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Background information
Birth name	David John Matthews
Born	(1967-01-09) January 9, 1967 (age 58) Johannesburg, South Africa
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Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter musician record producer political activist
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Years active	1990s–present
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David John Matthews (born January 9, 1967) is an American musician and the lead vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band (DMB). Matthews was born in Johannesburg, and moved frequently between South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States while growing up. He started playing acoustic guitar at the age of nine.

From 1991 to 2003, Matthews predominantly focused on songwriting and performing with the Dave Matthews Band, which he started in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1991. He also has done various solo performances and produced other records. During the period from 2000 to 2010, his band toured constantly, selling more tickets and earning more money than any o

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Dave Matthews is the lead singer and guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band.

Early Life and Childhood

David John Matthews was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on 9 January 1967. Matthews’ parents, John and Valerie Matthews, had four children together. John Matthews worked for IBM as a physicist. The family often moved in Matthews’ early life, leaving South Africa in 1969 for New York and then moved to England for a year before returning to New York. It was in New York that Matthews attended his first music concert, a Peter Seeger performance.

Matthews began playing guitar aged nine. In 1977 Matthews’ father died of lung cancer and the family returned to South Africa. After leaving school, Matthews returned to America to avoid compulsory service in the South African military. He worked for IBM in New York before getting a job in a jazz bar in Virginia. It was here that Matthews decided to pursue a career in music.

Education

Matthews attended high school at the Methodist St. Stithians College in Johannes

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Dave Matthews, a South African who resettled in Charlottesville (Virginia), formed a live band whose racially integrated line-up includes guitar, saxophone (LeRoi Moore), violin (Boyd Tinsley), drums (Carter Beauford) and bass (Stefan Lessard). While their grass-roots, populist attitude towards live music was similar to other hippie-revival bands such as Blues Traveler and Phish, Matthews conducted his ensemble through a luxuriant mix of celtic folk, rhythm and blues, jazz-rock and world music. The live Remember Two Things (Bama Rags, 1993) was an appropriate introduction to the band, with Tripping Billies and Recently stealing the show. The catchy Ants Marching will be rediscovered only when remixed on the second album.

The product was ready for mass consumption and Under The Table And Dreaming (RCA, 1994) served it to the masses. The Best Of What's Around, Rhyme & Reason, What Would You Say and Typical Situation are prime pop masquerading as progressive jams. Even the likes of Jimi Thing and Warehouse, with their more elaborate st