Listener Supported
1999 live album by Dave Matthews Band

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Listener Supported is an album by the Dave Matthews Band, released on November 23, 1999. It was recorded live at Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey on September 11, 1999.
In addition to being the third live release by Dave Matthews Band, Listener Supported was filmed by PBS for an In the Spotlight special, and the entire concert was released on VHS the same day and DVD on February 8, 2000. The title of this release is taken from PBS's "supported by viewers like you" underwriting spot. It is currently the only Dave Matthews Band live album to not contain the date or location in the title. This is because part of the broadcast agreement allowed PBS to release their own audio CD version of the television special.
Listener Supported was also the first live release to feature keyboardist Butch Taylor and "The Lovely Ladies" on vocals. In addition to songs from each of their RCA studio albums, Listener Supported features the previously unreleased songs "#40", "True Reflections" (sung by Boyd Tinsley), and the heartbeat intro to "Pantala Naga Pampa", as well as the full band versions of "#36", "Granny" and "Long Black Veil".
01Track listing
- Disc one
- "Intro" (David J. Matthews), 6:25
- "Pantala Naga Pampa" (Matthews), 0:41
- "Rapunzel" (Carter Beauford, Stefan Lessard, Matthews), 7:09
- "Rhyme & Reason" (Matthews), 5:58
- "The Stone" (Matthews), 7:28
- "#41" (Beauford, Lessard, Matthews, LeRoi Moore, Boyd Tinsley), 9:47
- "Crash into Me" (Matthews), 6:02
- contains an interpolation from the composition "Dixie Chicken" (Lowell George, Martin Kibbee)
- "Jimi Thing" (Matthews), 13:12
- "#36" (Matthews), 7:34
- with The Lovely Ladies
- "Warehouse" (Matthews), 8:32
- Disc two
- "Too Much" (Matthews, Beauford, Moore, Lessard, Tinsley) , 4:52
- "True Reflections" (Tinsley) , 7:25
- with The Lovely Ladies
- "Two Step" (Matthews), 14:38
- "Granny" (Matthews), 4:24
- "Stay (Wasting Time)" (Matthews, Lessard, Moore) , 7:07
- with The Lovely Ladies
- "#40" (Matthews), 1:49
- solo by Dave Matthews
- "Long Black Veil" (Danny Dill, Marijohn Wilkin) , 8:44
- with The Lovely Ladies
- "Don't Drink the Water" (Matthews), 7:09
- "Intro to..." (Matthews), 1:36
- "All Along the Watchtower" (Bob Dylan) , 7:51
02Personnel
Dave Matthews Band
- Carter Beauford , percussion, drums, vocals
- Stefan Lessard , bass guitar
- Dave Matthews , guitar, vocals
- LeRoi Moore , saxophone, horns
- Boyd Tinsley , violin, lead vocals on "True Reflections"
Additional musicians
- The Lovely Ladies , backing vocals
- Tawatha Agee
- Chinah Bess
- Brenda White King
- Butch Taylor , keyboards
03Charts
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04Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA) | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
Sources and credits
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