As jazz fans, it was amusing for us to play jazz harmonies on these big, ugly electric guitars.

It's great to know that our old stuff still sounds good to our fans, just as it's wonderful to think that we've turned a few people on to jazz over the years.

I took some lessons as a kid but trained myself by ear. I did it the way jazz musicians used to learn years ago, which is to play records and slow them down to figure out the notes. At first I tried to imitate Red Garland, who was my favorite jazz pianist.

Jean-Luc is my violin jazz hero, ... So to have him come out and play that tune with us at Telluride was just a freakout.

It's embarrassing. We know we were brutal. We sucked. The fans told us and they were right about that. But this is our day job and we're going to get better. We know how good a team we have.

It's unfortunate (the lockout) got as ugly as it did. I think our fans, hockey fans, are true blue fans. They love the game and they love the fact that the hockey players are probably the best athletes out there, in terms of being personal, and they're going to come back in droves.