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"Don't Drink the Water" is a song by the Dave Matthews Band, released as the first single from their album Before These Crowded Streets. The song, which features guest vocals by Alanis Morissette and banjo playing by Béla Fleck, addresses the persecution of the Native Americans in the United States.
The Central Park Concert is a 2003 live album by the American rock group, Dave Matthews Band, recorded in Central Park, New York City. [1] The concert attracted more than 120,000 people, which makes it the biggest audience to attend a Dave Matthews Band concert.
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 vocals
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.). [2] 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.
The 26-song set features 12 songs from Dave Matthews Band albums and six songs from Dave Matthews' Some Devil album. The other songs in the set include various unreleased and cover songs. Matthews and Reynolds played the entire set together, with the exception of two solos by Reynolds—"Betrayal" and "You Are My Sanity"—and one solo ...
A clip of flute music follows "Don't Drink the Water." A string passage by the Kronos Quartet serves as a segue from "Halloween" to "The Stone." An outtake featuring Bela Fleck and Alanis Morissette follows "The Stone." A clip of "Doobie Thing," an early DMB instrumental song, follows "The Dreaming Tree."
"Don't Drink the Water" is the third single from Stone Gods, and the second song on their debut album, Silver Spoons & Broken Bones. It was announced on 2 September 2008, on the official website blog, [ 1 ] and released on 27 October 2008, and reached number 2 in the UK Rock Chart and 10 in the UK Indie Chart .
Matthews discussing Before These Crowded Streets in 1998. After writing his first few songs, including "I'll Back You Up", "The Song That Jane Likes" and "Recently", Matthews formed Dave Matthews Band in early 1991 with LeRoi Moore, Carter Beauford, Stefan Lessard, Peter Griesar (who left the band in 1993), and Boyd Tinsley while working at Miller's as a bartender. [18]