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Dave Matthews Band

Musical Group
Forlisteners curious about jam bands and rock with jazz/funk/folk influences, plus anyone choosing a starting album for dave matthews band.
13 Reviews 5 Definitions 95 Charts
Rock Pop Rock Pop

The Profile

Dave Matthews Band is an American band formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, known for a jam-band approach that blends rock with jazz, funk, and folk elements, and for an especially strong live reputation.

Publicly verifiable basics: formed in 1991 in Charlottesville, Virginia; commonly abbreviated as DMB; widely categorized as a rock/jam band; active since the early 1990s. Reviews also reference Dave Matthews’ South African upbringing in Johannesburg, and the group’s emphasis on live performance.

Across 12 reviews, Dave Matthews Band comes off as a musicians’ band: tight writing on record, but a “200%” live reputation that keeps coming up. The most praised staples are the ’90s run (especially Crash and Under the Table and Dreaming) and the ambitious Before These Crowded Streets. Later albums like Away from the World and Come Tomorrow are seen as solid and well-produced, though some reviewers note something “missing” or a more pop-leaning feel. Repeated points: Carter Beauford’s drumming, the horn/violin colors, and the jam-band dynamics.

Notable Quotes

❝ Nothing. I hope I have left you with enough curiosity to abandon the attempt of understanding "Crash" through the eye: here the only way is the ear!
❝ The DMB consists of sacred monsters in perfect harmony. Carter is an octopus, and his drums seem like extensions of his fast, powerful, elegant limbs.
❝ Listening to the albums of the Dave Matthews Band, I've learned to "musikimmaginarmeli" with the ear of someone who wants to hear them live, because it's live that the band of the Johannesburg native performs at 200%.
❝ "Stand Up" is a traditionalist, progressive (in the political sense, they supported Kerry in the elections without any luck) and well-played album.
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