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Dave Matthews Band: Live in Chicago 12-19-98 at the United Center

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Label: RCA Records
Released: 2001.10.23
Time:
 67:55 / 60:55
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating: ********** (10/10)
Media type: CD Double
Web address: www.davematthewsband.com
Appears with: Boyd Tinsley
Purchase date: 2001.12.06
Price in €: 18,99



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Disc 1:
[1] Intro (D.Matthews) - 0:45
[2] The Last Stop (S.Lessard/D.Matthews) - 11:04
[3] Don't Drink the Water (D.Matthews) - 6:57
[4] #41 (D.Matthews) - 10:20
[5] #40 (D.Matthews) - 0:37
[6] Lie in Our Graves (D.Matthews) - 12:38
[7] What Would You Say (D.Matthews) - 5:35
[8] Pantala Intro (D.Matthews) - 5:05
[9] Pantala Naga Pampa (D.Matthews) - 0:40
[10] Rapunzel (S.Lessard/D.Matthews/L.Moore) - 7:21
[11] Stay [Wasting Time] (S.Lessard/D.Matthews/L.Moore) - 6:53

Disc 2:
[1] The Maker (D.Lanois) - 9:37
[2] Crash into Me (D.Matthews) - 5:56
[3] Jimi Thing (D.Matthews) - 14:10
[4] So Much to Say (Griesar/D.Matthews/B.Tinsley) - 5:41
[5] Too Much (D.Matthews) - 5:13
[6] Christmas Song (D.Matthews) - 5:52
[7] Watchtower Intro (D.Matthews) - 2:25
[8] All Along the Watchtower (B.Dylan) - 12:01

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The Dave Matthews Band:
DAVE MATTHEWS - Guitar, Arranger, Vocals, Producer
CARTER BEAUFORD - Percussion, Arranger, Vocals, Producer
STEFAN LESSARD - Bass, Arranger, Producer
LEROI MOORE - Arranger, Vocals, Producer, Woodwind
BOYD TINSLEY - Violin, Arranger, Vocals, Producer

VICTOR LEMOTE WOOTEN - Bass Guitar
TIM REYNOLDS - Electric Guitar

JOHN ALAGÍA - Producer, Overdubs, Editing, Mixing
JEFF THOMAS - Engineer, Overdubs, Editing
JEFF JULIANO - Overdubs, Editing, Mixing
DOUG DERRYBERRY - Overdubs, Editing
SUE KAPPA - Assistant Engineer
FRED KEVORKIAN - Mastering
THANE KERNER - Design
SAM ERICKSON - Photography

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Long ago — a full four years, actually — Dave Matthews decided that it was a very good idea to thwart bootleggers by offering official versions of noteworthy concerts. By the time the series reached its fourth volume, Live in Chicago 12.19.98, in 2001, fans were clamoring for such unreleased material as the scrapped Steve Lillywhite album from 2000, not unadorned, lengthy live records like this, but Matthews and company aren't ones that necessarily follow the direct wishes of the fans — they'd rather follow the general intent. And so, there are releases like Live in Chicago 12.19.98, finding the band doing pretty fine version of album favorites and live staples, from "Don't Drink the Water" and "Jimi Thing" to "#41" and "All Along the Watchtower." Since the DMB hasn't been officially captured live since the PBS tie-in Listener Supported this is somewhat valuable, especially since the band is livelier, better here than they were then, but ultimately there really aren't many revelations and based on this it's hard to say why (at least for an outsider) this concert was picked over many others on the tour. Not bad, by any means, but still not the live album that the Dave Matthews Band is capable of producing.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All-Music Guide, © 1992 - 2001 AEC One Stop Group, Inc.



This collection marks the fifth live Matthews collection in eight years. But while previous surveys have chronicled the band's nascent ambitions (Remember Two Things), initial fame (Live at Red Rocks), solo pretensions (Live at Luther College) and PBS-ready charms (Listener Supported), this double-disc set, recorded at the final show of their '98 tour, seems bent on formally crowning Matthews and company as arena-filling superstars--warts and all.

With a set listing culled largely from the pop-oriented Crash and more internationally experimental Before These Crowded Streets, the proceedings held some promise. But, like most arena bands before them, the DMB generally amps the nuances right out of the mix here. "The Last Stop" recalls where Led Zep's own world-music pretensions led them, while "Pantala Naga Pampa" skirts dangerously close to Kenny G. territory before finding its jazz-funk stride. Though they groove mightily and consistently throughout, the DMB's oft-criticized jam-band ethos often seems strangely burnished and studio-overdubbed to homogenous extremes here. And while legend Maceo Parker's sax further ignites the crowd-pleaser "What Would You Say," as guitarist and frequent Matthews collaborator Tim Reynolds plays guest guitar god throughout, it's Matthews's own shamanic, oft-trancelike vocal excursions that barely keep this one from lapsing into DMB's McLive album. Try Budokan next time?

Jerry McCulley, Amazon.com



Like the proprietary pop brethren of Phish and Pearl Jam, the blue-collar collegiate heroes in the Dave Matthews Band have made it a point over the last three years to head off bootleggers at the pass. By issuing its most popular shows through official distribution channels, the band satisfies its fans and attempt to curb the profit mongering of illegal music vendors. Live in Chicago is the Dave Matthews Band's fourth live album since 1999; it's also the finest.

Live strikes a tidy balance between DMB's quirky pop promise and its kinetic jams. Even on the renditions that remain true-enough to their recorded versions, songs such as "Crash" and "What Would You Say," the band slices each tune open to let its patented instrumental excitement in.

But the real potency of Matthews' live act emerges in the extra-generous performances of songs such as the 14-minute "Jimi Thing," and the 12-minute encore, "All Along the Watchtower." The soloing from Matthews' band is often rapturous, especially violinist Boyd Tinsley's hyper-expressive work on "Rapunzel" and guest Victor Wooten's virtuoso bass turn on a 10-plus-minute version of "#41."

All the material here is derived from the band's first four albums, through 1998's Before These Crowded Streets (with the exception of a rare tune that opens Disc Two called "The Maker," featuring Wooten on bass and Rich Rudman on guitar). The vintage makes the disc dated for those interested only in hearing new songs. While it isn't Live at Leeds, exactly, it's a killer live recording, and the best of the DMB official bootlegs yet.

Bob Gulla - October 30, 2001
CDNOW Contributing Writer
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