..:: audio-music dot info ::..


Main Page     The Desert Island     Copyright Notice
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz


Dave Matthews Band: Weekend on the Rocks

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s


Label: RCA Records
Released: 2005.11.29
Time:
 57:01 / 74:14
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating: ********.. (8/10)
Media type: CD Double, DVD
Web address: www.davematthewsband.com
Appears with: Boyd Tinsley
Purchase date: 2007.02.19
Price in €: 25,99



 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


CD one:
[1] On the Stone (Creatore, Matthews, Peretti, Weiss) - 10:10
[2] American Baby (Batson, Matthews) - 4:31
[3] Time of the Season (Argent) - 4:29
[4] Say Goodbye (Matthews) - 7:19
[5] #34 (Beauford, Fullerton, Matthews, Moore) - 5:51
[6] Steady as We Go (Batson, Matthews) - 4:18
[7] Hunger for the Great Light (Batson, Matthews) - 3:41
[8] Bartender (Matthews) - 16:37

CD two:
[1] Don't Burn the Pig (Matthews) - 7:01
[2] You Never Know (Matthews) - 7:10
[3] Stand Up [For It] (Batson, Matthews) - 4:22
[4] #41 (Glen, Matthews) - 15:20
[5] Stolen Away on 55th & 3rd (Batson, Matthews) - 5:28
[6] Smooth Rider (Batson, Matthews) - 12:10
[7] Halloween (Matthews) - 4:55
[8] Louisiana Bayou (Batson, Matthews) - 9:00
[9] Everyday (Ballard, Matthews) - 8:44

DVD:
[1] Stand Up [For It] (Batson, Matthews)
[2] Time of the Season (Argent)
[3] Dreamgirl (Batson, Matthews)
[4] Everybody Wake Up [Our Finest Hour Arrives] (Batson, Matthews)
[5] Crash Into Me (Matthews)
[6] So Much to Say (Griesar, Matthews, Tinsley)
[7] Louisiana Bayou (Batson, Matthews)
[8] Recently [*] (Matthews)
[9] Jimi Thing (Matthews)

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


Dave Matthews - Guitar, Vocals, Producer
Stefan Lessard - Bass, Producer
Carter Beauford - Drums, Vocals, Producer
Boyd Tinsley - Violin, Vocals, Producer
Leroi Moore - Horn, Vocals, Producer

Butch Taylor - Keyboards, Vocals, Guest Appearance
Robert Randolph - Pedal Steel, Guest Appearance
Rashawn Ross - Trumpet, Guest Appearance

John Alagía - Producer, Mixing
Hank Neuberger - Producer
Terry Fryer - Producer
Stephen Warner - Producer
Frank Pappalardo - Engineer, Mixing
Tosh Kasai - Engineer, Digital Editing
Mike Czaszwicz - Engineer
Jeff Romano - Digital Editing
Scott Campbell - Mixing
Brian Scheuble - Mixing
Stephen Marcussen - Mastering
Coran Capshaw - Executive Producer
Bruce Flohr - Executive Producer
Patrick G. Jordan - Executive Producer
Rob Evans - Digital Editing, Digital Assembly
C. Taylor Crothers - Photography
Chris Kress - Digital Editing, Digital Assembly
Joe Lawlor - Live Recording
Joe Thomas - Video Producer, Video Director
Stewart Whitmore - Digital Editing
Fenton Williams - Lighting Design

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


2005 CD RCA 75759

Dave Matthews Band's WEEKEND ON THE ROCKS captures highlights from the band's four-night stand at one of the most magnificent venues in the country, Red Rocks Amphitheater. WEEKEND ON THE ROCKS includes numerous tracks that have never been released on previous DMB live recordings including songs from the band’s most recent studio release STAND UP.

WEEKEND ON THE ROCKS is as a special value 2-CD/1-DVD set containing over 3 hours of music and video-recorded in stereo & 5.1 audio.

Recorded at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, CO September 9, 10, 11 & 12, 2005.



To loosely paraphrase the traditional Passover question: What makes this Dave Matthews live album different from the last one he recorded at Denver’s Red Rocks amphitheater a decade previously? There's a savory cover of The Zombies' chestnut "Time of the Season" strategically frontloaded, but this edition revolves largely around the Stand Up album he was ostensibly promoting on this ’05 tour stand at his beloved Rocks, as witnessed by focused renditions of the title track, "American Baby" and "Dream Girl" here. But as the set's workout of "Louisiana Bayou" forcefully argues, their sense of energetic economy (and occasional, timely politicking) infuses much of the rest of Matthews jamfest ethos with renewed muscular wallop as well. The presence of a horn section and guest keyboardist Butch Taylor on some tracks ups the ante considerably, though even core band renditions of staples like disc one’s expansive closer "Bartender" seem charged with renewed passion. The running order here occasionally betrays the collection was edited from four nights and a considerably wider range of performances, but the included bonus DVD gratifyingly expands upon the audio rather than simply replicating it with complimentary performances of "Crash Into Me," "Recently" and "Jimi Thing."

Jerry McCulley -  Amazon.com



The Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado loves Dave Matthews. This is the second live recording from Red Rocks he's released in a decade. Weekend on the Rocks is a two-CD/single-DVD compilation from four concerts at the venue. It's a teaser for the complete concerts available as an eight-CD set that contains the same DVD. The tracks chosen here are not obvious choices, and that's a good thing -- thankfully there's not yet another version of "Ants Dancing." The band is pumped here, and includes Fender Rhodes and P-organ master Butch Taylor guesting for the gig. Just listening to the woolly, loose, and actually gritty version of "American Baby" included here sounds like a different band. The ragged version of the Zombies' classic "Time of the Season," should have been left off; they just can't manage the vocals -- the upper register they try to hit here is embarrassing. The jam-out in the middle of the cut is also unnecessary. But the 16-and-a-half-minute version of "Bartender" that closes disc one is a monster. The playing is passionate, gutsy, and as edgy as this band ever gets. The wall of strummed acoustic guitars on "You Never Know," offers an ethereal base for Matthews heartfelt singing. And it's followed by the funk and roll of "Stand Up (For It)," slithering and sexual. After this, sequencing gets weird. Granted, trying to boil four nights and eight CDs' worth of material down to two is a real challenge. But after the intensity of "Stand Up (For It)," is it really necessary to place a 15-plus-minute version of "#41"? Ugh. "Louisiana Bayou," and "Everyday," fare far better as extended versions that close the set. It has to be said, however, that there is still something missing here and its not only continuity. This band always sounds like they're trying to break out into something raw, and wild and crazy, but they're so mannered, they never, ever get there. Hardcore fans will want this since they need everything including bootlegs, but for the rest of us, Weekend on the Rocks is piece of curiosa.

Thom Jurek - All Music Guide
 

 L y r i c s


Currently no Lyrics available!

 M P 3   S a m p l e s


Currently no Samples available!