Since I was 21 years old, not a year has gone by that I have not seen Dave Matthews Band in concert. Do not ever tell me that you are not a fan because I will never talk to you again. Just kidding…I am an EOMLEC (Equal Opportunity Music Lover EXCEPT Country).
DMB is one of my favorite bands especially LIVE! I just came back from Rothbury Music Festival and hands down, it was the best time I have had in my entire life. It will be very hard for any other music festival to top RMF. Once my brain cells regenerate I will give a full review…it might take some time.
Anyway…last year I almost missed DMB due to the fact that Germain Amphitheatre was/is being torn down and that DMB was not to return to Columbus because there was no venue that could accommodate the mass amount of fans that follow DMB. I was sooo bummed. As always, my little brother came to the rescue.
AS much as I love to communicate with my peeps, I like to take some time off… Sunday – Tuesday I usually fall off the face of the earth and no one can find me unless it is an emergency. Well, my brother knew how bummed I was that DMB was not coming to C-Bus. On Tuesday September 4, 2007 I got a 911 text from my bro so I called him. I thought he just wanted an update on my recent trip to England that I just returned from. The phone call was not of that topic. He hurried me to my computer to book an immediate flight to HOTLANTA for the upcoming weekend because he just got tickets for the Allman Brothers and Dave Matthews in Piedmont Park. I almost started to cry. It was the sweetest thing my brother has ever done for me. (Okay he has done many sweet things for me like the year prior he surprised me with the Pretenders and the Who tickets over Thanksgiving 2006. It was the SH*T!)
I was at work and I had to make sure I could take a half day on Friday and then I pulled out my Platinum Credit Card to book my flight. (I have AMAZING credit, but I never understood how someone who really does not make that much money could have a PLATINUM Credit Card. Whatever…anyway that was the last time I have used my card. I am so close but yet so far from paying the little rascal off). I was approved for my mini vacation and made my travel plans. I was totally stoked…LIKE TOTALLY!!!
I landed in the ATL and went to my brother’s place. He has a condo in the old cotton mills in Cabbagetown close to 5 points. If you ever get a chance to visit this area DO IT! There are so many cool places to hang out and a ton of venues to see live music. My favorite hang out was the VORTEX at the Lil 5 www.thevortexbarandgrill.com My brother and I are FAMOUS there…
Matthew and I kept it street by taking the Marta (train) to the concert on Saturday. It was a Green Concert where there was almost no place to park your car. So you had two options train or by foot. You could ride your bike there too. So I guess there were 3 options. We first met up with his best friends John and Charu. John is actually the new keyboard player for Perpetual Groove who just played at Rothbury. Check them out at www.pgroove.com We met up with them and ventured off to Piedmont Park.
It was a picture perfect day and great company to rock out with. I almost overdosed on the Allman Brothers. They were AMAZING…but when DMB played “Two Step”…my favorite song in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD….WHOLE WIDE WORLD…I had to say that twice…I lost it. My eyes began to tear up and my brother and I just swayed back and forth and shouted the lyrics as if it was the last thing we were ever going to sing. It was as if Dave was singing straight into our souls. Just thinking of it makes the hairs on my spine stand up.
Dave is coming back to C-Bus to Crew Stadium and my spiritual advisor who was unable to make it to Rothbury will be graciously escorting me to the show on July 29th, 2008. I will be in lucky row number 7. I hope that Dave will play Two Step or any of the other songs that I have put on my music page. So if you have yet to buy your tickets then get on it and join me as I welcome Dave Matthews Band back to the C-Bus…
