Live at Piedmont Park

Infobox Album |
Name = Live at Piedmont Park
Type = Live album
Artist = Dave Matthews Band


Released = December 11, 2007
Recorded = Piedmont Park, Atlanta, Georgia, September 8, 2007
Genre = Rock
Length = 2:34:40
Label = RCA
Producer =
Reviews =
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|2|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/17395642/review/17436561/live_at_piedmont_park 2007-12-13]
Last album = "Weekend on the Rocks"
(2005)
This album = "Live at Piedmont Park"
(2007)
Next album =

"Live at Piedmont Park" is a live album and video release by the Dave Matthews Band from a 2007 benefit concert in Atlanta, Georgia. The concert was held at Atlanta's Piedmont Park in front of an audience of over 50,000 people to raise over US $1 million of a US $42.5 million project to expand 53 acres of the city's park. [cite press release |title= Dave Matthews Band to headline benefit at Atlanta's Piedmont Park on September 8th |publisher= Piedmont Park Conservatory |date= 2007-05-30 |url= http://www.piedmontpark.org/pdf/dmb_benefit_press_release.pdf |format= PDF |accessdate=2007-10-26 ] Also performing that day were the Allman Brothers Band. The performance featured guest appearances by Warren Haynes and Gregg Allman on "What Would You Say" and "Melissa," respectively. The concert featured many old songs such as "Don't Drink the Water" and "Two Step", but also introduced the first recording of three new songs: "#27", "Cornbread", and "Eh Hee".

The concert was performed the day after band saxophonist Leroi Moore's 46th birthday. Matthews, the band, and the audience serenade Moore with an apparently spontaneous rendition of "Happy Birthday to You" following the performance of "One Sweet World." The moment is especially poignant in light of Moore's tragic and untimely death the following year.

CD track listing

Disc 1:
#"One Sweet World" - 9:02
#"Two Step" - 13:28
#"Cornbread" - 5:06
#"Don't Drink the Water" - 12:23
#"You Might Die Trying" - 7:12
#"Grey Street" - 5:57
#"#27" - 5:42
#"What Would You Say" feat. Warren Haynes - 8:16
#"Melissa" feat. Gregg Allman - 6:01Disc 2:
#"Louisiana Bayou" - 8:07
#"The Dreaming Tree" - 15:28
#"Eh Hee" - 4:55
#"So Much to Say" - 5:34
#"Anyone Seen the Bridge?" - 1:59
#"Too Much" - 6:24
#"#40" - 1:04
#"Warehouse" - 12:23
#"Stay (Wasting Time)" - 7:34Encore CD:
#"All Along the Watchtower" - 1:37
#"Ants Marching" - 8:14

DVD track listing

Disc 1:
#"One Sweet World"
#"Two Step"
#"Cornbread"
#"Don't Drink the Water"
#"You Might Die Trying"
#"Grey Street"
#"#27"
#"What Would You Say" feat. Warren Haynes
#"Melissa" feat. Gregg Allman
#"Louisiana Bayou"
#"The Dreaming Tree"
#"Eh Hee"Disc 2:
#"So Much to Say"
#"Too Much"
#"#40"
#"Warehouse"
#"Stay (Wasting Time)"
#"All Along the Watchtower"
#"Ants Marching"

Personnel

Dave Matthews Band
*Dave Matthews - guitars, lead vocals
*Boyd Tinsley - violins, backing vocals
*Leroi Moore - saxophones, backing vocals
*Stefan Lessard - bass
*Carter Beauford - drums, percussion, backing vocalsWith Guests
*Gregg Allman - acoustic guitar, vocals
*Warren Haynes - electric guitar
*Butch Taylor - keyboards, backing vocals
*Rashawn Ross - trumpet, backing vocals

References