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Dave Matthews Band July 28, 2009 DTE Energy Music Theatre, Clarkston, MI Ants Rating:  |
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User: 27grant41
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Great set. The highlight was definately You Never Know. Burning down the house was awesome as usual and nancies into warehouse added a nice touch. Encore was a huge let down.
User: Achilles612
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First time Ive heard Lie in Our Graves in 11 shows!! It was amazing as advertised. Havent heard Nancies and Warehouse back to back in forever! All of the classics blended with the new album was amazing! Burning Down the House was incredible! Best show Ive seen in my 12 shows! They could have played Space Between and Where are You Going as an encore and it still would have been an incredible show!! lol
User: andydurren
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Great show. Jimi Thing was one of the best live songs I have ever seen performed by any band. Jeff was the man on the sax, but still weird not seeing Roi out there.
User: arbseekup88
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Awesome Show! Tons of energy from band and crowd. First Warehouse of the summer!
User: asamouel
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I wish I could give this show a 4 1/2 due to the great main set and the less than stellar encore, but what are you going to do. Anytime you get Nancies, one of my favorites and Warehouse, my wife's favorite, it's a good show. Not to mention YNK, OSW, LIOG, and Jimi. DDTW as the main set closer was very good. Warehouse debuts at DTE once again!
User: AzKim1
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Awesome awesome show! Took Ashley and Christopher. They loved it. Dave nailed Burning Down The House. I was at a loss for words. Ashleys first show and Christophers second. Crowd was great, venue was beautiful and weather was perfect!
User: Bashin05
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Amazing show. it made me appreciate Big Whiskey so much more. DDTW was the best song of the show
User: bayou_captain
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Possibly one of the best concerts I've ever seen.
User: BBJ0322
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Man do I love Nancies and Warehouse together, so awesome! Lie In Our Graves was point on. If they would've went with all of Shotgun, that would've been the topper. DDTW is ok, but that with the Shake Me... with that weak encore, kinda brought the show down for me.
User: betelste
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Unbeleivable show but encore ended so ubruptly!
User: bigfish1956
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The energy in the crowd and with the band was great. The set list was great, but the encore took a little steam off of a great night.
User: Biggshaw
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Good set, encore was weak
User: boonta420
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Great show!! They played some oldies and some newbies, so I was happy!! Still haven't seen Say Goodbye live yet, knew it wasn't this tour, but I always hope!! Loved Boyd on the violin during his solos, he just rocked it tonight!! Crowd energy felt great!!
User: Caber2615
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Sober Show!!
User: castinea
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unbelievable. best show yet. last yr was amazing and this one blew it away!
User: cdekk02
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Show was alright. Set list was average. Encore was terrible. The first and only time i heard people Boo at a Dave show. I would never in my life do that shit, but people were upset.
User: ChillyDog
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Great regular show. Disappointing encore, although they rocked them hard. The two songs are just too undeveloped for an encore. Time bomb will be a great closer some day. A bot surprised Tim stayed so much in the background tonight; very few if any real solos.
User: chris72
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Awesome solid show, one of the better shows I have been to!!
User: Cobo
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My first show! I've been a fan for a while and this was quite an amazing show to catch for the first one. I loved You Never Know and One Sweet World. Proudest Monkey may have been the highlight for me, it was beautiful. Too many show highlights to mention them all...
User: dancingnancy626
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Only my 2nd DMB show ever but it was a memorable one. LIOG and Nancies>Warehouse were highlights for me as well as You Never Know and OSW!!!
User: davefan4ever2
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Band sounded better than ever, the set kinda sucked though...
User: DirtyD0011
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Unreal show... kindof weak encore
User: djschrag
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band the best i've ever heard them, even though it was my first without Roi...setlist was not so hot
User: DJZimmer
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Burning down the house was a great cover.
User: docrags
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Almost passed out when he opened show with Proudest Monkey. Warehouse was amazing.
User: evy_lynn
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for a CD tour it felt a lot more like a old school classic show with an amazing mix of classics. boyd was on fire. carter was explosive. jeff played two saxes at once. dave was powerful and intense. the best show i've seen to date. it was 99% perfect. (better encoure would have rated it a 100%)
User: greybart41
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Solid show. LITHOG developing nicely. Jimi was on! Happy to be there.
User: grizabella
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Started off kind of slow but then DMB started to pick up the pace with Burning Down The House. Jimi Thing was awesome and Dancing Nancies into Warehouse was a nice surprise. I was a little disappointed with the encore. All Along The Watchtower would have been fabulous!
User: hanlonm1
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Not crazy about opening with Proudest Monkey-->Satellite, nor with the encores of You and Me and Time Bomb, but everything in between was magic. You Never Know was an awesome surprise, it's always been one of my favorites but I never expect to see it live cus they play it so seldomly. Burning Down The House really got the crowd going, and deservedly so, and Don't Drink The Water (another personal favorite) was as powerful as ever. And as everyone else has already pointed out, Jimi Thing brought down the house. Only other besides the openers and encores would be not enough played from BTCS, but they made up for it with their energy and what they played instead.
User: harrydiskin
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lovin the home town dave
User: jdscce
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After watching the live from the Beacon Theatre on the release party, I was looking forward to seeing and hearing Timebomb live and low an behold it ended up being the final song in the encore set. The song lived up to it's reputation of being a driving song of musical harmony that when the bridge portion of the song hit, everyone in the croud was ready for it. As always from DMB, there is never a let down. Justin
User: Jeffey316
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Show seemed to get off a little slow, but turned out pretty well. The band, as always, was extreamly tight and seemed to be having fun on stage. Jimi thing rocked. Good to see Burning Down the House. 11th show so far... i'd rank it mid-pack.
User: jerrygarcia50
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Good effort!
User: jimithng36
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9 songs new tracks....two for encore....DTE used to be one of my favorite places to see Dave. Remember looking forward to encores...then they burned again the next day at blossom.
User: jn262000
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My first DMB concert! Was amazing! I was a bit disappointed with the encore songs though... :D
User: johnt4747
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Shotgun tease!
User: jshvr26
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Loved all the Groogrux songs!
User: jVoyager
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As my first show, I left this show with the "Dave fever" and had to see more.
User: Kelendor
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Jim Thing was amazing and Warehouse is always great to hear. Suprised to hear You Never Know. All the new songs were good, can't wait to see the progression of Time Bomb and Squirm. Shake Me Like A Monkey sounded just like I thought it would. Really wish a full Shotgun would have been played.
User: klumps13
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Awesome setlist, high energy throughout. The only thing I was kind of disappointed with was Time Bomb being the closer and when that's your only complaint, that's a good show.
User: krussell201
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Lots of new stuff, sax solo during Jimi Thing was amazing!
User: kyle416
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Great opening run. Not sure how I feel about Proudest Monkey as an opener, but I was pumped to hear it for the first time. After You Never Know, I turned to the guy next to me and said "they could play Stand Up in its entirety after this and I would still think it was a good show". Was disappointed that we didn't get full shotgun, but they made up for it with a great run of BDtH, LioG (my first), Alligator Pie (my new fave live song off BWGGK), Jimi Thing (the best version I've ever heard) and a Nancies-Warehouse combo. The only thing that keeps me from giving a five was the ending of DDTW (imo, way too overplayed as opener and closer), You and Me, and Time Bomb. The encore really needed another song to close. It wasn't even 11 when they finished. Great show, but a downer of an ending (at least it wasn't YMDT-Bayou)
User: LizRoss
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Good to hear the old mixed in with the new. You never know and Warehouse were highlights for me. Was hoping for an additional encore song though.
User: Maria25Chi
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Incredible....except the closer.....major dissapointment there...
User: maxbrdly1
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Show was great worst encore ever..
User: MED24
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I personally had a great time at the show. However, the people around me didn't seem to know any songs, even the early hits, and the two girls behind me talked the entire time!
I haven't seen DMB since VFC 2004 (for one thing, they hadn't been coming to Michigan as regularly). But I decided to go to the Knob/ DTE. DMB put on an amazing show. I didn't really like the Big Whiskey songs til I heard them live; now that's all I listen to. I miss Leroi but Jeff adds such an energetic element to the band. They played so many favorite songs of mine. The band was on this night. The encore was disappointing though; it was almost like they ran out of time before the curfew.
I can't wait til they come back next year because I will definitely be there!
User: mmbaron
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Great show sat with my DMB girlfriend
User: msunagy
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Jimi thing was amazing. New stuff sounds great live... nice to hear LIOG
User: MTerMolen
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My First DMB show... priceless.
User: MW104
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WOW
User: nickid22
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1 out of 5 i have to give this show a 5. at the last minute i got second row seats from a fellow ant. i never would have imagined ever being so close. proudest monkey to open up sent shivers up my spine. songs from the new album are so stellar live. im actually glad that they played so many songs from big whiskey. why i am is so awesome live. WHAREHOUSE OMG!!! once again DMB swept me off my feet. they are doing better than ever. cant wait to see them again!!!
User: nickolai
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Brilliant opener. Heard everything i wanted to. Warehouse was a long time coming.
User: packersfan99
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A Little tiny bit disappointed with the encore, but an amazing set overall
User: redbush13
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Smoked a lot of pot.
User: robbosma
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Nice show. Thankfully the weather held up for it. It was a huge crowd and of course getting out of DTE was a mess. Now on to the tunes...
Proudest Monkey- Interesting start. Nice groove.
Satellite- Standard
FTWII- For some reason the background vocals became much clearer to me on this than in the past. I like it.
You Never Know- Nice soloing by Jeff
One Sweet World- Has never been a favorite of mine. Excellent time for a bathroom break
Squirm- This is growing on me. Nice dynamic contrast
LITHOG- They really opened up Jeff's solo on this one
BDTH- Not my favorite cover by any means. Vocals were a little shouty and forced. Good groove. A few nice moments for Tim
LIOG- Yes! Good stuff. Boyd had some great energy on his solo but was bit out of tune. Actually more than just a bit. The lead in after after the solos is still as awesome as ever!
Alligator Pie- I don't why people don't like this one. It has a fun groove and is a good song to dance to. A few short solos. I like the bari on this one.
Jimi Thing- Highlight of the night. Rashawn and Jeff rocked! And of course SMFSTA!
Seven- Not my favorite off of BWATGGK. Still needs to be developed as a composition
Dancing Nancies- Intro was almost inaudiable by Dave. Boyd was really out of tune on this one. I love the song but not the best performance.
Warehouse- This was the most fun of the night! The was on. Rashawn...wow!
Why am I- I love this song and am now anxious to hear it develop in the future.
SMLAM- Same as album. See above.
Don't Drink the Water- This was great! Jeff and Rashawn were really rocking out at the end of this, playing outside the changes.
You and Me- Good performance. I would like to hear this one w/ Dave and Tim acoustic.
Timebomb- I love the intro to this. It was a reggae type feel. This song provided such range of dynamics and emotion. It intensity is awesome. I just wish people would get over the fact that it was the closer. No, it is not the best closer, but it is pretty obvoius that they were planning on doing something else afterwards and just ran out of time. Get over it! Oh, and get what, they are not going to do Halloween as a finale at every show either, so stop complaining!
Good show.
User: salamber
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Time Bomb was very disappointing for a closer
User: sckb2007
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Great Show! Kinda phoned it in with the encore
User: shmikes21
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Great show but the encore was rather weak.
User: Spartan213
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Great show, the band sounded great and the setlist was spot on...until the encore anyway. The new stuff all sounded great, but closing with Time Bomb was a bit of a letdown. I thought with a great encore we probably had seen the best set of the tour, but where was everything off of BTCS?
I will say that last nights Jimi Thing might have been the best song I have ever seen them do, just amazing. Boyd seemed on fire the whole show, and it was a little weird without Leroi, but Jeff did absolutely everything you could ask for.
All in all a very good show, I just wish we would have gotten Halloween as part of the encore...would have made it even better.
User: ssr454
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Literally the only reason I gave this concert 4 instead of 5 is because of the drunk idiot who kept threatening to beat me and my dad up the entire show. Not the band's fault, clearly. A great show! But not the best experience...
User: stanle41
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Though I had a blast at this show...I feel that something was missing. Am I getting older? Do I only want to hear songs from BTCS? Don't get me wrong; any show that has "Lie In Our Graves" is definitely a favorite. I just feel that I was looking for a little more...
I was really impressed with some of the tracks from Groogrux...there were some good jams and Jimi Thing was extraordinary!
User: TMoore4075
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What a great show. Would have liked one more song after Time Bomb but stupid curfew. Shotgun tease was such a cock tease too. But a great show. My first YNK since 02 made it worth it right there. Met some great people and hung out with the usual.
User: uneverno_4806
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Great show, The new stuff sounded good live. Great venue the band sounded good and the crowd had alot of energy.
User: vvest
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Kind of a slow opening two songs.
Encore was a real downer.
Best Jimi Thing I've ever witnessed.
So many songs where they could have had a Tim solo, but didn't. (Jimi, Lie in).
User: winkdaddy06
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Great show, but Time Bomb to close? C'mon... they play Ants and it might have been the best setlist to date. Instead we get the lackluster time bomb. I love the band and everything they do, but that was not an ideal closer to an ideal setlist. All in all, fantastic show though! Love the energy, the crowd, Tim, and who here can play two saxes at one time!!!??? Was there something up with the stage display behind the band? It looked cut off and awkward. Oh well... great show, love the new stuff...
