September 13, 2005
DMB and Neville Bros Hurricane Relief Concert
We went to the Dave Matthews Band concert last night at Red Rocks. All proceeds were donated to various charities that benefit people affected by hurricane katrina. More than $1 million was raised. The lineup included The John Butler Trio, The Neville Brothers and Dave Matthews Band. I didn't get home until close to 2 am b/c DMB played until almost midnight. As usual, it was a great concert but some of the songs dragged on far too long (I hear they were shooting footage for an upcoming live at Red Rocks DVD). Ivan Neville joined DMB for a 19 minute rendition of Exodus which was great (but could have been cut to 10 mins easy and still been good). Some fans were probably disappointed that DMB didn't play some of their older work, but it was all for a good cause.