13 - Build you a House - Dave Matthews Band - DMB - Lillywhite Sessions

(Build you House)The Lillywhite Sessions (LWS) is a collection of songs recorded by Dave Matthews Band in 1999 and 2000 and produced by Steve Lillywhite. The songs, recorded by the band as a follow-up to their 1998 album Before These Crowded Streets, were ultimately scrapped by the band. This is frequently attributed to pressure from RCA executives to wrap up the sessions and release an overdue (per contract), upbeat album (the LWS were considered on the darker side by RCA).[by whom?] Upon abandoning the album-in-progress, Dave Matthews was assigned to work with producer Glen Ballard who, in association with Matthews, wrote the album Everyday in just ten days. This contrasted with the band's prior style of writing, which included significant collaboration between the band members in the studio. The recordings later emerged on the internet shortly after the release of Everyday, and created controversy among fans as well as the music industry, which was early in its campaign to curb illegal file downloads. The Lillywhite Sessions were never released.

"Busted Stuff" 4:05
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq8NteEHj3c&feature=channel_page

"Grey Street" 5:53
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKFnkqHDF8s&feature=channel_page

"Digging a Ditch" 4:24
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBGoQ5KgIzQ&feature=channel_page

"Sweet Up and Down" 4:43
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQv85_jYjLs&feature=channel_page

"JTR" 5:36
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLNLpo8WIbg&feature=channel

"Big Eyed Fish" 5:16
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYTcrGpytX4&feature=channel

"Grace Is Gone" 5:12
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oV3gHqn0DI&feature=channel

"Captain (Crazy)" 5:27
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cBNUk750Pg&feature=channel

"Bartender" 10:09
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvRlyOokh6k&feature=channel

"Monkey Man" 7:21
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSn1t-cuLDk&feature=channel

"Kit Kat Jam" 5:34
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioCA7x3HxEA&feature=channel_page

"Raven" 6:24
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lVE1ewAdTI&feature=channel_page


Also recorded, but cut from the album, is
"Build You a House."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrKN8Mm9w-c&feature=channel_page

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[the3blues]

Google "Build you a house"---the song is a bit of a mystery. But it being a song cut from LWS seems to be the accepted story

[the3blues]

comments are nice :)

[flymarvin]

Build ME a house Dave

[jasonballmusic]

... there is nothing more '' UP- BEAT'' then this... RCA You guys blew this album. it was there BEST !!!!!!

[y100adics]

Love love this song!

[MrCopperhead1861]

Anyone else think this would be a fun song for a wedding :)

[alexshort14]

this is definitely from the lillywhite sessions. It was abandoned early in the songwriting process, and they went with other songs instead. As you can tell, its a barely formed shell of a song. But yes, even though its happier, its still from those sessions.

[tmoore4075]

It is for sure from the Lillywhite Sessions. There was another disc that got out with this song plus a few different takes of other LWS songs. Good song.

[bitchybeakybear]

i agree, the lws are much darker..

[mlevy79]

Where did this come from? It doesn't sound like the Lillywhite Sessions at all.... much, much lighter.

[dividingsky]

Thanks!