for years, it was believed that the band's first public show was at charlottesville's 1991 earth day festival. on october 9, 2010, stefan lessard reported, via twitter, the discovery of an earlier show, taped march 14, 1991, at trax, a local music venue. the show was a benefit for the middle east children's alliance and, according to lessard, included the following songs: "typical situation", "best of what's around", "i'll back you up", "song that jane likes", "warehouse", "cry freedom", and "recently". the show included only dave, stefan, carter, and leroi. local weekly appearances soon followed, and within a short time word of the band's sound spread.