This post is primarily for Bubba, Panda, Bary and Rachel (assuming any of ya'll read this blog.) I'm certain alot of you will be unhappy with it, but, you know, I'm sorry. I promise I'll be back in a few days with something a bit more relevant to my usual role with the Bangers...Anyways, this is a soundboard February 2nd, 1993 recording of the Dave Matthews Band performing a hometown show in Charlottesville, VA at Trax. The band included a full-time keyboardist at this point. If you've ever been a fan of DMB in any capacity, I urge you to download this and give it a listen. It will definitely surprise you. The band is unpolished to the point of unrecognizability but it's not tough to see how things would quickly escalate from an opening slot on the H.O.R.D.E. tour to teenage high-schoolers insisting on a first-name basis. ("How many times have you seen Dave?")
Highlights include a solo acoustic version of Bob Marley's "Redemption Song," a bitchin' "Halloween," an actually-meant-something "Dancing Nancies," and the since-nonexistent final keyboard outro to "Two Step" that's eerily reminiscent of the breakdown in Zeppelin's "Fool in the Rain." Hopefully it makes somebody's day...
1 comment:
Lev, youre the man. I'm reliving the glory that everyone here knows damn well was DMB back in the day. The nostalgia alone of being 10 years old and hearing under the table for the first time is worth rehashing pre-arena Dave and crew. Good lookin out dude, for real.
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