Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King is the seventh studio album by Dave Matthews Band (DMB). It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 424,000 copies in its first week of release, and is the band's first studio album since 2005's Stand Up and the first release since the death of saxophonist LeRoi Moore.
“What makes Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King the Dave Matthews Band's richest, and quite possibly best, album is the implicit message that all the love and loss can be felt and shared through the music, that the creation of the music itself is the reason why they're here -- and that's not just a moving tribute to LeRoi Moore, it's a reason for the band to keep moving on.”
-AllMusic.com
"Big Whiskey" finds the band at its most pointed and purposeful in years."
-Billboard
“Producer Rob Cavallo, known for sharpening the teeth of Green Day and Avril Lavigne, among others, encouraged Matthews and his colleagues to turn up the juice and make some sharp turns. The shambolic groove that's long been the band's trademark remains, but it's toughened up by foregrounded electric guitars.”
-The Los Angeles Times