Dave Matthews ////// 13/05/06 /////// Academy, Birmingham
Last night we went to see none other than the wonder that is Dave
Matthews... Unfortunately he was band-less thus was a 'very special
acoustic evening with....'.
He is a wonder on the guitar and vocally, he can syncopate both
together and completely keep the timing of the song, he kept
apologising for his husky voise all the while it sounded just like it
does on his records. He banged out two hours of dave matthews band
backlog and a few from his solo album and he played this really (for
want of a better adjective) nice song that he'd written since the last
album, which, as you would expect, is superb. Its usually quite easy to
get bored and lose interest in whats going on at acoustic gigs, the
support act sounded good but we were bored by the third song, whereas
Dave kept the audience's attention throughout. Musically he is an
absolute genius... he looks like the most ordinary of people... but
actually, he's barking mad. He chatted to the audience plenty and a bit
to himself... one of his monologues that he subjected his audience to
detailed how he was convinced he was a tree once after tripping on
acid.... not just a quick anecdote... but an intensely descriptive two
or three minutes before he stopped himself and carried on with the
show. Thoroughly nice bloke though! and a great show.
