I was surprised to find that Dave Matthews actively fought bootleggers in his heyday. Not only did he have DMB bootlegs confiscated, he had bootleggers arrested. That seems a very non new-age hippie thing to do. The official stance of DMB on bootlegging is that it's ok as long as you aren't making a profit. And really, what would a jam band be without rabid fans trading bootlegs in the parking lot after every show? Anyway, this live album came out mainly as a way of providing a legitimate live recording of Dave Matthews Band during the time that bootlegging operations were being curtailed. It's a pretty good live recording. The sound quality is much better than you'd expect from a bootleg, and each song is done up in proper DMB style, adding flourishes and solos all along the way.
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