Music Personal · 28 March 2007 ·
Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds
Monday, 12/03/07 – Columbia Halle, Berlin
For me he is inevitably connected to my life in Cambridge and after spending months listening to Mr Matthews almost every day, it was about time to see him live. So I got my ticket early although it was quite expensive. But nevermind, I thought. This is an opportunity you wouldn’t want to miss, as you would regret not going there. (As I still do for the Beth Gibbons concert 2003)
Unfortunately I got lost on my way to the Columbia Hall and was 15 mins late. I was puzzled to see him already playing and as far as I’m concerned I missed the first song. Considering that in Berlin no concert starts without at least one hour delay, this was remarkable… Also there was no opener, but both had one reason: Mr Matthews (and Tim Reynolds) played for entire two hours.
As I was late I couldn’t get a good place too enjoy the concert. I ended up somewhere in the middle of the crowd, some tall people in front of me making it hard to watch and some very chatty people right next to me, which was really annoying. But even more annoying was the drunk guy who turned up at the end of the show right behind me. He tried to sing along every song, but was completely out of tune… Arrrgh…
Mr Mathews, being chatty as always (i have some bootlegs), talked about the streets in Europe being so quiet, compared to America… Also, after every song or solo Mr Reynolds played, Mr Matthews honoured Mr Reynolds: “This is Tim Reynolds”. I guess he feared that Reynolds would be overlooked and not get the attention he deserved, as the show was announced as “Dave Matthews Solo” with “Dave Matthews” printed everywhere, but Tim Reynoldds not mentioned at all. Mr Matthews seemed to feel a bit guilty about that…
And he was right. Reynolds did some pretty amazing guitar stuff and through his solos the songs got spiced up. The setlist was packed full of great songs, of which I especially enjoyed “Gravedigger” and “Sister” (Unreleased but… yeah, got the bootlegs)
A great concert…
Update:
Apparently quite a few people are googling for the set list of the gig, so here it comes:
01. intro
02. Bartender
03. Save Me
04. Stay Or Leave
05. Satellite
06. Crush
07. Old Dirt Hill
08. Smooth Rider
09. Everyday
10. Lie In Our Graves
11. Oh
12. So Damn Lucky
13. Where Are You Going
14. Gravedigger
15. Stream (incl. Kashmir)+
16. When The World Ends
17. Jimi Thing
18. Don’t Drink the Water (Still Water intro)
19. #41
20. Crash Into Me
21. Dancing Nancies
22. Some Devil *
23. Sister
24. Ants Marching
25. The Maker
26. Two Step
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