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"In Good Company"

By Alex Wendt
Aug.26.1998

Jimmy Barrera let us know about another Washington Post article about the shows at Nissan Pavilion.

"The Dave Matthews Band opened the first of two weekend concerts at the Nissan Pavilion Saturday night by once again erasing the lines that separate rock, funk, pop and jazz. And it had plenty of support. Herbie Hancock and the Headhunters, the seminal jazz-funk quintet, not only opened the show; three members of the band -- keyboardist Hancock, saxophonist Bennie Maupin and percussionist Bill Summers -- later helped the Matthews band sustain a freewheeling, genre-splicing momentum."

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