Davespeak: Compound Words
"You know what I'm glad, you know what the, the, the, the little phrase that I'm glad has returned?
Dave Matthews to Help Save Mountains
No stranger to helping out causes close to his heart, especially concerning the environment, Dave Matthews will take to the stage on May 19th for a fundraiser for the Natural Resources Defense Council.
The Council's aim is to bring about law changes that will prevent mountain top removal in Appalachia. The funds raised from this concert will go directly to this cause. The concert takes place at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN, and will feature other performers such as Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, and and Patty Loveless.
DMB Makes The "Best of Bonnaroo"!
Dave Matthews Band is featured on the free album Best of Bonnaroo! The CD was put out by Head Count and the NRDC Action Fund, to push for more support concerning climate change.
The CD is available to anyone in the USA, who sends out an email to their senator via the Music for Action website. The email can either be in your own words, or you can chose to use their statement. (A valid zip code must be provided in order to chose the appropriate senator for your area, before the CD can be downloaded.)
Davespeak: Dave and the Dentist
"My dentist sent me, uh, some photos of my teeth and, like, as if my mouth was open like, 'Raaaah, aaah.' It was pretty cool. And um, and uh, and she told me how she could repair the damage over the years. I never knew that, that, that dentists would recruit you. I, I thought you just go and they say, and then if you want to, like, stretch your teeth out or make them bigger and...stuff.
Dave Interviews in Europe with German fan site Proudestmonkeys.de
While DMB is reaching out to fans in Europe this winter tour season, so is WDS. The German language fan site proudestmonkeys.de in working with the European Fan board proudestmonkeys.org has graciously offered to share with our readers an exclusive interview with Dave that took place in Hamburg, Germany just a few days into their 2010 Europe Winter Tour.
Vomit Cruise From Hell
For the return of the Davespeaks, the Content Team has chosen the "Vomit Cruise From Hell". This six minute story is Dave discussing his trip on the "Dream Yacht Pleasure Cruise", his inability to say 'Catamaran', and how everyone ends up seasick.
EXCERPT:
"Being seasick... There's two things you want to happen right away. Either you want to be on land immediately... or you want to be dead. And its fine, either is fine. Its not like "I must survive!"... Its "Kill me now, I just want to die...""
WDS Xtra: Yonder Mountain String Band
"Some of the best pickin' outside of Nashville." This is how Relix magazine describes the Yonder Mountain String Band's latest release, The Show, which topped the US Bluegrass charts after its release in September 2009.
Recently, WDS contributor Bryan Rosengrant had the opportunity to photograph YMSB at their January 29th show at The Tabernacle in Atlanta, GA. You can check out the hi-res photos here.
DMB Helps Launch Green Music Group
Another day, another way. Dave Matthews Band has teamed up with Reverb once again to become a founding member of the Green Music Group. DMB, along with Willie Nelson, Linkin Park, and Sheryl Crow among others have launched GMG with an aim to bring about widespread environmental change within the music industry and around the globe.
2010 Europe Winter Tour – WDS Chat Returns!
The first tour of the New Year begins this week as DMB returns to Europe for an 18 stop Winter Tour kicking off in Hamburg, Germany on February 16th and wrapping up in Stockholm, Sweden on March 15th.
DMB will visit 10 countries along the way including shows in Berlin, Amsterdam, and Dublin.
After receiving a positive response from our members during the 2009 season, we have decided to bring back the WDS chat room feature in 2010!
DMB Returns To Bonnaroo 2010
When DMB summer tour dates first came out, the week long break only 6 shows into the Summer Tour didn't make much sense... until now. The rumors are true: Dave Matthews Band is returning to headline Bonnaroo 2010.
The lineup for Bonnaroo 2010 was released Tuesday, February 9, revealing DMB to be headlining the music and arts festival alongside a fantastic mix of Kings of Leon, Jay-Z, and Stevie Wonder. The festival will run Thursday June 10 to Sunday June 13, in Manchester, TN.
