Thanks for stopping by.

I?m not actively trading or doing B&P's right now since I now have high speed internet and prefer to download the shows I want.? However, I'm open to creative trades if you have something you think I'd want, and I have something you really want. If you're really, really nice about it, I'll do a B&P.

My Trading Rules:

• High Quality, DAO shows only, PLEASE!
• I prefer TDK CDR?s.
• Individually sleeve CD?s.
• Use a bubble mailer to mail discs.
• Do NOT write on the discs.
• Please communicate if you are unable to mail by the agreed upon date.

B&P?s for newbies:

• Please review this website if you haven't already: http://www.mcnichol.com/bnp/

My B&P rules:

• Send discs promptly.
• Include a note of which shows I?m to burn for you.
• Individually sleeve CDR?s
• Send a self addressed return bubble mailer.
• Be sure to affix sufficient postage (stamps).
• My burner handles all brand of CDR?s
• Limit 6 discs per B&P.

I travel with my job so I may need up to two weeks to complete B&P?s. I do NOT keep track of every minor flaw in my shows, particularly the older shows. For newer shows I expect and demand a higher level of quality. I insist that my 2002 and later shows be excellent sound quality and flawless.

Thanks!

Tom Carter/NbrFortyOne

Taken from DMBTA:

1991 marked the beginning of the Dave Matthews Band. Dave Matthews, a bartender in Charlottesville, Virginia, encountered several musicians to help him make a demo tape. Unbeknownst to all of them, this would be the beginning of a wonderful friendship...

1992 was the beginning of the Dave Matthews Band fanbase. DMB had its Tuesday night slot at Trax (which would lead to Wednesday nights at the Flood Zone in Richmond) and with that came the tape trading culture. DMB tapes began to circulate all around the east coast. The band toured relentlessly -- hitting frat parties and anywhere else that would have them. Having formed in 1991, 1992 was a great year for the band -- keyboardist Peter Griesar was still in effect (he would go on to leave the band in March of 1993), so 1992 featured a lot of keyboard jamming by Peter?

1993 was a year of change for the Dave Matthews Band. In March, keyboardist Peter Greiser decided that he had had enough of the touring lifestyle and he left the band -- 03.23.93 was his last show. DMB continued to tour, hitting more spots along the east coast, and continuing with its weekly gigs at Trax on Tuesdays, and Flood Zone on Wednesdays. Many people consider 1993 to be the height of the band's improvisation?

1994 is most memorable to tapers as The Year of the Death of the Soundboard Patch. DMB's first major label debut, Under the Table and Dreaming was released on RCA on 09.27.94, where it debuted at #34 on the charts. 1994 was what we at the DMBTA consider the band's finest year: they had comfortably adapted to the loss of Peter, and truly came into their own. Their relentless touring schedule precluded much time for Dave to concentrate on his songwriting; as a result, very few songs were debuted this year?

1995 DMB continued their grueling tour schedule, but what's so amazing about this isn't really the miles hit on their odometer, but the fact that even though they were on the road for so long, another 7 songs made their debuts this year?

1996 featured the first Dave & Tim mini-tour. Dave and Tim had done many shows together before, but they were always shows here and there, never a whole tour of them. Not too many songs debuted this year. Otherwise, DMB was too busy touring to come up with anything new. The summer tour supported Crash (released 04.30.96), and really, so did the NYE run. Setlists began to stagnate, and there was a little unrest among fans that the band was becoming predictable. Roi seemed to become invisible -- often leaving the stage in the middle of shows.

1997 would turn out to be a pleasant surprise. DMB had some of trouble with bootleggers in the beginning of 1997, got some bad publicity, but on the whole, recovered quite nicely. The winter of ?97 saw another Dave and Tim tour. As far as the full band tour goes, great things were happening there, too. Quite a few Crash songs played every night, but the rest of the setlist was a fair mix. The band went back into the studio in 1997, to work on Before These Crowded Streets.

End DMBTA

My DMB History

I attend my first DMB show in Charlotte in 1998 at the invitation of my next door neighbor and have been in love with this band ever since.?I attended shows at Charlotte in 1999 and 2000. In 2001 I doubled up going to shows in Charlotte and Greenville, SC. But that was in early May and by?2002 I couldn't wait to see the band again. So, I?made it?to the show in Philly in April '02. Later that summer I attended Atlanta, Raleigh and Charlotte. I then attended two shows from the Winter tour in Chicago and Champaign in December '02.

In 2003, after trading and talking with fellow DMB fans, I decided I had to go to see the band at?The Gorge Amphitheater?in George, Washington. And I did. Back to back shows at the Gorge. What an incredible place to see a concert.? I hope to go back every year. In addition to the two shows at The Gorge, I went to shows again?in Charlotte, Raleigh and Atlanta. Also, in early spring of 2004, I saw Dave and Tim at Kenosha, WI.

In 2004, I returned to The Gorge for 3 shows, and also went to shows in West Palm Beach (2), Columbus (2), and Charlotte. This year, 2005, I?plan to attend shows in Cleveland, Columbus (2), Pittsburgh, Charlotte, Raleigh, Atlanta and Boston. This will bring my total DMB shows attended to 33.?

Hope to see you there!