Dave Matthews Band
January 6, 1994
Dobson Ice Arena(Lionshead Village)
Vail, Co

Opening for The Samples


Taper: Unknown
Source: Probable DSBD
Processing: Cd>EAC>Wav>Dvd
Conversion: Wav>Soundforge 8 for adjustments, Fade in and fade out
applied, Cd Wav Editor for track splitting and Flac16 conversion at
level 5

 

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Disc 1

01. Intro                                            01:46
02. Song That Jane Likes(Acoustic intro)             05:38
03. Satellite                                        05:27
04. Dancing Nancies                                  08:18
05. #36                                              08:44
06. Ants Marching(Direct intro)                      06:23

Total time                                           36:18



NOTES: Received this unconfirmed source wav file from Louie Rendek on dvd to investigate and confirm the show date and venue first. Dmbalmanac.com had this date and venue listed but with no known setlist.

I accessed the Minarets.net Mailing List archive to see if this show date was ever listed or reviewed. I also had to keep in mind this date was close to the time of Anne Matthews' death and shows were cancelled for 2 weeks in January 1994. I looked for post show reviews and listings of upcoming January '94 tour dates and found a post from late December 1993 showing the first 2 weeks of January were booked with Colorado dates including this one in Vail. Dmb was to open for The Samples on a number of these dates.

In listening to the show, Dave mentions that the band will be in the mountains of Colorado for the next two weeks as if this was the first show and that the calendar of dates could be seen at the merchandise tables. Dave mentions Aspen is one of the upcoming shows.  He thanks The Samples and so does Boyd.  The length of their set is 36 minutes but it is mentioned on the Minarets.net archive when they opened for The Samples in Chicago in March 1994, a fan(netter as they were called) posts that he came all the way from Minnesota to see Dmb and they only played 30 minutes, so it's almost certain that this is the entire opening set. The tape is a very clean one so it is most likely a DSBD source. Here is also the link to the Minarets.net page where the post(approx. the 26th post) about January 1994 show dates in Colorado:

http://www.dmbalmanac.com/minarets/199310.html


Errors fixed:
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Slight pop at 6:18 & 6:19 of Ants


Many thanks to Louie for sending me this wav file on dvd and conferring with me on investigating this show date. Have to also thank dmbalmanac.com for having the Minarets.net archive which helped a great deal in confirming this show.


Compiled and converted by Tom Gambichler on November 11, 2009 