“Ben The Sax Guy” Subs for Jeff Coffin at Dave Matthews Band’s MSG Run

Photo via @davematthewsband on IG

After saxophonist Jeff Coffin tested positive for COVID-19, Dave Matthews Band trucked forward with their two-night Madison Square Garden run on Nov. 12 and 13.

Ben Golder-Novick aka “Ben The Sax Guy” appeared as a replacement in the brass section for both shows.

Highlights from the run included a night one encore kicking off with “Singing from the Windows,” Matthews’ pandemic-era tune, inspired by the Italian people in lockdown who kept music alive by serenading their neighbors.

Night two included two tour debuts, namely, a mid-set “Water Into Wine” and an encored “The Last Stop” which bled into a finale of “Ants Marching.”

Check out both setlists below:

Dave Matthews Band
Nov. 12, 2021
Madison Square Garden, New York City

That Girl Is You, The Best of What’s Around, Crush, Sweet, Funny the Way It Is, Don’t Drink the Water, Again and Again, So Damn Lucky, Kill the Preacher> Why I Am, Proudest Monkey> Satellite, Madman’s Eyes, What Would You Say, Lie in Our Graves, So Much to Say> Anyone Seen the Bridge> Too Much, Everyday, Typical Situation, Grey Street

Enc: Singing From the Windows, Two Step> Halloween

Notes:
Ben Golder-Novick aka “Ben The Sax Guy” subbing for Jeff Coffin

Dave Matthews Band
Nov. 13, 2021
Madison Square Garden, New York City

Tripping Billies, Dancing Nancies> Warehouse, Stay or Leave, You Might Die Trying, Lying in the Hands of God, You & Me, She, Grace Is Gone, The Song That Jane Likes> Water Into Wine^, Pantala Naga Pampa> Rapunzel, Sledgehammer, #41, Corn Bread, Jimi Thing, I Want to Take You Higher, Where Are You Going, What You Are, Stay (Wasting Time)

Enc: Christmas Song, The Last Stop^, Ants Marching

Notes:
^tour debut
Ben Golder-Novick aka “Ben The Sax Guy” subbing for Jeff Coffin

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