In memory of LeRoi
My title is from “Lying in the Hands of God” off Dave Matthews Band’s new album Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King. It is blowing my mind.
I saw DMB a couple of weeks ago in Hartford and they played a ton of tunes off their new album. Sure there were plenty of standby tunes, but honestly the whole concert could have been this new album front to back and it would have been just as amazing.
Two songs that I’m totally stuck on…listening to and learning how to play are “Lying In The Hands Of God” and “You and Me”. Amazing lyrics. You can feel the tribute to LeRoi in these songs and through the whole album.
Here’s a great review of the album by David Fricke on RollingStone.com
Fricke concludes:
Big Whiskey, though, is a lot like a New Orleans funeral parade — mourning and zest balled into big, brawny music. “We’ll be drinking big whiskey while we dance and sing,” Matthews crows in “Why I Am.” “And when my story ends, it’s gonna end with him/Heaven or hell/I’m going down with the GrooGrux King.” I’m betting on heaven — and that Moore will be quietly waiting for him.
I’ll back up that bet…
