Love em' or Hate em'

      I've listened to the Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds cd "Live at Radio City" over and over for the past month and a half.  I personally love it.  What can I say.  I am a Dave Matthews fan.  I hate to admit this, but it was the ladies that turned me on to this dude back in 1995.  "Oooh I love Dave" and all that B.S. that goes with it.  As a muscician (guitar player), I was way into Dave's cool drummer rhythm type guitar style.  Very different, and very new.  So Mr. Dave Matthews has come up with a multitude of albums since my beginnings in 1995, and I have been a rather loyal follower.   Given, I kind of fit the stereotypical college frat boy Dave follower of that particular time period.  That being said,  I felt I was different (maybe not) as a person that could actually strum most of his tunes.

     To beat to the punch...........  Whether you like him or not, as a person that appreciates music, you need to listen to this guy.  His approach is so fresh (even 13 years after my stumble in) and unique compared to other musicians.  To clearify even more, I think it is Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds that you need to concentrate this effort towards.  The Dave Matthews band itself can be a little long winded and "Jam Band Wannabe'" without the meat sometimes.

      I come from a Chicago style blues influenced background where you play your music from your soul.  As Buddy Guy once told my dad in person, "You have to live the blues to play the blues".  Think about it...........?????  Thats a true statement..... Don't ya' think?  The "Live at Radio City" DVD  with Dave & Tim may not be specifically blues oriented, but it hits your soul in the same way that the blues does.  It makes you feel.

     To make a long story short....  I'm not getting any sort of kickback from anyone, but watch the DVD of Dave Matthews and tim Reynolds at Radio City Music Hall in NYC and tell me if it doesn't make you feel like your alive?????  Any challengers?  What can I say, I am a sucker for duel acoustic sets!!!  listen and learn my friends!

   

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[MR.B!]

keith, the buddy guy comment about the blues, happened at Biddy mulligans( north shore blues club in chicao,which is no longer in business)in 1992, clapton was playing a concert in chicago that night,and rumer had it that he would show up at buddy's gig after his concert, neadless to say he did not!At the time I was good friends with the door man at biddy's( Big Jerry )They were short handed, because of the crowds who heard the same clapton rumer i did.Me ,and my friend freddy got to watch the back door for security.the dressing room was right next to the back door,so i was able to get in ther and talk with buddy guy, while junior wells(great blues harp man)was opening.I asked buddy "how can you play the blues like that!with all that feeling?" He smiled' and said to me "son you have to live the blues, to play the blues"..that's it!...POPS

[MR.B!]

now I think about it, I think it was before 1992,more like 1988,or 1989, because i ran into buddy guy after that at his club Buddy Guys legends, and that had to be 1990 ,or 1991, because he remembered me from Biddy,s. I told him how sorry I was about stevie ray ,and left him alone...POPS