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Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King is the seventh studio album by Dave Matthews Band (DMB), which is scheduled to be released by RCA Records on June 2, 2009.[1]

It will be the band's first studio album since 2005's Stand Up and the first release since the death of saxophonist LeRoi Moore. Guitarist Tim Reynolds will play on the album, marking his first recording with DMB since 1998’s Before These Crowded Streets. Rashawn Ross will make his first appearance on a DMB studio album since joining as a regular touring member in 2006 as will Jeff Coffin, who has taken Moore's role since June 2008. The album is being produced by Rob Cavallo (Green Day, My Chemical Romance, Alanis Morissette).[2][3] The first single on this album has been made available on their website.

The album will be the second major release by Dave Matthews Band with a vinyl edition.[4] Before These Crowded Streets is the only other album to have been released on that medium.

Recording

Work on the album began in February 2008 at Studio Litho in Seattle, Washington, and continued from October to December 2008 at Studio X in Seattle.[5] In January 2009 the band began work at Piety Street Studio in New Orleans, Louisiana.[6][7]

The album was originally slated to be released on April 14, 2009,[8] but it was moved to June 2. The title of the album was announced on February 26, 2009.[9]

The album cover was fully revealed on April 13. In the previous four days, sections of the cover were slowly revealed; the cover was divided into nine pieces and revealed one piece a day for the first several days, and then several pieces the last two days before the final reveal. The art was ultimately revealed by shuffling the pieces in a digital sliding puzzle, where the person has to rearrange the puzzle correctly. Once correct, the center piece was revealed to show the full picture.

Track listing

  1. "Grux" – 1:11
  2. "Shake Me Like a Monkey" – 4:00
  3. "Funny the Way It Is" – 4:28
  4. "Lying in the Hands of God" – 5:40
  5. "Why I Am" – 3:53
  6. "Dive In" – 4:26
  7. "Spaceman" – 4:08
  8. "Squirm" - 5:32
  9. "Alligator Pie (Cockadile)" – 3:59
  10. "Seven" – 4:17
  11. "Time Bomb" – 3:59
  12. "My Baby Blue" – 3:41
  13. "You and Me" – 4:52[10]

The track listing was made available on April 14 on the Dave Matthews Band website[11], and the first single from the album, "Funny the Way It Is", was made available for free download on the Dave Matthews Band website for the week of 14 April 2009.

Name

In an April 2009 interview with MTV, Dave Matthews and Carter Beauford described the origins of the two-pronged name of the album.

Beauford described the word "GrooGrux" as not only a nickname for LeRoi Moore, but also a nickname for himself, Tim Reynolds, and former collaborator Tim Wicks. Beauford said the made-up word was used to describe the "vibe" and "energy" of their "wild-sounding rhythms" they made when they started playing music together. Beauford also mentioned that Matthews, bassist Stefan Lessard and violinist Boyd Tinsley were now graduates of "The GrooGrux Academy."[12]

Matthews said the origins of "Big Whiskey" came from a chance encounter with a local New Orleans drunk during a photo shoot for the new album. When the band was shooting promotional photos outside of Preservation Hall in the French Quarter of New Orleans, they encountered a local man playing harmonica who was asking tourists for money so he could buy "a big whiskey." Lessard gave Matthews a $20 bill to hand the man, who walked off in celebration. Trumpet player Rashawn Ross then suggested the phrase for the title of the album, which Matthews liked because people wouldn't have to call the album by the more difficult to say "GrooGrux".[13]

Personnel

Dave Matthews Band
Additional personnel
Production
  • Producer — Rob Cavallo
  • Engineer — Doug McKean
  • Video — Joe Lawlor
  • Guitar Tech — Craig Baker
  • Drum Techs — Henry Luniewski, Jerry Johnson
  • Bass and Violin Tech — Erik Porter

Notes

  1. ^ Moore died during pre-production of the album

References

  1. ^ "Dave Matthews Band Summer Tour Dates". davematthewsband.com. 2009-02-18. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. ^ "Rob Cavallo Produces Upcoming Dave Matthews Band Album with Special Guest Tim Reynolds". Weekly DaveSpeak. 2008-03-07. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  3. ^ "2008 Summer Tour Announced and Producer Named". AntsMarching.org. 2008-03-06. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  4. ^ "Dave Matthews Band store". Retrieved 2009-04-21.
  5. ^ "Studio X". Studio X, Inc. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  6. ^ "DMB Begins Recording in New Orleans". WeeklyDaveSpeak. 2009-01-05. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  7. ^ "Dave Matthews Band Recording in N.O." AntsMarching.org. 2009-01-04. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  8. ^ "Dave Matthews Band Announces Album Release and Spring Dates of the 2009 Tour!". www.dmband.com. 2008-12-15. Retrieved 2009-02-27. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  9. ^ "Dave Matthews Band Album Title Announced!". davematthewsband.com. 2009-02-26. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  10. ^ http://music.barnesandnoble.com/Big-Whiskey-The-GrooGrux-King/Dave-Matthews/e/886974871224/?itm=1
  11. ^ "Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King Track Listing Announced and Artwork Unveiled". davematthewsband.com. 2009-04-14. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
  12. ^ "Carter Beauford Tells the Story Behind The GrooGrux King". MTV News. 2009-04-21. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
  13. ^ "Dave Matthews Explains Big Whiskey". MTV News. 2009-04-21. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
  14. ^ "Dave Matthews Band Talks 'Big Whiskey'". billboard.com. 2009-04-10. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
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