ATL vs. Nashville - Just my take on it!

[BNA_DMB]

I've gotten the opportunity to do this a few times with the back to back shows - but this was a bit disappointing from a venue standpoint!!! The band was great, but overall the whole experience sucked on a few levels!

Parking:

HiFi (aka ATL) - Fucking awesome - First come, first served - about 10th row from the venue... first lot closest to the exit...

Starwood (aka Nashville) - Fucking sucked - Back 40, first come, last to leave! Not necessarily a long walk to the venue, but as for traffic after the fact, please! We got there around 4:30 - Back 40, some friends of mine got there around 6 - Front row parking with easy access - I say BS! Maybe I wouldn't bitch so much about this, but we had the glory of being at HiFi the night before and saw how it should have been!!!

Venue:

HiFi - Sold out for a reason! The actually sell out when they are at capacity, which makes even the lawn pleasant and no need to pass seated section tix to your friends!

Starwood - No sell out because they evidently haven't determined what the capacity of the lawn section of Starwood is yet... With that being said, somehow our reserved section suddenly sat two or more to a seat!! You think there was a little ticket passing going on or duplicate printing of tickets (the whole fastticket thingy)??? We actually moved to the lawn because it got too crowded in our reserved seating!

The Band:

HiFi - Good setlist, great to see all of them on stage with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones (too bad they had to stay in ATL to play at Chastain!)! It was incredible actually - a great #41 jam!

Starwood - Okay setlist, opened with DDTW, which is awesome in and of itself, closed with Pig, which was cool - could've done without Stay though! How about a little Bartender or Two Step???

I think what makes a DMB show is the overall experience from start to finish! And based on my experience at HiFi vs. Starwood - HiFi wins by a landslide hands down! The whole experience in Nashville sucked for the first time that I can remember!

And this has nothing to do with the band! Just venue to venue, you never know - But it can set the mood for a good experience from the beginning

[Creatively#41]

Originally Posted by BNA_DMB

I've gotten the opportunity to do this a few times with the back to back shows - but this was a bit disappointing from a venue standpoint!!! The band was great, but overall the whole experience sucked on a few levels!

Parking:

HiFi (aka ATL) - Fucking awesome - First come, first served - about 10th row from the venue... first lot closest to the exit...

Starwood (aka Nashville) - Fucking sucked - Back 40, first come, last to leave! Not necessarily a long walk to the venue, but as for traffic after the fact, please! We got there around 4:30 - Back 40, some friends of mine got there around 6 - Front row parking with easy access - I say BS! Maybe I wouldn't bitch so much about this, but we had the glory of being at HiFi the night before and saw how it should have been!!!

Venue:

HiFi - Sold out for a reason! The actually sell out when they are at capacity, which makes even the lawn pleasant and no need to pass seated section tix to your friends!

Starwood - No sell out because they evidently haven't determined what the capacity of the lawn section of Starwood is yet... With that being said, somehow our reserved section suddenly sat two or more to a seat!! You think there was a little ticket passing going on or duplicate printing of tickets (the whole fastticket thingy)??? We actually moved to the lawn because it got too crowded in our reserved seating!

The Band:

HiFi - Good setlist, great to see all of them on stage with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones (too bad they had to stay in ATL to play at Chastain!)! It was incredible actually - a great #41 jam!

Starwood - Okay setlist, opened with DDTW, which is awesome in and of itself, closed with Pig, which was cool - could've done without Stay though! How about a little Bartender or Two Step???

I think what makes a DMB show is the overall experience from start to finish! And based on my experience at HiFi vs. Starwood - HiFi wins by a landslide hands down! The whole experience in Nashville sucked for the first time that I can remember!

And this has nothing to do with the band! Just venue to venue, you never know - But it can set the mood for a good experience from the beginning

I agree about Nashville. I wasn't at the Atlanta show the night before last, but I'm glad to hear that the leaving the venue has gotten better. I saw them there in 2003 and was stuck there for at least an hour. Congrats on the great show in Atlanta the other night!

[Creatively#41]

And I have no clue why I quoted your whole post, I'm an idiot.

[Bswartz95]

I was at both. No comparison. Atlanta > Nashville.

We didn't have problems with parking at either place. Shotgun was the highlight from Nashville.

[BNA_DMB]

Originally Posted by Creatively#41

I agree about Nashville. I wasn't at the Atlanta show the night before last, but I'm glad to hear that the leaving the venue has gotten better. I saw them there in 2003 and was stuck there for at least an hour. Congrats on the great show in Atlanta the other night!

Yeah it was an awesome show in Atlanta - I think it's a hit or miss for venues year to year. And I know DMB doesn't control how venues operatel!

I want to say that I was at the '03 show in ATL, but I can't say for sure (I have all my stubs at the office!) But the one show that pissed me off parking wise in Atlanta was Turner Field (Everyday tour!) - God did that suck, along with the show at no fault of DMB at all though - Macy Grey set the stage by welcoming us all to Chicago!!! Geez - lol

[zachyd]

Originally Posted by BNA_DMB

I've gotten the opportunity to do this a few times with the back to back shows - but this was a bit disappointing from a venue standpoint!!! The band was great, but overall the whole experience sucked on a few levels!

Parking:

HiFi (aka ATL) - Fucking awesome - First come, first served - about 10th row from the venue... first lot closest to the exit...

Starwood (aka Nashville) - Fucking sucked - Back 40, first come, last to leave! Not necessarily a long walk to the venue, but as for traffic after the fact, please! We got there around 4:30 - Back 40, some friends of mine got there around 6 - Front row parking with easy access - I say BS! Maybe I wouldn't bitch so much about this, but we had the glory of being at HiFi the night before and saw how it should have been!!!

Venue:

HiFi - Sold out for a reason! The actually sell out when they are at capacity, which makes even the lawn pleasant and no need to pass seated section tix to your friends!

Starwood - No sell out because they evidently haven't determined what the capacity of the lawn section of Starwood is yet... With that being said, somehow our reserved section suddenly sat two or more to a seat!! You think there was a little ticket passing going on or duplicate printing of tickets (the whole fastticket thingy)??? We actually moved to the lawn because it got too crowded in our reserved seating!

The Band:

HiFi - Good setlist, great to see all of them on stage with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones (too bad they had to stay in ATL to play at Chastain!)! It was incredible actually - a great #41 jam!

Starwood - Okay setlist, opened with DDTW, which is awesome in and of itself, closed with Pig, which was cool - could've done without Stay though! How about a little Bartender or Two Step???

I think what makes a DMB show is the overall experience from start to finish! And based on my experience at HiFi vs. Starwood - HiFi wins by a landslide hands down! The whole experience in Nashville sucked for the first time that I can remember!

And this has nothing to do with the band! Just venue to venue, you never know - But it can set the mood for a good experience from the beginning

So which one did you like better?

[dmbncsu]

I pick ATL, I was there.. Great show all around...

[BNA_DMB]

Originally Posted by zachyd

So which one did you like better?

You know, it's still up in the air... I'll get back to you!! lol

[zachyd]

Originally Posted by BNA_DMB

You know, it's still up in the air... I'll get back to you!! lol

I love sarcasm.

[pearljammer]

The was a bit of entertainment in my parking section at Starwood(I was one of the first there so i was in the back of the lot). Some redneck was on his 4-wheeler trying to keep kids off his property(they were just peeing). He was getting pretty damn mad, lol.

[BNA_DMB]

Originally Posted by pearljammer

The was a bit of entertainment in my parking section at Starwood(I was one of the first there so i was in the back of the lot). Some redneck was on his 4-wheeler trying to keep kids off his property(they were just peeing). He was getting pretty damn mad, lol.

LOL - Yeah, the pissers didn't venture too far away from the tree line so I'm guessing you're full of it There was even a creek to do it in ! Although, like any fine venue, there was a girls and boys section and once the girls tree line piss area got backed up - we looked over and saw that once again the dudes tree line piss area was vacant! This happens more often than not! What the hell???

[tuffgong41]

i took us a while to get out of atlanta.The finally the police stepped in an opened a different exit. GREAT SHOW AT ATL THOUGH! My first time there, can't wait for next year!

[tuffgong41]

that tripping billies was jsut amazing.That song has kind of "bored" me recently, but ATL put the fire back in it!it was great!Sounds like a new jam at the end of it

[wxdudes]

it's usually reversed. BNA get's a killer show with guests, and ATL gets table scraps.

[BNA_DMB]

Originally Posted by wxdudes

it's usually reversed. BNA get's a killer show with guests, and ATL gets table scraps.

I think the biggest thing was that Bella Fleck and the Flecktones had a prior engagement with Chastain Park (sp?) in ATL the night after (when DMB is in BNA)

Which sux for BNA!

[Redc19]

we did get Trey the year before and a great '04 set....

[cmdace18]

Originally Posted by BNA_DMB

Parking:

HiFi (aka ATL) - Fucking awesome - First come, first served - about 10th row from the venue... first lot closest to the exit...

You had 10th row parking!! YOU LUCKY DOG YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So Jealous, where you center? did you get any videos? SWEEET

[BNA_DMB]

Originally Posted by cmdace18

You had 10th row parking!! YOU LUCKY DOG YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So Jealous, where you center? did you get any videos? SWEEET

You know - It's "were" for future reference fuck face and it does mean a lot after a long night at a show - It's the difference from walking a mile to your car vs. a 100 yards to your car - SO KISS MY ASS - Mr. Never been to a show and had to park!!!!!!!

Who the fuck are you anyway?

[Redc19]

so young, so angry, DAMN that rap music

[zachyd]

Originally Posted by BNA_DMB

You know - It's "were" for future reference fuck face and it does mean a lot after a long night at a show - It's the difference from walking a mile to your car vs. a 100 yards to your car - SO KISS MY ASS - Mr. Never been to a show and had to park!!!!!!!

Who the fuck are you anyway?

Except he has been to a show:

Originally Posted by cmdace18's signature

[Summer '06]:
Bristow, VA 6.24
Tampa, FL 8.9
West Palm, FL 8.11
West Palm, FL 8.12

But yes, it was out of line

[BNA_DMB]

Fine - He's in Palm Beach Florida - Why is he on the ATl vs. BNA post??? Did he go to one of these shows? What input could he possibly have other than insult, sarcasm and being a dick or all of the above? If he has been at a past show - Then share your experience - I don't guess that's it.......

[mrbradg]

I don't know which one was best but this year I went to Atlanta instead of Nashville and I thought it was a MUCH better Venue. But considering I had 16th row tickets for this year and ending up moving to the 2nd row maybe had something to do with it. My brother went to Nashville and said it was freaking bad ass but then again I think it was his first or 2nd time. Atlanta just seemed cleaner and better. Better sound. Better people. I don't know. It was great and I'm sure Nashville was good too.

[pearljammer]

Originally Posted by BNA_DMB

LOL - Yeah, the pissers didn't venture too far away from the tree line so I'm guessing you're full of it There was even a creek to do it in ! Although, like any fine venue, there was a girls and boys section and once the girls tree line piss area got backed up - we looked over and saw that once again the dudes tree line piss area was vacant! This happens more often than not! What the hell???

Nah, i'm not full of it at all. I'm talking about the other end of that parking area. There was a little trail off to the left and some dude was spending the whole night running people off of his land. So those of us at that end of the lot had to walk down to the creek after that.

[cgreen2599]

I didn't go to Atlanta, but I guarantee it kicked Nashville's ass. I've been to Starwood the past 6 years and I personally think it usually has good shows. Many, many great memories there. I'm sorry though, this year absolutely blew. Total dissapointment for me. I guess they decided to have an off night or something. I took my sister and it was her second show. Her first was night 2 Deercreek earlier this year. She had blast at Deercreek and has pretty much been hooked on DMB all summer. Her comments after the show in Nashville were about how slow the songs were most of the night and how she felt like the crowd wasn't as in to it. I felt the whole enitre night was one big tease and lacked something special. I always leave a show with highlights to talk about, but this had none for me.

Regardless though we all still had a great time and made the most out of a lackluster set. Looking forward to taking my sister to many more shows.

[BNA_DMB]

This has nothing to do with the band and everything to do with the venue... If folks in Nashville want to enjoy shows in the future, regardless of the band... The least you can expect if you pay the money is enjoy the experience!

please go to www.guestsarestars.com and follow the survey instructions.

[bwchamberlain]

I've been to Nashville twice and yeah it was not so good this year. I agree with the parking---bad, with the first last thing.