#41 is a song by the

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, featured on their 1996 album ''

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Song history

#41 was originally written by Dave Matthews as a reply to lawsuits brought by Ross Hoffman, a former associate and manager of the band. Hoffman owned rights to a number of the band's songs in the early 1990s; however, due to creative differences, he was eventually fired by the band, and the band's present manager,

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, was hired. As an owner of the band's songs, Hoffman felt he deserved a share of the profits, which later caused a legal dispute between him and the band. Matthews wrote the song based upon the broken-hearted feelings he was experiencing as he was going through legal disputes with a former mentor of his. On April 7, 1995, #41 debuted under the title "41 Police." As the band had not come up with an official title for the song, the number 41 was used as it was the band's 41st song, and it sounded similar to a song by

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". The original performance was played at

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, and lasted around nine minutes. This version of the song was played a total of 19 times before evolving into the #41 that exists today. In fall 1995, the song was officially named #41 after several lyric and chord changes were made. This song was the band's fourth "numbered" song at the time, following #27, #34, #36, and #40. After "41 Police" became a defunct song, the first performance of the #41 live was played on October 4, 1995, at the Tinker Street Café in

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. The show featured frequent collaborator

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on the

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. In the fall of 1995 the band, along with Reynolds, recorded the song in the studio for the album ''

'' with producer

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. On the album, a

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segues the song into the following track, "Say Goodbye", and was often played in this fashion during live shows after the song's debut. During that year, #41 became the most played song on their summer tour. In December 2000, lyrics from the band's song "Everyday", from the album of the same name, were added during the outro of the song, hence the creation of the "Everyday outro," which is often sung by Matthews during live performances.

Live collaborations

Throughout the years that the song has been performed live, the band has featured many guests to join them on stage and jam out the song, usually averaging around 15–20 minutes of play time, however sometimes longer. On

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1996, the band featured guests

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and

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, who make up the

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fusion band, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. During the live performance of #41, an interpolation of the Flecktones' song "Sojourn of Arjuna" was played live for the first time. Interpolations of "Sojourn of Arjuna," featured on the Flecktones' album, ''

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'', would be played during future live performances of #41 featuring guest appearances by Flecktones members. (This began to occur more frequently during the band's 2008 summer tour after longtime Flecktones member

replaced the late

as the band's saxophonist.) Since the song's debut, Dave Matthews Band has played #41 live over 500 times, occasionally featuring the Flecktones as musical guests. Currently, the longest live performance of #41 is also the band's longest performance of any song, and was played on April 20, 2002, at the former

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. The jam featured all of the Flecktones and lasted for 32 minutes and 3 seconds. This performance was later released on the bonus disc for ''

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Official live releases

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'' **1996 acoustic show with Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds *''

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'' **1999 concert for

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released as both a DVD and 2-CD set *'' The Warehouse 5'' **Only available to members of the

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**Featuring

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, and

*'' Live in Chicago 12.19.98'' **Winter 1998 concert **features guest

. *'' The Gorge'' **Summer 2002 3-night stand ''(track available only on 6-disc special edition set from band's online store)'' *'' Live Trax Vol. 1'' **Winter 1998 concert **features guests Tim Reynolds, Béla Fleck, and Jeff Coffin **same performance featured on ''The Warehouse 5'' *'' Live Trax Vol. 2'' **2004 charity show *'' Live Trax Vol. 4'' **1996 ''

'' release show *''

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'' **Summer 2005 4-night stand **features guest Rashawn Ross *''

( Encore CD)'' **exclusive bonus disc for Warehouse club members who pre-ordered ''The Best of What's Around Vol. 1'' **features Béla Fleck and the Flecktones **official live recording of the #41 half-hour jam *'' Live Trax Vol. 7'' **Winter 1996 concert **features guests Béla Fleck and the Flecktones and

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*'' Live Trax Vol. 8'' **8-7-2004 Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI **The song's 13th official release including Warehouse membership releases *'' Live Trax Vol. 10'' **Recent spring show in Lisbon, Portugal **features guest

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on acoustic guitar *''

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'' **2007 acoustic show with Dave Matthews and

* Live Trax Vol. 11 **Summer 2000 concert at

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*''

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'' **7-20-2008 Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, Colorado **features

on guitar and

on saxophone * Live Trax Vol. 16 **Summer 2000 concert **First of 2-night stand at

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**features

on guitar and

on saxophone **Includes an excerpt of "Sojourn of Arjuna" * Live Trax Vol. 17 **Summer 1997 concert * Live Trax Vol. 18 **Show opener

External links

DMB Almanac ListingGuitar Tabs @ DMBTabs.comLyrics and Song History @ antsmarching.org
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