I have a question. Dave often says we haven't figured out how to end a song yet, and i know this to be true. And some songs just don't sound right without some sort of ending tag. Slow songs like "Simple Gifts" wouldn't sound right with a G roll at the end, i've experimented with Amazing Grace on a couple of ending ideas, but how do we as a group know when to "tag it", without rehearsing it? Do you just "feel" it, use a signal of some sort? Leave it up to the banjo player? Rhythm guitar player? Mandolin?
I've often wondered this, we could rehearse it as a group before we play, but this is like rehearsing leads (you do this, i'll do this, etc). What other natural method have you players seen that works? If the rhythm guitar player decides to end it, the player may go off on a tangent and the other players would have a big weird "huh"? type of look. I guess 2 nods of the head for the tag? What do you guys think? Seems like a certain amount of rehearsal would be needed to tag it.