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If you’re not a guitar player, it’s impossible to appreciate how incredibly difficult this song is to play… and then to sing on top of it! Dave himself claims to be a hack at guitar but honestly he’s a generational talent when it comes to writing music and playing it. He invented a style on his own that have inspired many after him. And he’s still going strong! Absolute legend

Best Live Band of the last 30+ years. I've seen them 20 times and they've been amazing everytime. You're right about the Jazz Influence. Both Carter Beauford (Drums) and Leroi Moore (Sax) were Jazz Musicians before DMB. Boyd Tinsley ( Violin) was a classically trained Violinist and Stephen Lessard (Bass)was a 16 year old Bass prodigy when he joined the band. Finally Dave Matthews is a self taught musician from South Africa. You'll hear a lot of African Influences in their music. Please check out songs Tripping Billies, #41, All Along the Watchtower, Seek Up (Epic Wailing Version) and The Dreaming Tree. You'll be blown away by all I promise.

Watching people react to Dave Matthews for the first time never gets old 😊truly the greatest band of my lifetime! I have been searching for decades for another band that comes close to them and it doesn’t exist. They were always classified as Alternative Rock. I met Dave when I was 18 years old (25 years ago) and he was the only famous person who ever wanted to meet. He didn’t disappoint!! Every single member of the band is so incredibly talented it’s hard to explain! You guys should definitely do more reactions to them and look at Dave and Tim Reynolds live performances! It’s just two acoustic guitar players!

Anything live from the Central Park show is nuts!!

This band is absolute fire. 71 shows since 1998 and they just keep bringing it

You have to listen to the Central Park concert. 2003. Two Step was amazing. Then Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds live from Radio City. Listen to Bartender! Absolutely breath taking!!

Definitely check out Jimi Thing from the Central Park concert (it's long but it's worth it) and also Bartender with Tim Reynolds at Radio City Music Hall. Absolutely amazing. I love this band, we go see them every summer and they never play the same song twice. If yiu hear a song at the Friday show, you won't hear it at the Saturday show. Great reaction, ya'll ❤

You guys would love tripping billies or two step live. Two of their best songs and the musicianship is incredible

Central Park version of "Warehouse"....one of my favorites!

Bro y’all should do #41 from the same listener supporter concert. Shit blows me away after hearing it thousands of times. Honestly my favorite song by any band too

Dave Matthews Band- The Last Stop (Live In Chicago '98)

Need to check out Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds live from Radio City Music Hall "Bartender"

Best live band ever, boys. Awesome to watch a first reaction to DMB

Saw these guys for the first time in 98’ and have been to about 30 shows since. I’ve seen many bands in concert, a lot of music in my 40 years…. Dave Matthews Band is the greatest live band I’ve ever seen… and it’s not even that close.

There is so much to choose from their catalogue, my three MUST watch/listen recommendation: 1- Dave Matthews Band - #41 (Live in Europe 2009) 2- Seek Up - Dave Matthews Band - 7/30/01 SPAC 3- Curious about an acoustic version...? The entire album is absolutely fantastic but try this masterpiece: Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds - Bartender ( Live at Radio City Music Hall )

DMB is it’s own genre

His ability to sing over his rhythm guitar riffs is pretty amazing, in my humble but accurate opinion. And to play some of those riffs over and over and over and over again in a song without tripping up… also pretty amazing.

YES!! Listen to warehouse at Central Park or at Piedmont park please!!! Begging you!!

Their live stuff is soo much better all around than their studio. They pull back a lot in the studio. Live they go all out.

Crush is a must for this band. Two step is also fantastic

Been a Dave Matthews Band fan since 2005ish Didn't go to shows back then because of the Frat Boy Atmosphere here in Hartford, CT surrounding the shows Finally went to my first show in 5/25/2012 and they opened with The Stone and have been hooked every since I will be going to my 50th DMB show next month. Highly recommend going to a show if you get a chance as even these videos don't do the live experience justice.

There’s a keyboard now.. the violinist left the band in 2016 and the sax player here passed away in 2008 .. the band is still so magnificent

Dave is GOAT

Please please please listen to Bartender from Radio City Music Hall. With Tim Reynolds’s. It’ll blow your mind.

Love the appreciation for DMB!! First show was in 1996 for me! Need to checkout "Bartender" or "41" Live versions...

“Too much” from the Central Park concert. You’ll love it. That, and “All Along the Watchtower” from the same concert 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

6:06 Carter Beauford These live shows are fantastic!

Seen DMB in 1991 in Town Point Park , Norfolk,Va...epic!..nobody knew what was to come!..plus they are from Charlottesville,Va. UVA area. MILLERS bar is.where it all started

Seriously, any live DMB song ever. But Two Step Live at Central Park will blow your mind

both "Seek Up" and "Rapunzel" in my opinion are two great songs for new listeners to show how talented they r n also theyre range, so with that being said i cant forget to mention "Too Much" "Big Eyed Fish" "Halloween" "Dreaming Tree" and literally any other song

Great reaction!

This band is beast. Heard

Eles são os melhores. Period.

Also they are considered Jam Band more than anything because so many different musical influences come to play in the songs.

They have 60+ live shows on CD

Great reaction video! Rock Fusion

Listen to Bartender - Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds (live at Radio City)

Dave has played with the black musicians since the beginning! He still does today. Look up buddy strong!!!

This song *is* beautiful, thanks to this band of musicians who make everything seem so effortless and tight. Trying playing through this entire song on guitar and your hand will be reduced to a claw. Carter's timing on drums is impeccable, never mind how large his kit is. Stefan was/is a bass prodigy. Past members LeRoi (RIP) and Boyd were awesome. Add in Tim Reynolds (not with the band for this show) as a guitar virtuoso, and it's almost not fair how much talent is on stage. Oh, and the lyrics...!

Should listen the acoustic version of dave and tim can do wonders with two acoustic

Dave says he made a new noise. I agree with that lol I'm a huge Dave fan and can list a million I would want to watch you listen to for the first time, but I'm biased, so I'll leave you three to pick from Tripping Billies - for the wild blend of jazz and blue grass and bluesy undertones Crush - for it's coolness She - for it's rockness Bonus track - that girl is you... It should be wrong but it's so good

DMB is its own genre

39 times live ive seen them....never the same show....even on back to back nights....best live band out there....

I love reactions videos, and seeing DMB ones are rare. Everyone loves the band, but yet they only reacts once. One more DMB reaction Live and I'll subscribe! Request: Two Step live in Central Park. Just kidding. I subscribed anyway...

PLEASE do a react video to Dave's The Last Stop Live (Livetrax Vol. 1), even more epic than this!!! Great video guys, loved it

Booker T!!! 😂😂😂😂 too funny 🤣😂🤣

Im sure youve been enlightened by other dave heads, but yes, most of the band were jazz musicians, Boyd, the violin player spent lots of time in the gym, LeRoi the horn player is just magic, Carter, the drummer deserves a whole 3-4 reaction vids of his own, cuz he’s unreal, etc etc. I’ve got over 20 shows under my belt and ‘Live” is the only true way to experience their music… check out Bartender, Halloween, umm, Seek up from the central park concert… that should be a good start.

Peter Gabriel, In Your Eyes ( Secret World Live ) Is a must, / Carabbean flavor.

Awesome stuff! And welcome to the reaction genre. Great quality. My recommendations for future reactions are... Dave Matthews Band - #41 live (listeners support) Coheed and Cambria - the dark sentencer (offical music video) Killswitch Engage - this is absolution (offical music video) Keep it going, looking forward to more!

Also that uniqueness of sound stems from Dave being South African. Listen to his stuff again with that knowledge. It shows up.

Dave Matthews- Guitar/Vocals Boyd Tinsley- Violin LeRoi Moore(RIP)-Horns Carter Beauford- Drums Stefan Lessard- Bass Guitar Butch Taylor- Keys

I've seen DMB 29 times and counting. Anytime anyone wants something from them, I sent them to "#41" from Live From Europe 2009. Thank me later. :)

Give Dont Drink The Water, Cornbread, and #41 a spin!

I think of them as a mainstream jam band.

Gotta check out all along the watchtower live by them and Warren Haynes. It’s a cover made famous by Jimi Hendrix but originally wrote and sung by Bob Dylan

RIP Leroi Moore

If you liked reviewing The Stone, then you'll probably love reviewing this version of Two Step - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q81-orNqu-DXm3U.html from 2012.

Go to a live show, each show is a different experience. Check out grey street

I have so many questions

First and foremost, you guys are legit and get a sub from me. Y’all should look into the Live at Central Park concert (2003) next. That’s the quintessential live show for Dave Matthews Band fans. I’d recommend reacting to Ants Marching or Two Step from that particular show. Basically, these guys are all jazz musicians from Virginia that got together in the early 90s. But Dave (white guy singing), is actually from South Africa, so there’s a heavy influence by African musicians which is why this does not sound like traditional rock. So you have a mix of jazz, rock, African roots, and folk as well. What you also have to realize is that this band is driven by the drummer you saw, Carter Beauford, who is arguably the greatest drummer alive and definitely ranks in the top 20 all time. He’s super respected by musicians and is known for complex polyrhythms (playing multiple rhythms at the same time), intricate hi-hat patterns, rapid fills, and heavily syncopated grooves. So they’ve structured their songs around this style of drums (followed by Dave’s rhythm guitar) first before something like lead guitar which, whether people like to hear it or not, is how black people traditionally write music. And that leads into what you pointed out: you were surprised to see there’s black guys in the band playing the instruments they’re playing. So what you end up with is this insane mix of influences that does not follow the formula of the typical American band at all. As a side note, Boyd Tinsley (violin) is no longer with the band. The sax player Leroi Moore unfortunately passed on around 2008. The band drastically changed after that but they’re still touring to this day and I was just at a show couple weeks ago.

I’ll donate to have you do more! How can I?

Songs written about his sister's bloody murder by her husband in South Africa ( daves from there) and written from the point of view of the murderer. Its insane.

Boyd was fired from the band after some pretty gross behavior, and getting really heavily into drugs. We lost LeRoi to a lung clot resulting from injuries he suffered while riding an ATV on his property. He hit a ditch that was hidden under snow, which flipped the vehicle over on top of him.

New sub - check out DMB doing Drive In Drive Out. Peace from Toronto

"all these African Americans"... What's funny because Dave Matthews is actually African American from South Africa 😂😂😂😂

Boyd Tinsley was the violin player until 2017. He sexually harassed a member of his side band and stopped giving AF. So he was fired.