Saw Dave Matthews Band last night! Woweeeee, what a show!
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All these obsessive links will tell you how many times each song has been played, and where, if you care to know. I cut and pasted this set list, and the links were attached! Personally, I dont need to know that Tripping Billies has been played just 17 times.....hey, wait! Now, that is very interesting! I've played Tripping Billies more than 17 times myself.
Ya know, the thing about seeing Dave Matthews Band live is that every song is a masterpiece, carried out to it's fullest, each musician being allowed to express themselves in each and every song. 25,000 people dancing to the same beat! Gotta love it.
The first time I saw DMB was in 1994, in San Francisco, at the WARFIELD. Yes! The Warfield. Our local radio station was giving away tickets to see DMB with Big Head Todd and the Monsters, and I won, I actually won. Sheesh, what a show! Only 1,000 very lucky people squeezed inside, and I was one of them.
Flash forward to last night, September 9th. It's 12 years later and I am finally seeing DMB live again! But this time, there are 25,000 people instead of 1,000. Wowee! Go Dave, go!
One particular band member that really blew my mind was Boyd Tinsley. A classically trained violinist from Atlanta, this man whirls around the stage, all 6'4" of him (gotta be, i'm just guessing but if anyone knows how tall he really is.....) dreadlocks past his shoulders, huge terrific smile, playing to the audience and enjoying frequent duels with his fellow bandmembers. As Mr Ratburn explained to me, this mans violin replaces the lead guitar in the band, making for a unique, fun and totally happening sound. This man is pure joy all wrapped up in a big tall package!The thing about seeing a band in such a giant place like Mountain View, if you are not lucky enough to be in the first 30 rows, you kinda have to rely on those video screens if you want to see any action at all. But, that turns out to be a good thing, because you get to catch expressions, and interactions, and even sweat dropping off of Dave's nose.
What a band!!!
5 comments:
Sounds like a GREAT night!
good tunnel music...
lol
very very cool
that violinist sounds like he'd have been quite a show to see! as if DMB isn't cool enough....
25,000 people dancing to the same beat - and at the same time I guess - must be a blaste! Now you sly me Susie:-)
yup I love Dave too, lucky!!
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