Jun
07
In the first of two shows at Saratoga Performing Arts Center, the Dave Matthews Band put on a solid show for 25,000 music fans Friday night. Big Whiskey & the Groo Grux King tracks “Why I Am” and “Seven” got the night really going and the show picked up a few notches from that point. It’s a great sign that the newer material can energize crowd just as much as a song like “Bartender” or “Big Eyed Fish”. Stefan Lessard was serenaded by the audience for his thirty fifth birthday and the concert turned into a full-on dance party with “You and Me”, “Jimi Thing”, and “Shake Me Like a Monkey”. Dave and Company is headed for Bonnaroo next weekend where they will close the festival on Sunday night. First things first though, DMB travels to suburban Boston to play tonight and tomorrow at the Comcast Center.