Dave Matthews Band
Best of the Summer 1999 Tour
Disc 6 (73.59)
1. One Sweet World (Instrumental Intro) (8.57)
(June 20, 1999 - Riverbend Music Center - Cincinnati,
Ohio)
Source info: Earthworks sr77 > audio magic cables
> lunatec v2 >
audio magic cables > da-p1
(Mike Vernal and Craig Willoughby)
2. Crush (10.56)
(July 11, 1999 - Concord Pavillion - Concord,
California)
Source info: DAUD (Unknown)
3. Lie In Our Graves (Always On My Mind) (12.17)
(July 9, 1999 - Irvine Meadows - Irvine, California)
Source info: earthworks sr-77 > audiomagic X-Stream
XLR > Lunatec V2 >
audiomagic presto II XLR > ADC-20 > PCM-M1
(Mike Vernal and Craig Willoughby)
4. Typical Situation (12.50)
(June 27, 1999 - Alpine Valley - East Troy, Wisconsin)
Source info: Neumann KM 184s -> Denecke PS-1s
-> SBM-1 -> M1 (Scott McPherin)
5. Prelude to... (1.44)
6. The Last Stop (Reprise Outro) (12.10)
(June 22, 1999 - Deer Creek Music Center - Noblesville,
Indiana)
Source info: DAUD (Unknown)
7. Granny (4.38)
(July 17, 1999 - The Gorge - Quincy, Washington)
Source info: Earthworks SR-77 > Lunatec V2 >
ADC-20 > DA-P1 (Craig Willoughby)
8. #40 (2.31)
(July 15, 1999 - Portland Meadows - Portland,
Oregon)
Source info: AKG C1000's > Sony MD (Nancy Moser)
9. Don't Drink the Water (7.46)
(August 8, 1999 - Meadows Music Center - Hartford,
Connecticut)
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ADC-20 > DA-P1
(Mike Vernal and Craig Willoughby)
LINER NOTES:
One Sweet World - in my opinion, along with the
Last Stop, this is the best
opener they do. Definitely an outside song, it's
perfect to listen to in the
car with the windows down as loud as possible.
With this version I'm trying to
right the wrong as they opened with Satellite
this night, played this song
second. On this final disc, I put it where
it should be, at the top.
Crush - excellent version from an unknown source.
I debated whether to use a
guest on this, but I think this song is at it's
sweetest when it's at it's
simplest. The crowd is a little loud, but
so is the music.
Lie In Our Graves - long version with the Always
on My Mind interpolation, which
I think is cool as hell. Boyd jams on the
solo and stays in tune almost
throughout.
Typical Situation - Carter especially smokes throughout
the 7/8 Calypso jam,
even though he always does, this time, it is
extra amazing. Way too rare of a
song for my taste, I'd like to see it much more
often.
The Last Stop - from a rare unknown stellar recording.
I would love to know who
taped it. The background on the extra anger for
this song comes from at the
beginning of Dave's first attempt at the prelude,
something is wrong with his
guitar. He walks to the back of the stage,
rips out the cord, and slams the
guitar onto the stand. There is about 5
minutes of dead time while they fix the
problem before they re-begin the prelude.
The intensity on this version is
without equal. Check Dave's ear bludgeoning
scream at 4.10, then during the
groove before the outro turn it upand check Stefan
slapping the everliving shit
out of the bass. One of the true gems of
the tour.
Granny - rare song when the ladies aren't involved,
so we went with the longest,
jammingest version that was the band by itself.
He rambles on forever at the
end, and as always you can't comprehend one word
said, but a bunch of random
syllables.
#40 - so much has been said about the return and
near full restoration of the
song. Beautiful version and a great recording.
Don't Drink the Water - from what I've heard of
this show, fans were
disappointed and tapers almost pulled their plugs
out that this was the last
song of the tour as it's pretty much a universal
opinion that it is the most
over played. However, they were treated
to the most intense version of it.
6 discs, 67 tracks, 17 guests, 40 dates, 35 venues.
I look forward to the Best
of Summer 2000