Dave Matthews Band

Dave Matthews Band
Summer Tour 2006, performing in Scranton, Pennsylvania
General information
Genre (s)	Rock , fusion jazz , jamrock
founding	1991
Website	davematthewsband.com
Current occupation
Vocals , guitar	Dave Matthews
Drums	Carter Beauford
bass	Stefan Lessard
saxophone	Jeff Coffin
Trumpet	Rashawn Ross
guitar	Tim Reynolds
Keyboard	Buddy Strong (since 2018)
former members
saxophone	LeRoi Moore († 2008)
Keyboard	Butch Taylor (tour member 1998-2008)
Electric violin	Boyd Tinsley (1992-2018)

The Dave Matthews Band is an American rock band. It was founded by South African- born American singer , guitarist and songwriter David John Matthews in early 1991 in Charlottesville , Virginia .

Band history

Matthews formed the band with drummer Carter Beauford , bassist Stefan Lessard, saxophonist LeRoi Moore , violinist Boyd Tinsley and keyboardist Peter Griesar. The latter, however, left the band in early 1993. From 1997 to 2008 the keyboard was occupied by Butch Taylor as a permanent guest. This in turn left the band in 2008 immediately before the start of the tour. Saxophonist LeRoi Moore died unexpectedly on August 19, 2008 as a result of an accident on June 30, 2008.

The style of the band is characterized by the rather unorthodox line-up (acoustic guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, saxophone, violin) and the resulting sound. With their mixture of rock , pop , jazz , folk and funk, they quickly gained a good reputation in the local jamrock music scene. Accordingly, the number of prominent guest musicians who accompany the band on individual pieces during the extensive live tours and give the pieces new interpretations is correspondingly large. B. Neil Young, Warren Haynes, Carlos Santana, Béla Fleck, Phish, Ziggy Marley or John Mayer, to name just a few. Tim Reynolds played the electric guitar on the 2008 summer tour and Rashawn Ross had been there since 2005. In addition, LeRoi Moore was replaced for the time being by saxophonist Jeff Coffin, a long-time friend from the band Béla Fleck and the Flecktones .

Alanis Morissette can be heard as a guest singer on the studio album Before These Crowded Streets (1998) in the songs Don't Drink the Water and Spoon , Julia Roberts plays the female lead in the video for Dream Girl from Stand Up (2005) and in the song What Would You Say from the album Under the Table and Dreaming (1994) is played by the American blues musician John Popper on the harmonica.

In 1993 the debut live album Remember Two Things was released . So far, the band has sold over 35 million studio albums in the US alone (not counting the countless live albums), but so far it has not enjoyed great success in Europe.

The Dave Matthews Band, "America's biggest band" and consistently in the top 10 list of "top grossing tours" (most profitable tours; in 2000 they were even the most commercially successful live band), has a good reputation as a live Act and regularly fills halls and stadiums in the USA (in 2003 even the Great Lawn in Central Park with almost 120,000 spectators).

In 2007 the Dave Matthews Band was back in Europe after almost nine years. In August 2008, saxophonist LeRoi Moore died as a result of a quad accident. In the summer of 2009 the band gave various concerts in Europe, but none of them in Germany. In February / March 2010 the band toured Europe again. The biggest concert (o2 Millennium Dome ) took place in London on March 6th, and in Germany the band played in Hamburg, Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt and Munich.

After the announcement that they would not go on tour permanently for the first time in 20 years, the band played a few concerts under the motto Dave Matthews Band Caravan in 2011 .

After another European tour in 2015, the band will give concerts in Germany, Denmark, England, France, Holland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Sweden and the Czech Republic in 2019.

The band gave various benefit and support concerts, for example on the occasion of Hurricane Katrina (2005), the rampage at Virginia Tech (2007), the oil protests at Standing Rock (2017) and the right-wing extremist demonstrations in Charlottesville (2017). In June 2016, the band supported Bernie Sanders' election campaign in the California primaries .

Violinist Tinsley was initially on leave in early 2018 and terminated without notice after allegations of sexual harassment. Also in 2018 Buddy Strong joined the band as keyboard player.

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	CH	UK	US
1994	Under the table and dreaming	-	-	-	US11 × 6 Six-fold platinum (117 weeks)US
1996	Crash	-	-	-	US2 × 7 Seven times platinum (104 weeks)US
1998	Before These Crowded Streets	-	-	-	US1 × 4 Quadruple platinum (89 weeks)US
2001	Every day	DE97 (1 week) DE	-	UK89 silver (2 weeks)UK	US1 × 3 Triple platinum (86 weeks)US
2002	Busted stuff	-	-	-	US1 × 2 Double platinum (37 weeks)US
2005	Stand up	-	-	-	US1 platinum (25 weeks)US
2009	Big Whiskey & the Groogrux King	DE74 (1 week) DE	-	UK59 (1 week) UK	US1 platinum (43 weeks)US
2012	Away from the world	-	-	-	US1 gold (19 weeks)US
2018	Come Tomorrow	-	CH92 (1 week) CH	-	US1 (7 weeks) US

More studio albums

• 2003: Some Devil (US:platinum)

Live releases

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	CH	UK	US
1994	Recently	-	-	-	US163 (9 weeks) US	EP; Chart entry in US only after re-release in 1997
1997	Live at Red Rocks 8.15.95	-	-	-	US3 × 2 Double platinum (36 weeks)US
1999	Listener Supported	-	-	-	US15th × 2 Double platinum (22 weeks)US
2001	Live in Chicago 12.19.98	-	-	-	US6th platinum (14 weeks)US
2002	Live at Folsom Field Boulder Colorado	-	-	-	US9 platinum (15 weeks)US
2003	The Central Park Concert	-	-	-	US14th platinum (13 weeks)US
2004	The Gorge	-	-	-	US10 gold (10 weeks)US
2005	Weekend on the Rocks	-	-	-	US37 (7 weeks) US
2006	Fenway Park, Boston, MA July 7-8, 2006	-	-	-	US37 (1 week) US
2007	Live at Piedmont Park	-	-	-	US68 (2 weeks) US
2009	Live at Miles High Music Festival	-	-	-	US97 (1 week) US	Performed in Denver, Colorado
2010	Europe 2009	-	-	-	US120 (1 week) US
	Live in New York City	-	-	-	US36 (1 week) US
1993	Remember two things	-	-	-	US49 platinum (1 week)US	Rerelease 1997 Chart entry in US only 2014
2011	Live at Wrigley Field	-	-	-	US49 (1 week) US

More live albums

• 2011: Live in Atlantic City

Live Trax series

• 2004: DMB Live Trax Vol. 1: August 12, 1998 Worcester, Massachusetts
• 2004: DMB Live Trax Vol. 2: December 9, 2004 Golden Gate Park
• 2005: DMB Live Trax Vol. 3: Aug 27, 2000 Hartford, Connecticut
• 2005: DMB Live Trax Vol. 4: April 30, 1996 Classic Amphitheater, Richmond, Virginia
• 2006: DMB Live Trax Vol. 5: August 23, 1995 Meadow Brook Music Festival, Rochester Hills, Michigan
• 2006: DMB Live Trax Vol. 6: 7th-8th July 2006 Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
• 2006: DMB Live Trax Vol. 7: December 31, 1996 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, Virginia
• 2007: DMB Live Trax Vol. 8: August 7, 2004 Alpine Valley Music Theater, East Troy, Wisconsin
• 2007: DMB Live Trax Vol. 9: 23.-24. March 2007 MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
• 2007: DMB Live Trax Vol. 10: May 25, 2007 Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon, Portugal
• 2008: DMB Live Trax Vol. 11: August 29, 2000 Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, New York
• 2008: DMB Live Trax Vol. 12: May 5, 1995 LB Day Amphitheater, Salem, Oregon
• 2008: DMB Live Trax Vol. 13: June 7, 2008 Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
• 2009: DMB Live Trax Vol. 14: June 28, 2008 Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge, Bristow, Virginia
• 2009: DMB Live Trax Vol. 15: August 9, 2008 Alpine Valley Music Theater, East Troy, Wisconsin
• 2009: DMB Live Trax Vol. 16: June 26, 2000 Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
• 2010: DMB Live Trax Vol. 17: July 6, 1997 Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, CA.
• 2010: DMB Live Trax Vol. 18: June 4, 1996 GTE Virginia Beach Amphitheater, Virginia Beach, VA
• 2010: DMB Live Trax Vol. 19: September 30, 2008 Vivo Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• 2011: DMB Live Trax Vol. 20: August 19, 1993 Wetlands Preserve, New York, NY
• 2012: DMB Live Trax Vol. 21: August 4, 1995 SOMA in San Diego, CA
• 2014: DMB Live Trax Vol. 30: August 1993, The Muse on Nantucket Island

DMB live series

The DMB live series are concert recordings that can be downloaded from the band's official website. Since December 2008 there have been recordings by the Dave Matthews Band, Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds as well as solo appearances by Dave Matthews.

• 2008: Prism Coffeehouse, Charlottesville, Virginia Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds, April 22, 1993
• 2008: Benaroya Hall, Seattle, Washington Dave Matthews, October 24, 2002
• 2008: Blue Note, Columbia, Missouri Dave Matthews Band, October 22, 1994
• 2008: China Club, New York, New York Dave Matthews, January 9, 2004
• 2008: Town Point Park, Norfolk, Virginia Dave Matthews Band, April 26, 1994
• 2009: Irving Plaza, New York, New York Dave Matthews Band, March 26, 1994
• 2009: The Bayou, Washington, District of Columbia Dave Matthews Band, April 10, 1993
• 2009: Warfield Theater, San Francisco, California Dave Matthews Band, May 10, 1995
• 2009: Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds, March 29, 2003

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	CH	UK	US
2006	The Best of What's Around: Vol. 01	-	-	-	US10 gold (12 weeks)US
2019	Rhino's Choice	-	-	-	US158 (1 week) US

More compilations

• 2007: DMB Live Trax Compilation Vol. 1 to 9

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		UK	US
1999	Crush Before These Crowded Streets	-	US75 (16 weeks) US
2001	I Did It Everyday	-	US71 (11 weeks) US
	The Space Between Everyday	UK35 (3 weeks) UK	US22 (23 weeks) US
2002	Where Are You Going Busted Stuff	-	US39 (20 weeks) US
2005	American Baby Stand Up	-	US16 gold (11 weeks)US
2009	Funny the Way It Is Big Whiskey & the Groogrux King	-	US37 (8 weeks) US
2010	You and Me	-	US57 (2 weeks) US
2012	Mercy Away From The World	-	US95 (1 week) US

Video albums

• 1999: Listener Supported Live (DVD / VHS, US:× 3Triple platinum )
• 2001: The Videos: 1994–2001 (DVD / VHS, US:platinum)
• 2002: Live at Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado (DVD, US:platinum)
• 2003: The Central Park Concert (double DVD, US:× 5Quintuple platinum )
• 2004: The Gorge (DVD / 2 CDs, US:× 3Triple platinum )
• 2005: Weekend on the Rocks (DVD / 2 CDs)
• 2007: Live at Piedmont Park (double DVD)
• 2009: Europe 2009 (DVD / 3 CDs)

Solo releases

See also under Dave Matthews

• 2003: Boyd Tinsley - True Reflections (Album)

Awards for music sales

Golden record

•  Canada
  • 1998: for the album Under the Table and Dreaming
  • 2010: for the album Big Whiskey & the Groogrux King

Platinum record

•  Canada
  • 1997: for the album Crash
  • 1999: for the album Before These Crowded Streets
  • 2001: for the album Everyday

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Canada (MC)	-	2 × gold2	3 × platinum3	400,000	musiccanada.com
United States (RIAA)	-	4 × gold4th	46 × platinum46	36,300,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver1	-	-	60,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	silver1	6 × gold6th	49 × platinum49

swell

1. ↑ ^{a b} Los Angeles Times : Dave Matthews Band distances itself from violinist Boyd Tinsley amid harassment lawsuit , May 18, 2018
2. ^ Rolling Stone, 2005
3. ^ Dave Matthews Band Caravan
4. ↑ Rolling Stone : Dave Matthews Band live 2019 , October 19, 2018
5. ↑ davematthewsband.com: DMB Announces 2019 European Tour , October 18, 2018
6. ↑ SeatlleMet: The Sainthood of Dave Matthews Has Been Indefinitely Postponed , November 20, 2018
7. ↑ Washington Post : Dave Matthews Band outlasts the rain at Jiffy Lube Live , June 10, 2018
8. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: DE CH UK US

Web links

• Official website (English)
• Dave Matthews Band at laut.de
• The DMB Almanac: All concerts, songs, texts, guest appearances, etc. (English)
• Antsmarching: US fan forum (English)