Artist	Song
Rusted Root	Send Me on My Way
from When I Woke (1994)
Phish	Heavy Things
from Farmhouse (2009)
Col. Bruce Hampton & The Aquarium Rescue Unit	Working On a Building
from The Best of Mountain Stage, Volume Six (1994)
Blues Traveler	But Anyway
from Travelogue: Blues Traveler Classics (2002)
Spin Doctors	Two Princes
from Pocket Full of Kryptonite (1991)
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals	Steal My Kisses
from Burn to Shine (1999)
The Wallflowers	One Headlight
from The Wallflowers: Collected 1996-2005 (2009)
Counting Crows	Mr. Jones
from August and Everything After (1993)
Sheryl Crow	All I Wanna Do
from Tuesday Night Music Club (1993)
Hootie & The Blowfish	Let Her Cry
from The Best of Hootie & The Blowfish (1993-2003) (2004)
Sister Hazel	All for You (Full Band Version)
from Somewhere More Familiar (1997)
Toad the Wet Sprocket	Walk On the Ocean
from P.S. (1999)
Better Than Ezra	Good
from Rhino Hi-Five: Better Than Ezra - EP (2005)
The Subdudes	(You'll Be) Satisfied
from Annunciation (1994)
Medeski, Martin & Wood	Sugar Craft
from Note Bleu: Medeski, Martin & Wood - The Best of the Blue Note Years 1998-2005 (2006)

Comment:

Yes, the Dave Matthews Band has done it as well as anyone can, but they're not the only artists who've roamed the farthest-flung corners of American music in search of their sound. Can't say for sure, but it seems like the Wallflowers' and the DMB's record collections have a [i]lot[/i] in common. Obviously, there's the Dylan influence in their DNA (literally, in the Wallflowers case), but the organic earthiness of "One Headlight," propelled by the Hammond B-3's deep, warm groove, melds roots and rock so seamlessly that you can't tell where one ends and the other begins. Like Matthews, Phish is often shortlisted on the honor roll of Grateful Dead progeny, and nowhere is the connection so clear as in the sugar-magnolia-sweet vibe of "Bouncing Around the Room," its harmonies drifting like bubble clouds over a festival lawn. And fellow jamsters Medeski, Martin & Wood veer off into the zone where jazz meets trip-hop — complete with, believe it or not, the synthesized sounds of a catfight in the mix — in the funky "Sugar Craft." From Sheryl Crow and Counting Crows to Blues Traveler and the Spin Doctors, we've got the artists who shared the vibe — and, on occasion, the spotlight — with Charlottesville's favorite musical export.

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