Where's the fans out there?
Anyone hitting up this summer's tour? I was at Pittsburgh (Burgettstown), PA on 8/10. Good show, but far from the best I've seen.

seen em an even dozen times (6 times from first 12 rows, including 1st and 2nd). Basically, they peaked about 6 years ago. I still loves me some dave matthews band but can't bring myself to shell out for the warehouse membership after I got screwed 2 years in a row. their next studio album needs to show a significant amount of more work / creativity than the previous two. I'm also very excited for the dave and tim album about to come out.

also, less you doubt my devotion as a fan, note the chet atkins sst signed on my poker room wall.

Dave Matthews is music you are supposed to grow out of after high school. And it is not singing if you cant understand any words; it is just moaning and yawning or something.

ummm...you don't know fryer. He hasn't grown out of ANYTHING since HS.

ummm...you don't know fryer. He hasn't grown out of ANYTHING since HS.

their next studio album needs to show a significant amount of more work / creativity than the previous two. I'm also very excited for the dave and tim album about to come out.

I actually haven't liked too many of the recent albums aside from the Lillywhite Sessions as much as I like the old stuff.

Sadly, I've never gotten around to seeing them in concert.

That is sad.

Dave Matthews concert, a few years ago. I'm driving my GF into the city to see the concert. For some reason, her sister is taking the bus back to the city; I don't remember why I didn't drive her too.

We get about halfway there, I stop for gas, fill up, and pull back out on the highway. As I am accelerating up to highway speeds, I shift into 2nd, and the clutch falls to the floor. I limp up the road to a pullout and pop the hood. Clutch cable is broken.

So I call BCAA, tell them where the car is and ask them to call me and tell me where they had it towed to for repairs. We start hitchhiking to try and get to the concert on time.

Eventually the bus comes along, and somehow the Queen's sister sees us on the side of the road and tells the driver to stop. They don't accept cash on this bus, you need to pre-purchase tickets. He lets us on anyways and takes us into the city for free. I am impressed, but very late.

We get to the concert, and there are two couples in the seats directly in front of us. College aged, frat-boy looking jocks and their bimbo girlfriends. They are very loud and exuberant. It comes out that it's one of the frat-boys' birthday and they are there as his present. It comes out that they are all on copious amounts of ecstacy. So much that random other people are coming up to them and asking for some, and they assume a 'one for you, one for me' policy. It comes out that the ecstasy is making them all pretty lovey-dovey, and they're doing the big group hug and sway to the music thing. The group hug leads to some touchy-feely groping in the group; one of the guys has his hand up a girl's shirt. One of the girls is grabbing a frat-boy's ass. There is some grinding. My GF and I are watching them with amusement; they are infinately more entertaining than a VERY drunk Dave Matthews.

One of the girls gets tired. She sits down. No one notices. The grinding continues. Before long, the two guys are grinding and groping each other, 'without realizing'. Then birthday boy clues in and jumps back. The three of them look a little uncomfortable at how much they were enjoying themselves, until the other guy manages to talk birthday boy back into the melee. There is lots of "I don't know" "I'm not gay" "What is happening?" but eventually the girls talk the two guys into kissing. They are reluctant at first but once they start there is NO stopping them.

Birthday boy, boyfriend and girlfriend are all bumping and grinding. Birthday girlfriend is sitting out. Soon girlfriend is too, and it's just the guys, and they are putting on quite a show. Birthday boy is oblivious to the world around him, which isn't a big deal since no-one cares about his newfound appreciation for the male form. Except his girlfriend. She starts to get upset, at first just a mild annoyance, then gradually more, and then when she is unsuccesfull at getting his attention away from his friend, she breaks down and has a full on drug induced anxiety attack. She's alternating between sobbing and screaming, wringing her eyes and flailing away at her boyfriend's back.

He finally realizes that he has upset his girlfriend. The boys break their embrace and take a literal and a figurative step back from each other. Lots of quick self-realization occurs and the group slinks out of the concert. I would have enjoyed seeing them in a few hours once their ecstacy haze wears off; I'm sure there was a lot of soul searching required. Loser frat boys. Hehe.

So which of you e-gays was that anyways?

Yes yes, I love Dave Matthews, such a good band.. so innovative, so passionate, so exciting. I in no way have to be bombed out of my mind on drugs to be able to listen to them, they are good sober AND stoned. Yes yes, Dave Matthews is an A grade, Number one band..

For you to poop on?

Dave Matthews is music you are supposed to grow out of after high school.

That said, I actually haven't liked too many of the recent albums aside from the Lillywhite Sessions as much as I like the old stuff.

Sadly, I've never gotten around to seeing them in concert.

From the article:

Sometimes when people ask how I got so into music, I take the easy, less embarrassing way out and tell them it started my senior year of high school when I discovered Radiohead. But really, how many of our musical journeys started with Radiohead? Seventy-five, 80% maybe? Who wants to read another article about how discovering Radiohead changed someone’s life? I should be honest with myself and our readers; hi, my name is Nicole, and I used to like Dave Matthews. And I wouldn’t be where I am now if I hadn’t.
Eerie. Did I write this?

(probably not, though, since my name isn't Nicole)

Dave Matthews concert, a few years ago. I'm driving my GF into the city to see the concert. For some reason, her sister is taking the bus back to the city; I don't remember why I didn't drive her too.

We get about halfway there, I stop for gas, fill up, and pull back out on the highway. As I am accelerating up to highway speeds, I shift into 2nd, and the clutch falls to the floor. I limp up the road to a pullout and pop the hood. Clutch cable is broken.

So I call BCAA, tell them where the car is and ask them to call me and tell me where they had it towed to for repairs. We start hitchhiking to try and get to the concert on time.

Eventually the bus comes along, and somehow the Queen's sister sees us on the side of the road and tells the driver to stop. They don't accept cash on this bus, you need to pre-purchase tickets. He lets us on anyways and takes us into the city for free. I am impressed, but very late.

We get to the concert, and there are two couples in the seats directly in front of us. College aged, frat-boy looking jocks and their bimbo girlfriends. They are very loud and exuberant. It comes out that it's one of the frat-boys' birthday and they are there as his present. It comes out that they are all on copious amounts of ecstacy. So much that random other people are coming up to them and asking for some, and they assume a 'one for you, one for me' policy. It comes out that the ecstasy is making them all pretty lovey-dovey, and they're doing the big group hug and sway to the music thing. The group hug leads to some touchy-feely groping in the group; one of the guys has his hand up a girl's shirt. One of the girls is grabbing a frat-boy's ass. There is some grinding. My GF and I are watching them with amusement; they are infinately more entertaining than a VERY drunk Dave Matthews.

One of the girls gets tired. She sits down. No one notices. The grinding continues. Before long, the two guys are grinding and groping each other, 'without realizing'. Then birthday boy clues in and jumps back. The three of them look a little uncomfortable at how much they were enjoying themselves, until the other guy manages to talk birthday boy back into the melee. There is lots of "I don't know" "I'm not gay" "What is happening?" but eventually the girls talk the two guys into kissing. They are reluctant at first but once they start there is NO stopping them.

Birthday boy, boyfriend and girlfriend are all bumping and grinding. Birthday girlfriend is sitting out. Soon girlfriend is too, and it's just the guys, and they are putting on quite a show. Birthday boy is oblivious to the world around him, which isn't a big deal since no-one cares about his newfound appreciation for the male form. Except his girlfriend. She starts to get upset, at first just a mild annoyance, then gradually more, and then when she is unsuccesfull at getting his attention away from his friend, she breaks down and has a full on drug induced anxiety attack. She's alternating between sobbing and screaming, wringing her eyes and flailing away at her boyfriend's back.

He finally realizes that he has upset his girlfriend. The boys break their embrace and take a literal and a figurative step back from each other. Lots of quick self-realization occurs and the group slinks out of the concert. I would have enjoyed seeing them in a few hours once their ecstacy haze wears off; I'm sure there was a lot of soul searching required. Loser frat boys. Hehe.

Even today, I say that "#41" is a great song.

Me either, though I'm really not that sad about it. I hear they're too much of a "jam band" in concert, a genre of music that I'm not all that turned on by. I blame their being given the stigma of a jam band on their recent suckyness.

Me either, though I'm really not that sad about it. I hear they're too much of a "jam band" in concert, a genre of music that I'm not all that turned on by. I blame their being given the stigma of a jam band on their recent suckyness.

So I finished listening to the new album on the way home last night. Once they fixed the guitar tuning issue, Tim Reynolds went off into a 6 song exploration of the higher register of his guitar. A relentless, piercing, repetitive, droning, literally-one-note-over-and-over-and-over-for-about-3-minutes exploration. The last two songs (the encore) were fun. I enjoyed the first disc. But I doubt I will EVER listen all the way through this album again.

So I finished listening to the new album on the way home last night. Once they fixed the guitar tuning issue, Tim Reynolds went off into a 6 song exploration of the higher register of his guitar. A relentless, piercing, repetitive, droning, literally-one-note-over-and-over-and-over-for-about-3-minutes exploration. The last two songs (the encore) were fun. I enjoyed the first disc. But I doubt I will EVER listen all the way through this album again.

I'm not a big Dave Matthews fan. I have nothing against him, but I just never really got into his music. However, I noticed that one of my favorites, Robert Earl Keen, will be opening for him some this year. If you are going to a Dave concert with REK opening, get there early enough to listen to him and tell me what you think.

Come to think of it, that reminds me of my last "herbal experience" (which are few and far between). I went to see Dave in Atlanta a few years ago at lakewood ampetheatre in Atlanta (REK opened, but we got stuck in traffic and missed him). I happened to run into my older brother, who partakes in smokables quite often. I took several hits, and along with some booze, I was feeling pretty good. Kind of in a trance, I got caught up in watching the video screen of Dave playing a song. In my mind, I was watching Dave, not a video projection of Dave. All of a sudden, the camera switched to a closeup of Dave's face. I quite literally jumped in horror, as what seemed to be a 50 foot giant Dave looked down upon me.

they should make this into a dare commercial.

btw, the music that I "grew out of" from HS was punk/ska-type music. I still enjoy NOFX, Operation Ivy, etc. when it's on but I don't pull out those CDs to listen to on my own anymore.

I used to despise Dave Matthews, and then when John Mayer became famous, I hated him as well. I think it was because they sounded similar to me. Slowly over the years though, I have grown to become fans of both artists/bands.

I think I'll be coming out of the closet soon.

They dump any sewage on a harbour cruise boat lately? If not, they remain last year's news...

PS: John Mayer is actually a pretty damn good guitarist...

2008 tour dates released!
First two shows in Pittsburgh on Fri 5/30 and Sat 5/31. WOOO HOOOO!

don't they kinda need to put out an album semi-recently?

don't they kinda need to put out an album semi-recently?

17 days to dmb show in Pittsburgh.

Anyone else hitting up any dates on the tour?

17 days to dmb show in Pittsburgh.

Anyone else hitting up any dates on the tour?