Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King
2009 studio album by Dave Matthews Band / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King is the seventh studio album by the American rock band Dave Matthews Band, which was released by RCA Records on June 2, 2009.[1]
Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Studio album by | ||||
Released | June 2, 2009 | |||
Recorded | November 2007 – February 2009 | |||
Studio | Haunted Hollow, Charlottesville, Virginia; Studio Litho, Seattle, Washington; Studio X, Seattle, Washington; Piety Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana; Electric Lady Studios, New York City; Lightning Sound Studios, Hidden Hills, California; Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Length | 54:30 (Main CD) 16:48 (Super Deluxe Bonus CD) | |||
Label | RCA | |||
Producer | Rob Cavallo | |||
Dave Matthews Band chronology | ||||
| ||||
Singles from Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King | ||||
| ||||
It is the band's first release since the death of saxophonist LeRoi Moore. Guitarist Tim Reynolds played on the album, marking his first recording with DMB since 1998's Before These Crowded Streets. Rashawn Ross makes his first appearance on a DMB studio album since joining as a regular touring member in 2006 as well as Jeff Coffin, who has taken Moore's role since June 2008. The album was the first to be produced by Rob Cavallo.[2][3]
The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 424,000 copies in its first week of release. This marked the group's fifth consecutive studio album to open with a sales week of at least 400,000 copies.[4]
Exactly six months after its release, Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King was nominated for two Grammy Awards: Best Rock Album and Album of the Year,[5] but lost to Green Day's 21st Century Breakdown and Taylor Swift's Fearless, respectively.