Dave Matthews Band
Singer / Songwriter
David John "Dave" Matthews, born January 9th 1967 is a South African–born American musician and occasional actor, best known as the lead vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist for the "Dave Matthews Band" (DMB). He performs mainly with acoustic guitar and favours rhythm rather than solos in his playing. Dave focused primarily on his work with DMB from 1990 to 2003. Since that period, he has occasionally ventured outside the band in various solo performances and records. Matthews sang on the track "Sing Along" on Blue Man Group's second album "The Complex" in 2003. Later that year he released a solo album, "Some Devil", which went platinum; its single, "Gravedigger", won a Grammy Award in 2004. Matthews appears as a guest vocalist on Béla Fleck and the Flecktones' 1998 release "Left of Cool" and both Fleck and Flecktones bassist Victor Wooten have made numerous appearances both live and studio with DMB. The Flecktones also opened for DMB on several tours and Matthews performed a duet with Emmylou Harris on "My Antonia" on her 2000 album, "Red Dirt Girl".
