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David John Matthews, popularly known as Dave Matthews, (born January 9, 1967 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is the lead vocalist and guitarist from Dave Matthews Band (DMB).

Early Life

At the age of two, Matthews and his devoutly Quaker family immigrated to Westchester County, New Jersey, where his physicist father went to work for IBM. Then, in the early 1970s, he moved to Cambridge, England before returning to New Jersey, where his father died of Hodgkins disease, in 1977. Dave took piano lessons as a child before picking up the guitar at age nine. The family moved back to South Africa in 1980, where Matthews went to a few different schools.

In 1986 Matthews relocated to Charlottesville, Virginia, where his parents had lived before he was born. Though he also logged time back in South Africa and in Amsterdam, it was in Charlottesville that he became part of the local music community. His first professional musical performance was at a modern dance performance by the Miki Liszt Dance Company, singing "Sensitive Feelings," composed by John D'earth and Dawn Thompson. In 1990 he hatched the idea to form his own band.

Formation of DMB

Matthews had originally envisioned someone else singing his songs. Yet after writing his first few songs, including "The Song that Jane Likes" and "Recently", he began to consider starting his own band. Matthews formed The Dave Matthews Band in early 1991 with Boyd Tinsley, Leroi Moore, Carter Beauford, Stefan Lessard, and Peter Greisar while he was working as a bartender at Miller's in Charlottesville. The band's first gig was on May 11, 1991, at a private rooftop party held by Lydia Condor at the South Street Warehouse in downtown Charlottesville.

Other Ventures

In the late 1990s, Dave Matthews was a common featured guest at Rolling Stones concerts. He helped DMB manager Coran Capshaw found ATO Records in 2000, and he remains one of the principals of that label. Matthews released a solo album in late 2003, Some Devil, which went platinum; its single, "Gravedigger," won a Grammy Award in 2004. To support the album, Matthews toured with a group of musicians, most of them performed on Some Devil, under the name Dave Matthews & Friends. This side project of Matthews continues to be active when DMB is on hiatus.

Since 2001, Matthews has been one of the directors of Farm Aid. Matthews owns 1,260 acres of farmland near Scottsville, Virginia where he provides organic vegetables, flowers, and herbs to people who sign up for his community-supported agriculture program. Close to the farm, Matthews maintains the four acre Blenheim Vineyards which utilizes a gravity flow winemaking technique.

Dave Matthews has also acted in two feature films. He played Will Coleman in the 2003 adaptation of the novel Where the Red Fern Grows. He also portrayed the character Otis in the 2005 film Because of Winn-Dixie, which was based on the novel of the same name.

Matthews and his wife, Ashley Harper, have twin daughters born in 2001, Stella Busina and Grace Anne. The family splits their time between Seattle, Washington and Charlottesville.

Discography

2005

Dave Matthews Band - Weekend on the Rocks (8 CD & 1 DVD box set and 2 CD & 1 DVD set)
Dave Matthews Band - Live Trax Vol. 4: 4.30.96 Classic Amphitheatre, Richmond, VA
Mike Doughty - Haughty Melodic
Mark Roebuck - Tribe Of Heaven
Dave Matthews Band - Stand Up
Dave Matthews Band - Live Trax Vol. 3: 8.27.00 Meadows Music Theatre, Hartford, CT
Various Artists - Live From Bonnaroo 2004 (also on DVD)
* Dave Matthews & Friends - Trouble

2004

Dave Matthews Band - Live Trax Vol. 2: 9.12.04 Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA
Dave Matthews Band - Live Trax Vol. 1: 12.8.98 Centrum Centre, Worcester, MA
Dave Matthews Band - The Gorge (6 CD box set and 2 CD & 1 DVD set))

2003

Dave Matthews - Some Devil
Boyd Tinsley - True Reflections
Various Artists - The Sounds Of Wood And Steel Vol. 3
Dave Matthews Band - The Central Park Concert (also on DVD)
Blue Man Group - "Sing Along", from The Complex
Soulive - Next

2002

Dave Matthews Band - Live at Folsom Field (also on DVD)
Dave Matthews Band - Busted Stuff
Angelique Kidjo - Black Ivory Soul
Various Artists - We Were Soldiers Soundtrack

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Musicians - Dave Matthews

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