the first show was hosted in atlantic city at bader field on june 26, 2011. the dave matthews band caravan was largely successful. the short, 13-show tour saw the live return of many fan favorite songs. "captain" was played for the first time since 2004, at the debut show of the caravan tour on june 24, 2011. this show also saw the debut "cover" performances of led zeppelin's "good times bad times", and morphine's "buena". features from the band's 2006 summer tour "break free" and "kill the king" were also played for the first time since 2006. the unreleased song "joyride" and hit single "american baby" from "stand up" were also played for the first time since 2006. tim reynolds and dave matthews also played their own acoustic set, performing songs like "oh" and "so damn lucky". the top three albums played on this tour (from most to least played) were "big whiskey and the groogrux king", "cover songs", and "crash".