{"id":125,"date":"2015-05-16T20:00:15","date_gmt":"2015-05-16T20:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/216.71.127.204\/wordpress\/?p=125"},"modified":"2015-09-25T18:07:52","modified_gmt":"2015-09-25T18:07:52","slug":"dave-matthews-band-woodlands-pavilion-woodlands-tx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/2015\/05\/16\/dave-matthews-band-woodlands-pavilion-woodlands-tx\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Matthews Band – Woodlands Pavilion – Woodlands, TX"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
Written by Dave Clements <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"Image\"I just can’t believe that it was entirely coincidental that the Ironman triathlon competition\u00a0happened to be coming to The Woodlands on the same weekend that Ironman Dave Matthews was scheduled to perform.\u00a0 You might ask, why do I think Ironman is a good reference to him?<\/p>\n

Well, for me it goes something like this:\u00a0 First, he has been doing his thing for a quarter of a century and is still going strong.\u00a0 No easy task unless you are very strong.\u00a0 Second, the boy opened his own show!\u00a0 When was the last time (if ever) you saw that from any band on tour?\u00a0 Again, not easy to pull off without being in terrific shape physically and emotionally.\u00a0 Third, a triathlete only has to go 140 miles to cross the finish line whereas Dave \u2018I can’t get enough time on stage’ Matthews was still going strong at almost midnight after opening at just after 8 pm.\u00a0 If I calculated correctly that’s 200 plus minutes of grinding it out.\u00a0 Fourth and finally, although he brought many loyal fans to the show, over 15,000 I was told, he outlasted many of them who couldn’t make it all the way through to the end of this marathon performance.<\/p>\n

\"Image\"Watching Dave Matthews perform made me wonder if I somehow crawled under a rock back in the early 90’s and just came out from under it on this Saturday night?\u00a0 It was the first time I’d seen him live, yet I learned that some of his fans in attendance had seen him 200 or more times.
\nI might have handled this knowledge differently if I’d discovered that I just didn’t care for his music.\u00a0 However, given how much I enjoyed him and his band it was a little embarrassing.\u00a0 I ran into a dear former colleague, one of the many fans who were seeing Matthews for the umpteenth time, and had to confess my shortcomings.\u00a0 Yep, I’m a first timer…shocking!<\/p>\n

Hey, at least I finally made it.\u00a0 Along with the rest of this loyal and enthusiastic crowd, I was treated to the opening nine song acoustic set (including Crash Into Me, one of his most recognizable hits).\u00a0 This was followed by more than a dozen songs plugged in with the band.\u00a0 And they just couldn’t stop there, so down the home stretch and across the finish line we got a 3 song encore of Sister, Ants Marching, and Halloween.<\/p>\n

\"Image\"As a new and now initiated fan, I feel Dave Matthews may be a kindred spirit of sorts.\u00a0 After all, we’re both named Dave, we both have roots in Virginia, and we both have a strong dedication to our crafts.\u00a0 His passion for his music no doubt equals mine to my photography.\u00a0 Thanks Dave Matthews Band for an enjoyable and enlightening evening!<\/p>\n

Until next time please remember there is no time to kill,<\/p>\n

dwc<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Written by Dave Clements I just can’t believe that it was entirely coincidental that the Ironman triathlon competition\u00a0happened to be coming to The Woodlands on the same weekend that Ironman Dave Matthews was scheduled to perform.\u00a0 You might ask, why do I think Ironman is a good reference to him? Well, for me it goes… <\/p>\n

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