Thank you to our friends at Con-Fusion, the Official Italian DMB Fan Club, for passing along this great interview they landed with Sam Erickson- the man behind the documentary Road to Big Whiskey (amongst many other DMB video greats). The documentary is familiar to many of us on this side of the world, but only recently got showings at Italian cinemas this month.

This interview was first published in the June edition of Italy's Buscadero Magazine.

BY: ELENA PIZZETTI

"I am a chameleon and a social scientist. I love rock and roll music. I play guitar badly and extremely enthusiastically. I have a knack for hanging out with musicians and discovering their inner truth". This is how Sam Erickson, photographer, director and videomaker on the music scene for nearly twenty years, describes himself on his official website. "I can work with musicians of virtually any genre of music so long as there is some level on which I can relate to the artist and their tunes" he adds. To have proof of that, just check out some of the names he worked with, ranging from rock to hip hop, through country music: Steve Winwood, O.A.R., My Morning Jacket, Keith Urban, Good Charlotte and Nelly. But the deeper and longer lasting relationship is the one that ties him to the Dave Matthews Band.

In case you won't be making the trek to see DMB at Bonnaroo this weekend, it doesn't mean you have to miss out on all the action! Michael Franti and the members of Spearhead announced via the Bonnaroo YouTube channel that this year's annual arts and music festival will be webcast LIVE on YouTube beginning Friday June 11th.

Seemingly saving the best for last, DMB is set to headline the final day of the 3 day festival in Manchester, TN on Sunday June 13th. Other acts set to perform over the weekend include, Kings of Leon, Stevie Wonder, Tenacious D, Weezer, The Avett Brothers, Zac Brown Band, Norah Jones, Damien Marley and many more !

In collaboration with Brita's "Filter for Good" campaign and as a thank you to our donors, Weekly Davespeak is pleased to offer 2 PAIRS OF TICKETS to see Dave Matthews Band IN THE PIT at Maryland Heights, MO on June 16th 2010!

The contest will run from Wednesday June 9th to Friday June 11th at 12 PM EST and the winner will be announced shortly thereafter. Keep in mind, donating to Weekly Davespeak improves your chances of winning an awesome pair of DMB PIT tickets. Please donate now.

Visit our Forums for more information on How to Enter as well as our Rules and Regulations for this contest.

We'd again like to offer a very special THANK YOU to Brita and their "Filter for Good" campaign and remind everyone to check out their set up at DMB shows that they take in this summer to help make this tour DMB's "Greenest Tour" in their history. GOOD LUCK! 

"Wait a second! I got a question. Has anybody here...I'm not going to describe the picture, but I think it's out there, it's out there, thanks to wonderful digital era, of, I believe it's a Scottish man. I believe he's very happy. And, and just along the bottom it says, 'Whatcha thinking about?' That may be the funniest picture I've ever seen in my life. I sent that to everybody I know, including my mother! I was like, 'Everybody, everybody, everybody has to see this.' There's some, it was the funniest, I sent it across the ocean, like you gotta see this. Everyone's gotta see it. Whatcha thinking about?

One more show to add to the Summer Tour 2010! Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds will perform July 6 at the Constellation Brands-Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center, in Canandaigua, NY.

Tell everybody that you know and then also tell them to tell everyone they know and then tell everybody that you don't know to text 2022...2. 20222, you text CHIMP to 20222, and then you just did a good thing! So if you feel like, if you did some shitty thing, you know, you did something shitty. Also for you, like, some for people who automatically do that because they're just like, 'That's awesome! CHIMP! 20222!

Today we are kicking off Weekly Davespeak's 2010 fundraiser.  WDS continues to thrive thanks to the passionate fans of Dave Matthews Band.  For five years running, the fans have powered Weekly Davespeak by donating during the annual fundraiser.

We ask everyone who has used the site with regularity and plans to this tour to please donate.  This allows us to avoid advertisements further ticket brokers and instead promote a positive fan community. 

It is amazing the number of reliable services fans have come to rely on at WDS and we are pleased to be planning to continue this tradition in the years to come.  Please join in supporting Weekly Davespeak now! 

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Special thanks to Dan (Dwill26) and Jeff for preparing and conducting this interview!

Think you know when the band is about to play Shotgun, Idea of You, Baby Blue or Squirm? Well, if Dave is holding a Veillette Gryphon 12 String, you just might be right. Fans have come to notice over the past few years, a fancy little guitar added to Dave’s extensive guitar arsenal and WDS has the full scoop.

Last week, we had the privilege of interviewing Joe Veillette, the craftsman behind this line of unique guitars. Find out where his idea for the designs originated, what famous musicians play his instruments and the story behind how he began building guitars for a living.

"Would y'all tell me if I had a booger in my nose? That's a question you gotta ask a lotta people. My mom had a booger in her nose this morning. And I told her. There was this really pretty girl once when I was like thirteen and I was so in love with her. I can't remember her name, but I was in love with her.