Dave Matthews Band Documentary

Dave Matthews Band went to their hometown Charlottesville to play a special show celebrating the 25th anniversary of the band on 9-11-16

[robertgrant]

This doc should actually be titled, " What every decent and moral person with an enormous amount of wealth, fame, power and the love of humanity should do for their community". I salute you DMB

[podcastparlor]

Plus Carter is one of the greatest drummers in the world

[BugsyBologna]

I came here to watch a documentary on DMB and instead I’m learning all they do outside of playing music. In true selfless fashion, this is all about someone else. Yet, I’ve learned more about them than I have ever known. Well played.

[keniser]

This really made my day... OUR COUNTRY NEEDS MORE OF THIS!!! What an amazing group of people.

[ronaldhiggins]

No racism, no classism, no them vs us! A community in which EVERYONE shares the experience of DMB and what the group gives!

[TheShapingSickness]

I was expecting this to revolve around the band, instead it was something much greater!

[kevin]

We need more of this in the world. Beautiful people

[marcknight-prfl-c]

I got chills ...Watching these kids from all races and ages working and learning together to make the community and eventually the country

[plastictote]

This band and every single member exudes positivity and good vibes. From the moment I first discovered them as an 11 year old I felt something from their music I hadn't ever felt before. I couldn't be sad or angry or in a bad mood whatsoever when I was listening to their music. Years went by and I continued listening religiously to the songs that shaped my formative years so painstakingly that they were no longer just songs, but each one started to take shape as a memory in my mind. I close my eyes and play a song and suddenly I'm 12 again dancing around my room with my sister, happy as a clam and oblivious to the problems of the world because life hadn't decided to steal away my innocence just yet.


As I grew older, my passion for seeing them time and time again in the hopes of hearing that one rare song they never play grew into obsession. 1 show during summer vacation turned into 4 the following summer. My friends and I would debate the coming setlist and throw in some hail mary rarities in the hopes we could manifest our dream setlist into reality. There honestly had always been something missing in my life and I never quite knew what it was. The friendships I made along the way and the memories made tailgating before every show and the phenomenal music that followed helped an outcast and downtrodden kid grow into a confident and joyous young man.

DMB had always seemed to be that band everyone loved to hate and I just couldn't figure out why. They did their own thing and every member was truly gifted with an innate ability to perform the hell out of their respective instruments and feed off of each other to the point that their chemistry with each other took over and began to usd them as vessels to play the music for them. I know this sounds cheesy and sappy and a bit romanticized poetry, but I don't know how else to describe the effect they had on my life in my late teens and early 20's. They were the thing I needed to get by and enjoy life at the exact time I needed it the most and I have no shame in that. I got to see a great band over 25 times in my life and 12 of those were with the great LeRoi Moore. The raw emotion and passion that he played with was transcendent really and if you can't understand what I mean, go check out the live performance of #41 from the Listener Supported cd/dvd and tell me you aren't transported somewhere else at some point during one of, in my opinion, the most incredibly powerful saxophone performances of all time.

I'm not sure why, but I don't really listen to them anymore... Once I began writing my own music and combing the depths of the internet for new and original bands I realized that I had been focusing on one band almost exclusively for a long, long time. I don't regret that at all, but the seemingly infinite world of music that I had yet to discover beckoned me further and further away. I can't remember the last time I actively listened to a DMB song myself that wasn't just playing already somewhere I happened be. I don't dislike them now though, nor could I ever dislike them. I just developed a style in my own music once I found my voice and it was unfortunately nowhere near that particularly genre. However, I have slowly been getting better at the guitar and songwriting over the years and newfound likes and obsessions have brought me back to a place in which the band that once inhabited almost every single thought I would have during the day is becoming a nostalgic necessity. As life grinded me down and wore me out and I felt as though I was spread so thin I could snap at any moment, the band that I discovered at that perfect time in my youth is suddenly becoming that band that I rediscovered at that perfect moment in adult life that allows me a respite, no matter how fleeting, from the chaos around me. It has all come full circle and those synaptic wildfires of memories that consume me with each old song I listen to allows an elusive smile to creep across my face and in that moment I am able to find some semblance of catharsis and this has made all the difference as of late.

I am sure many of you didn't even read all of this and many of you won't, but you should know that I had originally only intended to write a few sentences about what the band meant to me and I guess this is where my heart took me. I began to reminisce and sometimes you can get caught up in happy memories and get a little carried away. Is that such a bad thing though? I don't think that it is. If someone wants to share with me something that they are passionate about and they go on and on about it, I will listen and be interested in what they have to say because all we really want as humans is someone who will indulge us as we nerd out about what interests us. I'm boiling down the entirety of human existence into shared interest conversation, but obviously there is more to it than that. I just feel like indulging someone and letting them talk about the thing they love that no one ever wants to hear about is a good start in the right direction. And to the many who will undoubtedly poke fun at me and troll me for this novel of a comment, you should try and remember that putting down those who can admire the beauty in life when surrounded by darkness to make yourself laugh is the opiate of the broken child. Everyone is capable of happiness, but achieving it is the journey many are unwilling to make. It is always going to be easier to be complacent and stay where you are, but why not try something new? Who knows, you might actually enjoy yourself along the way!

[DMBK]

Kinda missin that miss you Boyd, hope you have changed and have been forgiven. We all need 2nd chances at one point. Much <3 to DMB and all of the community. Hope to see your beautiful faces at the Gorge this year....

[chound]

Back in the '90s, our little local band(out of Roanoke/Lynchburg) would play at Maxx, and Traxx was right next door. We would sneak through the kitchen to hear the bands next door, as they would do the same to hear us. Of course we saw DMB and lots of other, soon to be famous groups(Hootie, Alice In Chains} before they were famous. Also a movie starring John Cusak was shot in the area. We had to move our ugly old band truck so they could film outside. lot of the movie people came in and partied hard. We never got famous or went far, but what a time to be alive and playing music in Charlottesville VA.

[kendallbowman]

"I've lived 60 years now. I first heard Dave in Greensboro at "Spring Garden Bar and Grill" There was just something about the music it fits everywhere" Thank you Dave Matthews Band for giving me JOY I've never found in any band!!!

[cramerslawnmaintenance]

DMB embodies what music should be about...Through their music, DMB has given me some of the best memories of my life. Thank You.

[jaylove]

DMB is a mix of the most talented musicians in the business. The coolest things about going to a DMB concert is the palpable energy in the air and the variety of color and age in the crowd. Everyone is accepted and welcome to the party. It’s always a good time. DMB fan for life.

[tonylocke]

What an incredible community. If only we could all live our lives together in this way.

[baxatakbaxatak]

I love the core 5 of the DMB. But I will always be grateful that Jeff, Rashawn, and Tim joined when they did. I firmly believe those three helped save this group after LeRoi’s passing.

[catmom]

I had always known this band was a wholesome & "good guy" group of guys, but until I saw this, I never new how good they really were. Hearts od gold, they have! God bless them all!

[shellyedmb]

My favorite band for 20 years. If I met DMB my life would officially be complete.

[leftysouthpawofdetttth]

A couple thousand views??!! This is one of the best bands in the last 80 years!!

[jeffteza]

Holy spirit in action. Love the band, love this story!