in  reynolds and dave matthews started playing a few acoustic duo sets these featured matthews music stripped down to just the acoustic guitar paired with reynoldss guitar and reynolds occasional use of slide guitar during these sets reynolds would play between one and four of his own pieces that spanned his own catalog of work after a few years these shows gained popularity and in  matthews and reynolds embarked on their first full tour together as a duo in  coinciding with the release of the -date tour live at luther college was released