By David Reiersgord 

It seems like all that we see on television these days are reports of wars, hatred, and violence and that positive and uplifting stories are truly rare. That is a shame. Because it is the stories that move and inspire us that we will remember years from now. This is one of those stories.

However, the more powerful stories are the ones that last, and when this force is paired with happiness, overwhelming joy ensues.

I would like you all to meet Rashad Ahmed and Nader Wahba, two musicians from Cairo, Egypt. They're DMB fanatics who took it upon themselves to bring DMB's music to their hometown in any way they could - a benefit concert with all the proceeds going straight to charity.

Thanks to some inspiration from a thread on Nancies.org, we recently ranked Dave Matthews Band against a number of other entertainers using Google Trends. Haven't heard of Google Trends? No worries, you're about to become an instant expert.

Google Trends is interesting because it lets us compare the number of Google searches for one topic versus another.

After it was announced that the next DMB Live Trax album would be the 12/31/96 show at Hampton Coliseum we got in touch with Joel Johnson. Joel attended both the new years eve show and the 12/28/96 Winston-Salem, NC show three days prior. Joel gives his account of the evening with detail regarding all the pushing going on in the "festival-style" general admission at the venue.

All of the WDS Articles from 2004-2006 are preciously archived at the link below.