"You know me and Timmy recorded...Me and, me and uh, me and, me and, uh, uh, Timmy and I uh, recorded this (I'll Back You Up). When we recorded this, we recorded it in the toilet upstairs, and so we had a bunch of really good takes. The one that ended up on the album was the one that didn't have somebody flushing the toilet downstairs. (to Tim) Remember that?

"Yeah. This is just, I don't know, maybe this is not that interesting, but I think it's interesting.

What memory sticks out for you about DMB? Did you get to meet the guys when they were just kickin' around Trax? Did you join in a chant for Halloween? Or did you simply just have your mind blown at your first show? Memories are what joins the DMB community together, and are the perfect rounding off point for a new book in celebration of DMB's upcoming 20th anniversary.

DMB fans are well versed in the band's history: Started in Charlottesville, Stefan was still in highschool, tapers and traders helped the band gain popularity, and of course, the stunning news that LeRoi Moore died suddenly while in the midst of the 2008 Summer Tour.

Thanks to Andy Clark and ProudestMonkeys.de for sharing this story and photos with us.

By Frank Helleken

If anyone comes close to being Europe’s #1 DMB-fan – Andy Clark would be a good guess. The tall guy from Birmingham not only attends every show he manages to work in his schedule – he also is eager to be the first to show up and – with the help of daughter Lauren - he brought back the Big Eyed Fish onto stage after three and a half years of absence.

"One time I, I was cleaning up the house. It was the spring cleaning over at the house at 1812 there. It was the house I lived in in Charlottesville. I don't live anywhere near there anymore. 8 1/2 Street. That's right. It was way on the other side of town from the UVA. Anyway, I and my roommates, we lived well together. It was a little funky, but! I didn't often do my laundry.

"You know what I'm glad, you know what the, the, the, the little phrase that I'm glad has returned?

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.

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.)

"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. Because you're, maybe you're going to Vegas, you know, you want to look good.