Dave’s the worst kind of patron in its songs - yammering on and on to this poor bartender about his broken heart and broken spirit, wagging his fist at Heaven above. To get some insight into how and why Walker - who is much younger than Matthews and has no personal connection to Matthews that we’re aware of - was so compelled to undertake this project, we asked him to write about the Lillywhite Sessions, what they meant to him, and why he decided to do this in the first place.Ĭan you imagine how annoyed Dave Matthews’ bartender must be in The Lillywhite Sessions? Jesus. Written at a time when Matthews was drinking pretty heavily, the songs were dark and sad, and eventually the entire record was scrapped. The Dave Matthews Band version of the songs that made up the Lillywhite Sessions were never released in their original form, though they did officially (and, uh, unofficially) find their way to release over the years, but even without their scarcity, the songs occupy a special place in the hearts and minds of DMB heads. First, some backstory: Up until this point, Walker has showcased his brilliant musicianship across a number of records and collaborations, but it was still shocking to learn that he was covering DMB’s the Lillywhite Sessions in its original form, and then releasing that record. In the interest of not reductively - and inexorably - tying DMB to a (very good, but still …) movie forever, Vulture asked musician Ryley Walker to explain himself. It was a welcome reminder to regularly check, reevaluate, and revisit long-held opinions, but it also made clear what a whole lot of people already knew: The Dave Matthews Band has a lot of jams, and some of the best ones were never even officially released. Pre-order it here.Lady Bird taught us a lot, you know, as a society, but mostly it taught us that the Dave Matthews Band was better than we remembered, and evoked a lot of feelings and complicated emotions about what it was like to be a teenager and to first be interrogating yourself about why you loved what you loved. The Lillywhite Sessions is out 11/16 via Dead Oceans. Listen to “Busted Stuff” above, check out the The Lillywhite Sessions art and tracklist below, and revisit our interview with Walker here. All my friends who haven’t heard it are like, “How can you possibly pull this off?” Exactly. It’s just, I grew up on this shit and I wanna do a record where nobody knows what it’s going to sound like. I’m not trying to reappraise or make everybody think twice about it. I don’t even know if they don’t like the music, they just hated how present he was. But record heads and music nerds and anybody who is kinda hip f*cking hates the guy. Outside of jam band scenes, I don’t know maybe Rolling Stone liked him, or VH1 and shit. “When you do something like Dave Matthews, he’s so divisive. Walker says he thinks the album is “the best thing I’ve ever done,” and talked about Dave Matthews hate: Among the album’s fans is Ryley Walker, and now he’s announced that he’s releasing a cover album of the record, out on November 16 via Dead Oceans. These recordings eventually leaked, however, and came to be beloved by fans, circulating around as The Lillywhite Sessions. Between 19, Dave Matthews Band recorded some demos that were ultimately rejected by the band’s label.
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