“41” by Dave Matthews Band

"41" sits on Crash, the Dave Matthews Band's 1996 album, and it's the group at their most sprawling and conversational. Dave Matthews wrote the words and sings them over his acoustic guitar, while Carter Beauford, Stefan Lessard, LeRoi Moore and Boyd Tinsley share the music credit. Lessard doubles on bass and piano, Moore rotates through alto, tenor and baritone saxophone plus flute and whistle, Tinsley's violin weaves in and out, and guest Tim Reynolds adds both acoustic and electric guitar.

Steve Lillywhite produced and mixed it, with John Siket engineering, and he leaves the song room to wander: it swells and recedes like a jam that happens to have a melody at its core, every player chasing the tune for a while before handing it on.

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