Back when BT was a shit hot band...

I found this little gem of a video of Blues Traveler's Crash Burn, back from 1994, when they were still on the rise, still with the original crew, and still fat (in Popper's case). This is hot stuff, and taken from their best album (in my opinion), Four. Back then, they were a true jam band, not afraid to take risks, you can feel the interplay and the simple joy they have being on stage.

Of course, from a harmonica player's point of view, Popper's playing is both astounding and very poor. Astounding because it's fast, full of energy and at times just unbelievable. Poor because it's harmonically uninteresting and very repetitive. Still, I like it, so sue me. Four is actually the Blues Traveler album which has the most interesting harp playing, especially in Run Around and Stand. It's also a rock album in the strictest sense, which the following releases were less and less in my opinion (with the possible exception of Truth be Told... Anyway, if you have one BT album to get, it's Four.