Dave_Matthews_Band

Dave Matthews Band Dave Matthews Band formed in Charlottesville, VA in early 1991 a. The band consists of 5 members i. Dave Matthews- vocalist/guitarist ii. Carter Beauford- drummer iii. LeRoi Moore- saxophonist iv. Stephan Lessard- bass guitarist v. Boyd Tinsley- violinist 1. Band members were trained and accomplished in different styles of music. a. Jazz b. Classical b. Nov. 9, 1993, DMB released its first album, Remember Two Things c. During the first part of 1994, they recorded Under the Table and Dreaming i. Just before release- Sept 27, 1994, DMB hit the road for first official tour. ii. By fall of 1995 returned to studio for next album d. Crash, DMB’s second album was released on April 30, 1996 i. Debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 chart. ii. Continued touring throughout 1997, headlining sold-out amphitheater dates across the US. e. October 28, 1997 Dave Matthews Band released Live at Red Rocks 8-15-95 i. Without marketing, debuted at number three on Billboard 200 f. April 28, 1998, Before These Crowded Streets, the band’s third album was released. i. Debuted at number one ii. Band’s strongest debut iii. Band spent the following year and a half on the road, selling out stadiums, arenas, and amphitheaters. g. Jan 19, 1999, Live at Luther College: An Acoustic Performance by Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds, was released. i. Tim Reynolds was a guest guitarist on all of DMB’s albums and toured with the band as a guest musician. ii. Dave and Tim toured as an matthews, band, dave, live, album, touring, toured, released, number, music, studio, road, release, out, new, great, first, dmb, albums, world, va, two, time, tim, through, though, third, themselves, spent, series, sept, second, rock, reynolds, recorded, own, now, musical, looking, legend, just, guest, dmb’s, different, debuted, continues, charlottesville, billboard, benefit, before