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Dave Matthews Band Biography
The South African vocalist/guitarist Dave Matthews formed the
Dave Matthews Band in Virginia in the early '90s. Featuring Matthews,
Stefan Lessard, Leroi Moore, Boyd Tinsley, and Carter Beauford, the
group's music presents a more pop-oriented version of the Grateful Dead
crossed with the worldbeat explorations of Paul Simon and Sting. The
band built up a strong word-of-mouth following in the early '90s by
touring the country constantly, concentrating on college campuses. In
addition to amassing a sizable following, their self-released album,
Remember Two Things, sold well for an independent release; soon, they
were attracting the attention of majors. Signing with RCA, the Dave
Matthews Band released their major-label debut, Under the Table &
Dreaming, in the fall of 1994. By spring of 1995, the record had
launched the hit single What Would You Say and sold over a million
copies.
A year-and-a-half after the release of Under the Table & Dreaming,
the record had sold over four million copies in the U.S. alone. In
April of 1996, the Dave Matthews Band released Crash, which entered the
charts at number two and quickly went platinum. Throughout 1996, the
group toured behind Crash, sending it to double-platinum status. Also
in 1996, Matthews launched an attack on bootleggers in conjunction with
the Federal Government, targeting stores that were selling semi-legal
discs of live performances. The efforts of Matthews, his band, and his
management resulted in an unprecedented crackdown on bootleggers in
early 1997 -- with nearly all of the major foreign bootlegging
companies placed under arrest by the United States -- thereby putting a
moratorium on the entire underground industry.
To further combat the bootleggers, Dave Matthews released an official
double-disc live album, Live at Red Rocks 8.15.95, in the fall of 1997.
It was an unexpected success, debuting at number three on the charts
and selling a million copies within the first five months of its
release. The live record paved the way for the April 1998 release of
Before These Crowded Streets, the group's most ambitious album to date.
Another live effort, Listener Supported, followed a year later. Summer
tours also packed the late '90s, with sold-out shows across the U.S.
The new millennium, however, saw the band back in the studio with Glen
Ballard to record its fourth studio album -- Everyday, issued in
February 2001. Although popular, it was overshadowed by rumors of a
darker album recorded with Steve Lillywhite in 2000 but ultimately
rejected; the band eventually chose songs from the session, did some
re-recording of others, and released the results as in July 2002 as
Busted Stuff. Its debut single, Where Are You Going, was also
featured on the soundtrack to the Adam Sandler flick Mr. Deeds.
In 2003, Matthews released his first solo album, the moody and brooding
Some Devil. A Dave Matthews and Friends tour followed -- his
friends being Trey Anastasio, Brady Blade, Tony Hall, Ray Paczkowski,
and Tim Reynolds -- and the album's single, Gravedigger, earned
Matthews the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. The
Dave Matthews Band was back on the road in 2004, and also released more
live material. They also joined Bruce Springsteen's Vote for Change
tour toward the end of the year, just as their mail-order-only DMB Live
Trax series debuted. In early 2005, they launched a website that
featured progress reports on their next album in the form of video
footage, diaries, and soundbites. When the flawed Stand Up finally
appeared in May, it was the band's first album of all-new material
since 2001's Everyday. Weekend on the Rocks, another live set, followed
Stand Up at the end of the year. In 2006 the two disc compilation The
Best of What's Around, Vol. 1 presented one disc of previously released
studio material and one of unreleased live recordings. The year 2007
found Matthews and Tim Reynolds touring Europe and then America. Work
had also begun on a new Dave Matthews Band studio album. ~ Stephen
Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Written by Stephen Thomas Erlewine