I wish I was a little older and into DMB in the early 90's primarily so that I would have had the chance to join their fanclub from day 1 and get access to concert killer seats from warehouse seniority. I still hope that the day 1 fanclub member that I met online (who coincidentally is from the same town as me and graduated from OK state like me) will request some tickets for me during the 2012 shows.
It is my understanding that they played several shows at Trax nightclub. Here is a clip from DMB almanac about the venue:
"Trax is a Charlottesville, Virginia nightclub located near the University of
Virginia along West Main Street. It was founded in the early 1980s, and has
changed hands (and, consequently, names) several times since. The building
was constructed in the early 1930s and has served many purposes over the
years including a National Guard Armory, an auto shop, a boxing ring, and a
warehouse. When it changed hands in the early mid-1990s, it was briefly known
as "Crossroads." Bands of all sizes of popularity have performed at Trax
over the years, notably including 10,000 Maniacs, The Band, The Black Crowes,
Blues Traveler, George Clinton, Cracker, David Gray, G. Love and Special
Sauce, Ben Harper, Arlo Guthrie, The Neville Brothers, Phish, Public Enemy,
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Leon Redbone, Squirrel Nut Zippers and Warren Zevon.
Dave Matthews Band played there every Tuesday in the early 1990s, and it was
there that they established their popularity in Charlottesville and among UVa
students. The last show that Dave Matthews Band (at least, several members
of Dave Matthews Band) performed at Trax was their April 29th, 1996 release
concert for Crash, their second major-label release.
The venue was demolished in 2002 in order to make room for the expanding UVA hospital complex.
Interestingly enough, I stumbled across a Flac torrent of a CD that is presumed to have been recorded at Trax in 1991. Here is the text file that came with the torrent download:
Dave Matthews Band
November 27, 1991
Trax
Charlottesville Va
Source: ASBD>CD?
CD>WAV>FLAC: Mike Belkin <MJBelkin@Uwm.edu>
All songs encoded using EAC Secure Mode, All tracks
ripped had 100% quality.
Disc One:
01: Dancing Nancies * 03:53.35
02: I'll Back You Up * 03:21.12
03: The Maker * 03:40.12
04: Cry Freedom * 04:13.38
05: Song That Jane Likes * 03:03.68
SET BREAK
06: Warehouse ^ 06:12.52
07: Jimi Thing 09:03.30
08: One Sweet World (Instrumental intro) 06:05.44
09: Lover Lay Down 05:45.74
10: True Reflections 05:05.28
Disc Two:
01: Angel From Montgomery 04:10.12
02: Tripping Billies 06:05.49
03: Recently 08:14.51
04: People People 06:45.26
05: Satellite # 04:59.38
06: Exodus $ 11:36.62
07: Typical Situation @ $ 06:44.22
^ - Mostly Jibberish type lyrics, no real form to them
$ - Featuring Daryl Rhodes on Percussion
# - Earliest known recording
* - Dave Solo
@ - Extended Boyd and Leroi Intro
NOTES:
*Most of the info from this show is unkown but safely assumed. It was found in a recording
studio in Charlottesville Va by a college student recording with her college a capella group.
She asked the studio guy if she could have it and he said yes. The Original was in the form of
2 discs and were labeled with the date 11.27.1991 and they said they were recorded at Trax.
The current disc 1 was also labeled disc two and visa versa however it is obvious that they were
accidently switched or mislabeled. She gave the CDs to Marcus Graham who is responsible for helping
us get this excellent show out.
* compiled 1/29/05 by Mike Belkin <MJBelkin@uwm.edu> any problems email me.
* Thanks to Christopher Patrick Drews for the co-seed.
