience multi-cam (I think it was, at least). Despite a few hiccups, they did really well for performing the whole thing a second time as a 7-man unit. I hope the Morsefest performance was a bit tighter, but I don't recall any attendees saying it wasn't. I like that it wasn't Neal and Nick signing, and that they got Ted and Jimmy to do lead on some songs as well. I'm just excited to (eventually) own a full live performance of one of my all-time favorite albums, and the encore is the perfect icing on the Snow-cake. I really love "Falling For Forever" and it's the perfect way to end such an epic night. I can only imagine how high the emotions were during that evening, but I hope it comes across well on the live video!
As for the rest of Morsefest 2016, I like the idea of the band that Neal put together for the "Storytellers" nice, and the song selections aren't half bad. Nice mix of covers and Neal-related songs - 3 SB songs, 5 FC songs, 1 TA song, and 3 from his solo albums - and a song by Eric Gillette from his first (spectacular) album! Even just on paper, it looks like it was a fun night of jamming and signing (considering the pipes of four of those five). I really hope Morsefest 2016 comes out before the end of the year, maybe in time for Christmas?
-Marc.