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The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

Dave Matthews (Extended)

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

CBS

Tv & Film, Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.42.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2026

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

GRAMMY-winner Dave Matthews tells Stephen Colbert that his first concert was Pete Seeger, who performed his legendary American folk songs from the back of a flatbed truck. More recently, David Byrne's career-spanning live show has been a major source of inspiration. After you're done listening to this Pod Show EXCLUSIVE extended interview, head over to the Late Show's YouTube channel to watch Dave Matthews perform THREE SONGS! You can grab tickets for Dave Matthews Band's upcoming tour dates at davematthewsband.com/tour.

Transcript

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0:00.0

When beloved family patriarch, Gary Ferris went missing, his family looked everywhere on their

0:05.9

property until they came across something horrifying. It's a homicide.

0:10.3

Absolutely. The blame game in this family went round and round. This is Blood is Thicker,

0:16.5

the Ferris Wheel. I don't see how anyone can look at this story and think they were happy.

0:21.7

Follow and listen to Blood is Thicker, The Ferris Wheel, on the free Odyssey app or wherever

0:26.7

you get your podcast.

0:35.2

Folks, my next guest tonight is a Grammy award-winning artist who with his band has sold over 30 million albums and 25 million concert tickets.

0:47.5

Please welcome back to The Late Show, Dave Matthews.

0:55.6

Hey, welcome back.

0:57.4

Nice to see you again.

1:00.7

It's nice to see you back in the friend of the confines.

1:07.4

I got all dolled up for you.

1:09.4

I know you look spiffy.

1:16.6

You got the shirt matches the jeans and the jackets all gray and somber and everything. Thank you so much. Let's get... And you put on your almost polished shoes. Yeah. They're... Thank you. They're stressed. They're pre-stressed.

1:24.1

Pre-stressed. Yeah, I'm going to pay extra for that. You got to pay extra for that. Okay. Now, you know, get you a nice pair of wingtips from floor shines to just

1:30.7

stick around. Yeah. I could pull them off. It comes in a price, unfortunately.

1:35.1

It's nice to see you. Nice to see you, too. And listen, you're familiar with the Ed Sullivan Theater.

1:40.5

This is old home week for you, especially since you also know these people over here

1:45.0

and they play with you sometimes, too. Look at this. You're familiar with these two faces right here.

1:51.7

Look at that. We played, they came and played with us at the gorge in Washington, and we've,

1:59.7

you've come at the garden. This is also awesome. You guys sound great, too. And then you're just playing, like, my favorite song, John. You guys were, Kato and I were playing, we just played upstairs. We were having a little, we had a little. Did you record that? I think he, yeah, someone was recording it. All right. And we ran into each other in the elevator.

2:18.4

Oh, hello, everyone. That's enough of that now. Yes. No, but I just like a guest who has good taste. That's all. Yeah, right? I love this band. I'm sure all the, everyone says hello, all of us. I'll tell the music, I said hi. Thank you. Dave Matthews Band, Summer Tour kicks off.

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