Awesome show. Even though I was far from the stage, the music was amazing this night. Starting with Tripping Billies, and ranging from songs such as The Song that Jane Likes and Let you Down, closing with an encore of a new unnamed song and Ants Marching. Much better than two nights before in Charlotte.
This is only my second Dave Matthews show that I have been able
to attend, but I loved it. These guys are my favorite band and seeing them
live just makes it so much better! The show started at 8:00, which seemed
really early to me. They kicked off the show with Tripping Billies, and it
got everyone dancing, singing, and having a good time. They then moved in
some slower songs, and then jammed on Warehouse. Boyd was really sawing
away on the violin and it made me wonder how someone can dance, bang their
head all over the place and play the violin at the same time. He is truely
awesome! They placed a great version of Crash and then picked up the tempo
for a while. Dave played an incredible solo of Lover Lay Down. Carter was
truely awesome as he jammed on his solos in both DIDO and Say Goodbye. His
Say Goodbye solo seemed to last forever with the flute harmony floating in
the air. The closed their set with Say Goodbye/ Too Much combo, and it was
awesome. In between the two Dave did some little funky rap sounds and then
the kicked in Too Much. Everyone knew they would come back out because
they had not played Ants Marching. So the encore opened with a new song. It
was real slow and in the end Dave did some serious moaning and yelling. He
did not mention the name of it but it was not too bad. And to top the whole
evening off, they ended with Ants Marching. It was a great number with a
big jam session at the beginning. The concert was a great one and one that
I really enjoyed. My only regrets is that it started so early that it was
over by 10:30. I wish he would have played Minarets, Satellite, or One
Sweet World, but he can not play every song that everyone likes so I am not
disappointed. If you have the chance to see Dave this summer I highly
recommend it, and if you have an extra ticket I would love to use it.
the show was really awesome. i wanted more unreleased songs,
but the cover Beauty of Wynona and the song Leave Me Praying were enough.
Overall i thought that the show was really, really good.
Great: Say Goodbye, Jimi Thing, Two Step, incredible solos by
Leroi Moore on the sax.