The morning of the show, I drove over to Sadie's and we embarked on our 3 hour drive to Marysville. The venue is in a field. You better fill up your gas tank before you turn onto the country roads.
Anyway, what was to be a perfect day on the rail at dmb turned out to be...a perfect day on the rail at dmb. Front and center, right in front of Dave thanks to the efforts of my friends Amanda, Sadie and Brian. It was seriously none of my own doing. What good friends. I was out of luck on a ticket sale, and since money is tight, being out of luck isn't an option. So, as I was freaking out and selling my tickets in the lots for half price (ugh), my friends were making sure I would have a great show. I'm a lucky girl.
Those black DMB bracelets were made for us by April, another dmb friend. The pink wrist bands say, "These ladies belong in the pit!"
Needless to say, standing 5 feet from the band has its perks. Dave Matthews in a plaid shirt, right in front of me, was worth the price of admission.
As we were grooving like women to Seven, Stefan had some technical difficulties. We couldn't hear him for a while, and since he is crucial to the dmb sound I know and love, I missed him a lot for the 10 minutes he wasn't playing. If I had my poms with me, I would have said a cheer for him. Don't you know I made my millions on the cheer circuit?
Here are some photos:
Some Devil was perfect. I almost filmed it, but then I stopped myself and said, "Vanessa. Don't be dumb. Stand here, take it in, you'll never forget the way this looked or sounded." So I took my own advice, and I'm happy about it. I'm actually streaming the show and listening to Some Devil right now. "'Cause what we had was so beautiful".
There was no pushing in this pit, no one rushing the stage. Someone shared a piece of gum with me, even. That's actually pretty standard at a dmb show. If you're thirsty, someone will share their water. They share other stuff, too, but I'm not supposed to talk about that.
What I consider the highlight of the show was when Dave pointed out a fellow twitterer, and hard core dmb fan, during the show and thanked her for getting the band to play Write A Song. Very sweet. I seriously love being around that kind of goodness. When you're in the middle of a crowd that big, it's nice to know that at the middle of all of it is LoVE.
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