''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 PBS 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" underwriting spot. 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

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Butch Taylor Butch Taylor (born Clarence Francis Taylor on April 13, 1961) is a composer, writer, keyboardist and long time guest musician with Dave Matthews Band. Early life Butch Taylor was born in Shawsville, Virginia on April 13, 1961. Taylor attended J ...

and "The Lovely Ladies" on vocals. In addition to songs from each of their

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studio albums, ''Listener Supported'' features the previously unreleased songs "#40", "True Reflections" (sung by

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), and the heartbeat intro to "Pantala Naga Pampa", as well as the full band versions of "#36", "Granny" and " Long Black Veil".

Track listing

;Disc one # "Intro" ( David J. Matthews) – 6:25 # " Pantala Naga Pampa" (Matthews) – 0:41 # "

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" ( Carter Beauford,

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, Matthews) – 7:09 # " Rhyme & Reason" (Matthews) – 5:58 # " The Stone" (Matthews) – 7:28 # " #41" (Beauford, Lessard, Matthews, LeRoi Moore,

) – 9:47 # " Crash into Me" (Matthews) – 6:02 #*''contains an interpolation from the composition'' "Dixie Chicken" ( Lowell George, Martin Kibbee) # " Jimi Thing" (Matthews) – 13:12 # " #36" (Matthews) – 7:34 #*''with The Lovely Ladies'' # "

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" (Matthews) – 8:32 ;Disc two #" Too Much" (Matthews, Beauford, Moore, Lessard, Tinsley) – 4:52 # "True Reflections" (Tinsley) – 7:25 #*''with The Lovely Ladies'' #" Two Step" (Matthews) – 14:38 # " Granny" (Matthews) – 4:24 # " Stay (Wasting Time)" (Matthews, Lessard, Moore) – 7:07 #*''with The Lovely Ladies'' # "#40" (Matthews) – 1:49 #*''solo'' by Dave Matthews # " Long Black Veil" ( Danny Dill, Marijohn Wilkin) – 8:44 #*''with The Lovely Ladies'' # " Don't Drink the Water" (Matthews) – 7:09 # "Intro to..." (Matthews) – 1:36 # " All Along the Watchtower" (

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) – 7:51

Personnel

Dave Matthews Band * Carter Beauford –

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–

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* Dave Matthews –

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* LeRoi Moore –

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, horns *

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

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

– keyboards

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References

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