''Listener Supported'' is an album by the Dave Matthews Band, released on November 23, 1999. It was recorded live at

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in East Rutherford,

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on September 11, 1999. In addition to being the third live release by Dave Matthews Band, Listener Supported was filmed by

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for an ''In the Spotlight'' special, and the entire concert was released on VHS the same day and

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on February 8, 2000. The title of this release is taken from PBS's "supported by viewers like you"

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. 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

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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 "

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Track listing

All songs by David J. Matthews unless noted. ;Disc one # Intro – 6:25 # "

Pantala Naga Pampa "Pantala Naga Pampa" is the first track on the Dave Matthews Band's album, '' Before These Crowded Streets''. The song was the shortest track recorded by the band in the studio (until " bkdkdkdd" was released on the 2018 album '' Come Tomorrow'') ...

" – 0:41 # " Rapunzel" (Matthews, Beauford, Lessard)– 7:09 # " Rhyme & Reason" – 5:58 # " The Stone" – 7:28 # " #41" – 9:47 # "

Crash into Me "Crash into Me" is a song by American rock group Dave Matthews Band. It was released in December 1996 as the third single from their second album, ''Crash''. It reached number 7 on the US ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart in March 1997. The s ...

" – 6:02 #*''contains an interpolation from the composition'' "Dixie Chicken" (

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, Martin Kibbee) # "

Jimi Thing ''Under the Table and Dreaming'' is the debut studio album from Dave Matthews Band, released on September 27, 1994. The album's first single was "What Would You Say", featuring John Popper of Blues Traveler on harmonica. Two other singles from ...

" – 13:12 # " #36" – 7:34 #*''with The Lovely Ladies'' # "

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" – 8:32 ;Disc two #

" Too Much" (Matthews, Beauford, Moore, Lessard, Tinsley) – 4:52 # "True Reflections" ( Tinsley) – 7:25 #*''with The Lovely Ladies'' #" Two Step" – 14:38 # " Granny" – 4:24 # " Stay (Wasting Time)" (Matthews, Lessard, Moore) – 7:07 #*''with The Lovely Ladies'' # "#40" – 1:49 #*''solo by Dave Matthews # "

" ( Dill, Wilkin) – 8:44 #*''with The Lovely Ladies'' # " Don't Drink the Water" – 7:09 # Intro to... – 1:36 # " All Along the Watchtower" ( Dylan) – 7:51

Personnel

Dave Matthews Band * Carter Beauford –

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Stefan Lessard Stefan Kahil Lessard (born June 4, 1974) is an American musician, best known as the bassist for the Dave Matthews Band. Early life Lessard was born in Anaheim, California, Anaheim, California, to musicians Ron and Jacqueline Lessard. After movin ...

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* Dave Matthews –

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* LeRoi Moore –

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* Boyd Tinsley –

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on "True Reflections" Additional musicians *The Lovely Ladies –

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** Tawatha Agee **Chinah Bess **Brenda White King *

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References

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