Watch Jazz Saxophonist Tia Fuller Join Dave Matthews Band In New Hampshire

Dave Matthews Band welcomed acclaimed jazz saxophonist Tia Fuller to share the stage on Tuesday in Gilford, New Hampshire. Fuller’s extended guest spot came during the septet’s first of two shows at the Bank Of New Hampshire Pavilion.

Tia Fuller, who in addition to her work with jazz artists toured as part of Beyoncé‘s “The Suga Mamas” ensemble in 2006, is currently teaching at Berklee College Of Music. Fuller made the trip to Gilford for the second year in a row.

The saxophonist previously joined Dave Matthews Band at the Bank Of New Hampshire Pavilion on July 12, 2022. Her guest appearance nearly one year to the day prior saw her add to originals “Jimi Thing” and “When The World Ends” as well as a debut cover of The Isley Brothers’ “It’s Your Thing,” which disappeared from the DMB repertoire after three additional plays in September 2022.

Last night, Fuller emerged midway through Dave Matthews Band’s 18-song main set in Gilford. Tia augmented the horn section of Jeff Coffin and Rashawn Ross on another extended “Jimi Thing.” The Aurora, Colorado native took a powerful solo that sent the crowd into hysterics. DMB and Tia Fuller worked “Jimi Thing” into the recently debuted cover of the Commodores' 1977 hit “Brick House.”

See Tia Fuller team with Dave Matthews Band for “Jimi Thing” and “Brick House” via fan-shot video below:

The 47-year-old musician stuck around for the ensuing “What Would You Say.” Originally released in September 1994 as the lead single from DMB’s debut album Under The Table And Dreaming, the song broke the group through to a mainstream audience. Blues Traveler frontman John Popper provided a harmonica solo on the studio version. On Tuesday in Gilford it was Fuller who took the solo made famous by Popper.

View fan-shot video of Tia Fuller starring on “What Would You Say” below:

Earlier in the evening, Dave Matthews Band opened with a cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Fool In The Rain.” The main set was also notable for the tour’s first “Drunken Soldier,” a song featured on the 2012 DMB album Away From The World. Last night’s encore began with “Virginia In The Rain” and ended with “All Along The Watchtower.”

Dave Matthews Band heads back to the Bank Of New Hampshire Pavilion tonight. The seven-piece’s summer tour then moves on to SPAC in Saratoga Springs, New York this weekend.

Setlist (via DMB Almanac)

Set: Fool in the Rain, Pig, When the World Ends, Madman’s Eyes, Recently, Can’t Stop, Looking for a Vein, Drunken Soldier, Grey Street, Walk Around the Moon, Jimi Thing* » Brick House*, What Would You Say*, Only Takes a Moment, Funny the Way It Is, Digging a Ditch, Dancing Nancies » Warehouse

Encore: Virginia in the Rain, All Along the Watchtower » Stairway to Heaven [partial] » All Along the Watchtower [reprise]

* – with Tia Fuller on saxophone