"Watchtower" is one of the all time most played encore songs. The band is thought to have been covering this song since their first show ever. Dave was known to have been covering it solo since before the band came together. The song became an early favorite and many old school shows where the crowd would scream "Watchtower" throughout entire show. Watchtower is one of the most guested songs and features many popular jams. It sounds hardly anything like Bob Dylan's original or the Jimi Hendrix cover. The song even has evolved over the years, dropping a verse, gaining a Stefan Solo feature intro, and a high note during "the wind began to howl". - dmbalmanac
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In the early days of 92-93, the song frequently featured a "Shortin' Bread" interpolation towards the end of the song.After the summer of 1994, the last verse evolved beyond the mere repetition of "That's my blood down there".
Starting in 1995, a stop-time intro began to occasionally be played during full-band versions. After 1996, every full band performance of this song has included a stop-time intro. In 1999, fans from the original nancies mailing list began organizing to chant "Woo!" during the stop-time intro.
By the summer of 2000, the "Woos" caught on and are now a standard crowd chant at the start of every Warehouse.Dave and Tim versions have continued to contain the original intro, as well as a "Passion" Intro where Dave interpolates the vocal chords from Peter Gabriel's Passion.
Starting in 2003, the jam evolved what has come to be known as the 'salsa jam' outro with a more celebratory 'salsa' vibe.Dave has also interpolated "Louie, Louie" a few rare times during the outro.
Dave recorded this Phish song for the 2001 Phish tribute album Sharin' in the Groove. The album is comprised of Phish songs being played by bands and artists by whom Phish was influenced, and the CD booklet has the following to say about Dave's contribution: "Dave's unique guitar tunings and distinctive voice intrigued Phish early on. His band opened three Phish shows, he shared the stage with them on at least two other occasions, and Trey recently (5-20-01) [ed. note: the correct date is 5.19.01] performed with the Dave Matthews Band. Here Dave offers a rare acoustic release, playing a song from the Phish album he has said brought him near tears." It's unclear what "unique guitar tunings" they're talking about, but it's a nice note nonetheless.
Dave frequently played this song to open encores on the 2001 tour. At Dave and Friends shows, Dave and Trey sometimes play this song during their acoustic mini-set during the encore, alternating verses and singing harmony on the refrain. - dmbalmanac
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Dave frequently played this song to open encores on the 2001 tour. At Dave and Friends shows, Dave and Trey sometimes play this song during their acoustic mini-set during the encore, alternating verses and singing harmony on the refrain. - dmbalmanac
Dave played this song at a tribute to Lennon's death on 12.08.2005 on SIRIUS Satellite Radio.
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Water/Wine is a segue that follows "Recently" There are many versions with alternate lyrics.
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This is an old folk song written in 1882 and popularized by Uncle Dave Macon in the 1930s. It is commonly known in the DMB community as "The Watermelon Song."
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This song debuted in the 1996 Dave and Tim tour, during which it was known as "Weight of the World", as it referred to by fans based on the lyrics of the first version ever played. This song would later evolve into "Leave Me Praying".
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Sometimes played with lyrics, sometimes without, this song has only been played as outro to Jimi Thing at acoustic shows (full band 1994 and 1995, only Dave & Tim since). This song evolved into "Pantala Naga Pampa".
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What Would You Say
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