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DMB went back home to produce their fourth studio album, Everyday. It did not go well and the band put the CD on hold and got rid of their producer, Steve Lillywhite. The six songs that they had finished were leaked and were dubbed as the "Lillywhite sessions". They went to Glen Ballard, who was known for his pop albums, and he helped write twelve songs to finish the CD. Dave Matthews said he felt that the album was not really "them".



After Everyday, DMB's next studio album was Busted Stuff. After Busted Stuff, the band went back to Mark Batson to produce their sixth album, Stand Up. Dave states that none of these albums were as good as the first three and that he felt that the band was not making music that was really from Dave Matthews Band.

The band continued to drift apart as they continued to grind away making new music. After Stand Up, Dave was ready to leave the band and they decided to call it quits. Before that happened they decided to let it all go and make another CD that all of them would contribute on and each band member would give it his all. The band came together and started to produce their seventh studio album, Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King.

The second part of this volume was about LeRoi Moore. Moore was the saxophonist of the band who tragically died in August of 2008 when he crashed over a ditch on his property in an ATV. It was thought he would make a full recovery, but when Moore returned home a blood clot formed and he died. The band made the announcement that night at their concert at the Staples Center. The band then goes on to talk about Moore's personality and musical talent. The band wrote several songs about Moore on the new CD including the titled song, "GrooGrux King."
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The second volume of the documentary begins in Charlottesville, Virginia. Dave Matthews met Carter Beauford and Leroi Moore at Miller's, a restaurant in Charlottesville. Dave asked to work there as a bartender after he heard Tim Reynolds play there. The band's birth took place upstairs at Miller's when Dave asked Carter and Leroi to listen to a couple of his songs. From there Dave picked up Boyd from his band, The Boyd Tinsley Band. Stefan Lessard was added when his father, who had played in the past with Carter, asked Carter to let his son audition for bass. That's how the band got together.


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The documentary started with the band headed out to play a live show; appropriate considering that is what the band is known for. The first half of the documentary is spent introducing the members of the band: Boyd Tinsley on violin, Tim Reynolds on guitar, Carter Beauford on drums, Steffan Lessard on bass, and new members Jeff Coffin and Rashawn Ross on saxophone and trumpet, respectively. The band members were described in the context of what they do and bring to the band's live performances.


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Dave Matthews Band Documentary

June 7th 2009 07:45
Dave Matthews Band performed on June 1, 2009 at Beacon Theater in New York. I caught the show streamed on Hulu. It was quite an excellent show. It was there watching that I found out that for the rest of the week, FUSE would be showing a four-part documentary the making of Dave Matthews Band's newly released CD, "Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King". Over the next four posts, I will be writing about each episode because, well frankly, I'm interested in seeing it.
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The Bounty

June 3rd 2009 16:14
I watched The Bounty yesterday on Hulu. I had never heard of the movie and was very surprised when I saw the cast. I figured the movie had to be very good with the actors being Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Daniel-Day Lewis, and Liam Neeson.

Well as it turns out, there was a reason I had never heard of this movie. It was terribly boring. Even with the acting being very good, the actors could not save this movie's simple and mundane plot. The whole movie's premise was explaining the events that led up to the mutiny of the English ship that was headed to Tahiti for trade in the 18th century


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Anonymous Film Critic

May 29th 2009 07:26
So, as many have you probably have noticed, there's a new face of Anonymous Film Critic. I just want to quickly say thanks to all of you who read this blog and I guess my only real goal is to write informative posts that are enjoyable for you all to read. Obviously, the theme of the blog will not change--movies--but I will be writing about everything and anything having to do with film. Topics will vary from reviews to writing about the business or profiling actors, directors, producers, etc. Also I would like to heavily encourage anybody to join on. This blog is opened for writings from everyone; so if you want to write anything and post it then please feel free. Also, anybody who just wants to say something short and sweet or leave advice on how to make this blog better for you guys, then by all means, leave a comment about anything you wish. With that being said; I will talk to you later.

Yours truly


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The Departed

May 28th 2009 08:27
I had to write a film analysis last week and what movie better to do it on than, The Departed., the Scorsese movie that finally won the masterful director his long overdue Oscar for picture. So rather than go on about how excellent the movie was; here is my film analysis of The Departed.

The Departed, a good cop - bad cop drama with a twist: The good cop is an undercover agent looking for the bad cop, while the bad cop is looking for the rat, or the good cop, in the mob. The movie accentuates the similarities of good and evil through the duplicity of the two main characters, Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon


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The Chaser (Chugyeogja)

April 28th 2009 20:43
This year, the 33rd annual Cleveland Film Festival had over 140 full feature films, and I saw about 20 of them. My favorite movie out of those had to be The Chaser. The movie was a foreign film shot in South Korea. As with any movie that has culture and language barriers, The Chaser can be a little hard to understand in some parts. Nevertheless, The Chaser was an outstanding action packed movie filled with suspense from beginning to end.

The Chaser

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Before the Music Dies

April 21st 2009 06:46
The other day I watched a documentary titled, Before the Music Dies. The documentary was about how good music and popular music rarely intersect.

Before the Music Dies

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I Can't Think Straight

April 15th 2009 09:13
Last month, I covered the 33rd Cleveland International Film Festival. I saw over twenty films and bought copies of the ones that I found either enjoyable or emotionally appealing. I especially liked the British romantic comedy, I Cant Think Straight.

I Can't Think Straight

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