Literary HackDave Matthews Band: The Road to Big Whiskey Vol. 4
July 13th 2009 04:52
The fourth and final volume of DMB's documentary concentrates mostly on their latest album, "The Road to Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King." The opening starts with Carter Beauford claiming every song on this CD is his favorite, but he really likes the song, "Seven".
The documentary shows the band's process of practicing back-up vocals and fine-tuning the notes of the song while the movie cuts back and forth with a live version of DMB playing "Seven" at one of their concerts. Beauford tells Dave Matthews how "Seven" became an internet sensation overnight.
Dave Matthews says about the CD that it starts and ends with improvisation but that in between GrooGrux is a concise, personal record that then "slaps you over your face." Dave tells how the album got its name: Grux was a nickname that Beuaford, LeRoi Moore, and Tim Reynolds called each other when they were playing. Dave first spelled Moore's name LeRoy and Moore told him that it was with "an i like the king". That is how the band got GrooGrux King. When the band was in New Orleans recording the record, a bum came down the street asking for "big whiskey". Rashawn Ross leaned over to Dave and said big whiskey would be a good name for an album.
Dave himself drew the art work for the album cover and inside he drew all the pictures and penned the lyrics himself. Dave wants the special edition to include the CD, an extra CD, DVD, the album lyrics and pictures, and a photo book of LeRoi Moore.
Members talk about Dave's character in the next segment. Apparently Dave is a wonderful writer and a damn funny person. The documentary shows what goes into the CD making with scenes of Dave in the recording studio.
Wrapping up the documentary, the film introduces every member of the Dave Matthews Band tour and how long they've been working the tour. Dave Matthews Band still prints some of their own tickets avoiding the middle man so that the fans can be in the front row. The band members themselves talk about how close they are with each other and the reasons for that. The film ends with a montage of the members over the last 15 years.
The documentary shows the band's process of practicing back-up vocals and fine-tuning the notes of the song while the movie cuts back and forth with a live version of DMB playing "Seven" at one of their concerts. Beauford tells Dave Matthews how "Seven" became an internet sensation overnight.
Dave Matthews says about the CD that it starts and ends with improvisation but that in between GrooGrux is a concise, personal record that then "slaps you over your face." Dave tells how the album got its name: Grux was a nickname that Beuaford, LeRoi Moore, and Tim Reynolds called each other when they were playing. Dave first spelled Moore's name LeRoy and Moore told him that it was with "an i like the king". That is how the band got GrooGrux King. When the band was in New Orleans recording the record, a bum came down the street asking for "big whiskey". Rashawn Ross leaned over to Dave and said big whiskey would be a good name for an album.
Dave himself drew the art work for the album cover and inside he drew all the pictures and penned the lyrics himself. Dave wants the special edition to include the CD, an extra CD, DVD, the album lyrics and pictures, and a photo book of LeRoi Moore.
Members talk about Dave's character in the next segment. Apparently Dave is a wonderful writer and a damn funny person. The documentary shows what goes into the CD making with scenes of Dave in the recording studio.
Wrapping up the documentary, the film introduces every member of the Dave Matthews Band tour and how long they've been working the tour. Dave Matthews Band still prints some of their own tickets avoiding the middle man so that the fans can be in the front row. The band members themselves talk about how close they are with each other and the reasons for that. The film ends with a montage of the members over the last 15 years.
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