. >> we're also playing folksmen music, some of my songs from "mighty wind," so we're basically comingt as ourselves why -- in our own clothes with our own hair, what's left of it. tavis: but are you in your own skin? >> that is a good question. when we did a press conference recently somebody called and said what are you going to wear? because we normally wear costumes and strange head pierces and this is us. we did a few performances where it was fun to be just playing acoustic guitars, you could actually hear the music, you weren't bombing people out and this is music we've written over the last 30 years and it felt fun. but who are we? that is a good question. tavis: it feels fun for you guys. will the fan base connect to it? >> well, we'll know in six weeks. [laughter] >> we'll be finding out. >> that's our little experiment in terror we're conducting right now. but the question for us is, to quote a famous bumper sticker or paraphrase it, what would we do? we're having the experience right now, rehearsing the music for the show, not just doing acoustic covers of rock 'n' roll mat

rock 'n' rollmaterial, we're reimagining thsongs because when we played them the guys in tap r the folksmendoing at the caracters would do musically. now we're making ofer you -- our ow choiceswhich are fferent. tavis: he's a weird n. not the first orlast one ve asked. if thiwere not conected with the 25th anniversary he celebration o spial tap, would you guyse interested in this? oh, yeah. this predatedthat. started talking about this two years ago. >> momea was 2004. we did themusic of cose modern art in new rk city ad after thati said this as rely fun, we all gree so thihas been in the works s something we've all evolved nd thought maybe it w the may t do it. >> it wa supposed t be to celebra the 50th annversary of pubc television orinally. aughter] tavis: got to love harry shear. talk tome, cristopher,about, i don want to color this question deiberately. but talk to me about just documentarfilm making the >> i wish i knew. well, i - the docentary foat is pobably my favorite format, and the filmsi've done and it really started with ros directin"this is spinal p", but what i liked bout it