Dave Matthews Band - Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King

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Beschreibung

Beschreibung

Tragedy has a way of putting everything into perspective, a truism that's brought into sharp relief by the Dave Matthews Band. LeRoi Moore, the group's saxophonist, died in 2008, something that shook the DMB to their core and they've responded as any working band does: by carrying on, playing gigs -- including one on the day of his passing -- and finishing the album they were recording at the time of his death, turning Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King into a tribute to their fallen comrade. By saluting his spirit, DMB wind up returning to their roots, jettisoning any of the well-manicured crossover pop of Stand Up and reviving the loose-limbed jams that were their '90s specialty, a sound they've largely abandoned -- at least on record -- since 1998's Before These Crowded Streets. During that long, long decade between Before and Big Whiskey, DMB remained one of America's biggest bands even though much of those ten years found Matthews working through various existential crises -- things got too big so he pulled away from the band, turned out a dark solo record, then came back -- and his namesake band drifted along with him. Here, everything snaps back into focus: what was glossy is now clean and unvarnished; there is no avoidance of their rangy, loping rhythms or predilection for elastic solos; and these signatures -- shunned on record, not on-stage -- are embraced warmly, given muscle, and married to the dark undercurrents that have flowed throughout Matthews' new-millennium writing. Surely, Moore's early death weighs heavily here -- he is the GrooGrux King of the album's title and there are many allusions to him in lyrics -- but Matthews also ties in references to Hurricane Katrina and war, all as part of his wide-open meditations on mortality and morality. Not all of Big Whiskey is about death: there is an equal amount of love tunes, plus one of Matthews' casually vulgar sex songs, all celebrating enduring relationships, providing a counterpoint to the waves of melancholy. But what makes Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King the Dave Matthews Band's richest, and quite possibly best, album is the implicit message that all the love and loss can be felt and shared through the music, that the creation of the music itself is the reason why they're here -- and that's not just a moving tribute to LeRoi Moore, it's a reason for the band to keep moving on. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Mitwirkende

• Member of Attributed Artist: Dave Matthews Band
• Audio Production: Rob Cavallo
• Audio Engineer: Doug McKean
• Audio Engineer: Lars Fox
• Audio Engineer: Daniel Chase
• Audio Engineer: Wesley Fontenot
• Audio Engineer: Rob Evans
• Audio Engineer: Floyd Reitsman
• Audio Engineer: Sam Hofstedt
• Audio Engineer: Paul Suarez
• Audio Engineer: Aaron Walk
• Mixing: Doug McKean
• Remastering: Ted Jensen
• Member of Attributed Artist: Carter Beauford
• Drums: Carter Beauford
• Percussion: Carter Beauford
• Member of Attributed Artist: Stefan Lessard
• Guitar (Bass): Stefan Lessard
• Guitar: Dave Matthews
• Vocals: Dave Matthews
• Member of Attributed Artist: LeRoi Moore
• Saxophone: LeRoi Moore
• Member of Attributed Artist: Boyd Tinsley
• Violin: Boyd Tinsley
• Featured Artist: Tim Reynolds
• Guitar: Tim Reynolds
• Featured Artist: Rashawn Ross
• Trumpet: Rashawn Ross
• Featured Artist: Jeff Coffin
• Saxophone: Jeff Coffin
• Additional Personnel: Danny Barnes
• Banjo: Danny Barnes
• Additional Personnel: Rob Cavallo
• Organ: Rob Cavallo
• Piano: Rob Cavallo
• Additional Personnel: Joe Lawlor
• Guitar: Joe Lawlor
• Additional Personnel: Jamie Muhoberac
• Keyboards: Jamie Muhoberac
• Organ: Jamie Muhoberac
• Additional Personnel: Tim Pierce
• Guitar: Tim Pierce
• Additional Personnel: Roger Manning
• Keyboards: Roger Manning
• Additional Personnel: Arthur Robinson
• Additional Personnel: Joel Derouin
• Violin: Joel Derouin
• Additional Personnel: Charlie Bisharat
• Violin: Charlie Bisharat
• Additional Personnel: Jacqueline Brand
• Violin: Jacqueline Brand
• Additional Personnel: Roberto Cani
• Violin: Roberto Cani
• Additional Personnel: Susan Chatman
• Violin: Susan Chatman
• Additional Personnel: Alan Grunfeld
• Violin: Alan Grunfeld
• Additional Personnel: Natalie Leggett
• Violin: Natalie Leggett
• Additional Personnel: Sid Page
• Violin: Sid Page
• Additional Personnel: Alyssa Park
• Violin: Alyssa Park
• Additional Personnel: Philip Vaiman
• Violin: Philip Vaiman
• Additional Personnel: Josefina Vergara
• Violin: Josefina Vergara
• Additional Personnel: Laurence Greenfield
• Violin: Laurence Greenfield
• Additional Personnel: Miwako Watanabe
• Violin: Miwako Watanabe
• Additional Personnel: Andrew Duckles
• Viola: Andrew Duckles
• Additional Personnel: Robert Brophy
• Viola: Robert Brophy
• Additional Personnel: Darrin McCann
• Viola: Darrin McCann
• Additional Personnel: Steve Richards
• Cello: Steve Richards
• Additional Personnel: Suzie Katayama
• Cello: Suzie Katayama
• Additional Personnel: Armen Ksadjikian
• Cello: Armen Ksadjikian
• Additional Personnel: Dane Little
• Cello: Dane Little
• Additional Personnel: Nico Abondolo
• Double Bass: Nico Abondolo
• Additional Personnel: Timothy Eckert
• Double Bass: Timothy Eckert
• Record Label: RCA
• Audio Engineer: Russ Waugh
• Additional Personnel: Karen Elaine
• Viola: Karen Elaine
• Additional Personnel: Gerardo Hilera
• Violin: Gerardo Hilera
• Audio Engineer: Steve Rea
• Additional Personnel: Vladimir Polimatidi
• Violin: Vladimir Polimatidi
• Additional Personnel: Sharon Jackson
• Violin: Sharon Jackson
• Audio Engineer: Josh Evans
• Additional Personnel: Chris Ermacoff
• Cello: Chris Ermacoff
• Additional Personnel: Matthew Funes
• Viola: Matthew Funes
• Additional Personnel: Victoria Miskolczy
• Viola: Victoria Miskolczy
• Additional Personnel: Michele Richards
• Violin: Michele Richards
• Additional Personnel: Mario de León
• Violin: Mario de León
• Additional Personnel: Kim Scholes
• Cello: Kim Scholes
• Additional Personnel: Rudy Stein
• Cello: Rudy Stein