Dave_Matthews

Dave Matthews When The Dave Matthews Band comes to mind, so should their music, the jazzy pop rock that has drawn many of us to become fans. With a team of jazz musicians as well as classically trained ones, the music that they make has a unique sound that had not been heard before the days of Dave Matthews. It is not hard to say that the band has had a big impact on many people’s lives. Their first week sales of their latest album sold nearly three-quarters-of-a-million albums. But few people know about the true background of the Dave Matthews Band. Dave himself was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on January 9, 1967 to a family of four children. His family moved to New York several years after Dave was born. His father died when he was 10 and his family moved back to South Africa. So Dave has had his fair share of adversity. At age 19 he moved back to the states and worked for IBM in Virginia. This is where he became part of the local music community and hatched the idea for his own band. He recruited a handful band, dave, music, matthews, album, released, members, virginia, two, three, number, jazz, first, been, back, things, sound, sold, rca, over, numerous, new, moved, lives, himself, family, billboard, albums, after, week, way, unique, under, touched, together