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Death on the High Seas

Song Category: Unreleased
Times Fully Played: 73
Live Releases: 0
Broadcasts: 5
Date Last Played: 2.16.24 (41 days ago)
Shortest Version: 4:32 (02.16.24)
Longest Version: 7:03 (07.31.15)

Partial Count : 9

Opener Count : 5
Set 2 Opener Count : 2
The dinosaur is waiting for us
Composer
Matthews / Alagia
Song History
Dave mentioned this song in a video posted in July 2013. It debuted nearly two years later as an intro to Out of My Hands on 5.30.15 (listed on the official dmband.com setlist as "Intro") before making its full debut on 6.12.15.

In the aforementioned video, Dave says of the song: "There's a song that I'm working on now, a little piano tune. What's it called? Um... I don't know what I'm calling it. [hums verse] I think it's called 'Death on the High Seas' or something, which is a very happy-sounding title. But it's sort of all about this sort of overwhelming sense of responsibility that's inside of me, that wants to look after my kids. It's an overwhelming feeling, the feeling of what's entrusted to me by biology. And so it gets a little specific, and it reflects political ideas, and it reflects my fear of how the planet, and it reflects my fear of violence towards children and all those things that my children, my kids will face. And that's sort of what it's about. But I don't think I would have written from such a personal perspective before I had kids. I couldn't have, right?"
Color Legend
Show Type
Dave & Tim  (20)
DMB  (53)
Personnel
Dave Solo  (6)
Dave and Tim  (20)
Boyd Tinsley  (19)
Carter Beauford  (47)
Dave Matthews  (47)
Stefan Lessard  (39)
Branford Marsalis  (2)
Jeff Coffin  (19)
Rashawn Ross  (26)
Tim Reynolds  (44)
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
partial
partial
partial
partial
2013
2014
2015
partial
partial
partial
partial
6.12
7.31
9.6
9.11
9.12
9.13
10.8
10.11
10.12
10.15
10.17
10.18
10.20
10.21
10.24
10.27
10.28
10.30
11.1
11.2
11.4
11.5
11.7
11.10
11.11
11.13
2016
5.13
5.18
5.21
5.24
5.28
5.29
6.7
6.17
6.18
6.21
6.24
7.1
 7.6
7.8
7.12
7.15
7.19
7.23
7.26
7.29
2017
 1.25
 2.25
 3.21
 3.26
 3.29
 4.1
 4.2
 4.6
 4.11
 5.6
 5.31
 6.3
 6.7
 partial
2018
 1.12
2019
 2.17
2020
2021
2022
 2.19
2023
 2.17
2024
 2.16
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