Album Review: 'Live at Red Rocks 8.15.95'

DAVE MATTHEWS BAND Live at Red Rocks 8.15.95 (Bama/Rags RCA) Here’s a rarity: a double-disc live album from a renowned jam band that isn’t a gratuitous exercise in noodling nonsense. Matthews has always stayed one step ahead of the H.O.R.D.E. by focusing on taut songcraft instead of distended riff-ery, making Red Rocks a primo showcase for the South African expat’s serpentine melodies and lockjaw vocals. B