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Dave Matthews wishes Willie Nelson happy 80th birthday

Colin Steele — Wed, 01 May 2013 01:39:03 +0000

Today is Willie Nelson’s 80th birthday. To celebrate, Farm Aid has posted a quick video of Dave Matthews wishing Nelson a happy birthday. Nelson of course founded Farm Aid, and Dave joined its board of directors in 2001. Check out Dave’s tongue-in-cheek message to the living legend:

DMB Farm Aid 1997 videos surface

Colin Steele — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:18:24 +0000

Farm Aid has released two professionally recorded videos featuring Dave Matthews Band. The two DMB Farm Aid 1997 videos show the band playing “Two Step” and “Crash Into Me.” Farm Aid 1997 took place Oct. 4 in Tinley Park, Illinois, and it was just the band’s second appearance at the annual concert. Dave Matthews joined [...]

Live Trax Vol. 25: UMB Bank Pavilion, Maryland Heights, Missouri

Colin Steele — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:07:34 +0000

The new Dave Matthews Band Live Trax album features the 2006 summer tour opener. Live Trax Vol. 25: UMB Bank Pavilion, Maryland Heights, Missouri captures DMB’s May 30, 2006 concert. The show took place before the band debuted any of that year’s new songs, such as “The Idea of You” and “Break Free,” and as [...]

Dave Matthews not on new Tyler, the Creator album

Colin Steele — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:09:49 +0000

Those rumors about Dave Matthews appearing on Tyler, the Creator’s new album are officially untrue. Earlier this month, a purported track listing for the new Tyler, the Creator album, Wolf, made its way around several music blogs. One of the songs listed was called “Escape-Ism,” featuring Frank Ocean and Dave Matthews. Skeptics immediately pointed out [...]

Dave Matthews on John Denver tribute album

Colin Steele — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:24:54 +0000

Dave Matthews has a song on the new John Denver tribute album that comes out April 2. Dave performs “Take Me to Tomorrow,” which originally appeared on Denver’s second album of the same name. Other artists on The Music is You: A Tribute to John Denver include My Morning Jacket (“Leaving on a Jet Plane”), [...]

Video: Zac Brown Band covers ‘Ants Marching’

Colin Steele — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:22:31 +0000

Zac Brown Band played Dave Matthews Band’s “Ants Marching” at a private concert in Orlando. The performance took place last night at the J.W. Marriott Orlando Grande Lakes resort, according to a tweet from someone who was there. It’s apparently the first time Zac Brown Band has covered “Ants Marching,” but Zac Brown has performed [...]

Video: Stefan Lessard sings ‘Just What I Needed’ at Yukon Kornelius show

Colin Steele — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 23:41:04 +0000

Yukon Kornelius, Stefan Lessard’s supergroup, headlined FestEVOL at Okemo Mountain Resort in Ludlow, Vermont this past weekend. The band, which also includes Guster’s Adam Gardner, Barenaked Ladies’ Ed Robertson and Spymob’s Eric Fawcett, played a 25-song set with more than a dozen special guests. Stefan even took on the lead singer role at one point, [...]

Is this the ‘Granny’ Under the Table and Dreaming demo?

Colin Steele — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:22:07 +0000

Dave Matthews Band recorded the song “Granny” for its debut studio album, Under the Table and Dreaming. Dave Matthews even envisioned the song as DMB’s first single. In the end, however, “Granny” didn’t make the album and “What Would You Say” became the first single, kicking off DMB’s eventual rise to superstardom. Demos of “Granny” [...]

Stefan: ‘I could see doing another three with Lillywhite’

Colin Steele — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:01:27 +0000

Stefan Lessard discussed the potential for more Dave Matthews Band albums with producer Steve Lillywhite in a new interview with Relix. “I like using different producers, but I could see doing another three with Lillywhite back-to-back,” Stefan said. “I think it would be kind of cool. It’s like the ‘Star Wars’ trilogy.” Lillywhite produced DMB’s [...]

DMB fans pan Josh Groban’s ‘Satellite’ cover

Colin Steele — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:35:35 +0000

Last night we brought you the news that Josh Groban covered “Satellite” on his latest album. Lots of Dave Matthews Band fans have weighed in on Groban’s version, and the response has been overwhelmingly negative. Check out what some fans had to say on Twitter: View the story “DMB fans react to Josh Groban’s ‘Satellite’ [...]