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Dave Matthews
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American singer-songwriter and musician
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Johannesburg, South Africa
Dave Matthews (born January 9, 1967) is a South African-American musician and occasional actor, best known as the lead vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band. He performs mainly with acoustic guitar and favors rhythm rather than solos in his playing.
Known for
- Dave Matthews Band: Freedom Mortgage Pavilion - July 26, 20252025
- Dave Matthews Band - Live in Lisbon, Portugal2024
- 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self2024
- 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self2023
- Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short — Self2023
- Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon — Self2022
- Enormous: The Gorge Story2021
- Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 — Self2020
- Semente da Música Brasileira — Self2018
- Dave Matthews Band - Concert for Charlottesville — Self2017
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Dave Matthews is the lead singer and guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band. Matthews was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on January 9, 1967. The Dave Matthews Band formed in Charlottesville, VA in the early 1990's. Matthews also released a solo CD, Some Devil, in 2003 joined by guitarists Tim Reynolds, Trey Anastasio, drummer Brady Blade, and bassist Tony Hall. This group and keyboardist Ray Paczkowski tours as "Dave Matthews & Friends." Dave also plays some events solo <a href="https://
Key facts
- Born
- David John Matthews , ( 1967-01-09 ) January 9, 1967 (age 59) , Johannesburg , South Africa
- Genres
- Acoustic rock jazz rock alternative rock blues rock roots rock
- Occupations
- Singer-songwriter musician record producer political activist
- Instruments
- Vocals guitar
- Years active
- 1990s–present
- Labels
- RCA Sony
- Member of
- Dave Matthews Band Dave Matthews & Friends Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds
- Website
- davematthewsband .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Matthews
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Johannesburg
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- rock music
- Instrument
- musical keyboard
- Official website
- www.davematthewsband.com
- Image
- Dave Matthews in Concert (43501212971).jpg
- Voice type
- baritone
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- Commons category
- Dave Matthews
- date of birth
- 1967-01-09
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- Category:Dave Matthews
- birth name
- David John Matthews
- start of work period
- 1991-00-00
- name in native language
- Dave Matthews
- social media followers
- 587525
- member of
- Dave Matthews Band
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
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, South Africa, 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dave Matthews” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.