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Bartender

Also Known As: Thingy / Reconcile Our Differences / On Bended Knee
Album: Busted Stuff
Times Fully Played: 493
Live Releases: 39
Broadcasts: 54
Date Last Played: 2.16.24 (31 days ago)
Shortest Version: 2:46 (02.06.99)
Longest Version: 23:22 (09.01.06)

Fake Count : 2

Opener Count : 107
Set 2 Opener Count : 1
Closer Count : 4
Encore Count : 7
2nd Encore Count : 1
Bartender, please, fill my glass for me.
Composer
Matthews (2002)
Song History
This song of epic proportions originally came into the light as "Reconcile our Differences" / "On Bended Knee" on the 1999 Dave and Tim winter tour. Many claim the song sounded eerily like Leave Me Praying and possibly co-evolved from the same song as Don't Drink the Water. Reconcile Our Differences went through several stages of lyrical evolutions after finally being realized as Bartender by the end of the tour. However, it wasn't until the Summer of 2000 that the song finally came into its own after being reworked in the Lillywhite Studio Sessions into a climactic masterpiece. Times for this song are far from an exact science. When it is played out of Big Eyed Fish, song time starts as soon as Boyd's droning intro becomes the most prominent thing you hear.
Color Legend
Show Type
Dave & Emmylou Harris  (1)
Dave & Friends  (11)
Dave & Tim  (122)
Dave Solo  (59)
DMB  (302)
Personnel
Dave Solo  (59)
Dave and Tim  (163)
Boyd Tinsley  (249)
Carter Beauford  (269)
Dave Matthews  (271)
LeRoi Moore  (186)
Stefan Lessard  (269)
Béla Fleck  (1)
Buddy Miller  (1)
Buddy Strong  (22)
Butch Taylor  (146)
Carlos Malta  (3)
Damon Bryson  (1)
Dan Myers  (1)
Danny Barnes  (3)
Emmylou Harris  (1)
Futureman  (1)
Jeff Coffin  (86)
Lamont Caldwell  (1)
Matt Cappy  (1)
Rashawn Ross  (108)
Tim Reynolds  (87)
Xavier Rudd  (2)
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
1.29
1.30
2.2
2.3
2.5
2.6
2.7
2.9
2.10
2.12
2.13
2.14
2.16
2.17
2.19
2.20
2.21
2.23
2.26
2.27
2.28
3.2
3.3
3.5
3.6
3.7
3.8
3.8
3.9
3.9
3.10
3.12
3.13
3.14
3.23
3.24
3.24
3.25
5.21
6.14
6.15
7.10
7.15
2000
2.20
6.19
6.20
6.22
6.23
6.24
6.26
6.27
6.29
7.8
7.11
7.13
7.15
7.19
7.21
7.25
7.28
7.29
7.30
8.1
8.4
8.6
8.19
8.22
8.23
8.25
8.27
8.29
9.2
9.4
9.6
9.9
9.13
9.16
9.18
9.20
12.5
12.7
12.8
12.9
12.13
2001
3.14
3.15
3.15
3.16
3.16
3.16
3.19
3.21
4.28
5.8
5.9
5.11
5.14
5.15
5.18
5.22
5.26
5.26
6.3
6.6
6.9
6.11
6.16
6.20
6.22
7.6
7.11
7.15
7.17
7.20
7.23
7.25
7.27
7.29
8.1
8.3
8.7
8.8
8.10
8.24
8.28
9.29
10.14
10.20
10.25
11.12
11.13
2002
2.9
4.4
4.5
4.7
4.10
4.12
4.20
4.21
4.26
4.29
5.4
5.12
5.16
5.18
5.21
5.23
5.28
7.5
7.9
7.16
7.20
7.23
7.25
7.28
7.31
8.2
8.5
8.8
8.10
8.26
8.31
9.6
9.21
9.29
10.24
11.5
11.7
12.10
12.11
12.13
12.14
12.20
12.20
12.22
2003
3.19
3.20
3.22
3.23
3.25
3.26
3.28
3.29
3.31
4.1
4.3
4.4
5.5
6.17
6.23
fake
6.26
6.30
7.3
7.6
7.12
7.19
7.22
8.1
8.6
8.24
8.30
9.6
9.7
9.9
9.14
9.19
12.12
12.16
12.17
12.19
12.22
2004
1.9
1.12
1.14
1.15
1.16
6.30
7.3
7.7
7.11
7.16
7.27
7.31
8.7
8.18
8.21
8.28
9.3
11.13
2005
3.20
6.7
6.10
6.15
6.19
6.25
7.1
7.6
7.10
7.14
7.17
7.21
7.23
7.31
8.12
8.21
8.27
8.31
9.3
9.9
9.20
10.28
10.30
11.26
11.29
12.12
2006
2.4
2.28
5.11
5.12
5.13
5.14
5.15
6.2
6.6
6.13
6.16
6.21
6.24
7.7
7.28
8.23
8.30
9.1
9.8
9.15
10.27
10.28
10.30
12.16
2007
2.23
2.24
2.26
2.27
3.2
3.4
3.6
3.8
3.9
3.10
3.12
3.13
3.14
4.20
4.21
4.22
5.1
8.2
8.5
8.11
8.18
8.25
9.2
9.21
10.1
2008
4.6
4.11
4.20
5.20
6.14
6.20
6.27
7.7
8.9
8.15
8.19
8.22
8.23
8.24
8.29
9.7
9.20
9.30
2009
4.15
4.18
4.22
4.25
5.2
5.9
6.10
6.20
7.1
7.6
7.31
8.15
9.5
9.13
11.13
11.19
12.10
12.12
2010
2.19
3.4
3.9
3.14
4.18
5.20
5.29
6.4
6.8
6.16
6.19
6.22
6.23
6.30
7.4
7.6
fake
7.13
7.28
8.20
8.22
8.31
9.5
9.14
9.23
10.8
10.14
11.6
11.11
11.12
12.7
12.11
2011
4.8
4.13
6.25
7.10
8.20
9.3
9.17
10.23
11.18
11.19
2012
5.23
6.2
6.13
6.17
6.29
7.15
9.23
12.8
2013
6.1
6.7
6.28
12.1
2014
1.16
5.16
5.23
5.31
6.6
6.14
6.20
6.24
6.27
7.9
7.12
7.15
7.23
8.22
8.29
9.5
9.13
2015
1.17
5.20
6.3
6.10
6.13
6.26
6.30
7.10
7.14
7.18
7.22
7.29
8.28
9.4
10.11
2016
7.2
7.6
9.3
10.23
2017
3.21
3.23
3.26
3.27
3.29
3.30
4.1
4.4
4.6
4.10
5.3
5.6
5.30
6.2
6.7
6.11
6.13
6.17
10.4
11.2
11.9
2018
1.13
7.14
7.27
12.7
12.14
2019
2.16
4.20
5.14
5.17
6.14
7.3
8.31
9.7
9.11
9.24
2020
2.14
4.11
5.28
10.18
2021
8.6
8.19
8.27
9.3
9.8
9.18
9.25
10.24
2022
2.18
5.22
6.22
7.9
7.15
9.25
11.28
2023
2.18
6.30
7.8
7.9
7.12
7.14
7.29
9.2
2024
2.16
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