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Jam bands like Dave Matthews Band are known for playing extended, improvised versions of their songs at their live concerts. They attract a devoted following to their shows. Some fans even follow their favorite jam band across the country. They travel from city to city with the band, forming a tight-knit community.
Dave Matthews Band first became popular in the mid-nineties. Jason thinks they’ve since fallen off the map. He might be surprised to know that the band is still touring. In fact, it has toured every summer since 1998. Listen to Jason and Dale talk about whether or not Dave’s still got it.
Dialog
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2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.
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Jason: I feel like Dave Matthews Band got this reputation for being really lame at some point. Like, when they first came out it was this really cool, talented band. And I’m not sure what changed, but somehow…They’re like the butt of a lot of jokes these days, don’t you think?
Dale: I don’t think you’ve kept up to the times.
Jason: Oh yeah? What’s new with Dave Matthews Band?
Dale: Well, Dave Matthews Band, from what I’ve known from many of my friends, create shows very similar to Woodstock in different parts of the United States.
Jason: How’s it similar to Woodstock?
Dale: Well, everybody camps out, they have opening acts, and for like a weekend everybody’s there partying it up.
Jason: Wow.
Dale: And so I started realizing…going OK, what’s all special about Dave Matthews? It’s just a mix of jazz with current, I think, in my opinion. And it’s created that buzz.
Jason: But isn’t his stuff…like his vocal style is kind of goofy sometimes, his “shick-a-boop-ah” and stuff like that.
Dale: Very goofy. I think that it’s exactly as you said. That’s more of a jazzy feel. And I think that grabs more of the older type of crowd, and it still grabs the young one. It’s just amazing to hear the stories that everyone keeps telling me on how much they party at these things.
Jason: Well, maybe I’ll check out one of their live albums.
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Discussion
Jason thinks that Dave Matthews Band doesn’t have a cool image anymore. Dale disagrees. He thinks that Dave Matthews Band is still popular among both younger and older people.
Dale has lots of friends who have been to Dave Matthews Band concerts. He compares them to Woodstock, a famous music festival that took place in the sixties. He says that when people go to Dave Matthews Band concerts, they party a lot. Sometimes the concerts include other bands and last a long time, and people bring tents and camp out at them.
Jason and Dale agree that Dave Matthews’ musical style is similar to jazz, but more contemporary. The way he sings might sound silly sometimes, but it is influenced by jazz scat singing.
Jason thinks he might like Dave Matthews Band better if he heard them play live. Do you prefer seeing bands in concert or listening to them at home? Do you think it would have been fun to go to Woodstock?
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