Dave Matthews: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
Stephen Thompson, June 27, 2018 When you go to a Dave Matthews Band concert, you expect a supersized performance, complete with expansive solos and a nice, long set list. So when Matthews shed his backing players to swing by the Tiny Desk for a solo gig, he couldn t just knock out three songs and bail. Instead, he played a set so long so defiantly unTiny that his betweensong banter could have filled a Tiny Desk concert on its own. After a bit of judicious trimming, we re still left with this warm, winning, utterly game, happily overstuffed performance, which balances songs from Dave Matthews Band s new album Come Tomorrow ( Samurai Cop, Here on Out ) with older material (1998 s Don t Drink the Water, 2012 s Mercy ) and a deeper cut from his 2003 solo album ( So Damn Lucky ). And, we had to leave in some of Matthews banter, which includes a priceless bit in which he enthusiastically illustrates some of the many differences between playing on stage with a band and sitting at an office desk wit
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