The Central Park Concert

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The Central Park Concert
CD release
Live album by Dave Matthews Band
Released	November 18, 2003
Recorded	September 24, 2003 Central Park New York City, New York
Genre	Rock Jazz fusion
Length	2:44:29
Label	RCA
Producer	John Alagía (CD) Doug Brio, Daniel Catullo, Jack Gulick (DVD)
Professional reviews
Allmusic link Allmovie link Rolling Stone link
Dave Matthews Band chronology
Live at Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado (2002) The Central Park Concert (2003) The Gorge (2004)
Alternate Cover
DVD release

The Central Park Concert is a three disc live album and video by the Dave Matthews Band. The album was recorded on September 24, 2003 on the Great Lawn of Central Park in New York, New York in front of a crowd of 121,382, the band's largest audience to date. Tickets to the free concert were distributed to members of the Warehouse Fan Association, and although attendance was free, the show was a benefit concert for New York City Public Schools. Sponsored and broadcast over the web by America Online, the concert was known as "The AOL Concert for Public Schools."

Contents 1 Audio track listing 1.1 Disc One 1.2 Disc Two 1.3 Disc Three 2 Video track listing 2.1 Disc one 2.2 Disc two 3 Personnel 4 External links

[edit] Audio track listing

[edit] Disc One

1. "Don't Drink the Water" (Matthews) – 10:09
2. "So Much to Say" (Griesar, Matthews, Tinsley) – 4:14
3. "Anyone Seen the Bridge?" » "Too Much" (Beauford, Lessard, Matthews, Moore, Tinsley) – 6:41
4. "Granny" (Matthews) – 4:32
5. "Crush" (Matthews) – 11:19
6. "When the World Ends" (Ballard, Matthews) – 3:54

[edit] Disc Two

1. "Dancing Nancies" (Matthews) – 9:44
2. "Warehouse" (Matthews) – 9:40
3. "Ants Marching" (Matthews) – 5:51
4. "Rhyme and Reason" (Matthews) – 5:36
5. "Two Step" (Matthews) – 18:56
6. "Help Myself" (Matthews) – 5:23

[edit] Disc Three

1. "Cortez the Killer" (Young) – 10:52
   • featuring Warren Haynes on guitar and vocals
2. "Jimi Thing" (Matthews) – 16:39
   • featuring Warren Haynes on guitar
3. "What Would You Say" (Matthews) – 5:27
4. "Where Are You Going" (Matthews) – 3:53
5. "All Along the Watchtower" (Dylan) – 12:59
   • features a bass guitar intro jam of The Star-Spangled Banner by Stefan Lessard
6. "Grey Street" (Matthews) – 4:58
7. "What You Are" (Ballard, Matthews) – 6:40
8. "Stay (Wasting Time)" (Lessard, Matthews, Moore) – 6:59

[edit] Video track listing

[edit] Disc one

1. Prelude »
2. "Don't Drink the Water"
3. "So Much to Say" » "Anyone Seen the Bridge?"
4. "Too Much"
5. "Granny"
6. "Crush"
7. "When the World Ends"
8. "Dancing Nancies" »
9. "Warehouse"
10. "Ants Marching"
11. "Rhyme & Reason"
12. "Two Step"

[edit] Disc two

1. "Help Myself"
2. "Cortez, the Killer"
3. "Jimi Thing"
4. "What Would You Say"
5. "Where Are You Going"
6. "All Along the Watchtower"
7. "Grey Street"
8. "What You Are"
9. "Stay (Wasting Time)"

[edit] Personnel

• Carter Beauford – percussion, drums, backup vocals
• Stefan Lessard – bass guitar
• Dave Matthews – acoustic guitar (electric guitar on "What You Are"), vocals
• LeRoi Moore – saxophones, backup vocals
• Boyd Tinsley – violin, backup vocals
• Butch Taylor – keyboards

With guest:

• Warren Haynes – electric guitar, vocals

Produced by

• Doug Biro .... producer
• Coran Capshaw .... executive producer
• Daniel Catullo .... producer (as Daniel E. Catullo III)
• Mark Dowley .... executive producer
• Tanya Greenblatt .... producer: Event Resources, Inc.
• Jack Gulick .... producer
• Liam J. Lynch .... producer: Central Park Event Production
• Richard Sanders .... executive producer
• David Stallbaumer .... senior producer: Event Resources, Inc.
• Hugh Surratt .... executive producer
• Chris Wiel .... executive producer: Central Park Event Production, Momentum

Touring crew

• Marcus Belfrey .... production assistant
• Jennifer Berrio .... production coordinator
• Lee Blanco .... engineer in charge
• Paul Brinkman .... maintenance: Fiber
• John Burgermeister .... maintenance
• Charlie Campbell .... crew
• Madelyn Catullo .... business manager
• Al Cerullo .... helicopter pilot (as Al Curillo)
• Jeff Child .... audio technician: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• John Cokefair .... VTR
• Sean Duffy .... production assistant
• Jim Dugan .... technician: RF
• H.R. Ezratty .... crew
• Randy Ezratty .... owner/president: Effanel Music, Inc.
• John Finen .... site coordinator
• Shelli Fitzgerald .... assistant: Daniel E. Catullo III
• Garvin Foster .... production assistant
• Jenny Fox .... production coordinator: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Sara Fung .... script supervisor (as Sara Fung Niimi)
• Tilton Gardner .... finance
• James Goldsmith .... supervisor
• Kent Green .... technical supervisor
• Randy Greer .... technician: Stab-C
• J.W. Griffith .... technical director: HD production, Coming Home Studios (as JW Griffith)
• Dan Gruber .... production assistant
• Mo Hale .... stage manager: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Tim Hansberry .... production assistant
• Candice Hanson .... legal
• David Hodorowski .... production assistant
• Franklin Holmes .... VTR
• Bo Ives .... Tour Merchandiser Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Ernie Jew .... studio crane operator
• Hardi Kamsani .... crew
• Robert Kelly .... production assistant
• Bill Kolb .... production accountant: Central Park Event Production
• Ian Kuhn .... monitor engineer: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Mike Lane .... video crew chief
• Dean Lawrence .... tour manager: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Andrew Lindberg .... maintenance
• Henry Luniewski .... drum technician: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Kyle McEneany .... production assistant
• Christine McGee .... production assistant
• Hank McHugh .... production manager: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Monk Montgomery .... guitar technician: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• John Nagle .... production assistant
• Trey Nelson .... production assistant
• Francisco Ordonez .... key production assistant
• Alyson Perlongo .... production coordinator
• Matt Podaski .... production assistant
• Erik Porter .... violin/bass technician: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Brian Priebe .... production assistant
• Amy Procop .... office manager
• David Rakower .... production assistant
• Angela Rivera .... production assistant
• Pat Ryan .... assistant rigger: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Dave Saull .... woodwind technician: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Lauren Schneider .... stage manager
• Mike Sharick .... crew
• George Sosnowski .... production assistant
• Lorraine Stobie .... production assistant
• Alex Stults .... Tour Merchandising Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Jay Straka .... production assistant
• Nava Tabkum .... engineer in charge
• Sean Titone .... office assistant
• Ron Travisano .... technician: Tower Cam/Cam Remote (as Ron Travasano)
• Frank Vu .... b-roll footage
• Angie Warner .... backstage coordinator: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Fenton Williams .... creative consultant
• Bill Willig .... color correction: Imagine Group

Cinematography by

• Rick Siegel

Film Editing by

• Michael Burlingame
• Sean Fullan
• Terry Katz
• William Knight
• Christine Mitsogiorgakis (video "Earth2Mars")
• Kevin Moy

Art Department

• Michael Adames .... graphic designer

Sound Department

• John Alagia .... sound mixer: 5.1 surround and stereo, Effanel Music
• John Alagia .... sound producer
• Ramsey Alkaysi .... utility sound
• Jon Altschiller .... additional sound engineer
• Robert Bargnesi .... key utility sound (as Rob Bargensi)
• James Biggs .... utility sound
• Mike Brady .... audio delays: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Pawel Butkiewicz .... utility sound
• Jeff Child .... audio technician: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Dave Civadanes .... utility sound
• Tom Curran .... audio two
• Pat Duffy .... utility sound
• Tom Efinger .... sound re-recording mixer: Dig It Audio (as Tom Effinger)
• Jason Eskew .... RF coordinator (Dave Matthews Band tour production)
• Rob Evans .... additional Protools and digital services: PMD Recording, Charlottesville, VA
• Derek Featherstone .... audio systems technician: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Matthew Haasch .... audio delays: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• John Harris .... sound mixer: 5.1 surround and stereo, Effanel Music
• Scott Harvey .... audio delays: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Jeff Juliano .... sound mixer: 5.1 surround and stereo, Effanel Music
• Chris Kress .... additional Protools and digital services: PMD Recording, Charlottesville, VA
• Chris Kress .... live recording engineer: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Joe Lawlor .... live recording engineer: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• David Lewis .... utility sound
• Tom Lyon .... audio systems technician: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• George Marino .... sound masterer: Sterling Sound, NYC
• Jim Martens .... utility sound
• Jesse James Mehrmann .... utility sound
• John Moros .... assistant sound re-recording mixer
• Viktor Moroz .... utility sound
• Jose Neves .... audio delays: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Tony Norris .... audio technician: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Seth Orenstein .... utility sound
• Casey Phariss .... audio tape operator
• Chris Prinzivalli .... stage technician: Effanel Music Inc.
• Lonnie Quinn .... audio crew chief: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Daniel Sanders .... utility sound
• Rocky Shinh .... utility sound
• Joel Singer .... audio EIC: Effanel Music, Inc.
• Jeff Thomas .... house sound engineer: Dave Matthews Tour production
• Phil Velez .... utility sound
• Ian Vysick .... audio one

Visual Effects by

• Ben Britten Smith .... spydercam flight control

• Camera and Electrical Department
• Don Adams .... lighting technician: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• William Akerlund .... camera operator: Tower Cam (as Bill Akerlund)
• Frank Allen .... lighting technician: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Juan Barrera .... camera operator (as Juan Barerra)
• Angelo Bartolome .... video technician: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Mark Benjamin .... camera operator
• Audra Breyer .... lighting technician: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Chris Byrum .... camera operator: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Michael Caron .... video technician: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Bob Chaize .... lighting technician: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Jim Covello .... camera operator: Spyder Cam
• Jeff Crane .... video technician: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Matt Davis .... camera technician: Spyder Cam
• Bob DelRusso .... camera operator (as Bob Del Russo)
• Alan Deutsch .... helicopter camera operator
• Steve Finley .... lighting technician: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Pete Franks .... lighting crew chief: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Freddie Fredericks .... Steadicam operator (as Fred Frederick)
• Ed Fussel .... camera operator (as Eddie Fussell)
• Thomas Geren .... camera operator (as Tom 'Scoop' Geren)
• Mike Gilbert .... Steadicam assistant
• Ben Gokey .... lighting technician: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Norman Gomes .... rigger: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Marielle Greer .... camera technician: towercam
• Randy Greer .... camera technician: towercam
• Leslie Hankey .... camera operator
• Dale Hansen .... lighting technician: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Kelly Hood .... lighting technicia: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Kevin Hoyle .... video technician: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• John Huntington .... camera shading
• John Korus .... video technician: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Jay Kulick .... camera operator
• Chris Kuroda .... co-lighting designer: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Matt Lassandro .... camera operator: Mini-Mote
• John Luton .... second electric
• John Meiklejohn .... camera operator
• Jay Millard .... camera operator
• Barry Minnerly .... camera shading
• Lance Moore .... video technician: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Susan Noll .... camera shading
• Danny O'Bryen .... video technician: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Gary Radakovich .... co-lighting designer: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Gary Radakovich .... lighting programmer: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Brad Reiman .... video technician: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Mike Rinehart .... lighting technician: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Jofre Rosero .... camera operator
• Glen Rupert .... lighting technician: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• James Scutakes .... grip crane operator
• Todd Semmes .... camera operator: Spyder Cam (as Todd 'Hammer' Semmes)
• Arnold Simmons .... camera operator: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Ben Smith .... camera technician: Spyder Cam
• David Smith .... camera operator
• Scott Staver .... lighting technician: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Aaron Stinebrink .... lighting technician: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Lonnie Stoner .... camera operator: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Cody Taylor .... camera technician: Spyder Cam
• Mike Trifillis .... lighting technician: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• John Trowbridge .... gaffer
• Jim Tufaro .... camera operator
• Rob Vuona .... camera operator
• Ron Washburn .... camera operator
• Ray Werthmann .... lighting technician: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Fenton Williams .... lighting designer
• Charles Wilson .... lighting technician: Dave Matthews Band tour production
• Easter Xua .... camera operator
• Jason Young .... lighting technician: Dave Matthews Band tour production

Editorial Department

• Daniel Luskin .... post-production coordinator
• Eric Singer .... post-production: HDTV, Image Group

[edit] External links

• The AOL Concert For Schools – Official concert website

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