Here I am guys!
I love hearing how other people got in to Dave. Since I started this thread, I guess it's only fair for me to share my story.
It was back in '96 when Crash in to Me was all the rage. They'd play the song on the radio about 1 million times a day and everytime I thought it was U2. The radio announcer even said The Dave Matthews Band, but I never paid any attention. Anyway this guy at the place where I was working at the time keep telling me about this awesome band that I just had to hear. Of course it was Dave that he wanted me to listen to. So I said why not and got the Crash album. At first I thought the music was kind of strange. Then I heard track 8 (Let You Down) and I was hook. I love that song the moment I heard it.
I was a slient Dave fan from then on. Then when I came to LSU in 98 and met a friend who loves the Pet Shop Boys as much as I love Dave, then my obsession with Dave grew. Now I'm a full fledged groupie
I haven't gotten to see them live yet. I was suppose to go last summer,but couldn't. I do here seeing Dave live in concert is a religious experience. You know it's funny, I use to laigh when I saw girls falling out and crying at Backstreet Concert. But I know that once I get to see Dave in concert, I will be acting the same way.
Leslie,
The songs that they played on the summer tour(Grey Street,JTR,Raven ect) were suppose to be the new album,but then the producer thing happened and that's how we ended up with Everyday(a kick ass song BTW) I got a bootleg copy of the "old new songs" and Grey Street is my fave. Nancies.org is the offical website for DMB fans that you might want to check out. I post more sites later that might be of interest to you.
Later guys