5/24/02 Review
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Submitted by Kristin
This was my ninth DMB show (I was in the fifth row), and I heard my ninth different opening song! I was hoping to hear Dave sing "Joyful Girl" again with Soulive, and he did. He had his lyric sheet again, and he looked really awkward. He introduced Soulive as "one of my most favorite bands in the universe" (he has several of those!). He also made a comment about liking the culture in Canada and how it was a "downward slope" back to the US. Soulive started at 7:30PM, and so DMB didn't come out until 8:50PM. They opened with "Everyday," which got the crowd into it. People were singing the "honey, honey" part at the beginning, so the band mixed "#36" in with it like last year. There were quite a few repeats from last night, but when the repeats include "You Never Know" and "What You Are," among other songs, it's not a bad thing. The bad thing, though, was the band's lack of energy for this show. Boyd was practically asleep (he got into "Ants Marching," though). LeRoi was studying his water bottle during "Two Step." Carter was much less energetic than the night before. Dave was really strange at times-- weird faces and motions. (And I've seen nine shows, so I know what is "normal" for him.) I couldn't quite decided if he was drunk, because at other times he seemed relatively normal. It was during the jams where he seemed especially peculiar. Stefan seemed like his usual self. Maybe the lack of energy had to do with the fact that they traveled about 315 miles without having a travel day in between shows. After I saw two shows this year with "Too Much" by itself, it was nice to see "So Much To Say" and "Anyone Seen the Bridge" again. The lead guitarist for Soulive played on "Crush," and the sax player for Soulive played on "What Would You Say." Dave looked very intense at the beginning of "The Stone." Dave sang a solo "Long Black Veil" in the encore, and then they did a twenty-minute "Two Step" to end the show. I had never really thought about how LeRoi does not do much in the middle jam on that song. Near the end of that jam, Carter started wrapping it up and Dave looked over at Carter like he was surprised that it was already over. The show ended at 11:20PM, so it was 2 1/2 hours long.
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