New Dave Matthews Band Album Title: Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King
The official fan club for Dave Matthews band, The Warehouse, just announced the new Dave Matthews Band album title will be Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King.
A portion of the album title was first twittered by Dave this past Sunday the 22nd: "...still here dancing with the Groo Grux King. We'll be drinking big whiskey while we dance and sing. When I get to the end, I'm gonna end.."
Dave Matthews' tweets have ranged from serious to the absurd. Seven hours after uttering the new title name he tweeted: "This sad and joyful city is a broken and healing city. There are always a bad apple or two. But NOLA has stolen my heart. No place like it."
Yet more recently Dave replied to a 'follower': "I will build a bat house against the side of my house. A huge bat house. Then at night I will watch them pour into the air."
The complete title, Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King stands in stark contrast to the previous three albums, Stand Up, Busted Stuff and Everyday. However, an odd name will not necessarily get in the way of a hugely successful album.
Elton John's 9th studio album, Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy took #11 on Cracked.com's 20 Worst Album Titles of All Time yet debuted at number one in the U.S. Pop Albums chart in 1975. Captain Fantastic stayed at number one for seven weeks and went on to be certified as triple platinum.
A concept album, Captain Fantastic chronicled the adventures of John Lennon and lyricist Bernie Taupin between 1967 and 1969 in London. It is not unbelievable that Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King is named for Dave Matthews Band's recently passed sax player, LeRoi Moore.
There is a video of Carter calling LeRoi Moore Groogrux prior to a show, (seen here quietly around the 3:10 mark also see below). Also, and Rashawn suggested the band called LeRoi by the nickname on his myspace page following his death.
The last solid information about the album also came in an email from the Warehouse following a tweet from Dave Matthews: the then untitled Big Whiskey needed two more months.
