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Deed Is Done

Song Category: Unreleased
Times Fully Played: 21
Live Releases: 2
Broadcasts: 2
Date Last Played: 1.27.99 (9182 days ago)
Shortest Version: 2:37 (12.16.96)
Longest Version: 7:23 (10.04.95)

Tease Count : 5

Opener Count : 1
Encore Count : 1
The deed is done, and the girl is gone
Composer
Beauford / Lessard / Matthews / Moore / Tinsley (1999)
Song History
It has been said that this song was inspired from a young female fan, "Emily", who was terminally stricken with leukemia. As the story goes, her last request was to meet Dave Matthews in person, and after visiting her, he was inspired to write "Deed is Done". The song was recorded in Fall of 1995 for the "Crash" album, and was not a "road-tested" tune. It and three other songs recorded ("Help Myself," "Little Thing," and Boyd Tinsley's "True Reflections") were chosen to not be included in the album's line-up. "Deed is Done" was first played during a Dave and Tim live soundcheck for the 9.24.95 show. Has only been played twice by the full band: here and here. The song took its most popular form as a passionate Dave and Tim song where Tim could add his manic sounds to the mood of the song and where Dave has occasionally quoted lines from The Who's "Pinball Wizard". With the release of Before These Crowded Streets in April of 1998, fans heard the "Deed is Done" riff towards the end of the thirty-second jam following "Pig" on the album.
Color Legend
Show Type
Dave & Tim  (19)
DMB  (7)
Personnel
Dave Solo  (5)
Dave and Tim  (18)
Boyd Tinsley  (1)
Carter Beauford  (2)
Dave Matthews  (3)
LeRoi Moore  (1)
Stefan Lessard  (3)
Tim Reynolds  (2)
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
9.24
10.4
tease
1996
2.1
2.2
2.4
2.5
2.6
2.8
2.9
2.11
2.13
2.14
2.16
2.17
tease
6.4
12.16
tease
tease
1997
1.27
1.30
1998
tease
1999
1.19
1.20
1.27
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
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