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Dave Matthews Band 06/20/08
Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY

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Set I

Bartender
Everyday
Proudest Monkey
Satellite
Corn Bread
You Might Die Trying
Out Of My Hands
Eh Hee
Crash Into Me
Old Dirt Hill
Bitch
Two Step
Stolen Away On 55th & 3rd
The Idea Of You
Dancing Nancies
Crush
Louisiana Bayou
Sister
Gravedigger
Tripping Billies

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Patrick Pho	For Dave Matthews and company, showing up to Saratoga Springs was the easy part. The show at Saratoga Performing Arts Center was already sold out, the challenge was keeping the show entertaining and unique from the previous 18 times Dave Matthews has performed there. One way the band and crew addressed this was with a brand new video production and display for the 2008 tour. The show at SPAC started with the band hidden behind huge LCD panels as they kicked off the show with “Bartender”- when the song swung into full effect the panels rose to expose the band and created a “video canopy” from which new video material was shown during the show. I have to say I was impressed with the new video production this year. “Bartender” did a great job in opening the set and provided great opportunities for Tim Reynolds to strut his stuff. LeRoi also pleased the crown with a little “If I Only Had A Brain” tease. The band then went into “Everyday” where clips of the music video played on the screens. The star of the video, Judah Friedlander, can now be recognized on the NBC show “30 Rock.” The band jammed in the middle of the song and gave the more hardcore fans a chance to sing the “#36” lyrics. The set then took a slower pace with “Proudest Monkey” and “Satellite.” “Corn Bread”, which has been developed over the course of several tours got a new look as Reynolds provided his signature slide riffs to several solos. This year pianist Butch Taylor parted ways with the band and left a hole for “Out of My Hands” which was filled by Dave on keyboard. Even though I am not a big fan of the song, I believe that I (as well as the fans) enjoyed watching Dave play the piano. The song following, “Eh Hee” was released as a single where all the instruments were played by Dave- a true testament to Dave Matthews’ musical talents. The set ended on a stronger note with a great string of songs included “Dancing Nancies”, “Crush”, and “Louisiana Bayou.” After opening the encore with “Sister” Dave then teased “#40”- ironically a song he has not played in 40 shows. Dave stated before teasing the song “So what I may do, is try and learn [this song]- my memory is not as good as yours… as the years go by, I have more and more problems with my word retrieval…” After a few bars he then finished with, “I’m going to look for it tonight- and when I find it I will bring it to school tomorrow.” With those words, the audience was energized to hear the band close out the set with “Tripping Billies.” After three hours of playing, the crowd left even more excited to come back and see what Dave had in store for tomorrow.	\| \|
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stevethedj	This was a great show. The band was pumped up for the show and the audience.	\| \|