September 6th, 2007 was a great night for me. This was the night that I saw the best concert that I have ever seen; and to beat it all, it was free! Dave Matthews Band assembled a star studded event that will go down in history.
The opening act, Phil Vassar, seemed to be just cutting his concert teeth, I had heard very little about him, though it was very impressive how he played piano during his concert.
The next, and quite possibly the most controversial, performer was Nas. While I don’t agree with all of his lyrics, I believed that as a person he would exercise great caution in choosing his set list, and I was not to be made a fool. Nas only performed a handful of songs in his 20 minute set, including “I can” and, as an ode to Bill O’Reilly, a short excerpt from “hate me now”. Nas did not rap about guns, killing, thugs, or even curse for that matter. I think he did a good job. 
Next up was John Mayer, which was the first of the two longer sets. John Mayer was awesome. Whether or not you like his songs you have to give the guy credit because he can play some guitar. He played a lot that seemed to just come from the hip with some awesome riffs.
Then the main event, Dave Matthews Band came out and played for nearly 3 hours. It was a great night!
Here is a highlight video of the concert, notice the Hokies United shirts on John Mayer and Nas.
