11.29.08
The Maker by Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds
One of the most beautiful songs to me is Daniel Lanois’ The Maker, appearing on his album Acadie, released in 1989. Although Dave Matthews has been covering the song since early ’90s, I wasn’t very familiar with it when I saw it live at a Dave and Tim show in Berlin, spring 2007. Since then it has become one of my favorites performed by the two.
I feel the song is at its best played acoustic, and I just love Dave’s emotional performance. The following video is from 2003. Nowadays Tim often plays a solo after the third verse and the end is different. A great version of the song is found on Dave and Tim’s release Live at Radio City Music Hall (2007). Especially the DVD is worth checking out if you already haven’t.
