| Artist: Dave Matthews Band |
| Format: | CD | |||
|
||||
 "Pin It")
Song Listing
| Dave Matthews Band's highly anticipated first studio album in four years, Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King. Produced by Rob Cavallo (Green Day, My Chemical Romance), Big Whiskey has been hailed by Rolling Stone as the group's "heaviest album yet, both musically and emotionally," which went on to note: "Throughout, Carter Beauford beats out elaborate, propulsive groves; bassist Stefan Lessard lays down Flea-style funk bass lines; violinist Boyd Tinsley plays cresting, intense runs; and Matthews mirrors Moore's saxophone lines with scatlike singing." Billboard, in a cover story on Dave Matthews Band, praised Big Whiskey as "its best album yet...Highlights include the funk-rock rave-up "Shake Me Like a Monkey," the stirring ballad "Lying in the Hands of God," the swampy rocker "Alligator Pie (Cockadile)," radio-friendly fare like "Why I Am," which features playful horns over a solid rock riff and a hooky chorus, and "Funny the Way It Is," which parlays a subtle intro into a soaring, syncopated anthem." The Super Deluxe edition of Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King is housed in a special box which includes the CD (12 tracks + extra track), a bonus CD containing 4 never before released tracks, a DVD containing a behind the scenes feature entitled Scenes from Big Whiskey, a photo book, and lithographs featuring artwork by Dave Matthews. |
Album Notes and Credits
Notes & Personnel Info |
|
 |
Dave Matthews/Dave Matthews Band: Dave Matthews (vocals, guitar); Boyd Tinsley (violin); LeRoi Moore (saxophone); Stefan Lessard (bass guitar); Carter Beauford (drums, percussion). |
|
Additional personnel: Joe Lawlor, Tim Pierce (guitar); Danny Barnes (banjo); Alyssa Park, Philip Vaiman, Alan Grunfeld, Laurence Greenfield, Sharon Jackson , Gerardo Hilera, Vladimir Polimatidi, Joel Derouin, Sid Page, Jacqueline Brand, Roberto Cani, Natalie Leggett, Josefina Vergara, Michele Richards, Susan Chatman, Miwako Watanabe, Charlie Bisharat, Mario Diaz de Leon (violin); Victoria Miskolczy, Matthew Funes, Karen Elaine, Robert Brophy, Darrin McCann, Andrew Duckles (viola); George Kim Scholes, Chris Ermacoff, Suzie Katayama, Armen Ksadjikian, Dane Little, Rudolph Stein, Steve Richards (cello); Rob Cavallo (piano, organ); Jamie Muhoberac (organ, keyboards); Roger Manning (keyboards); Timothy Eckert, Nico Abondolo (double bass); Arthur Robinson. |
|
Audio Mixer: Doug McKean. |
|
Audio Remasterer: Ted Jensen. |
Producer: Rob Cavallo |
|
Engineer: Wesley Fontenot; Aaron Walk; Paul Suarez; Dan Chase; Josh Evans; Doug McKean; Russ Waugh; Floyd Reitsma; Steve Rea; Lars Fox; Rob Evans; Sam Hofstedt |
|
Compilation Appearances
Associated Artists and Works
|
Big Roc Collective |
Technical Info
|
Release Date : 06/02/2009 |
|
Original Release Date : 2009 |
|
Catalog ID : 88697509292 |
|
Label : RCA |
|
Number of Discs : 3 |
|
Studio/Live : Studio |
|
Mono/Stereo : Stereo |
|
SPAR Code : n/a |
|
UPC : 00886975092925 |
Professional Reviews
- "GROOGRUX is harder edged and more bottom heavy than DMB's usual fare....A fond, funky farewell."
- "[T]his eulogy is a celebration, and BIG WHISKEY is a dense, humid album that, befitting its New Orleans origins, shrewdly cuts its melancholy with exuberance and vice versa."
(p.127)
- 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]his latest effort almost shows signs of discipline: four-minute song structures and melodies that realise the benefit of economy."
(p.58)
- "[With] touching and tasteful tributes....The band takes some sonic risks and shows continued versatility on songs like 'Alligator Pie'..."
Bio
Dave Matthews BandThe Dave Matthews Band formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, in early 1991, when vocalist/guitarist Dave Matthews decided to put some songs he had written on tape. Instead of simply recording himself with a guitar, he opted to bring in some instrumental help to give his musical ideas more depth. Dave found assistance in drummer Carter Beauford and saxophonist LeRoi Moore, who were both accomplished jazz musicians in the local Charlottesville music scene. Based on the recommendation of distinguished local jazz guru John D'earth, 16-year-old musical prodigy Stefan Lessard came on board to play bass. Completing the band was keyboard player Peter Griesar, who left the band after a couple of years, as well as the talented and classically trained violinist, Boyd Tinsley.
The first public performance of Dave Matthews Band occurred at the City of Charlottesville's Earth Day Festival in April 1991. The first official gig for the newly conceived Dave Matthews Band was May 11, 1991, at a private party held on the rooftop of the pink warehouse on South Street in downtown Charlottesville. Local weekly gigs soon followed at Eastern Standard and then Trax nightclub, and within a little time, word of the band's contagious new sound spread like wildfire throughout the region. Clubs started to fill up, tours began to cover more territory, and the fan base grew at an incredible rate.
On November 9, 1993, DMB released its first album, Remember Two Things, on its Bama Rags label. The album was recorded live at The Muse Music Club on Nantucket Island, in August of 1993. The album debuted on College charts as the highest independent entry, and went on to be certified gold by the RIAA -- a significant accomplishment for an independent album. Meanwhile, the band kept touring and its fan base continued to grow. By allowing fans to tape shows for their personal use, DMB created a highly interactive community that continues in spirit today.
During the first part of 1994, Dave Matthews Band recorded its RCA debut, Under the Table and Dreaming. Just before the album's release on September 27, 1994, Dave Matthews Band hit the road for their first official national tour. The tour lasted well over a year and included sold out theater dates across the country, a trip to Europe, and two summers playing on the main stage of the H.O.R.D.E. Festival.
By the fall of 1995, when the band returned to the studio to record its next album, Under the Table and Dreaming had been certified four times platinum by the RIAA.
Crash, Dave Matthews Band's second RCA studio album, was released on April 30, 1996, and debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 chart.
The band continued with a steady schedule of touring throughout 1997, headlining sold-out amphitheater dates across North America. DMB, though elevated to the level of national pop stardom, continued to do things precisely as it had from day one: organically, with a grass roots mentality.
