[New/1995] - Dave Matthews & Stefan Lessard - 8/18/95 - [Full Video/Side Stage] - Rarities

New footage of a previously unknown set by Dave Matthews & Stefan Lessard on 8/18/95 at Tinley Park, IL:
00:00 - Little Thing [tease] »
00:30 - Raven*
02:18 - Blue Water*
05:30 - Crash into Me**
08:40 - Unknown/Improv(?)**
12:37 - What Would You Say**
* - w/ LeRoi Moore
** - w/ John Popper
Notes:
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"Raven" & "Crash" are the earliest known performances of each song.
There are cuts in most songs. The cuts/dropouts are on the source. This is the full video.
Show/Setlist was unknown prior to Oct 2019. Thanks to @JDLevy2 for sending this gem to share.
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[@johntylka5402]

Thanks for honoring my request to post the whole video! This video brings back such great memories...I can actually hear myself saying ‘play what would you say!’ at 11:30-11:31...the video brings such joy and tears to that day...I never forgot that day...My girlfriend Laura and I got to the stage extra early to get a spot at the foot of the stage to the left of its stairs... Unbelievable! It’s exactly as I have always remembered it. They actually played earlier on the big stage, and there was a schedule posted on that little Whale stage that said ‘Dave Matthews & Friends - 7:30pm’. So I made sure I was right there like an hour early. Dave’s golf cart stopped because I was blocking its path to the stairs to that stage and the driver asked me to move so that he could get Dave to the stairs. Dave grinned at me when he got out and walked past me exiting the cart and walking past me to go up the stairs. Then LeRoi appeared out of nowhere standing across from me from the path I cleared out. Boyd was at the back of the stage but like toward the tail of the whale sitting with his arms around a chick. What’s funny is that the only reason I knew that was because someone in the audience shouted ‘Hey Boyd’ and we all looked at saw what he was up to. The video actually captured that moment, you can hear them shouting it and Dave and Stefan looking toward the back during Crash Into Me. This is crazy! I’m speechless that this video exists! I had no idea they were playing actual songs like raven and crash into me...I thought it was all gibberish jamming...Under the Table had been out for almost a year...we never heard Raven and Crash and Blue Water before! Thanks agsin for posting! I have only missed one tour (2000) since that day! I still go every year to multiple shows! The morning rises and a lifetime’s really passed you by! -Dennis John Tylka (dennist41)

[@cibs34]

awesome story!!

[@shaunellis3060]

Thank you for this!! I hope you come across a tape of the whole set. Thank you so much for this rare little Gem & a kick ass story as well.

[@brainchildguru]

My mom and dad saw Dave around this time on Dave Letterman.

[@dougkelly5213]

Chester! Don’t give a f what fb people post (yes talking about 2019 tour). Your work for us is unprecedented and unparalleled. We love you. Don’t care who is currently or who will scope in the future.

[@DMBever]

What the f... Are fb people posting? It better not be mean things, Because what you said is correct about Chester's work, unprecedented and unparalleled.

[@jerryaldeens3903]

This is the shit that made me love Dave in those days...the improv...the heart...the soul...just lettin it rip low key style.

[@coryyates4444]

Wow never thought I’d get to see something like this. You are a great person for taking all the time to do what you do Chestercopperpot. Thank you.

[@macjhimes]

Jay never ever fails to provide the best Dave content, incredibly grateful for all his work.

[@phunkyphish3]

Jay YEE?

[@dcsk8terantz]

These people had no idea what they were witnessing. Get to see what Dave does when no one knows the songs 👏

[@TheScubaJeremy]

I've been a fan since 1999, have hundreds of tapes, taped dozens of shows, and today is the day I learned Raven was around before 2000. WHAT ELSE HAVEN'T YOU TOLD ME??

[@TheScubaJeremy]

And it's so weird to hear Crash start, and nobody is losing their shit!

[@brainchildguru]

Start posting them!!

[@TheIdahoNate]

Wow! Thanks to the source for bringing it forward and thanks for posting it for us!

[@BrianSnyderND]

Amazing work on this. Thank you for sharing!

[@buddyrichrocks]

Whhhhaaaattt...amazing! Thankyou!

[@jungshin87]

now this is rare. what would you say with harmonica live is great

[@adamazzalino5247]

I'd say Crash with harmonica live is rarer lol

[@mysticalstalker7524]

Nice thankyou mr copperpot

[@janeandersonlowery6614]

Geez man, they were lil babies... TFS this amazing footage, man!!

[@mistylavorgna1789]

Thank you!

[@Dumballa]

That was frickin awesome 😎 ~ ty

[@tempengineering2016]

Amazing stuff! Thanks!

[@jb3702]

Amazing!

[@dyanalynn6698]

Awe Blue Water 💦❤️ and the expressions on Dave’s face during Crash into me 😉

[@awacsmye3]

Is John Popper sporting a freaking Katana!?

[@FAYMprod]

sometimes somebody's just asking to get harmonicut

[@neilyboy]

A true gem!

[@bluegrasspicker1204]

Holy Crap

[@jasonfenter6424]

Damn that Crash was killer. Too bad for the cuts!!!!

[@bluegrasspicker1204]

Awesome

[@gjah22]

Chester, I told you they played Crash Into Me on the side stage at Hordefest!

[@shakenbake228]

My favorite version of crash

[@jerryaldeens3903]

This is beyond belief...

[@andycapps3224]

Wow!

[@cmears76]

Raven existed in ‘95? Early version?

[@kiehna84]

Ralphie May yes it did

[@chrisscott4987]

I never knew a harmonica player could impress me like the song at the end. I always thought, “you’re just sliding it around while sucking and blowing, no real talent” But dang that was gold.

[@1856chi]

That evolved into The Raven?

[@Tyromecatron]

That was awesome.

[@andyervin2910]

early Raven

[@marc0321]

840 sounds like an early too much

[@groton27]

yeah along those lines for sure

[@Thisisperformance]

I was thinking so much to say based off his chords... Maybe a combo of both?

[@erikzmuda]

Yep. Came here to ask this.

[@shivaguest]

🕉

[@u.sonomabeach6528]

Damn, is that Johnny P

[@JudyKleinOfficial]

at 5:38 Crash!!! Yaaassss!!!

[@dodo41]

Yes - incredible!

[@Dan_is_a_liar]

Ah the good old days. Looks like a good time.

[@garrettwigums9768]

** JP riff sounds lil like 2 much in pts and a BT song

[@christopherzucchero4447]

Was this Horde Festival?

[@Superdupertacos23]

Does anyone know what shirt Stefan is wearing?

[@alexdefatte5202]

Vintage

[@BobbyFisher127]

More like Little Thing > Raven

[@bobkmac]

Anyone know what the black crowes comment was about?

[@johntylka5402]

The Black Crowes were the last band to play the HORDE show on the main big stage of the auditorium. They were the headliner...my HORDE ticket stub actually shows The Black Crowes as the headline in all caps as the main act. Believe it or not, ‘Dave Matthews’ is also on the ticket in small print below them along with Blues Traveler. It’s my most prized DMB ticket stub. DMB played the big stage earlier that afternoon. Popper was telling us all that the Crowes were getting ready to play and he wanted everyone to go watch them...he didn’t want to deprive the band of an audience. If I remember correctly, Blues Traveler actually founded and started the HORDE festival. I will say that when I got to that little Whale stage an hour early to get a spot at the edge of the stage to watch ‘Dave Matthews and Friends’ (as the posted schedule showed) there was hardly anyone at first, even when Dave arrived to play, but they were so awesome that concert goers eventually started flocking to the Whale stage like magnets to a fridge to catch all the commotion. It got super crowded around the stage by dusk. I think Popper got a little nervous that they could be stealing the Crowes’ thunder!

[@brainchildguru]

@@johntylka5402more stories please!

[@shaunellis3060]

Anyone have an uninterrupted copy of this?