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Live at Red Rocks 8.15.95

 
Album Review: Live at Red Rocks 8.15.95

  • Artist: Dave Matthews Band
  • Rating: StarStarStarStar
  • Release Date: October 28, 1997
  • Type: Live
  • Genre: Rock

Review

No other band in rock's history went to such great lengths to shut down bootleggers as the Dave Matthews Band. They shut down stores that sold live boots of Matthews' concerts and they shut down labels that pressed the bootlegs, essentially crippling the underground industry. That didn't stop the boots completely, however, and Matthews finally retaliated in the fall of 1997 with the double-disc Live at Red Rocks 8.15.95, the first in a series of official live albums from the band. To the outsider, this series might seem a little odd, since the group doesn't have an explicitly fanatical following like those of the Grateful Dead or Phish, but like those two bands, the Dave Matthews Band has a similar fondness for improvisation, which makes their live recordings desirable for dedicated fans. Live at Red Rocks 8.15.95 shouldn't disappoint fans already familiar with the band's loose-limbed, jazzy live show, but it should come as a revelation to listeners unacquainted with that aspect of Matthews. In fact, the record often sounds livelier and more energetic than its studio counterparts, and that alone makes it a necessary purchase for dedicated fans. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks



CD 1

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Seek Up Dave Matthews Dave Matthews Band (13:29)
Proudest Monkey Dave Matthews, Carter Beauford, Stefan Lessard, LeRoi Moore, Boyd Tinsley Dave Matthews Band (7:04)
Satellite Dave Matthews Dave Matthews Band (5:07)
Two Step Dave Matthews Dave Matthews Band (9:21)
Best of What's Around Dave Matthews Dave Matthews Band (6:18)
Recently Dave Matthews, Carter Beauford, Stefan Lessard, LeRoi Moore, Boyd Tinsley Dave Matthews Band (6:12)
Lie in Our Graves Dave Matthews, Carter Beauford, Stefan Lessard, LeRoi Moore, Boyd Tinsley Dave Matthews Band (8:19)
Dancing Nancies Dave Matthews Dave Matthews Band (9:12)
Warehouse Dave Matthews Dave Matthews Band (8:04)


CD 2

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Tripping Billies Dave Matthews Dave Matthews Band
Drive In, Drive Out Dave Matthews Dave Matthews Band
Lover Lay Down Dave Matthews Dave Matthews Band
Rhyme & Reason Dave Matthews Dave Matthews Band
#36 Dave Matthews, Carter Beauford, Stefan Lessard, LeRoi Moore, Boyd Tinsley Dave Matthews Band
Ants Marching Dave Matthews Dave Matthews Band
Typical Situation Dave Matthews Dave Matthews Band
All Along the Watchtower (Lyrics) Bob Dylan Dave Matthews Band

Credits

Dave Matthews (Guitar), Dave Matthews (Vocals), Dave Matthews (Main Performer), Dave Matthews (?), Dan Healy (Engineer), Ted Jensen (Mastering), Jeff Thomas (Mixing), John Alagia (Mixing), Carter Beauford (?), Doug Derryberry (Mixing), Stefan Lessard (?), LeRoi Moore (?), Tim Reynolds (?), Boyd Tinsley (?), Thane Kerner (Design), Sam Erickson (Photography)
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Live at Red Rocks 8.15.95
Live album by Dave Matthews Band
Released October 28, 1997
Recorded August 15, 1995
Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Colorado
Genre Rock
Length 2:05:15
Label RCA
Producer John Alagía
Professional reviews
Dave Matthews Band chronology
Crash
(1996)
Live at Red Rocks 8.15.95
(1997)
Before These Crowded Streets
(1998)

Live at Red Rocks 8.15.95 is an album by the Dave Matthews Band, released on October 28, 1997. It was recorded live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado on August 15, 1995. The album is known on the Internet by the abbreviation L@RR. The band's performance was during the third consecutive year at which they had played at the venue (although in 1993 only as a warm up for The Tragically Hip / The Samples[1]). Guitarist Tim Reynolds guested with the band during the entire show. Most of the songs featured were from the band's most recent album Under the Table and Dreaming. "Seek Up," "Recently," and "Tripping Billies" were from the band's first album, Remember Two Things, while "Proudest Monkey," "Two Step," "Lie in Our Graves," and "Drive In Drive Out" would not appear as studio recordings until the release of Crash in 1996. "#36" was later reworked into the song "Everyday," which was included on the album of the same name in 2001.

Live at Red Rocks was the first of many live releases by the Dave Matthews Band. Before this release, live concerts were only available as bootleg recordings, which lacked audio mixing and remastering. Despite being a live release, the album was very successful during its release, hitting #3 on the album charts, and selling over two million copies. This release has so far been the band's most successful live release to date. Due to its popularity, the band went on to release the live album Weekend on the Rocks featuring highlights from a four-night stand at Red Rocks in 2005.

Contents

Track listing

Disc one

  1. "Seek Up" – 13:29
  2. "Proudest Monkey" – 7:04
  3. "Satellite" – 5:07
  4. "Two Step" – 9:21
  5. "The Best of What's Around" – 6:18
  6. "Recently" – 6:12
  7. "Lie in Our Graves" – 8:19
  8. "Dancing Nancies" – 9:12
  9. "Warehouse" – 8:04

Disc two

  1. "Tripping Billies" - 4:49
  2. "Drive In Drive Out" - 6:20
  3. "Lover Lay Down" - 6:23
  4. "Rhyme and Reason" - 7:03
  5. "#36" - 12:55
  6. "Ants Marching" - 6:52
    Encore:
  7. "Typical Situation" - 7:01
  8. "All Along the Watchtower" (Bob Dylan) - 7:03

Personnel

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