Dave Matthews Band - Europe 2009 (2009)

“Europe 2009” is a three-CD/one-DVD set Europe 2009 captures two different concerts: the CDs chronicles a July 5 concert in Lucca, Italy, and the DVD documents a June 26 show at the O2 Academy Brixton in London, England. Both concerts were given not long after the release of the band's 2009 album Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King, so it’s not surprising that both draw deeply from that record. More interesting for longtime DMB fans, though, is that this is the first official document of the band after the death of saxophonist LeRoi Moore. The group reckoned with his passing on Big Whiskey, but in some ways, Europe 2009 offers a truer illustration of how they’re dealing with his absence, with the group finding some new twists and surprises within expected classics, seemingly gaining sustenance from the music while remaining a crowd-pleasing jam band. Tim Reynolds, who resumed touring with the band in 2008, appears on both the audio discs and the DVD.

CD track listing - Live From Lucca

Disc one
01 . "Don't Drink the Water"   (Dave Matthews)  - 8:59
02.  "Shake Me Like a Monkey"   (Carter Beauford/Stefan Lessard/Matthews/LeRoi Moore/Rashawn Ross/Boyd Tinsley)  - 4:56
03.  "You Might Die Trying"   (Dave Matthews Band/Mark Batson)  - 8:27
04.  "Seven"   (Beauford/Lessard/Matthews/Moore/Ross/Tinsley)  - 4:43
05.  "Funny the Way It Is"   (Beauford/Lessard/Matthews/Moore/Ross/Tinsley)  - 6:01
06.  "So Damn Lucky"   (Stephen Harris/Matthews)  - 8:40
07.  "Everyday"   (Glen Ballard/Matthews)  - 8:30
08.  "Crash into Me"   (Matthews)  - 6:36

Disc two
01.  "#41"   (Dave Matthews Band)  - 21:24
02.  "Spaceman"   (Beauford/Lessard/Matthews)  - 5:01
03.  "Corn Bread"   (Matthews/Batson)  - 6:37
04.  "Lying in the Hands of God"   (Beauford/Lessard/Matthews/Moore/Ross/Tinsley)  - 9:45
05.  "Jimi Thing"   (Matthews)  - 14:10
06.  "Why I Am"   (Beauford/Lessard/Matthews/Moore/Ross/Tinsley)  - 4:43
07.  "The Dreaming Tree"   (Harris/Matthews)  - 14:33

Disc three
01.  "Alligator Pie"   (Beauford/Lessard/Matthews)  - 4:41
02.  "Ants Marching"   (Matthews)  - 9:21
03.  "Gravedigger"   (Matthews)  - 5:20
04.  "Dive In"   (Beauford/Matthews)  - 6:46
05.  "Two Step"   (Matthews)  - 18:45
06.  "Rye Whiskey"   (Traditional)  - 3:21
07.  "Pantala Naga Pampa"   (Matthews)  - 0:39
08.  "Rapunzel"   (Beauford/Lessard/Matthews)  - 6:48

Dave Matthews Band
Carter Beauford – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Stefan Lessard – bass guitar
Dave Matthews – guitars, lead vocals
Boyd Tinsley – violins, backing vocals

Additional musicians
Jeff Coffin – saxophones
Tim Reynolds – electric guitars
Rashawn Ross – trumpet, backing vocals

Notes
Recorded at: Piazza Napoleone, Lucca, Italy, July 5, 2009, and Brixton Academy, London, June 26, 2009
Genre:  Rock
Length: 188:46
Label:  RCA Records

© 2009