Dave Mathews band rocked at Citi field: Performance review
Last night at Citi Field, Matthews and the band company presented a marvellous concert for more than 42,000 fans.
LAST NIGHT at Citi Field, Matthews and the band company presented a marvellous concert for more than 42,000 fans, tapping into his entire songbook from their first record, “Under The Table and Dreaming” to Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King which was last year’s Grammy nominated Album of the Year. The music they put on display last night included elements of funk, jazz fusion, rock, Cajun music, country and pop. However the band faces the risk of going offbeat at times. In a song like "Seven" Matthews' falsetto sounded particularly squeaky. In "Rapunzel," Boyd Tinsley's violin seemed more screechy than ever. The night was not without redemptive stretches. In "Lying In the Hands of God," the snaking and busy saxophone solo from Jeff Coffin had fluid invention, while Carter Beauford's muscular drumming sounded just apt. Likewise, Matthews’ voice was finer and more appealing in "Stay Or Leave" and in a funked-up cover of Daniel Lanois' gorgeous "The Maker."
The show played up the band's ongoing lack of sensuality. Despite all their history, and commercial command, the band’s performance was much below everyone’s expectations.
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Fantastic review of the review. Quite marvellous the way you quoted a passage directly from the review and really made it come to life. All in all, I very much enjoyed everything you had to say.
terrible review..you praise the band the entire way and then to finish..".much below everyone's expectation"... really bad journalistic technique
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