Live in Chicago 12-19-98 at the United Center (CD - 2001)

Additional personnel includes: Maceo Parker (saxophone); Victor Wooten (bass); Tim Reynolds.

Recorded at United Center, Chicago, Illinois on December 12, 1998.

Personnel: Tim Reynolds (electric guitar); Victor Wooten (bass guitar).

Audio Mixers: Jeff Juliano ; John Alagia.

Recording information: United Center, Chicago IL (12/19/1998).

Editors: Doug Derryberry; Jeff Juliano ; Jeff Thomas; John Alagia.

Photographer: Sam Erickson.

Though the Dave Matthews Band is generally associated (not without reason) with the jam band contingent, this live album puts the distinctions between them and the HORDE horde in clear focus. For one thing, Matthews and company have a surprisingly gritty edge to their live sound, with the guitar and drums in particular achieving a noticeably punchier attack than on the group's studio recordings. Despite the amount of punch packed by the DMB on LIVE IN CHICAGO, the band's sophisticated side is amply demonstrated as well, from the Middle Easternisms of "The Last Stop" to the jazzy atmospherics of "Pantala Intro" and Leroi Moore's saxophone outbursts on the ubiquitous "What Would You Say." Of course the spontaneous group interplay and daring time signatures that are at the heart of the band's appeal are fully in evidence as well, making this the perfect vehicle for getting the live Dave Matthews Band feel (short of attending a concert). minimize