Review: Dave Matthews Band at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

(Photos by Fred Blocher, The Kansas City Star)

A full yellow moon began peeking over the trees behind the Verizon Amphitheater stage as the Dave Matthews Band began their first song Tuesday evening. The orb was almost midway through its nightly passage when the music ended over two-and-a-half hours later.

During that span the band treated a near-capacity audience of approximately 17,000 to a performance nearly as ambitious as the moon's trek.

Demonstrating how they became one of the most commercially successful touring acts of the last decade, the Dave Matthews Band applied their odd time signatures and their namesake's affected drawl to a satisfying mix of jazz, folk, pop and rock.

The seven men on stage spent the night playfully chasing the perfect groove. They might have cornered their elusive prey a few times, but they never quite achieved an entirely transcendent moment.

They came close during the Latin interpolations of the joyous "Warehouse." The horn section of saxophonist LeRoi Moore and guest trumpeter Rashawn Ross were key components in this song and in most of the night's other highlights. James Brown would have approved of their funky instrumental introduction to "Too Much."

The band's other standout was drummer Carter Beauford. His dynamic work is propulsive but never intrusive. With a more conventional drummer the band wouldn't be half as compelling. It's Beauford's
leadership that sparked the terrific interplay on "Seek Up." It rivaled the best work of jazz fusion pioneers Weather Report.

A relaxed, nonchalant front man, Matthews seems content to let his band mates explore new territories. He only took control during the encore, offering a chilling solo rendition of "Gravedigger" and the sweet unabashed pop of "Stay (Wasting Time)."

Perhaps Matthews' greatest accomplishment was successfully balancing his jam band and pop sensibilities. It's exceedingly difficult to entertain a massive mob while featuring new material and concentrating on improvisational jams, Aside from a couple of tedious extended solos by violinist Boyd Tinsley, the band was lean and focused. The night's only other blemish occurred when the audience didn't cooperate during the new composition "A Dream So Real." The moody torch song was marred as much of the otherwise thoughtful audience chatted through the sensitive performance.

As if awed by what it was hearing in Bonner Springs, the moon seemed to shrink in size as the evening progressed. The Dave Matthews Band's loyal fans sympathize.

Dave Matthews' nonsensical introduction of opening band Umphrey's McGee made Miss South Carolina Teen seem articulate by comparison. The Chicago sextet is on a self-appointed mission to marry jam band
improvisation to the pomp of progressive rock. They're best when they avoid singing, as they did on a challenging re-imagination of "Norwegian Wood." The likable band returns to the region to play Liberty Hall on October 4.

| Bill Brownlee, Special to The Star

Setlist (according to davematthewsband.com:
So Much To Say
Anyone Seen The Bridge
Too Much
One Sweet World
Corn Bread
Dancing Nancies
Intro
Warehouse
#27
A Dream So Real [new song]
Best of Whats Around
Seek Up
Eh Hee
The Idea Of You
Louisiana Bayou
You Might Die Trying
Hunger For The Great Light
Butterfly
Grey Street
Ants Marching
Gravedigger
Stay (Wasting Time)

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