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  • JK_Livin
    JK_Livin South Jersey Posts: 7,365
    No Camden or Philly area shows? I wouldn't have renewed if I knew.
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  • disilluzion
    disilluzion Posts: 1,015
    I almost didn't renew last time. They rarely play within driving distance of me and I've already seen them at the Gorge, so nowhere to go but down from there. I figured the annual WH disc and store discount were good enough reasons though. Plus the off chance that they do a small D&T show close by.
  • erocshifty
    erocshifty Posts: 1,170
    Live Trax 50 is so damn good. It's nice to have 4 official shows from the 2004 Tour now. I really wish DMB would just put their entire live catalog on nugs. That's money just waiting to be made. 
    "It's best to live in grace before you're forced to." EV- 10/09/2014 
  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 9,611
    they seem to be doing pretty well just releasing 2-3 live shows a year though
  • erocshifty
    erocshifty Posts: 1,170
    edited January 2020
    Last year there was 7, counting the 2 downloads of Charlotte & Charlottesville. I love their live stuff and will take any/everything they release. I've been seriously spoiled by PJ with access to the majority of their live stuff over the past 20 years, lol.
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    "It's best to live in grace before you're forced to." EV- 10/09/2014 
  • disilluzion
    disilluzion Posts: 1,015
    We are spoiled with PJ, Springsteen, Metallica, etc. releasing every show that they do. But their discographies are now over-saturated with live shows, which makes me kind of like the 4-per-year DMB style. It makes me appreciate their live releases more. But don't get me wrong, if they started releasing everything then I would have everything.
  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 9,611
    yeah, like every band, not every show is a winner. But i get being able to have a nice crisp professional recording of any show you went to. Or all of them.
  • erocshifty
    erocshifty Posts: 1,170
    Tim Simmons said:
    yeah, like every band, not every show is a winner. But i get being able to have a nice crisp professional recording of any show you went to. Or all of them.
    This is true. I still wouldn't get ALL of them. It's nice to be able to view setlists and pick the shows, but that sometimes doesn't mean squat, lol. An *ideal* set list could still be a miss as an entire show. That's definitely happened a couple of times when I've bought a show based on looking at a setlist.

    There are some great taper pulls that can be touched up with a little EQ. I've been finding that I do even sometimes get in the mood where I'd rather hear a taper show. 

     Overall they do a great job with Live Trax and the WH releases. It was also nice to get the first  Live album release since Dave's '96 solo show and Live In Atlantic City. I didn't even think I'd miss those until they stopped coming out for awhile. 
    "It's best to live in grace before you're forced to." EV- 10/09/2014 
  • disilluzion
    disilluzion Posts: 1,015
    While I collect the Live Trax, I realized that I am way behind on actually listening to them, so this month I started with 41 and am at 50 right now at work. I have to say that I'm really enjoying the D&T shows. Too bad their Mexico shows next month are so dang pricey. I could use a break from this MN weather about now.
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,289
    watching the central park concert. so joyous.

    and warren haynes fucking kills it!
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  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,882
    Wobbie said:
    watching the central park concert. so joyous.

    and warren haynes fucking kills it!
    It's a tremendous show.  2000 to 2004 was their peak.  Just killed it every night and the catalog was perfect. 
  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 9,611
    edited December 2020
    Really? I would say 1998-2000 was their peak. Its not like they were bad from 2001-2004, just static. 


    But that summer and fall/winter 2000 tour was just them at their absolute best. saw 6 shows that year. Every single one of them stellar. 


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  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    Listening to Live at Luther College after probably 20 years this morning. I saw them on this tour when I was in college (Jesse Hall, University of Missouri, 1998 I think) and remember being blown away by Tim Reynolds. I went back and saw him solo at the Missouri Theater some time later and being completely impressed with his musicianship. Just acoustic guitars too, no electrics. Not a big DMB fan by any stretch, but Live at Luther College still sounds amazing to me. That version of 'Warehouse' is absolutely mind blowing. I remember back in 2002 I got fan club seats to DMB at a venue in New Jersey, right across the way from Philadelphia where I was living from their local record rep. About 2 songs in the guy behind us barfed all over the place and that was it for my girlfriend and I. Have had plenty of chances to see them since, but pass every time.
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  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,882
    Tim Simmons said:
    Really? I would say 1998-2000 was their peak. Its not like they were bad from 2001-2004, just static. 


    But that summer and fall/winter 2000 tour was just them at their absolute best. saw 6 shows that year. Every single one of them stellar. 


    I love when the Lillywhite stuff became embedded in the sets.  That is still my favorite stuff to this day.  So the early aughts is where I really dig the sets. 
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,882
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    Listening to Live at Luther College after probably 20 years this morning. I saw them on this tour when I was in college (Jesse Hall, University of Missouri, 1998 I think) and remember being blown away by Tim Reynolds. I went back and saw him solo at the Missouri Theater some time later and being completely impressed with his musicianship. Just acoustic guitars too, no electrics. Not a big DMB fan by any stretch, but Live at Luther College still sounds amazing to me. That version of 'Warehouse' is absolutely mind blowing. I remember back in 2002 I got fan club seats to DMB at a venue in New Jersey, right across the way from Philadelphia where I was living from their local record rep. About 2 songs in the guy behind us barfed all over the place and that was it for my girlfriend and I. Have had plenty of chances to see them since, but pass every time.
    Luther is tremendous.  Plus it's cool when you are hearing stuff before Crash was even released.  The audience didn't even know the songs.  It reminds of NY at Massey Hall, where he is playing all sorts of stuff from Harvest and no one knows that they are listening to history at the beginning.  
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    mrussel1 said:
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    Listening to Live at Luther College after probably 20 years this morning. I saw them on this tour when I was in college (Jesse Hall, University of Missouri, 1998 I think) and remember being blown away by Tim Reynolds. I went back and saw him solo at the Missouri Theater some time later and being completely impressed with his musicianship. Just acoustic guitars too, no electrics. Not a big DMB fan by any stretch, but Live at Luther College still sounds amazing to me. That version of 'Warehouse' is absolutely mind blowing. I remember back in 2002 I got fan club seats to DMB at a venue in New Jersey, right across the way from Philadelphia where I was living from their local record rep. About 2 songs in the guy behind us barfed all over the place and that was it for my girlfriend and I. Have had plenty of chances to see them since, but pass every time.
    Luther is tremendous.  Plus it's cool when you are hearing stuff before Crash was even released.  The audience didn't even know the songs.  It reminds of NY at Massey Hall, where he is playing all sorts of stuff from Harvest and no one knows that they are listening to history at the beginning.  

    Oh man, and that Massey Hall record, the sound is just gold. I am not sure I've heard a live record like it yet.
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  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    Also, one time I went to a house party in the late 90s and the host played a 20+ song set of Dave Matthews to perfection. His guitar work is SO busy. Like all 5 fingers busy. He was phrasing chords in ways that blew my mind and definitely caused me to up my game as a guitarist, so in some way I suppose I should thank DMB, haha!
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  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    Visiting the 8/15/95 Live at Red Rocks set. I don't think I've listened to this one entirely. Sounds pretty good!
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  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,882
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    Visiting the 8/15/95 Live at Red Rocks set. I don't think I've listened to this one entirely. Sounds pretty good!
    The vinyl? Chris Bellman mastered.  It sounds fantastic to me.  Also my favorite version of Recently. 
  • Jumb0
    Jumb0 Posts: 910
    Tim Simmons said:
    Really? I would say 1998-2000 was their peak. Its not like they were bad from 2001-2004, just static. 


    But that summer and fall/winter 2000 tour was just them at their absolute best. saw 6 shows that year. Every single one of them stellar. 


    Tim Simmons said:
    Really? I would say 1998-2000 was their peak. Its not like they were bad from 2001-2004, just static. 


    But that summer and fall/winter 2000 tour was just them at their absolute best. saw 6 shows that year. Every single one of them stellar. 




    98-2000 was the absolute peak. They lost their way with Everyday in 2001 but came back strong 02-04.

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