The jamband scene has changed a good deal since From Good Homes stopped touring. What would you say is the biggest change in the scene since 1999?

Jamie: We were on the road with Bob Weir when Jerry Garcia died, and, of course, The Dead were kings of that jamband scene. After that, without The Dead in the picture, groups like Phish were starting to dominate that scene, and taking over the Deadheads. Beyond that I don’t know. We played with Bob in New Hampshire that night Jerry Garcia died.

Brady: I don’t think anyone there would ever forget. That was a pretty daunting task we had in front of us because we were opening the show. We really didn’t think we should play, and we talked to Bob Weir and he said Jerry would want you to go on and play your hearts out. And that’s what we did, and it was just an incredible night.

Jamie: It was a very somber audience, and there was an incredible vigil outside.

Todd: Yeah, that was a special show I’ll tell you.

Brady: It seems like to me, when we were in our heyday, the biggest festival type thing happening was the H.O.R.D.E. tour. The H.O.R.D.E. tour was a coming together of all these bands that you would put under the jamband umbrella. They were certainly all of our peers, that was our scene, and at the Wetlands.

Jamie: Col. Bruce Hampton and Widespread Panic were there too.

Todd: Other than the H.O.R.D.E. tour I don’t remember a big festival community happening, and since then there seems like a whole bunch of festivals where this community comes together and kind of unifies itself. Its kept that scene alive and made it grow.

Jamie: I remember when Gathering of the Vibes was brand new on the scene back then. I think we were supposed to be on the very first one or one of the early ones.

If you had continued as a band, where do you think From Good Homes would be today?

Brady: Wow, dead maybe?

Todd: One thing is there was a last group of songs we worked on and messed around with in the recording studio on our own. It was more open ended, longer jams, longer songs—I think we were evolving over the years as a more improvisational band that was still structured around the songs. So who knows, you know? It’s an interesting question, but those were the last projects we did. I think we would have kept on growing in individual ways, bringing new things to the band.

Brady: I think that inevitably would have happened. For a stretch there we had an awful lot of pressure on us from the major label world. I think that pressure would have lifted and would have opened up some things for us. It’s an interesting question but there was a reason we had a break.

Speaking of changes, have any of your fans found success in other areas of the entertainment industry?

Jamie: Our old manager is Dave Matthews Band’s stage manager.

Todd: Jon Stewart’s doing pretty well!

Jamie: Who’s that other guy? Stephen Colbert.

Brady: And that breakout star Jennifer Aniston. We had a song in her movie!

Finally, can we expect any more reunion gigs?

Brady: You’re going to have to keep your eyes peeled for Jefferson Township or the Cheesecake Factory or something like that.

Jamie: I don’t know we’ll have to see. Who knows?

Todd: One thing that’s remarkable is I don’t think we had any idea about what would happen when we announced we were playing a couple concerts. Almost immediately we were pretty overwhelmed—not only how many people love their From Good Homes, but also how quickly how they found out about it and responded it to us.

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