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Dave Matthews isn’t afraid to go biblical in his songwriting, and it being the holidays, I thought it’d be a nice time to take a deeper look at the DMB track “Christmas Song”. Although the track is not exactly your typical holiday song, I love listening to “Christmas Song” around December 25th. The song begins with the miracle of Jesus’s birth -”The Wiseman came, three made their way/To shower him with love/While he lay in the hay”, traces the savior’s formative years - “Not very much of his childhood was known/Kept his mother Mary worried/Always out on his own”, his arrest “By the authorities less informed than he”, his death “When Jesus Christ was nailed to the tree/said ‘o Daddio, I can see now how it will all be”, and the lingering questions we are left with “Father up above, why in all this anger do you fill/Me up with love, love, love”. The song has a very elemental feel to it and really cuts to the heart of the what the Christian holiday of Christmas is based around. One of the best tracks off of Remember Two Things.

Dave Matthews has always been generous with his support of charity organizations, but his two forthcoming gigs with Tim Reynolds is treading on new ground. Dave and Tim will play five charity shows from December 6-11 where in which the fans will be able to choose which charitable organization their money goes to. The pair will play two shows on consecutive nights to start the short charity tour in Seattle at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall. Fans will be given a credit for their donation on JustGive.org where they can select the charity of their preference. JustGive.org has a massive database of charities you can donate to and can even find charities that are in your local area. Ticket are priced at $135 with VIP tickets available for $375. The concerts are expected to raise around $1 million.

DMB may not be on the road for awhile following their final show this year November 20th in Virginia, but fans can look forward to a new live album from the band. Live in New York City is due out November 9th on RCA Records. The new record will incredibly be the band’s 17th live album (the last being Dave & Tim’s Live in Las Vegas). The recording captures the second show at Citi Field on July 17th, 2010. I’m looking forward to hearing the record’s live versions of “Two Step”, “Gravedigger”, “Some Devil”, and “Satellite”. In other news, you can reportedly win a chance to hang out with the Dave Matthews Band by way of a VIP auction that will benefit Habitat For Humanity.  Green Day and Goo Goo Dolls recently offered up similar experiences to raise money for charity.