I mentioned it a couple times before, but this past weekend was spent at Deer Creek, aka Verizon Wireless Music Center, in Indiana for two nights of the Dave Matthews Band. I left first thing on Friday morning and flew to Chicago where a couple of friends picked me up and we were quickly on our way to our campground. Despite a few traffic jams along the way, we made it in pretty good time and immediately began setting up our tents and other camping goods.

Before too long we were heading into the venue for the first night’s show. I enjoyed the second night’s setlist a little more than the first, but it was still a great show. Song highlights for the weekend included “What Would You Say”, “So Damn Lucky”, “Jimi Thing”, and “Tripping Billies”, to name just a few. Heck, I could list almost every song they played as a highlight for me, especially with so few repeats between nights.

Besides the shows, we had a blast hanging around camp, enjoying the surprisingly nice weather, playing cornhole, hanging around a campfire, etc. In fact I slept most of yesterday just to catch up from everything. That included the drive back to Chicago, a nap or two on my friends couch, and then sleeping through most of my entire flight back to Denver. Even still I slept like a baby last night. All in all it was well worth the trip and I always look forward to seeing future shows at Deer Creek.

6 Responses to “The Band That Ed Likes”
  1. Doni says:

    Looks like a fun place. Can’t beat walking to the and from the event!

    http://www.sleepybearcampground.com/2007_matthews/index.html

  2. edpaffjr says:

    Yeah, the walk is really quick and easy. They crammed lots of people in this year, but we still had enough space and plenty of shade.

  3. Amy says:

    Kind of sad I missed the shows, not sad I missed the honey dippers :)

  4. edpaffjr says:

    So true. I almost barfed when they showed up on the second day.

  5. Ryan says:

    So, tell me you kept with traditions during Corn Hole.

    Running duellies?
    Maintain Honskies?
    Pete’s hot wife?
    Soundcheck listening?

    I need info, I feel a little dead inside over missing this weekend. Damn this city is too expensive.

  6. edpaffjr says:

    We were running some duellies with two sets of boards, but one of them was a short set that AP’s friends brought. They play with three bags too, but we quickly change that.

    I never saw Pete’s wife, but his kids sure have grown up. And of course we heard soundcheck. It was really loud this year.

    One thing that is really different is the surrounding area. They are building a shopping mall right off the exit, and the roads are all different getting into the venue. The buses no longer drive right past the campground. But some folks did see Dave riding his bike into the show for night two.

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