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Notes:
Dave Matthews
Band: David Matthews (vocals, acoustic guitar); Boyd Tinsley
(violin, vocals); Leroi Moore (alto, soprano & tenor
saxophones, vocals, flute); Stefan Lessard (bass); Carter
Beauford (drums, percussion, vocals).
Additional personnel: John Alagia, Andrew Page, Jeff Thomas,
Michael McDonald (vocals); Tim Reynolds (acoustic guitar); John
Popper (harmonica); Steve Forman (percussion).
Recorded at Bearsville Studios, Bearsville, New York.
All songs written or co-written by David Matthews.
"What Would You Say" was nominated for a 1996 Grammy
Award for Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal.
So far, the year 1994 has been a splendid one for grass roots
rock bands outside the New York/L.A./Nashville loop. Emerging
from the pack with a unique sound of their own have been regional
sensations such as Counting Crows, Collective Soul, Hootie &
The Blowfish and now, the Dave Matthews Band.
Centered around the talents of their lead singer-guitarist, and
featuring some of the top talents on the Charlottesville,
Virginia scene, UNDER THE TABLE AND DREAMING is an exquisite
polyglot of voices and moods. As their closing instrumental
"#34" demonstrates, the Dave Matthews Band not only
possess a sublime pop sensibility, they're able to move
seamlessly from rock through jazz, blues, funk and a variety of
pastoral folk sources--all the while maintaining a distinctive
lyric perspective.
With a slamming, sensitive rhythm section, and powerful solo
flights by violinist Boyd Tinsley and saxophonist Leroi Moore,
the Dave Matthews Band keeps several pots boiling all the time.
Their vigorous group interplay compliments the leader's driving
acoustic guitar, grainy, soulful vocals and gentle ambiguities on
"Typical Situation," and his harrowing tale of
addiction, "Rhyme & Reason." Matthews' sly humor
emerges on the sardonic "Dancing Nancies," where he
agonizes over every variety of woulda, coulda and shoulda on top
of a dancing flamenco groove, and the funky "What Would You
Say," where his character urges us to live our lives, not
lament them. UNDER THE TABLE AND DREAMING is positive, upbeat,
exploratory pop.
Album Details:
| record label |  |
RCA Records | |
| orig. release | |
1994 | |
| release date | |
09/27/1994 | |
| engineer | |
Chris Dickie | |
| mono/stereo | |
Stereo | |
| studio/live | |
Studio |