5/04/02 Review
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Submitted by Brooks Bohn
Amazed again, The Woodlands Pavilion is one of those places that The Dave Matthews Band just eats up. Look at the set, what jam songs did he not play tonight? Seek Up, Two Step, and the OSW intro are the only three that have been played so far that I can think of. Two Hours and Forty Minutes too, this is very impressive with 19 songs. Well, where to start, Taj played a nice set. Good jammin' music to begin the night with and allow people to get used to the Woodlands again and I love that hammond b3 organ. I wish that Dave would invite them back to play on the main set - we'll see tomorrow if this occurs. Onto Dave, he started at about 8:10, kinda early in comparison to previous years here. So Right was a solid opener - it is still the best live song off Everyday. Then Grey Street, gotta push Busted Stuff. He then put down the 12 string and brought out his Taylor 6 string, I knew it was on then. Crash was classic, so glad to have it back. #41 was pretty short, nine and a half minutes which was hard to live with at the time but... Back to the 12 string and Busted Stuff, very nice as always, get it out as a single now please? We got Pig and I was expecting it tonight, great song and interesting version seeing that Dave's guitar went out on him - they pulled through it with flying colors. I Did It, got It way the hell out of the way, glad it's short. Then can we say Jam again? BEF -> Bartender with pennywhistle, Dave's wailing, and jammin' all the way. Taking it up another notch, we enter the jungles of Africa with the "jungle intro" to What You Are - nice intensity. The boys brought it back down to Grace, no line about "This is about a girl I met in Texas" that's alright though, I knew it. Then Dave did his Jimi Thing intro where he messes around with the intro chords. Music to my ears and lots of it proving the guys were in the groove. Highlighting Jimi was the slide they had in the lights showing leaves of that infamous plant. Solid jam there about 15+ minutes. Fool to Think - just that. Then Lover Lay Down, nice in concert, really nice, and wish I had had a girl to hang with. Raven, pretty good, and a short PNP - I missed the lead in jam but that's alright. Dave hit the high stuff too - he's back. Rapunzel was absolutely awesome. Carter wouldn't stop at the end, Roi wouldn't stop at the end, Dave, Boyd, Butch, Stefan, same thing. The pavilion was as loud as I've ever heard it. Rapunzel has hit the level of Too Much, Watchtower, or Ants and now a good closer in my book. Encore break was 6 minutes which seemed right and then a very nice Dave solo on Ain't. He needs to get Willie Nelson to open for him, especially here in the lone star state - TEXAS BABY!!! When I heard the D chord chiming in while everyone else was making their entrance, my dream was about to come true. LIOG is my favorite song, I strive to find the best cut I can find, and this one can be summed up in one phrase: "and we dance away". Boyd burned us all again while taking center stage and tearing up the fiddle. Butch's solo lasted for ever, almost if he had 2 solos - pretty much his only opportunity to shine all night. Awesome, 19 minutes of awesomeness. Then the reprise where Dave lingered around the mic to sing and the infamous line, what I was doing on the way out, and what I had been doing all night summed the whole thing up. Gentleman, thank you again for an awesome evening, we received another jewel from ya'll. See you tomorrow night and more later from here: "...and we dance away..."
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